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September 30, 2019
Live Like Caesar This Weekend
Make the Empire your playground this weekend. We all need a short break, a weekend getaway to break the cycle. From incredible stay-at-home moms to super hard-working-away-from-home dads, a weekend getaway with the family can be a real opportunity to spend some quality time together. Not only do short breaks boost productivity, they are super important to incorporate to prevent burnout and maintain good mental and physical health. This weekend ...
September 30, 2019
Top Summer Destination: Mauritius
If you want an ideal island-vacation with your family, look no further. A Saudi favorite, Mauritius is the one of the most popular destinations for locals this year. Saudi visitors almost doubled to 9,219 from the previous year, with three flights a week from Riyadh and Jeddah introduced by Saudi Arabian Airlines in 2017, according to Bloomberg. Located off the South West coast of the Indian Ocean, Mauritius offers natural, ...
September 16, 2019
Gabon's sole train a lifeline for its people and economy
FRANCEVILLE, GABON - The sky turns from indigo to ebony as the tropical night falls, and the train patiently thrusts through the jungle towards its destination, still hundreds of kilometers away.The trek has the hallmarks of one of the world's Great Forgotten Train Journeys -- a voyage through 648 kilometers of lush equatorial forest.The train is the brainchild of Gabon's former president, Omar Bongo, who ruled for 42 years until ...
September 16, 2019
'This is our home': Kenya islanders demand say in foreign-backed projects
LAMU, KENYA - Armed with maps, activists on the tourist island of Lamu have managed to stall plans for Kenya's first coal-powered plant as local communities become more vocal about rising numbers of foreign-backed projects on their doorsteps.Kenya's government in 2016 granted a license to Amu Power - a consortium involving Kenya's Gulf Energy and Centum Investment , some Chinese companies as well as U.S. and Omani backers - to ...
September 10, 2019
New research reveals what kids in Saudi Arabia want from a family holiday
DUBAI — Whether it’s hiking through a forest, riding the fastest roller coaster or building sand castles on a beach, vacations offer amazing opportunities for families to spend time together. Parents in Saudi Arabia learn more about what their kids like and don’t like while kids learn that their parents are cool after all!A growing number of parents in Saudi Arabia are prioritizing family vacations and taking their kids on ...
September 8, 2019
Fit for porpoise: China races to save last Yangtze river mammal
NANJING, CHINA - On a short stretch of the Yangtze river, three sleek grey porpoises twist in muddy waters near the city of Nanjing, protected from passing barges and ships by a row of yellow buoys.With only 1,000 remaining, the Yangtze finless porpoise is a symbol of the damage done to China's longest river in a decades-long campaign to tame floods, reclaim farmland and industrialize the regions along its banks.President ...
September 3, 2019
K-Pop and Kimchi: Tokyo's 'Little Seoul' shrugs off spat
TOKYO - In the "little Seoul" area of Tokyo, Japanese shoppers flock to get their fix of K-pop and Korean face cream, seemingly shrugging off a deep freeze in Japan-South Korean ties.Visitors to Shin-Okubo could be forgiven for thinking they had stumbled into a district in Seoul, with rows of restaurants serving kimchi and music shops selling the latest K-pop hits from BTS or Wanna One.And in contrast to South ...
September 3, 2019
French mayor urges action against Mont-Blanc 'wackos'
GRENOBLE, FRANCE - The mayor of Chamonix in the French Alps has urged President Emmanuel Macron to act against "wackos" climbing the nearby Mont Blanc, after a series of incidents including a British tourist abandoning a rowing machine on the famed mountain.Mayor Jean-Marc Peillex, who for years has sounded the alarm against overcrowding on Europe's highest peak, said a member of Britain's "Royal Commandos" hauled up the exercise machine for ...
September 1, 2019
Recycling rubble to save mountains, rivers and beaches
NICOSIA - Recycling rubble, particularly in countries pummeled by war, is one way to limit environmental damage caused by extracting sand and rock, according to Pascal Peduzzi of UN Environment."Syria is experiencing a horrible and tragic war -- whole cities will have to be razed and rebuilt," the expert told AFP."Construction materials must be recycled or we will have quarry problems."In neighboring Lebanon, which experienced its own protracted civil war, ...
September 1, 2019
What lies beneath: Singapore plans a subterranean future
SINGAPORE - Space-starved Singapore has expanded outwards by building into the sea and upwards by constructing high-rises but planners are now looking underground as they seek new areas for growth.The nation has carefully managed its rapid growth in recent decades to avoid the problems faced by other fast developing Asian metropolises, such as overcrowding and traffic chaos.But with its population of 5.6 million expected to grow steadily in coming years, ...
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