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- George III's gold Breguet watch to be auctioned in London
Thursday - 06/18/2020 - 07:57 AMA gold Breguet watch of George III, the British king who was forced to accept American independence after the revolutionary war of 1775-1783, will be auctioned by Sotheby’s in London next month.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Thailand's roving dog groomer back in business
Tuesday - 06/16/2020 - 09:54 AMVolunteer pet groomer Kriengkai Thatwakorn is thrilled to be back helping out stray dogs in Thailand, some in urgent need of a shearing after waiting three sweltering months for a trim.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - They call it puppy love: Lockdown Britain sees surge in demand for dogs
Tuesday - 06/09/2020 - 04:56 AMBritish breeders of puppies have seen a huge surge in demand for dogs during the lockdown and now fear that many families will give them up once they realise the scale of the responsibility ahead.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - A robot walks into a bar, helps make a cocktail
Thursday - 06/04/2020 - 02:52 AMOne robot makes cocktails from 25 bottles hanging upside-down from the ceiling, another carves perfect ice balls in the fraction of the time it takes a human with a knife and an ice pick.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Social-distancing Greek style: shimmy and sing from your car
Wednesday - 06/03/2020 - 10:06 AMHundreds of Greeks danced and sang from their cars at a drive-in music concert, the first such event since the country banned mass gatherings to contain the spread of the coronavirus.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - After lockdown, Australians seek to learn survival skills in the bush
Wednesday - 06/03/2020 - 12:51 AMLearning Australian bush survival skills is becoming popular as city folk turn to nature with the easing of the coronavirus lockdown, organisers of a course outside Sydney said.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Robots dish out the drinks at reopened Dutch restaurant
Tuesday - 06/02/2020 - 01:09 PMAt the Dadawan restaurant in the southern Dutch city of Maastricht, an unusual group of new staffers has been brought in to help after the Netherlands eased its coronavirus lockdown this week: robots.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Outdoor seating only: Parisian cafes eke out space along sidewalks
Tuesday - 06/02/2020 - 09:29 AMThe Cafe de Flore in Paris, once a favourite drinking hole of Simone de Beauvoir and Jean-Paul Sartre, spread its tables along the pavement, in front of the neighbouring book store, and reopened on...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Thais head for movies and massage as virus lockdown eases
Monday - 06/01/2020 - 09:48 AMThais took in a movie and enjoyed foot massages in a welcome return on Monday to some pampering and popular pastimes as coronavirus restrictions further eased and new infection numbers remained low.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - With masks and thermometers Bilbao's Guggenheim welcomes back visitors
Monday - 06/01/2020 - 01:37 PMTwo dozen visitors queued to get their temperatures taken at the entrance to Bilbao's Guggenheim Museum on Monday as it became the first of Spain's major cultural centres to reopen its doors after a...
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- Slovenia wins its first Michelin stars
Tuesday - 06/16/2020 - 11:41 AMSlovenian restaurants received the country's first ever Michelin stars on Tuesday with Hisa Franko getting two out of the maximum possible three stars and five other restaurants one each.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - France's Givenchy names Matthew Williams as new designer
Monday - 06/15/2020 - 11:09 AMFrench couture house Givenchy, owned by luxury goods giant LVMH and known for once dressing Hollywood stars such as Audrey Hepburn, said on Monday it had named Matthew Williams as its new creative...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Britain's Banksy depicts U.S. flag on fire in Floyd tribute
Saturday - 06/06/2020 - 12:13 PMReclusive British street artist Banksy published a new artwork online on Saturday which depicts the United States flag being set alight by a candle that forms part of a memorial to an anonymous,...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Art van adds a splash of colour to drab Gaza life
Thursday - 06/04/2020 - 05:41 AMEvery day Ammar Abu Shamalla adds a little colour to drab routine life in Gaza, loading up his camper van with pictures he displays and sells in the Palestinian territory's streets and markets.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Outdoor Swiss hotel 'rooms' give new meaning to light and airy
Wednesday - 06/03/2020 - 03:24 AMTwo Swiss conceptual artists are offering seven open air "hotel rooms" this summer across a "performance space" encompassing eastern Switzerland and Liechtenstein.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Caffeine calling: London phone boxes serve up coffee after lockdown
