Life
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Debate smoulders over beloved Chinese New Year fireworks tradition
In the past, Chinese cities could sound like war zones in the weeks surrounding Lunar New Year, thanks to the centuries-old custom of lighting festive explosives to ward off evil spirits. Nowadays, those booms and bangs have disappeared from many towns
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From a horseback safari in Kenya to ski touring UNESCO sites in Georgia, travel experiences to try in 2024
Here are the top five travel experiences to add to your bucket list, according to National Geographic
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World sees first 12 months above 1.5C warming level: climate monitor
Storms, drought and fire have lashed the planet as climate change, supercharged by the naturally occurring El Nino phenomenon, stoked record warming in 2023, making it likely the hottest in 100,000 years
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European employees are keen to head back to the office
Three-quarters of European employees surveyed in a major study by Cisco Systems are in favour of coming into their company's offices more often
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IPL built a talent pipeline for Indian cricket, we hope SA20 does the same for South Africa: Graeme Smith & AB de Villiers
Smith and de Villiers, the commissioner and brand ambassador, respectively, of the T20 franchise league in South Africa on turning profitable in its first season, the lessons learnt from the IPL and why they could get third time lucky
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Amid India's batting galaxy, Jasprit Bumrah emerges as the lone bowling star
On Wednesday, after his player-of-the-match performance against England in the second Test at Vizag, the pacer earned the top spot in the ICC Men's Test Bowling Rankings, the first Indian fast bowler to achieve this feat
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Chinese endure New Year travel rush for a taste of home
State news agency Xinhua has said nine billion passenger trips will take place across the country over this year's Spring Festival holidays
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Swiss watchmaker says it's time to make luxury sustainable
The small ID Geneve start-up launched in 2020, vowing to make high-end watches with a climate- and environment-friendly circular production approach using non-traditional materials
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Top 5 destinations to observe Northern Lights in 2024
From Lapland, Finland to Churchill, Canada, here are the go-to places for tourists in 2024 to watch the dance of the Northern Lights in the skies
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No parcels please during Olympics, France tells Parisians
The advice, posted on the new government website anticiperlesjeux.gouv.fr ("get ready for the Games"), underlines the extent of headaches Parisians may have to endure for what is set to be among the highest security Games in recent memory
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Chinese 'Swifties' shake it off at Beijing watch party
The devotion is definitely intense, and Chinese fans hope that by packing out cinemas with wild watch parties for her concert film, "Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour", they can convince her to come perform