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Bringing a New Healing Experience to Oman

It all began with a chance meeting in Africa. João Santos, a seasoned wellness practitioner from Portugal, was introduced to an Omani official during a visit to a safari resort where he had been offering his specialised...

Bringing a New Healing Experience to Oman

Hawk-eyed photographer snaps threatened bird feared lost

Hawk-eyed photographer snaps threatened bird feared lost

Milan Fashion Week opens amid headwinds, and without Giorgio

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Dutch canal vaulting competition keeps centuries old tradition alive

People watch as a contestant takes part in a yearly national 'fierljeppen' or canal vaulting contest in the village of Polsbroekerdam, Netherlands August 31, 2024. REUTERS/Bart Biesemans

Australian sauna helps save frogs from flesh-eating fungus

This picture taken on August 13, 2024 shows Macquarie University biologist Anthony Waddle holding a green and golden bell frog, an endangered specie, at the research center of Macquarie University in Sydney. Hundreds of endangered Green and Golden Bell frogs huddle inside a sauna, protected from Sydney's winter chill. The sauna -– a small greenhouse containing black-painted bricks -- may offer a pleasant warmth, but it is also protecting the frogs from the deadly chytrid fungus that would otherwise drive them to extinction. - TO GO WITH: Australia-conservation-frogs, FOCUS by Laura CHUNG (Photo by Saeed KHAN / AFP) / TO GO WITH: Australia-conservation-frogs, FOCUS by Laura CHUNG

Norway's Princess Martha Louise to wed her California shaman

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PLANT MESSIAH, Risking his extinction to rescue the rarest of flowers

Carlos Magdalena examines flowers at Kew Gardens in London

Opinion: The impact of Artificial Intelligence on education as new school term begins

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Buenos Aires 'taxi dancers' glide tourists through daunting tango scene

Professional "Tango Taxi dancers" David Tolosa and Laura Florencia Guardia pose for a picture during a milonga at the Marabu tango saloon in Buenos Aires on August 17, 2024. ‘Dancing tango in Buenos Aires can be very intimidating; some people just don't get it,’ admits David Tolosa, a professional dancer and taxi dancer in this tango mecca, where he works as an escort for novices. Most of his clients are foreigners eager to experience the authentic nightlife Buenos Aires has to offer in hundreds of'milongas’ whose shine shines every August for the Tango World Cup, a magnet for tourists. (Photo by JUAN MABROMATA / AFP)

Japan is next level for retro game collectors

This photo taken on June 24, 2024 shows vintage video game collector "Proudro" playing a vintage video game at his home in Kasumigaura, Ibaraki prefecture. Amid rice fields and lotus fields two hours north of Tokyo, Proudro (his online persona) has amassed a vast treasure trove of video game relics. The "super collector" has stuffed an old building opposite his family home with several thousand vintage games and consoles, as well as arcade machines in full working order. - To go with AFP story Japan-entertainment-gaming-history, FOCUS by Matthias Cena (Photo by Richard A. Brooks / AFP) / To go with AFP story Japan-entertainment-gaming-history, FOCUS by Matthias Cena

Back-to-school frenzy made better with teacher preparations and school supply promos

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Is Nail Polish Bad for Your Nails?

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The Unseen Burden of Rheumatism on Family Caregivers

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Whaling: why the practice will not go away

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Record-breaking Nepali teen eyes final 8,000-metre peak

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Oman's new wellness trend embraces ancient sound therapy

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