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For some rural US TV viewers, local news is anything but 24 Nov 2019 - 07:06 pm
A large television in a bank shows CNN audio only broadcast of White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer's briefing in Boston, June 26, 2017. Reuters / Brian Snyder
Bespoke ski adventures that are about more than the slopes 24 Nov 2019 - 11:33 am
 Skiers are dropped off by helicopter atop a mountain in Iceland.  Arctic Heli Skiing Iceland.
Ultra-Orthodox Jews fight domestic violence in Israel 22 Nov 2019 - 10:47 pm
A picture taken on November 18, 2019, shows Israeli activists (L to R) Hila Hassan Lefkowitz, Esther Twersky, Yael Elimelech, Esti Shushan, and Rachel Morgerstern of the Nivcharot foundation, an Ultra-Orthodox feminist group, during a work meeting in the
Don’t overlook splashy coffee table books as holiday gifts 22 Nov 2019 - 08:09 pm
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Foot fetish: Nibbles a specialty at Indonesian restaurant 22 Nov 2019 - 01:31 pm
TOPSHOT - This picture taken on November 15, 2019 shows fish nibbling at the feet of Indonesian diners having their lunch at a fish pool restaurant at Wedomartani village in Yogyakarta./ AFP / OKA HAMIED
'Smart cities' urged to look beyond rich, white men 21 Nov 2019 - 10:45 pm
Commuters walk through the morning bright sunlight coming from the 60 feet high windows in Grand Central Terminal in New York City on March 11, 2019. AFP / Timothy A Clary
Without better flood protection, Venice risks loss of heritage status 21 Nov 2019 - 10:45 pm
People walk on a catwalk in the flooded St Mark Square during a period of seasonal high water in Venice, Italy November 12, 2019. Reuters / Manuel Silvestri
A tour inside a Broadway theater is the place to geek out 21 Nov 2019 - 06:47 pm
 A woman looks at her phone while waiting on the platform at the Broadway Junction subway station on November 14, 2019 in New York City.  Stephanie Keith/Getty Images/AFP
What a relief! Paris show lifts taboo on historic outdoor loos 21 Nov 2019 - 06:18 pm
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Original 'Tintin' page fetches 394,000 euros at Paris sale 20 Nov 2019 - 09:30 pm
Comics author Georges Remi, also known as Hergé, reading his book “Tintin and the Lake of Sharks” on December 7, 1972. AFP
Apple sleuths hunt Northwest for varieties believed extinct 20 Nov 2019 - 09:15 am
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South Korea's model daughter in law 17 Nov 2019 - 06:32 pm
This picture taken on August 30, 2019 shows Emma Sumampong (L) helping her mother-in-law Kim Geum-nyeo (R) during an interview with AFP at her house in the mountainous town of Hoengseong. AFP / Jung Yeon-je
Havana at 500: a city in four portraits 17 Nov 2019 - 06:32 pm
Cuban Yosbel Sosa, 33, drives his Chevrolet Impala '59 through the streets of Havana, on August 20, 2019, in search of tourists.  AFP / Yamil Lage
Victoria Beckham knew fashion industry would dismiss her as a wannabe 16 Nov 2019 - 03:59 pm
Designer Victoria Beckham attends the 4th edition of the Vogue Fashion Festival in Paris, France, November 15, 2019. REUTERS/Gonzalo Fuentes
The Mona Lisa makes visiting the Louvre miserable; here are seven solutions, according to Twitter 11 Nov 2019 - 10:25 am
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Flames and fireworks as Myanmar fire balloon fest opens 08 Nov 2019 - 12:52 pm
This picture taken on November 4, 2019 shows participants releasing a hot-air balloon attached with fireworks during the Tazaungdaing Lighting Festival at Taunggyi in Myanmar's northeastern Shan State. AFP / Ye Aung Thu
Out of school, in the dictionary: 'Climate strike' declared 'word of the year' 07 Nov 2019 - 08:24 pm
Activists attend an environmental demonstration, part of the Global Climate Strike, in Saint Petersburg, Russia September 20, 2019. Reuters / Anton Vaganov
Old McDonald's: Aussie mates show off burger bought in 1995 07 Nov 2019 - 10:54 am
Casey Dean inspects a McDonald's burger bought in 1995 and kept in an Australian shed for years... AFP / William West