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FMX rider thrills crowds in front of Athens Academy

FMX’s top riders arrived in Athens on Thursday and made sure most people in the center of the Greek capital knew about!

Ronnie Renner, the four-time winner of the X-Games and the winner of the Red Bull X-Fighters in Mexico City in 2005 took a little tour of the city, paying a particularly spectacular visit to the Athens Academy.

Lights out as millions around the world mark Earth Hour

The Empire State Building dimmed its lights and the Eiffel Tower went dark March 28 as iconic landmarks across the world observed Earth Hour, the global climate change awareness campaign.
 
The usually glittering nighttime majesty of the Empire State Building was set to "faint sparkle" in New York, while theaters on Broadway also toned down the neon. 
 

Istanbul world's 2nd worst city in stop-start traffic

Istanbul is now the world?s second worst city in the in terms of stop-start traffic, according to a new study by lubricating oil firm Castrol.

Drivers in Istanbul made an average of 32,520 stop-starts in 2014, an increase of 1,320 times less in 2013, according to the study conducted by Castrol Magnatec in 78 cities from 36 countries.

New York to recreate Frida Kahlo studio and garden

The New York Botanical Garden will host an exhibition next year of work by late Mexican painter Frida Kahlo, recreating the her workspace and focusing on her interest in the plant world.

The show titled "Frida Kahlo: Art, Garden, Life" is scheduled to run from May 16 to November 1 and will emphasize the painter's "engagement with nature in her native country."       

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