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+4'For me, this is paradise': life in the Spanish city that banned cars
In Pontevedra, the usual soundtrack of a Spanish city has been replaced by the tweeting of birds and the chatter of humans
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+28Farewell trans fats? Here's why Canada's ban won't immediately see them banished from store shelves
Artificial trans fats will be off Canadian plates for good, as the final step to ban them in Canada is scheduled to take effect Monday. Researchers believe a ban could prevent up to 12,000 heart attacks in Canada over 20 years.
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+14Kansas woman told birth certificate wasn’t enough to prove citizenship for passport
Birtherism for everyone: Born and raised in Kansas, Gwyneth Barbara didn’t expect this kind of hassle.
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+17Scotland’s clock that’s (almost) never on time
Edinburgh’s landmark clock tower has been responsible for keeping commuters and travellers on time for more than a century – and yet it is never correct.
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+1410 key moments in street art history that made graffiti a beloved international art form.
A look at 10 important moments in the history of graffiti that pushed graffiti art from underground subculture to mainstream trend.
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+13New-style TripAdvisor aims to be the world's first ‘travel feed’
The site’s new web and mobile platforms will no longer be just about reviews – it will host content from major publishers, too
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+14No Small Deed Face Facts: ‘Little Mac’ Outwitted Lee at Antietam
Two Civil War words tend to bring everyone’s blood to the boiling point: George McClellan.
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+13Belgian Fries / De Zoutkorrel (The salt grain) by Martinus
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+31The language the French forbade
Despite centuries of efforts to make standardised French the language of all of France, Occitan, which is intrinsically tied to the local culture, could not be suppressed.
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+17It's hard to spread the idiot fruit
In a few idyllic parts of Queensland grows the idiot fruit, a tall tree with intricate flowers and some of the largest seeds in Australia.
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+18Girl, 9, protests at Australian anthem
Harper Nielsen stirs a social media storm claiming "Advance Australia Fair" ignores indigenous people.
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+32China Can’t Afford a Cashless Society
A mania for mobile payments is leaving the poor behind.
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+25EU smacks internet in the face with link tax and upload filter laws
In one of the dumbest technology regulation moves since the US's FCC destroyed America's net neutrality, the European Union's copyright law overhaul promises to wreck today's internet.
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+27Europe’s Conservatives Thought They Could Control Viktor Orban. They Were Wrong.
As the Hungarian prime minister built an “illiberal state,” creating a template for the far right, center-right leaders in Brussels did little to stop him.
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+18A Warning From Europe: The Worst Is Yet to Come
Polarization. Conspiracy theories. Attacks on the free press. An obsession with loyalty. Recent events in the United States follow a pattern Europeans know all too well.
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+17Suu Kyi defense of jailing of Reuters journalists 'unbelievable':...
Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi said on Thursday the jailing of two Reuters journalists had nothing to do with freedom of expression and they can appeal against their seven-year sentences, prompting a sharp rebuke from the United States.
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+21Descend Into Great Britain’s Network of Secret Nuclear Bunkers
And meet the determined enthusiast bringing them back to life.
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+15If self-driving cars want to transform cities, they’ll have to figure out Boston first
The city's infamous roads and drivers have created some "unique" challenges for autonomous vehicles. But that's sort of the point.
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+17Travelers: Here’s why you should never use a hotel water kettle
Put down that cuppa.
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+24Watch this satellite footage of a rocket launching from the Gobi Desert
Another success for the Chinese private startup OneSpace, but no rockets have gone to orbit yet