Monday, May 30, 2016

Strikes, protests pose new headache for Paris tourism

PARIS (Reuters) - As Paris tourism struggles to overcome last November's Islamist attacks, the world's most visited city faces a new threat: a wave of protests and further planned strikes, tourism...

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Hitler's older brother was in fact younger and died early, historian says

VIENNA (Reuters) - A brother of Hitler's who was thought to be older was actually younger and died within days, raising questions about how his death might have affected the future leader of Nazi...

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For many Chinese migrants, the lure of the city is fading

WENZHOU, China/HONG KONG (Reuters) - After two decades trying to make a life in China's entrepreneurial city of Wenzhou, Ji Shouquan and his brother Shoufang are ready to head home.

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Searchers comb forest for Japanese boy punished by parents

(Reuters) - Searchers in northern Japan spent a third day on Monday looking for a seven-year-old Japanese boy who went missing after his parents left him in a forest to teach him some discipline.

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Bosnia pays tribute to David Bowie with vast mural

SARAJEVO (Reuters) - A group of artists unveiled a huge mural of David Bowie in Sarajevo on Saturday to commemorate the British musician's humanitarian work during the Bosnian war.

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Sunday, May 29, 2016

'Tourists go home': Spain tourism surge brings backlash

PALMA DE MALLORCA, Spain (Reuters) - On the walls of the grand old houses of this Balearic port which attracts millions of foreigners every year, a new kind of graffiti has flourished: "Tourists go...

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'Human Arrow' achieves goal the Great Wall

'Human Arrow' Jeb Corliss ripped through a target on China's Great Wall on Sunday in the latest of a string of stunts carried out by the 40-year-old daredevil.

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