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Japan’s Fuji Rock Festival cancelled for first time because of pandemic

June 5, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Arts / Culture / Entertainment, Asia / Pacific, Communicable Diseases, CORONAVIRUS, Diseases, General News, HEALTH, Health / Medicine, Human Interest / Brights / Odd News, Infectious Diseases, Japan, Music, ROCKMUSIC, US

TOKYO (Reuters) – Fuji Rock Festival, Japan’s biggest annual music event, will be cancelled for the first time ever due

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Post-lockdown cinema trip in Portugal is blast from the past

June 2, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Arts / Culture / Entertainment, CORONAVIRUS, DRIVEIN, Entertainment Production (TRBC), Europe, European Union, Film, HEALTH, Health / Medicine, Human Interest / Brights / Odd News, Media / Publishing (Legacy), Media and Publishing (TRBC), Pictures, PORTUGAL, US, Video, Western Europe

People watch a film inside their cars at the Comiccon festival during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Oeiras, Portugal

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Third Asian giant ‘murder’ hornet found in Washington state

May 30, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Environment, HORNETS, Human Interest / Brights / Odd News, Life Sciences, United States, US, USA, Video, Washington

(Reuters) – Washington state has confirmed its third sighting of an Asian giant hornet, dubbed the “murder hornet,” indicating the

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Colombian director films quarantine ‘Bathroom’ comedy with mobile phones

May 17, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Americas, Arts / Culture / Entertainment, Celebrities, Colombia, CORONAVIRUS, Emerging Market Countries, Entertainment Production (TRBC), Epidemics, Film, HEALTH, Human Interest / Brights / Odd News, Living / Lifestyle, Pictures, South America / Central America, Telecommunications Services (TRBC), US, Video

BOGOTA (Reuters) – This time there are no lights, cameras, dressing rooms or the hundreds of people who usually crowd

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Porsches, popcorn and social distancing at Dubai drive-in cinema

May 14, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments All Retail, Arts / Culture / Entertainment, CINEMA, CORONAVIRUS, EMIRATES, Film, HEALTH, Human Interest / Brights / Odd News, Middle East, Pictures, United Arab Emirates, US, Video

DUBAI (Reuters) – Movie-goers in Dubai frustrated by the closure of cinemas during the coronavirus pandemic will soon be able

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Nigerian comics fight COVID-19 with gags and slapstick slaps

May 11, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Africa, Arts / Culture / Entertainment, COMEDY, CORONAVIRUS, HEALTH, Health / Medicine, Healthcare (TRBC), Human Interest / Brights / Odd News, Internet / World Wide Web, Islam, Media / Publishing (Legacy), Media and Publishing (TRBC), NIGERIA, Picture available, Pictures, US, Video

LAGOS (Reuters) – Nigerian comedian Maryam Apaokagi has a sure-fire way of getting people to listen to her coronavirus health

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Nightly show in Swiss block helps beat lockdown blues

April 29, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments CHOIR, CORONAVIRUS, Europe, General News, HEALTH, Health / Medicine, Human Interest / Brights / Odd News, Music, Picture available, Pictures, SWISS, Switzerland, US, Video

GENEVA (Reuters) – Dressed in a black trench coat and hat, 36-year-old Audrey Lecomte performed “Singing in the Rain” on

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Climate change robs Native American fisherman of his livelihood – and his heritage

April 21, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Americas, CHANGE, CLIMATE, Climate Politics, Enterprise Reporting, Environment, Epidemics, Fishing and Farming (TRBC), General News, Government / Politics, Human Interest / Brights / Odd News, PEOPLE, Personalities / People, Pictures, Pollution, QUINAULT, Race Relations / Ethnic Issues, Science, United States, US

TAHOLAH, Washington (Reuters) – Long before Europeans set foot on this rugged stretch of Pacific coastline, Francis McCrory’s ancestors rowed

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Birdsong and clear views: coronavirus lockdown clears Paris pollution

April 4, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Carbon / Emissions Markets, CORONAVIRUS, Environment, Epidemics, Europe, France, General News, HEALTH, Health / Medicine, Human Interest / Brights / Odd News, Nature / Wildlife, PARIS, Pictures, Pollution, Transportation (TRBC), US, Video, Western Europe

PARIS (Reuters) – Parisians confined to their flats by a lockdown imposed to curb the spread of coronavirus can at

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Now listen carefully 007: James Bond guns stolen in London burglary

March 27, 2020 Clark Pilon 0 Comments Arts / Culture / Entertainment, BOND, BRITAIN, Celebrities, Crime, Crime / Law / Justice, England, Europe, Film, General News, Human Interest / Brights / Odd News, Living / Lifestyle, Major News, POLICE, Society / Social Issues, United Kingdom, US, Western Europe

LONDON (Reuters) – Five guns which were used in “James Bond” movies, including the last weapon brandished by actor Roger

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