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PARIS, France (Reuters) — Do you want to know how fast a tennis ball goes? Zip down a line strung from the second floor of the Eiffel tower, 115 meters above the ground. During the French Open and in association with tennis tournament Roland-Garros, bottled water vendor Perrier allows volunteers to down at 90 km/h, the speed of a tennis ball being smashed. Volunteer Julien Bidet, 39, said he both feared and loved the experience, […]
CHICAGO, United States (Reuters) — The world’s first Nutella restaurant, dedicated to the gooey chocolate-hazelnut spread, opened its doors in Chicago on Wednesday (May 31). The cafe, owned by Italian confectionery group Ferrero, opened its doors at 10am CDT (1500gmt), offering a menu of warm Nutella baguettes, hazelnut and blueberry granola with Nutella and Nutella-topped gelato. Jars of the spread with special ‘Nutella Cafe Chicago’ labels were also available. Nutella was invented in 1944 by […]
RHENEN, Netherlands (AFP) — Cautiously at first and then with mounting curiosity, two giant pandas stepped outside into their new open-air enclosure at a Dutch zoo on Tuesday, met by a barrage of cameras and squeals of delight. Female Wu Wen (Beautiful Powerful Cloud) and her male companion Xing Ya (Elegant Star) were making their public debut, marking the culmination of a 16-year dream for the zoo and Dutch officials. The pair are now going […]
Reuters — Ski climbers Bernhard Hug and Tony Sbalbi recently (May 15-17) made an attempt to climb the highest peaks in Switzerland and France in 50 hours. This follows their seven-peak tour two years ago, which saw them climbing all peaks over 4000 meters in the Aletsch region using touring skis in just 20 hours. Setting off from Zermatt the two climbers encounter soft snow as they ascended the Dufourspitze, over 4600 m above sea […]
KATHMANDU, Nepal (Reuters) – Indian climber Anshu Jamsenpa has made the fastest double ascent of Mount Everest, becoming the first woman in the world to reach the highest point on earth twice in five days. The 38-year-old mother of two climbed the peak along the Southeast Ridge route on May 16. She repeated the feat on May 21 improving a record set by a Nepali woman, Chhurim Sherpa, who made the dual climb in seven […]
(Eagle News) — The Philippines Airlines (PAL) has announced that it will temporarily suspend its flights to Abu Dhabi starting July 8, 2017. PAL said that suspension was due to route assessment initiatives and as part of their operational adjustments. “PAL is seeking the kind understanding of affected passengers as the airline implements these operational adjustments,” it said in a press statement. The airline said that flights to and from Abu Dhabi (PR 656/657 Tuesdays/Thursdays/Saturdays) […]
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — A Japanese university is planning what it says will be the world’s first research center devoted to ninja — the black clad assassins known for secrecy and stealth. While mostly confined to history books and fiction, ninja have been enjoying something of a resurgence as Japanese authorities increasingly deploy them to promote tourism ahead of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. Now, Mie University in central Japan — the region considered the […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — The sweet history of chocolate is assembled in New York’s first chocolate museum founded by famed pastry chef and chocolatier, Jacques Torres. For Torres, the museum is an opportunity to share his passion with others. “I love to transfer the love that I have for chocolate and the knowledge that I have for chocolates to whoever wants to learn about it. So museum makes the perfect sense to bring […]
TOKYO, Japan (Reuters) — East Japan Railway Co. launched its new luxury sleeper train on Monday (May 1) that comes with a $10,000 price tag for the top-class suite for a four-day trip from Tokyo to Hokkaido. The slick gold-colored “Train Suite Shiki-shima” features Japan’s traditional tatami (pronounce tah-tah-mi) rice straw mats and Hinoki (pronounce hee-noh-ki) wooden bath tubs, sky-view glass ceilings and live piano music in the dining car. Despite the hefty price tags […]
DIGITAL NEST|Newark, New Jersey By: Tennie Sumague, New York Bureau April is known as cherry blossom season and the best place to see a plethora of trees in its splendor? Not in Washington D.C. but in Newark, New Jersey. Only 40 minutes away by train from New York Penn Station, one can travel to Newark Penn Station and take the New Jersey Light Rail to Branch Brook Park, the first county park and home to […]
by Camille Bas-Wohlert Agence France Presse AARHUS, Denmark (AFP) — Talk about fluid tunes: A group of innovative Danish musicians submerged like fish in an aquarium have created an underwater concerto with instruments specially adapted to resonate in a silent world. In the central Danish town of Aarhus, a Godsbanen center concert hall looks more like a fish farm than a music set, with its jumble of water tanks, canisters, tubes, pipes and retrofuturistic objects. […]
(Reuters) — Wind turbines are drawing in tourists, revenue and jobs to a small farming town in Rizal. Every year, on top of the windswept hills of the province, more than 340,000 tourists mill the view deck of Pililla town’s 4,500-hectare wind farm to marvel and take pictures of its 125-meter-tall white wind turbines. Construction of the wind farm, which consists of 27 turbines, finished in June 2015. The farm was inaugurated and opened to the […]
