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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

Dutch canal vaulting competition keeps centuries old tradition alive

Contestants from all over the Netherlands gathered in the central village of Polsbroekerdam on Saturday for the yearly national 'fierljeppen' or canal vaulting contest.Over 2,000 people gathered to watch 48 competitors across five categories battle...

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

Australian sauna helps save frogs from flesh-eating fungus

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Norway's Princess Martha Louise to wed her California shaman

Carlos Magdalena examines flowers at Kew Gardens in London

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

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

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)

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

Sandhya Rao Mehta

Sandhya Rao Mehta The benefits of value-based education

DR IMRAN KHALID

DR IMRAN KHALID Shift in Germany: Far-right gains signal rising discontent

Abdulaziz Al Jahdhami

Abdulaziz Al Jahdhami Time that counts not the wristwatch

Iraqi date farmers fight drought to protect national treasure

Merging math and art

A showcase of Omani talents in a UK exhibition

Shanghai Museum welcomes feline visitors to peruse Egyptian cat imagery at 'Meow Night'

Organizers 'thrilled' about Edinburgh International Book Festival

Guggenheim Curator Will Stage Exhibition of Caribbean Diaspora

Climate change threatens South Korea's beloved dish

The holy city in India where thousands go to die

Archaeological discoveries in Al Arid shed light on Oman’s early bronze age

Swiss city of Basel to host Eurovision 2025

Scientists in the UK explore impact of offshore wind farms on seabed

Ancient sea cow was attacked by crocodile, scavenged by shark—study

Little motoring enthusiasts

HISTORIC HIGHLAND ATHLETIC TRADITION

A BOLT FROM THE SKY!

AIR MANOEUVRES!

A breathtaking natural beauty

PERCHED ON THE TOP!

The Great Cave Canyon Exploration

In February 2020, just before the COVID-19 lockdown, two experienced canyoners from France travelled to Oman to immerse themselves in the distinct beauty of its wadis. This was not their first visit to the Sultanate, nor would it be their last.During their third visit in 2023, we embarked on an ambitious undertaking: exploring a significant canyon...

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Cycling the Western Balkans: A Wild, Yet Welcoming, Mountain Tour

Cycling the Western Balkans: A Wild, Yet Welcoming, Mountain Tour

Roman Püntener at Jebel Akhdar, the Green mountain

Exploring Oman’s untamed beauty

A humpback whale monument in Buenaventura, Colombia, June 22, 2024. (Ja

In Colombia, You Can Watch Whales, and Serenade Them, Too

A vendor works inside a shop which has reopened after undergoing extensive restoration after enduring significant damage from the Syrian war, at Aleppo's old souks, in Aleppo, Syria August 28, 2024. REUTERS/Firas Makdesi

War-damaged souks reopen in Syria's Aleppo

TOPSHOT - English model Naomi Campbell walks the runway during the Ralph Lauren Spring/Summer 2025 collection runway show in Bridgehampton, New York on September 5, 2024. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP)

Ralph Lauren takes fashionistas to the Hamptons for spring show Veteran designer Ralph Lauren chose the upscale Hamptons seaside resort for his Spring 2025 fashion show on Thursday, inviting fashionistas, celebrities and U.S. First Lady Jill Biden to his "home away from home".The...

Mexican designer Patricio Campillo, who will debut at New York Fashion Week, dresses a mannequin in his studio in Mexico City, Mexico.

Patricio Campillo makes New York Fashion Week debut, championing Mexican tradition

Germany's Alternative for Germany (AfD) party leader in Thuringia state Bjoern Hoecke is reflected in an attendee's sunglasses as he appears on a screen while speaking during an election campaign rally for the Thuringia state elections, in Erfurt, Germany.

Waste not: Taiwan workshop turns trash into sunglasses

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Angelina Jolie as the tormented 'Divina' Callas at Venice

Cosplay competitors take part in a rehearsal before the world cosplay championship 2024 during the World Cosplay Summit in Nagoya on August 3, 2024.

Transformative hobby: going for gold at Japan's World Cosplay Summit

Garfield, Pugh charm Toronto in new romance 'We Live in Time'

Dark, music-filled 'Joker' sequel brings Lady Gaga star power to Venice

Almodovar back at Venice with stars Julianne Moore, Tilda Swinton

In South Indian cinema, a #MeToo reckoning comes roaring back

Thoughts on Jokha Al Harthi’s Celestial Bodies

Shaping Uzbekistan's Literary Landscape

Books by Rachel Kushner and Richard Powers Are Among Booker Prize Nominees

A guide to Ismail Kadare’s Books

Adele bids emotional farewell to Munich after 10 sold-out shows

Oasis announce 2025 worldwide reunion tour kicking off in UK

Madonna visits Pompeii, donates to local kids' theatre

Britney biopic in works as Universal buys memoir rights

ROHM Stages "Animal World – Wild on Stage!" as Summer Camp Finale

This Eid Al Fitr, embark on a musical journey at ROHM

Cairo Opera closes ROHM 2023/24 season with Scheherazade

ROHM's La Boheme redefines stagecraft and leaves audiences awestruck