Life
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Top 5 hotels in the world in 2024
A hotel in India has been crowned number one in Travel + Leisure's World's Best Awards survey
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Inside Disney's billion-dollar blockbusters
With Inside Out 2 and Deadpool & Wolverine, Disney Entertainment has given unprecedented hits in the last two months. The former has already emerged as the highest-grossing animated movie ever
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Can classical music work in treatments against depression?
A study published in the journal Cell Reports highlights the benefits of classical music, suggesting that it may even be more effective than some traditional treatments for depression
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South Korean sniffer dog searches for post-Olympic bedbugs
The sniffer dog, named Ceco, was deployed at the main airport in Seoul as part of an initiative between the government and South Korea's largest pest control company, Cesco
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English schools to teach how to spot online fake news under govt plans
Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson said she was launching a review of the curriculum in primary and secondary schools to introduce critical thinking across multiple subjects
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In 2023, women had fewer leading roles in the cinema
Globally the percentage of women in key roles on screen has not changed significantly in recent years. While in 2023, women accounted for 31.7 percent of speaking roles, in 2022 they accounted for 34.6 percent and 29.9 percent in 2007
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Harvest starts very early in Sicily's drought-hit vineyards
The prestigious Donnafugata vineyards, which span the Italian island from the slopes of Marsala to the mantle of Mount Etna, began their harvest on July 22, an unprecedented two weeks early
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Jeweller's eye-popping watch is a love letter to Albania
Jeweller Pirro Ruco's rollercoaster rise mirrors that of Albania, from poverty and isolation as the most closed communist regime in Europe to rollicking capitalism
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2024 'increasingly likely' to be warmest on record: EU monitor
The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said last month was the second warmest on record books going back to 1940, only slightly cooler than July 2023
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Flying's never been safer, says MIT study
The fatality rate fell to 1 per every 13.7 million passenger boardings globally in the 2018-2022 period, a major improvement from 1 per 7.9 million boardings in 2008-2017, according to a paper by researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
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Not to be sniffed at: Dolce & Gabbana launches €99 dog perfume
The "alcohol-free scented mist for dogs" is on sale for 99 euros and comes with a free collar—but also a warning from animal rights activists, who say it could cause pets distress