Sunday, July 31, 2016

Oozing dim sum buns delight diners in Hong Kong

(Reuters) - At Dim Sum Icon in Hong Kong, diners are encouraged to play with their food.

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Friday, July 29, 2016

U.S. sailor lends hand to clean Rio's bay before Games

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Bobbing on Rio de Janeiro's Guanabara Bay in a blue and white fishing boat, American sailor Brad Funk uses a plastic bin to scoop rubbish from the waters where Olympic...

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Teaching community through capoeira in a hardscrabble Rio slum

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Manoel Pereira Costa is a star on this sprawling mountainside in Rio de Janeiro.

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U.N. supports 'brelfies' to encourage breastfeeding

GENEVA (Reuters) - If you're hesitating about sending a brelfie, the United Nations says go for it.

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Don't play Pokemon on the railway tracks, Bulgaria says

SOFIA (Reuters) - This one might seem obvious, but.... Bulgarian state railway company BDZ is urging players of Pokemon GO to keep off the railway tracks.

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Getting pumped and pampered in hard-times Gaza

GAZA (Reuters) - Sparkling Mediterranean beaches, expensive restaurants and state-of-the-art health clubs do not readily spring to mind when it comes to the Gaza Strip.

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Thursday, July 28, 2016

U.S. comic book starring transgender superhero to hit shelves

NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Move over, Spider-Man and Superman. Here comes Chalice, a transgender superhero hitting the comic-book world.

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