Life
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Deals on wheels: Housing prices drive young Chinese into RV living
A recent survey by a property research institute suggested Shenzhen's rent-to-income ratio has reached up to 49 percent, and buying is even worse
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Yamazaki: 'Must-have' Japanese whisky turns 100
It is largely foreign demand, along with the relative scarcity of the most desirable decades-old bottles, that has pushed prices sky-high for Yamazaki
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From Eiffel Tower to Halaszbastya, the top 5 landmarks with the best views in the world
From Paris to New York, these locations are home to iconic structures with some of the most breathtaking views in the world
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At Madrid's Prado Museum, copyists now hang alongside Old Masters
In Madrid, the Prado Museum has decided to commemorate the lesser-known activity as part of its permanent collection
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'Oppenheimer' a warning to world on AI, says director Christopher Nolan
The British-born maker of "Memento", "Dunkirk" and the "Batman" trilogy said he believes a lot of the anguish around technology "in our imagination stems from (Robert) Oppenheimer," the physicist who helped invent nuclear weapons during World War II
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Rapper's Delight as New York celebrates 50 years of hip-hop
New York is celebrating 50 years of hip-hop, a genre born in its ghettos and now dominant around the world
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Comic-Con returns to roots as Hollywood strikes
Long-standing comic book fans are delighted to have their world-famous event back
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Salzburg cultural festival, World Aquatics Championships, shopping in Rennes: Eye-catching photos of this week
The world never ceases to astonish us. This series of photos—a path amidst blossoming water, a way out of the raging fire—resonates beyond its description for a leisurely flip or a deep read this weekend
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The best countries to live in ranked according to expats
Any guesses? Here's a list of 53 countries based on the report by InterNations, which polled nearly 12,000 expats based on various factors
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50 Years of Hip-Hop: How a generation fostered creativity from urban despair and racial barriers
Hip-hop, a subculture and an art movement, was born when urban youth in crime and poverty-ridden neighbourhoods in South Bronx in New York City sought street corners to hang out and found ways to express their despairing selves. In the late 1970s, South Bronx was rocked by a manufacturing decline and an expressway that ended the local businesses. The emerging hip-hop movement gave the youths a recreative space to voice their despair and hardship, which grew to become a global phenomenon. Here's a look at the pioneers
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The ultimate aim is to take pickleball to the Olympics: Arvind Prabhoo
The president of the International Pickleball Association and chairman of the Prabodhankar Thackeray Krida Sankul in Mumbai on his vision for the sport, starting a pickleball league on the lines of the IPL, and the need for people with deep pockets to promote it at the grassroots
