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‘Most beautiful building on Earth’ opens in Dubai

The museum, a seven-storey hollow silver ellipse, takes pride of place on Sheikh Zayed Road, the city's main highway

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Facebook Reels launches around the world

The social media giant’s video feature also comes with new ways for creators to make money

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Only 9% of plastic recycled worldwide: OECD

A new report says only 9% of plastic waste is actually recycled, while 19% was incinerated and almost 50% went to landfills

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What is the ‘Tang ping’ movement started by young Chinese who are against overworking?

Generation Z is breaking away from the consumerism of previous generations

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Women chefs in Asia breaking through in a profession still dominated by men

'There's only a very rare breed of women who are capable of making it through the hours, the sexist comments... and very often feeling belittled' 

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The Simpsons are getting a new lease on life as fashion icons

After acting as models for Balenciaga, the Springfield residents are now increasingly inspiring brands such as Nike, Levi's

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Urban forests are precious carbon sinks that should be better preserved, study shows

Boston University, with Harvard Forest, analysed more than 48,000 forest plots in the northeastern United States

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Trump’s new social media app begins slow rollout

Trump has described Truth Social as an alternative to Facebook, Twitter and YouTube, all of which banned him

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Fast-fashion fallout: young people in UK spurred into sewing

Many have grown increasingly disillusioned with the retail clothing industry, viewing it as too destructive

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This Swedish shopping mall makes it easy for consumers to buy second-hand

ReTuna is a large surface area selling only second-hand and upcycled goods

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‘Coca’ pits indigenous Colombians against soft drink giant

Representatives of the Nasa and Embera Chami tribes are threatening to ban the sale of Coca-Cola in their territories

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Once-taboo ketamine booms for US at-home mental care

With the rise in telemedicine, an anaesthetic that was once a taboo party drug has become a buzzed-about tool against depression

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Bananas to fish scales: fashion’s hunt for eco-materials

Experts say this may be a necessary step in developing cleaner technologies