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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT–Schedule of Reuters features from this week

ReutersJan 30, 2025 11:00 AM

- Every week, Reuters journalists produce scores of multimedia features and human-interest stories from around the world.

Below are some stories from this week selected by our editors, as well as explanatory context and background to help you understand world headlines. For a full schedule of news and events, please go to our editorial calendar on Reuters Connect.

London's Blitz shelter tunnels to become a new tourist attraction

LONDON - Tunnels built to shelter Londoners during World War Two bombing by Germany are set to be transformed into the British capital's biggest new tourist attraction for years, according to the company that has bought the sprawling network of passages. (BRITAIN-TUNNELS/ (PIX, TV), 414 words) nL5N3OO112

Work progresses on giant telescope in Chile's Atacama Desert

CERRO ARMAZONES, Chile - Dozens of boxes holding mirrors are placed along a remote desert hill in northern Chile as workers make progress in the construction of the Extremely Large Telescope, planned as one of the most capable astronomical observatories ever assembled. (CHILE-TELESCOPE/ (PIX, TV), 390 words) nL6N3OO0BD

Scientists use genetic engineering to create mice with two male parents

Scientists in China have manipulated embryonic stem cells to create laboratory mice with two male parents that managed to live to adulthood - though with significant developmental abnormalities - in what they are calling a noteworthy achievement in mammalian genetic engineering. (SCIENCE-MOUSE/ (PIX), 804 words) nL2N3ON00G

TikTok star taking Spanish food scene by storm

MADRID - At Madrid's new restaurant Pecados, the main attraction is not so much its fusion food as the young Ukrainian-born chef running it - a "Gen Z" social media star who shot to fame teaching recipes during the COVID pandemic. (SPAIN-FOOD/CHEF (PIX, TV), 372 words) nL5N3OM0F2

Hospital in Jordan offers injured Gazans hope for recovery

AMMAN - Karam Nawjaa, 17, was so badly injured when an Israeli strike hit his home in Gaza nearly a year ago that his own cousin, pulling him from the rubble, did not recognize him. (ISRAEL-PALESTINIANS/JORDAN-INJURED (PIX, TV), 402 words) nL5N3ON22Z

Coffee and snake - Taipei pet shop aims to break down prejudice against the animal

TAIPEI - As the Year of the Snake approaches, a pet store in Taipei is offering adventurous customers an opportunity to enjoy the company of snakes while sipping coffee, hoping to break down some of the prejudice against the animal. LUNAR-NEWYEAR/TAIWAN-SNAKE (TV, PIX) nL3N3OJ0Q1

Thousands flock to see rare, smelly corpse flower bloom in Sydney

SYDNEY - A rare plant known as the corpse flower bloomed in Sydney on Friday for the first time in more than a decade, emitting an odour likened to rotting flesh and delighting thousands who queued for a whiff. AUSTRALIA-CORPSE FLOWER/ (TV, PIX) nL3N3OK01L

EXPLANATORY CONTENT

FACTBOX- Italy's privacy watchdog taking on big tech

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