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August 25, 2019
'Breaking Bad' movie out on Netflix in October
August 25, 2019
Scarlett Johansson tops best-paid actress, Again
GIROLATA, FRANCE - "It's nature's magical design," says a tourist guide, waxing poetic as he comments on the impressive red cliffs plunging into a turquoise sea at the Scandola nature reserve on France's Corsica island."Amazing!" exclaims Irena Snydrova, a Czech tourist visiting the UNESCO World Heritage site with her family, along with groups from Italy, Spain and France.Their boat sidles up to the Steps of Paradise, rocks shaped into a stairway some 15 meters long, then glides on to Bad Luck Pass, a former pirates' redoubt.The ages have sculpted the volcanic cliffs into myriad shapes that beguile the visitor, who might imagine a kissing couple here, a horse's head there, Napoleon's two-cornered hat further on...The park, created in 1975, is an...
August 25, 2019
'Red lights' as over-tourism threatens Corsican nature reserve
ABIDJAN - The seaside resort offers visitors a cool drink or tasty meal, a dip in a pool, a karaoke session or an overnight stay, all with a view.Nothing much new there, you may say -- creature comforts like this are pretty much standard in tropical hotels.The big difference, though, is that this mini resort is also a moveable island that floats on plastic bottles.Riding on the laguna in Abidjan, Ivory Coast's economic hub, the unusual complex floats on a platform made from 700,000 discarded bottles and other buoyant debris.Its inventor, Frenchman Eric Becker, says his creation can help greener, more mobile tourism -- something less harmful to seas and coastlines than traditional fixed, concrete resorts.His "Ile Flottante" -- French for "Floating Island" --...
August 25, 2019
Ivory Coast's 'Floating Island' points to greener tourism
August 25, 2019
Nearly 900 Mexican performers set world record for folk dance
August 24, 2019
Algeria's culture minister resigns after deadly concert stampede
August 24, 2019
US reported First death linked to vaping
CHICAGO, Illinois — The case of ex-"Empire" actor Jussie Smollett, who sparked a firestorm in Chicago by reporting a racist attack authorities have ruled a hoax, returns to court on Friday, when local media say a judge may tap a special prosecutor to review the case.The actor, who is black and gay, stunned the city when he told police on Jan. 29 that two masked men threw a noose around his neck and poured chemicals on him while yelling racist and homophobic slurs and expressing support for US President Donald Trump.A month later, State's Attorney Kim Foxx charged Smollett, best known for his role as a gay musician on the Fox Television hip-hop drama "Empire," with filing a false police report and accused him of paying $3,500 to two men to stage the attack to...
August 23, 2019
Chicago judge may tap special prosecutor to review actor Jussie Smollett's case
August 23, 2019
Rockin 'n' rollin on Mars: Rolling Stones have space rock named after them
August 23, 2019
No-frills Wills: British royals take commercial flight to see queen
