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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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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Saudi snow city tests kingdom's capacity for fun

RIYADH (Reuters) - At a shopping mall in southern Riyadh, a woman shrouded in black robes and bulgy black coat throws snowballs at her young son, giggling underneath a face covering. The boy...

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Study finds cosmic rays increased heart risks among Apollo astronauts

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - Apollo astronauts who ventured to the moon are at five times greater risk of dying from heart disease than shuttle astronauts, U.S. researchers said on Thursday,...

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