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

ReutersFeb 20, 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.

After decades in exile, Syria's Jews visit Damascus

DAMASCUS - For the first time in three decades, Rabbi Joseph Hamra and his son Henry read from a Torah scroll in a synagogue in the heart of Syria's capital Damascus, carefully passing their thumbs over the handwritten text as if still in awe they were back home. (SYRIA-SECURITY/JEWS (PIX, TV), 500 words) nL5N3PA0D4

Argentina inmates play rugby in bid to ditch life of crime

BUENOS AIRES - Argentine criminal clerk and former rugby player Eduardo "Coco" Oderigo wanted to find a way to help inmates rehabilitate and stay out of jail once released, so he combined his two passions: the law and his knowledge of the sport. (ARGENTINA-PRISON/RUGBY (PIX, TV), 319 words) nL2N3P703Q

Nicknames bloom in China's tech renaissance

SINGAPORE/SHANGHAI - Six Little Dragons, Seven Sisters and the Terrific Ten. These are some of the nicknames being bestowed on China's cast of home-grown heroes as they take on the U.S. tech goliaths, known as the Magnificent Seven. (CHINA-MARKETS/TERRIFIC TEN (PIX), 463 words) nL3N3PA0EN

Hong Kong's twin panda cubs to make public debut

HONG KONG, Feb 15 (Reuters) - Hong Kong's baby panda twins will make their public debut on Sunday, with officials rolling out a full-scale panda marketing campaign to boost tourism. (HONGKONG-PANDA/TWINS (PIX, TV), 211 words) nL4N3P50Q5

Florence bans check-in keyboxes as Italy acts against overtourism

FLORENCE, Italy - Florence's local government has ordered owners of holiday rental properties to remove self check-in keyboxes by February 25 in a move against over-tourism in the Italian Renaissance city. (ITALY-FLORENCE/OVERTOURISM (PIX), 290 words) nL5N3PA0LX

How Serbia's students turned tragedy into a national movement for change

BELGRADE - Anger drove Marija Petrovic to join student protests in Belgrade in November. A railway station roof had collapsed in a Serbian city, killing 15 people. Thugs then set upon demonstrators who were calling for justice. Demonstrations have since ballooned into the biggest protest movement in Serbia in years, with tens of thousands of teachers, lawyers and other workers joining students. (SERBIA-PROTESTS/STUDENTS (PIX), words) nL8N3P41RN

Egypt announces first discovery of pharaoh's tomb in more than 100 years

CAIRO - A joint Egyptian-British mission has identified an ancient tomb near Luxor as that of King Thutmose II, marking the first discovery of a pharaonic royal tomb in more than 100 years, Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities said.

(EGYPT-ANTIQUITIES/ (PIX), 190 words) nL2N3PA0Q2

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