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August 30, 2024 3:10 PM

Indonesia to reform tourism on tropical island Bali

Indonesia will conduct an audit to reform tourism on the tropical island of Bali to improve tourism quality and preserve local culture and jobs, a senior minister said on Friday. About 200,000 foreigners currently live in Bali and have created probl...

August 29, 2024 3:42 PM

Notting Hill Carnival celebrates London’s diversity after racist attacks

In 1959, Trinidadian activist Claudia Jones organised a Caribbean carnival in St Pancras Town Hall in London in response to race riots, planting the seeds for Notting Hill Carnival, one of the world's largest street parties. Revellers on Monday, the...

August 29, 2024 1:36 PM

Spanish town gets soaked in red during tomato-lobbing Tomatina festival

The streets of a town in eastern Spain were awash in red on Wednesday as revellers flung overripe tomatoes at each other in a high-spirited battle royale during the traditional Tomatina festival. Some 22,000 participants wearing white clothes besp...

August 28, 2024 7:19 PM

World tango stars take the stage at Argentine competition

Every night in Buenos Aires, cozy clubs and cavernous halls fill with dancers from around the world who cling to one another in the embrace of Argentine tango, gliding in sync to plaintive tunes of nostalgia, loss and love. Tango's spotlight moved t...

August 27, 2024 11:21 AM

Janmashtami celebrated across the country, stampede-like situation at Patna’s ISKCON Temple

After the stampede-like situation occurred at the ISKCON Temple in Patna on the occasion of the Janmashtami festival, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Rajeev Mishra said that no injuries have been reported and the police brought the situation un...

August 26, 2024 11:29 AM

Redheads gather to light up unique Dutch festival

Thousands of people gathered in the Netherlands this weekend to celebrate their red hair at the annual Redhead Days Festival in the southern town of Tilburg. Architecture student Ellen Linderstad told Reuters on Sunday (August 25) she spent more tha...

August 25, 2024 5:04 PM

PM Modi highlights Moran community’s bond with Hoolock Gibbons in Assam

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday highlighted the unique relationship between the Moran community and Hoolock Gibbons, India's only ape, in Barekuri village of Assam's Tinsukia district. The hoolock gibbons are "endangered," according to the ...

August 24, 2024 2:12 PM

‘Biggest number yet’-100,000 fans to swarm to Anime NYC 2024 convention

Anime NYC, a three-day Japanese animation and culture convention, kicked off on Friday (August 23) and is expected to attract its largest crowd to date since launching seven years ago. More than 100,000 tickets have been sold for this year's event, ...

August 23, 2024 4:42 PM

Michael Jackson’s estate clinches win over Katherine Jackson in $600 million catalog war

In a decisive legal victory for Michael Jackson's estate, a California appeals court has affirmed that the estate's executors can proceed with the USD 600 million sale of the late pop icon's music catalog to Sony Music. The ruling, despite objection...

August 22, 2024 4:46 PM

Australia’s ‘right to disconnect’ law set to come into force

Australian employees will from Monday have the right to ignore their bosses outside working hours thanks to a new law which enshrines the "right to disconnect." The law, which passed in February, protects employees who refuse to monitor, read or res...

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