Offbeat art fest puts abandoned California town back on map By: Agencies on March 25, 2019By any stretch of the imagination, Bombay Beach is an oddity, starting with its exotic name, its location by a dying lake and the post-apocalyptic landscape that greets visitors. The desert town, once a thriving resort set along the Salton Sea, is among the poorest communities in California, its 250 or so residents seemingly forgotten by the rest of the world. Most of the homes have been … [Read more...] about Offbeat art fest puts abandoned California town back on map
First-of-its-kind US nuclear waste dump marks 20 years on March 25, 2019In a remote stretch of New Mexico desert, the US government put in motion an experiment aimed at proving to the world that radioactive waste could be safely disposed of deep underground, rendering it less of a threat to the environment. Twenty years and more than 12,380 shipments later, tons of Cold War-era waste from decades of bomb-making and nuclear research across the US have been stashed … [Read more...] about First-of-its-kind US nuclear waste dump marks 20 years
Traffic-choked Jakarta inaugurates mass rapid transit system By: Agencies on March 25, 2019Indonesia's capital inaugurated its first mass rapid transit system on Sunday, a $1.1 billion project seen as crucial to tackling some of the world's worst traffic congestion. President Joko Widodo and other officials joined a ceremony in Jakarta to give a green light for the 16-kilometre (10 mile) line, almost six years after construction began on the Japanese-backed project. Tens of … [Read more...] about Traffic-choked Jakarta inaugurates mass rapid transit system
Tintoretto’s bold innovations highlighted in US show By: Agencies on March 25, 2019When he was just a teenager, Tintoretto was sent to Italian Renaissance painter Titian's studio, only to be kicked out within days because the older master got jealous. Or so goes the legend. What is clear from the first major Tintoretto retrospective outside of Europe, opening Sunday at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, is that the "impetuous genius" critics reviled for his free, … [Read more...] about Tintoretto’s bold innovations highlighted in US show
Hand of God? Bangladeshi’s Messi drawing comes alive By: Agencies on March 25, 2019A young Bangladeshi architect has earned fame after his digital drawing of footballer Lionel Messi was matched in real life six years later. Suhas Nahian's 2013 artwork shows Messi dribbling past a group of players in green and white, leaning his head forward as one of the defenders grabs his red-and-blue Barcelona jersey. Photos of Messi shot during a recent match against Real Betis show … [Read more...] about Hand of God? Bangladeshi’s Messi drawing comes alive
Wheat fields and underpants: British leaders lampooned on huge Brexit march By: Agencies on March 25, 2019Thousands of anti-Brexit protesters on Saturday displayed a sometimes bizarre array of placards to lampoon British leaders and Brexit with references to everything from fields of wheat to ornithology. Britain is in its biggest political crisis for decades as Prime Minister Theresa May struggles to gain approval for her Brexit deal after Britons voted by 52 percent to 48 percent to leave in … [Read more...] about Wheat fields and underpants: British leaders lampooned on huge Brexit march
Transgender men retain working ovaries after a year of testosterone injections By: Agencies on March 25, 2019The ovaries of transgender men appear to remain functional even after a year of receiving hormonal treatment with testosterone, according to a small Israeli study presented Saturday in the United States. Transgender men are born female but self-identify as male. Not all of them undergo gender reassignment surgery but lots of them take hormones to make their bodies more masculine. Doctors from Tel … [Read more...] about Transgender men retain working ovaries after a year of testosterone injections
Mexico’s ‘voladores’ seek to keep ancestors’ flying spirit alive By: Agencies on March 24, 2019Four teenagers climb to the top of a towering pole, fasten themselves to ropes and throw themselves, headfirst and backwards, into the air. No, it's not the latest social media challenge. It's the "danza de los voladores," the dance of the flyers, a more than 2,500-year-old ritual practiced by the Totonac people of central Mexico, who are fighting to keep the tradition alive by giving it some … [Read more...] about Mexico’s ‘voladores’ seek to keep ancestors’ flying spirit alive
Vietnam tells monks to stop profiting from karma rituals By: Agencies on March 24, 2019Vietnamese authorities have ordered monks at a popular Buddhist pagoda to stop "soul summoning" and "bad karma eviction" ceremonies after an investigation found the rituals were a scam. The state-run Lao Dong (Labor) newspaper said tens of thousands of worshippers have been paying the 18th century Ba Vang pagoda in northern Quang Ninh province between 1 million and several hundred million dong … [Read more...] about Vietnam tells monks to stop profiting from karma rituals
UK´s worst airport lounge identified By: Agencies on March 24, 2019A passenger lounge at London Southend Airport has been ranked the worst out of 21 pay-as-you-go facilities in the UK. Which? inspectors found the Essex airport’s Skylife Lounge had no hot food, no runway view and no sparkling wine, earning the facility just one star out of five. Reviews described the lounge as having “stained carpets” which were “dusted with crumbs”, while the food offering … [Read more...] about UK´s worst airport lounge identified
