Life
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Pernod Ricard's first luxury Indian single malt goes global with a launch in Dubai
Following the launch in India in December 2023, Longitude 77 launched in Dubai marking its presence and intent to expand in the international market
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Meet Dimitri Bordon, your chocolate croissant world champion
Dimitri Bordon, 29, on Sunday, won the "Pain au chocolat / chocolatine world cup" in the southwestern city of Toulouse for his renditions of the butter-rich morning pastry laced with chocolate
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Next Super Mario film in 2026: Nintendo
Nintendo long shied away from adapting its video game characters for films, but "The Super Mario Bros. Movie" was the second-highest grossing film of 2023 behind "Barbie", taking $1.36 billion at the box office
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The Mozambicans paving the way for conservation and empowerment
Women spearhead the conservation and responsible tourism movement in the African country by using plastic and glass litter to make paver blocks in a marine national park
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A woman's place, in the kitchen
Over the past five years, there's been a marked rise in women leading restaurants and bars across India, workspaces that have traditionally been known to be male-dominated, aggressive environments. It's not always easy—but they're determined to make kitchens safer and more inclusive
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Women rangers fight poachers and prejudice in Kenya
For many of the rangers, battling age-old prejudices within the Maasai community, semi-nomadic herders living in southwest Kenya and northern Tanzania, is no less difficult than tackling poaching
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New York's new composting plan is ambitious and not without controversies
After Queens and Brooklyn, New York aims to equip the whole city with new brown and orange collection bins before the end of 2024
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Women break into Japan's 'masculine' Noh theatre
Noh, with its elaborate layered costumes and hand-crafted masks, is one of the most ancient surviving forms of theatre, with origins dating back to the eighth century
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Gen Z is seriously concerned about the climate crisis: survey
"These young people are very concerned and, in a way, intimidated by the lack of concrete action being taken to battle climate change," confirms Dora Marinova, Professor of Sustainable Development at Curtin University and co-author of the study
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Gender, culture and age could influence how we interpret emojis
How people interpret emojis may vary considerably according to their gender, age and culture, reports a recent study published in the Plos One journal
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Tourists banned from private alleys in Kyoto's Geisha district
Kyoto residents have long expressed frustration with tourists misbehaving, especially in the city's Gion district, home to teahouses where "geiko"—as geisha are locally known—and their young "maiko" apprentices perform