Spanish police try out drones to patrol beaches

MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish police have started using drones to help patrol some of the country's most popular beaches at a time when tourist arrivals are reaching record highs.

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Hops and glory: Belgian beer fans are brewing their own

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - In a country where some 200 breweries produce well over 1,000 different beers, surely no one is considering brewing their own?

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Treasure-hunters hopeful about search for elusive Nazi 'gold train'

STRUGA, Poland (Reuters) - Treasure-hunters said on Wednesday they were optimistic they would find a Nazi-era train believed to be hidden underground in southern Poland as they launched a second day...

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Half the world still watching Games as viewer habits change: IOC

(Reuters) - The IOC expects that by the end of the Olympics about half the world's population will have watched the Games in some way as gains in internet delivery of the event have outpaced viewing...

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Australian zoo celebrates birth of one of world's rarest monkeys

(Reuters) - Peeping out from her mother's arms, Embe, a Francois' Langur, makes her debut at Sydney's Taronga Zoo where she was born on July 21, in what conservationists hailed as great news for one...

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Munich raises security for beer festival after Islamist attacks

BERLIN (Reuters) - Organizers of the world's biggest beer festival, Munich's Oktoberfest, have raised security after Islamist attacks in Germany last month, including banning rucksacks, introducing...

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Lima zoo celebrates first lion cub birth in over 20 years

LIMA (Reuters) - A zoo in the Peruvian capital is celebrating the arrival of a lion cub, the first born there in more than 20 years.

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