China bans toddler palm-reading assessments (Reuters)
Reuters – China has banned kindergartens in a northern province from offering palm-reading tests that the schools had claimed could predict toddlers’ intelligence level and potential, state news agency Xinhua reported on Wednesday.
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China driving schools teaching millions the art of war (Reuters)
Reuters – China is rapidly becoming a country on wheels and its crowded driving schools are racing to churn out licensed drivers as fast as cars roll off the assembly lines.
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Mayor ends hunger strike over cuts (Reuters)
Reuters – Romanian mayor Florin Cazacu Saturday ended a six-day hunger strike over cuts in heating subsidies after the government handed his town extra funds for fuel oil.
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No word from the sponsors for China’s drama watchers (Reuters)
Reuters – In a dose of reality television, Beijing-style, China has ordered a ban on advertisements during broadcasts of TV dramas in a bid “to unify thinking,” the country’s top broadcasting regulator said on Monday.
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Russia halts oil supply to China after earthquake: company
Russian oil transport monopoly Transneft on Friday had to temporarily stop oil deliveries to China after a 6.1 magnitude earthquake hit Russia’s Far Eastern Amur region.
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Village bites into snake business (Reuters)
Reuters – This sleepy village nestled in the heart of vast farmland in China’s eastern Zhejiang province hides a deadly secret.
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Thousands in Portland take to bikes for naked ride (Reuters)
Reuters – It was a typical early summer evening in Portland: cloudy skies threatening rain, temperatures in the mid-60s, and thousands of naked bicyclists gathered near the city’s waterfront for a clothing-free night ride.
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Cookie sales barred at Girl Scouts founder’s home (AP)
AP – Girl Scouts are no longer able to sell their famous cookies outside the historic Savannah home of the woman who founded the organization almost a century ago.
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Milan fashion awaits Chinese design boom (Reuters)
Reuters – Chinese designers will drive catwalk trends more than deep-pocketed Asian buyers as China’s creativity becomes fashions’ next big thing, top fashion executives and designers told Reuters at Milan fashion week.
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Finding love no bed of roses for Chinese men (Reuters)
Reuters – Finding one’s better half can be a tricky business in modern-day China, with hectic work schedules, nagging parents and a gender imbalance conspiring to make selecting a partner a nightmare for single men.
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