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BRUSSELS — In the small western Belgian fishing village of Oostduinkerke, fishermen use horses, rather than boats, to go shrimp fishing — one of the very few places in the world still using a technique dating back to the 15th century.The method makes use of the horse's strength to pull a fishing net through the shallow waters of Oostduinkerke, a natural habitat to grey shrimp (Crangon crangon), just before and after low tide.While centuries ago it was also used in northern France, the Netherlands and the south of England, now only 15 Belgian fisherman in the village use the UNESCO-recognised method several times a week, drawing tourists from all over the world.The fishermen say, however, that each year they pull more and more plastic waste out of the water."We see that the...
July 30, 2019
In Belgium, horses pull shrimp nets in tradition unchanged for 600 years
BARCELONA — Swedish teen activist Greta Thunberg is taking a year off school to pursue her campaign to curb global warming in the Americas, which she will reach by sailboat on a transAtlantic voyage.She will travel from Britain to the United States, leaving in mid-August on the Malizia II, a racing boat fitted with solar panels and underwater turbines that produce electricity onboard, making the journey zero-carbon, a statement said on Monday.Once she arrives, the 16-year-old plans to join large-scale climate demonstrations, and speak at a climate action summit hosted by the UN chief in New York City on Sept. 23.Thunberg will then use low-carbon transport to travel to the annual UN climate conference in Santiago, Chile, in December, with stop-offs at other Latin American sites that are...
July 30, 2019
Climate champion Greta Thunberg plans to set sail for Americas on zero-carbon trip
July 29, 2019
World's largest concert piano strikes chord in Latvia
MARIA ALM, Austria — Every year around St. Jacob's Day, men from Austria's Salzburg region grapple with each other in a natural arena at the top of the Hundstein mountain in a traditional martial arts contest — the Hundstoa, or Jakobi Ranggeln.The Celtic wrestling tradition, which was included in UNESCO's cultural heritage list in 2010, goes back more than 500 years."Originally the Hundstoa (Hundstein) was a holy mountain of the Celts, who immigrated here in the Fifth Century B.C. They brought iron, tools, sheep and cows with them and also the Ranggeln sport," said Guenther Heim, a veteran wrestler.The difference between Celtic wrestling and classical wrestling is simple, he said. "The Greek and the Romans wrestled bare-chested, and the Celts with their...
July 29, 2019
Trial of strength at 2,000m altitude — Celtic wrestling in Austria
NEW DELHI — An Indian man who was bitten by a snake got his revenge on the reptile by biting it back and killing it, the man's father said on Monday.The man, Raj Kumar, was relaxing at home, enjoying a drink on Sunday, when a snake slithered into his house in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, and bit him, said his father."A snake bit him. So, in turn, he bit it and chewed it into pieces," said the father, Babu Ram. The man's family took him to hospital where media said his condition was critical.The snake that bit him was reported to have been a rat snake, which experts regard as usually not venomous. "This is definitely weird," said Raj Kumar's doctor, N.P. Singh."I've seen people coming in with snakebites, but never somebody who bit a snake...
July 29, 2019
'Definitely weird': Man bites snake
ISLAMABAD — It's a cuppa like no other. Every evening in Islamabad a crowd arrives at Sanaullah's street stall to taste his "tandoori chai" — milk tea served in terracotta mugs, still hot from his traditional oven.The old-fashioned cups are placed directly inside the tandoor, where they are baked at high temperatures. The tea, prepared separately, is then poured in to the cups, where it starts to boil on hitting the hot clay.In Pakistan, where the classic milk tea —thick, strong, and generously sweet — dominates all strata of society, the particular alchemy of tandoori chai seduces patrons intrigued by its traditional roots and distinct earthy taste.The tandoor is ubiquitous in South Asia, most commonly used to bake bread. But the concept of making tea this way,...
July 29, 2019
Smoky tea baked in clay: Tandoori chai heats up Pakistan
July 28, 2019
Grannies for Future: 100-year-old German enters politics
BUDAPEST — A new so-called 'selfie museum' in Budapest that lets visitors pose by pink palm trees and frolic in multicolored sprinkle baths has proved a hit with social-media savvy locals and tourists alike.With almost 30,000 visitors since it opened last December, the "Selfie Museum", billed as the first of its kind in Europe, is already one of the Hungarian capital's most popular attractions.Its creators say their idea, inspired by a similar venue in the US, is targeted at the younger generation looking for an edge to their status updates or profile pictures."We play with shapes and colors, and try to push people's borders and let their creativity bloom," Lilla Gangel, who co-founded the museum with her partner Balazs Koltai, told AFP.Visitors...
July 28, 2019
Budapest 'selfie museum' a hit with Instagram generation
July 28, 2019
Beating the heat at Bulgarian mud 'spa'
July 28, 2019
Shape up or else: Indonesia police ordered to pull their weight
