Descendent of Arab musical legend brings nostalgia to Lebanese festival

Lebanon’s traditional summer festivals harked back to the Arab world’s musical past this year, highlighted by a performance by the great-granddaughter of the legendary 1930s diva Asmahan in a… Press Release Distribution Service

Shaken or stirred: robotic bartender serves up cocktails for Prague clubbers

For revelers at one Prague megaclub, gone are the days of being squashed at the bar waiting to get a watered-down cocktail. Press Release Distribution Service

Cubans seek to revive little-known tango legacy

Cuba may be known now for upbeat salsa, but long before that genre even emerged its Afro beats fed into the melancholic Argentine tango which was widely popular on the Caribbean’s largest island. Press Release Distribution Service

Hungary’s favorite gardener still digging up new tips as he turns 100

Gyorgy Balint, Hungary’s favorite gardener, turns 100 this month and his advice is more sought after than ever. Press Release Distribution Service

Hi-tech illusions bring Queen Victoria’s palace to life in UK Summer exhibition

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth visited an exhibition dedicated to her great-great-grandmother Victoria on Wednesday, which uses cutting-edge technology to recreate Buckingham Palace as it was during the… Press Release Distribution Service

Class act: Thai teacher learns how to make English lessons fun

Thai English teacher Theeraphong Meesat has a unique way of boosting his students’ confidence in class and making sure they loosen up – by wearing outrageous outfits and makeup. Press Release Distribution Service

Neil Armstrong’s Apollo 11 spacesuit unveiled at Smithsonian

The spacesuit astronaut Neil Armstrong wore during his mission to the moon went on public display for the first time in 13 years on Tuesday, at the Smithsonian’s Air and Space Museum exactly 50 years… Press Release Distribution Service

Egypt opens museum commemorating Nobel laureate Naguib Mahfouz

A museum commemorating the life and works of Egyptian novelist Naguib Mahfouz has opened in Cairo, nearly 13 years after the Nobel laureate’s death. Press Release Distribution Service

European leaders join Macron for Bastille Day parade

European leaders including German Chancellor Angela Merkel joined French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday for the traditional Bastille Day military parade in Paris, which this year honoured… Press Release Distribution Service

French police fire tear gas as protests follow Bastille Day parade

French police fired tear gas to disperse protesters from Paris’s Champs Elysees avenue on Sunday, a few hours after President Emmanuel Macron had reviewed the traditional Bastille Day military… Press Release Distribution Service

Egypt opens Sneferu’s ‘Bent’ Pyramid in Dahshur to public

Egypt opened to visitors on Saturday the “Bent” Pyramid built for pharaoh Sneferu, a 101-meter structure just south of Cairo that marks a key step in the evolution of pyramid construction. Press Release Distribution Service

Customers over the moon with messages on Hong Kong cakes

A Hong Kong bakery is doing a roaring trade in mooncakes stamped with messages asking residents to keep up pro-democracy protests. Press Release Distribution Service

Five sent to hospital on sixth day of Pamplona bull run

One man was gored and at least four other people were sent to hospital with injuries following the sixth day of the running of the bulls at the San Fermin festival in the northern Spanish city of… Press Release Distribution Service

Kimonos and colossal bows fill Valentino’s colorful catwalk

Italian designer Pierpaolo Piccioli went for an explosion of bold colors at Valentino’s Haute Couture collection, switching from mustard yellow to fuchsia to azure with supermodel Gigi Hadid walking… Press Release Distribution Service

Plight of young Greek jobless plays out on stage

Student Iro Stafilaki delivers a monologue on stage during a rehearsal at the Praxi Epta theater school in Athens, pursuing her dream of becoming an actor despite the difficulties as Greece claws its… Press Release Distribution Service

Tutankhamen head set for London auction despite Egyptian protests

A brown quartzite head of young king Tutankhamen was due to be auctioned in London with an estimate of more than $5 million on Thursday, in the face of Egyptian demands for its return. Press Release Distribution Service

One gored among dozens injured at bull-running in Spain

One man was gored in the arm among scores more injured on Thursday during Spain’s centuries-old San Fermin bull-running festival where protesters complained new safety measures were spoiling the buzz. Press Release Distribution Service

Back on the map: Lebanon hopes for best tourist season in years

Ibrahim Zeeb is visiting Lebanon for the first time in years and says it’s the food he has missed most. Press Release Distribution Service

Last Volkswagen Beetle drives into the sunset

Volkswagen rolled the last Beetle off the assembly line on Wednesday, the end of the road for a car that ran from Nazi Germany through hippie counterculture but failed to navigate a swerve in… Press Release Distribution Service

UK parliament’s ‘Big Ben’ bell marks 160 years with silence as restoration work continues

Britain’s parliament marks 160 years on Thursday since its “Big Ben” bell first chimed, but the familiar bongs will not ring out to celebrate the occasion as the famous clock-tower is half way… Press Release Distribution Service

One gored among seven hurt on fifth day of Pamplona bull-running

At least seven runners were hurt, with one gored in the arm, on the fifth day of the week-long San Fermin bull-running festival in the northern Spanish city of Pamplona, according to the Red Cross on… Press Release Distribution Service

Remains of one of Napoleon’s 1812 generals believed found in Russia

More than 200 years after he died of his battlefield wounds in Russia, archaeologists believe they have found the remains of one of Napoleon Bonaparte’s favorite generals buried in a park beneath the… Press Release Distribution Service

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