Tuesday - 06/02/2020 - 03:56 PMTwo of London's famous red telephone boxes have been reborn as a coffee stall, and the owners say the lack of inside space that was a drawback when they opened a week before lockdown could now be an...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Post-lockdown cinema trip in Portugal is blast from the past
Tuesday - 06/02/2020 - 07:58 AMFor Manuela Figueiredo, going out with her family to see her first movie after weeks of lockdown was a trip down memory lane.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Thais return to temples in traditional garb - and masks
Tuesday - 06/02/2020 - 01:56 AMThais are starting to visit temples again as the mostly Buddhist country emerges from a coronavirus lockdown, although visitors are taking precautions such as wearing masks and getting temperature...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The show may go on as Portugal's theatres, cinemas reopen warily
Monday - 06/01/2020 - 12:45 PMPortugal's theatres, cinemas and other cultural venues got the go-ahead to reopen on Monday as the country entered the third phase of its exit from lockdown - but many stayed shut, fearing audiences...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Holy smoke, researchers say cannabis used in ancient Israelite shrine
Monday - 06/01/2020 - 03:43 PMThe ancient Israelites may have used cannabis to get high as part of their religious ritual, according to Israeli researchers who found residue of the drug at a nearly 3,000-year-old shrine.
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- Designers fashion a go-slow future for catwalks and collections
Wednesday - 06/17/2020 - 08:22 AMFrom Armani to Gucci, top fashion houses are re-designing their calendars to slow down the frantic pace of catwalk shows and new collections, as the coronavirus pandemic forces a rethink of the way...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Need a bit more human contact? So do London Zoo's gorillas
Sunday - 06/14/2020 - 02:12 PMIt was party time this weekend for the gorillas at London Zoo - complete with treats like nuts, leeks and broccoli to eat and bunting in their treehouses - as they got ready to see visitors for the...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - The future is orange: Campari tests selling Aperol in China
Monday - 06/08/2020 - 10:19 AMCampari is testing selling Aperol in China as the Italian spirits group looks to its photogenic orange-flavoured aperitif to revive sales hit by the coronavirus pandemic.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Winging it: Paris gallery keeps visitors apart with extension hats
Thursday - 06/04/2020 - 07:50 AMAn art gallery in Paris has sought inspiration in ancient China to help it enforce social distancing, by providing hats with winged extensions for visitors.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - For Colombia's quarantined poor, lunch is served - by trendy restaurants
Wednesday - 06/03/2020 - 11:23 AMIn the bustling kitchen of one of Bogota's trendiest restaurants, a team of chefs that usually caters to the Colombian capital's well-heeled citizens is preparing meals for a community of people cut...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Rooftop movie entertains violent Venezuelan barrio during quarantine
Tuesday - 06/02/2020 - 04:27 PMThe sprawling working-class area of Petare on the east side of Venezuela's capital of Caracas has made headlines recently for brutal gang battles that raged for days despite a nationwide quarantine...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - In Brazil, the elderly and loved ones reunite, with a little ingenuity
Tuesday - 06/02/2020 - 01:11 PMDirce Villas Boas, a 93-year-old resident of a nursing home in western Sao Paulo, had gone 70 days without seeing her daughter until this weekend, when the pair hugged and danced together in an...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Midnight cowboy steak: French restaurant re-opens after lockdown
Tuesday - 06/02/2020 - 02:03 AMThe steak restaurant that Jean-Pierre Le Bot co-owns in the French city of Nantes had been shut for 11 weeks, so when officials gave the go-ahead for it to open on Tuesday, he was not going to wait a...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Spanish nightclub industry draws up code to allow safe partying
Monday - 06/01/2020 - 12:43 PMDancing with masks on, sipping drinks with straws and keeping to marked off areas of the dance floor are among post-lockdown safety proposals aimed at helping Spain's nightclubs reopen their doors in...
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Under new guidelines, Britons plan for a different kind of BBQ
Monday - 06/01/2020 - 08:18 AMPeople across Britain plan to invite friends and family to barbecues in their gardens with the latest easing of social distancing measures on Monday, but a list of rules will make them a little more...
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