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World 25 Mar 2025 | 08:38 AM

Spain's wild horses in peril, despite key role in wildfire prevention

AMIL, Spain (Reuters) - The wildfires that used to burn each summer in the woods above the Spanish village of Barro have diminished to almost none since Lucia Perez started grazing wild horses there.

Arts 25 Dec 2024 | 08:00 AM

Restoring Milan’s Duomo, one historic statue at a time

There are more than 3,400 statues on the Duomo, on which construction began in 1386. They are carved from the dazzling pink-white marble from Candoglia quarry near Lake Maggiore northwest of Milan

World 7 Dec 2024 | 04:12 AM

France says 'merci' as Notre-Dame Cathedral rises from ruins of fire

PARIS (Reuters) -The word "Merci" was projected on to the front of Paris' Notre-Dame cathedral as it reopened on Saturday, in thanks for its salvation after a devastating fire that brought the 860-year-old building close to collapse five years ago.

World 29 Nov 2024 | 10:59 AM

Macron lauds artisans for restoring Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris

PARIS (Reuters) -French President Emmanuel Macron praised on Friday the more than 1,000 craftspeople who helped rebuild Paris' Notre-Dame Cathedral in what he called "the project of the century", five-and-a-half years after fire gutted the Gothic masterpiece.

Africa 13 Aug 2024 | 07:00 AM

The lost kingdom of Great Zimbabwe is a historical treasure

Exploring the Great Zimbabwe, the stone remains of an old city that existed some time in 1100CE, abandoned three centuries later, and then rediscovered in the 19th century.

People 15 Aug 2023 | 10:34 AM

When wandering is a stage in your career: Meet Germany's journeymen

With only €5 (RM25.50) in their pocket, Germany's journeymen and women set out to learn new skills and gain new insights without setting foot in their home town for three years and a day.

Nation 26 Oct 2022 | 10:10 AM

I never called Anwar a Freemason, says Hadi

PETALING JAYA: Tan Sri Abdul Hadi Awang has denied claims that he called PKR president Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim a Freemason.

Europe 22 Dec 2021 | 12:05 AM

Old bratwurst restaurant is a medieval treasure in Germany

Centuries pass, but an old bratwurst restaurant in Regensburg city remains popular.

Esports 27 May 2021 | 01:00 AM

Brazil’s favela gamers dream big

Around 100 young gamers now participate in AfroGames, whose activities are sponsored by companies including Brazilian airline GOL and media powerhouse Grupo Globo.

Arts 23 May 2021 | 07:30 AM

This game of words seeks to revive fading Greek dialects

Dopiolalia, a new card game aiming to revive interest in fading dialects in Greece, both living and extinct

World 17 Aug 2020 | 04:31 PM

Feature: Kenyan artisans craft decent living from their businesses

NAIROBI, Aug. 17 (Xinhua) -- John Onyango, a furniture maker, whistled as he picked a tiny nail and placed it on a canvas material and hit it.

Arts 11 Oct 2020 | 05:30 AM

Mexican artist Gabriel Orozco's pandemic: 'I don't plan too much ahead'

Gabriel Orozco sees an evolving transformation of creativity born from the upheaval of global pandemic.

World 15 June 2020 | 08:27 AM

Taxi driver turns hearse driver as coronavirus cases in India spike

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The heat was already suffocating when Mohammad Aamir Khan woke up in his tiny, windowless room with only a sheer curtain for a door. He offered a brief prayer to a picture hanging above the bed of the Kaaba, the holiest site in Islam, and headed down the narrow stairs.

India 25 Apr 2020 | 08:12 AM

India's migrant workers fall through cracks in coronavirus lockdown

JUGYAI (India): Most days, you can find Dayaram Kushwaha and his wife, Gyanvati, hauling bricks for stonemasons in a booming northern suburb of New Delhi. They bring their five-year-old son, who plays in the dirt while they work.

World 21 Apr 2020 | 06:15 AM

Special Report: India's migrant workers fall through cracks in coronavirus lockdown

JUGYAI, India (Reuters) - Most days, you can find Dayaram Kushwaha and his wife, Gyanvati, hauling bricks for stonemasons in a booming northern suburb of New Delhi. They bring their 5-year-old son, who plays in the dirt while they work.

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