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Xiaohongshu: How ‘China’s Instagram’ is transforming the travel industry
Tucked away in a residential neighborhood in the west of Hong Kong, the Kennedy Town Playground’s basketball courts aren’t particularly noteworthy. Most locals walk past them on their way to somewhere else. But for many tourists visiting the city from mainland China, the courts are a must-see destination. They’re not interested in joining a pick-up…
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Ruth Chepngetich smashes women’s marathon world record in Chicago
Kenya’s Ruth Chepngetich obliterated the women’s marathon world record in Chicago on Sunday as she completed the course in 2:09:56, becoming the first ever woman to break the 2:10 barrier. Chepngetich shaved almost two minutes off the previous world record of 2:11:53, which was set by Ethiopia’s Tigist Assefa in September 2023, and secured her third ever…
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Secret tomb found under ‘Indiana Jones’ filming location in Petra
At the heart of the ancient city of Petra, Jordan, carved into pink sandstone cliffs, lies an elaborate monument known as the Khaznah, or the Treasury. And buried beneath that edifice, archaeologists recently discovered, is a tomb with at least 12 human skeletons and artifacts that are estimated to be at least 2,000 years old.…
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She explores the world ‘until it’s ugly.’ The internet is obsessed
In a video spanning just two minutes and 24 seconds, Natasha Gupta travels the length and breadth of France. She admires an impressive maze, a hazy sunset scene, an imposing cathedral, and a beautiful mosaiced building. Gupta declares each of her stop offs “not ugly.” Then she comes across a more mundane view – a…
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Al Pacino says being a new dad at 84 is a ‘mini miracle’
Al Pacino is enjoying being a late-in-life dad. The legendary actor talked about being a father to a brood, including to 16-month-old Roman with producer Noor Alfallah, in a new interview with People. “It’s just so wonderful to have children,” the 84-year-old father of four said. “For me, I loved it,” Pacino said. “It changed me…
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‘Godfather of AI’ shares Nobel Prize in physics for work on machine learning
The 2024 Nobel Prize in physics has been awarded to John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton for their fundamental discoveries in machine learning, which paved the way for how artificial intelligence is used today. Hopfield, a professor at Princeton University and Hinton, a computer scientist at the University of Toronto, were praised for laying the foundations for the…
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Elon Musk’s X cleared to resume service in Brazil after it obeys court orders
Brazil’s Supreme Court cleared X to resume service in the country Tuesday, after the social media platform reversed course and started complying with court rulings that billionaire owner Elon Musk had previously vowed to resist. Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who had been locked in a months-long feud with Musk, gave X the green light to resume operations in Latin…
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This is the world’s smallest Rubik’s Cube. And it actually works
Japanese toymaker MegaHouse has unveiled a miniature Rubik’s Cube — one so tiny that you might need a pair of tweezers to solve it. Each face of the cube, which is made from aluminum, measures about five millimeters (around 0.2 inches) across. It was made available for pre-order on the manufacturer’s website on Thursday, with…
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The Gap comeback that might actually be working
Zac Posen points, emphatically, to a wall of blue — or rather a section of the wall filled with various swatches of navy and indigo, each imprinted with Gap’s narrow serif font logo on top. Posen, clad in khakis, combat boots and a white shirt with a small bunny pin on its pocket, has a…
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Making HERstory: How WNBA owner Clara Wu Tsai turned a team ‘no one wanted’ into New York’s next big franchise
The woman behind a franchise no one appeared to want is aiming to orchestrate one of the most remarkable turnarounds in sports history. The New York Liberty are one of the WNBA’s original franchises. Now, back in the Finals, winning the team’s first title would cap off a stretch of unprecedented growth for majority team owner,…
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