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FIFA boost prize money, travel aid for Women's World Cup

9/21/2018, 12:02:18 AM
FIFA will start funding business-class flights for some of the Women's World Cup teams travelling to France for next year's tournament. ✔ The Australian said FIFA should increase the women's prize fund by at least the same $US40 million raise in men's total prize money from 2018 to 2022 ✔ Leaders in sport should not be content to sit back and let the gender pay gap get wider in absolute terms on their watch, Dodd added ✔ Our new podcast series from the team behind Phoebe's Fall View episodes



Flight secrets: What really happens when a plane flies too high mid-flight

9/21/2018, 7:41:54 AM
FLIGHTS often fly around 35,000 feet in the air, a standard height for planes during a journey. But what happens if a plane flies too high, and does it affect the passengers onboard? ✔ Flight secrets: The higher the plane flies, the less oxygen is supplied to engines (Image: Getty) Each individual aircraft has an optimum altitude Peter Terry The plane, which had just two pilots onboard, was forced to land on a busy highway, resulting in both of them dying in the crash



China's bullet trains are coming to Hong Kong

9/21/2018, 12:49:23 AM
Hong Kong will soon be more connected to mainland China than ever, with the city's section of the high-speed railway scheduled to open on September 23. ✔ The opening of the station marks the first time mainland Chinese laws have been given jurisdiction inside Hong Kong territory, stirring some heated opposition before its opening ✔ Therefore passengers going to a nearby destination, such as Guangzhou and Shenzhen, may be better off using the existing train system to save time/money



Give me your tired, your poor ... but only 30,000 of them

9/21/2018, 1:04:41 AM
To understand the cruelty of Donald Trump's refugee cap, consider this Iraqi translator for the U.S. Army: Our view ✔ Denying those translators entry into America runs counter to the values we teach our citizens, former Army Reserve Capt ✔ But that's disingenuous considering Trump wants to slash 2019 aid funding by 28% ✔ If you can't see this reader poll, please refresh your page



19 Fitness Products You Can Get On Amazon That People Actually Swear By

9/21/2018, 1:19:07 AM
Because getting the best equipment could help you reach your goals faster (and safely). ✔ Promising review: This is an amazing product ✔ Oahoosier Price: $19.95 (available in sizes XS-L) 19 ✔ Check out all of BuzzFeed’s gift guides! The best things at three price points The best things at three price points More BuzzFeed Reviews More BuzzFeed Reviews



10 of the best night-time festivals this autumn

9/21/2018, 7:01:36 AM
Welcome in the longer, colder nights with these after-dark arts festivals around the world, lighting up cities with installations, performance and other creative activity ✔ Photograph: Alamy Roppongi Art Night, Tokyo Members of French performance group Compagnie des Quidams at Roppongi Art Night, Tokyo, 2016 ✔ Photograph: Darren Staples/Reuters There are many more night-time festivals returning for 2019, including Art Night London in July, Singapore Night Festival in August and Night of the Arts in Helsinki, also in August, which – running since 1989 – is thought to be one of the oldest nuit blanche-style festivals ✔ (2019 dates to be confirmed.) For more international Nuit Blanche arts events visit nbto.com



Pound to euro exchange rate: UK retail sale rise fails to aid sterling amid Brexit stall

9/21/2018, 6:56:37 AM
THE POUND has failed to make any improvement as the week ends despite against the euro, despite a UK retail sale rise and in light of Brexit talks stalling at the EU summit. ✔ Pound euro exchange rate: Figures are currently at €1.125 (Image: Bloomberg) In August, sales were boosted by household goods, including furniture and electronics promotions, while food and clothing sales fell ✔ If they do not, then there will be no deal for Brexit



The rise of coastal foraging: how to find your own food along the UK's shoreline

9/21/2018, 7:35:29 AM
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Kate Middleton net worth: Duchess had this huge sum banked BEFORE marrying Prince William

9/21/2018, 7:28:33 AM
KATE MIDDLETON is a member of one of the richest families in the world. But before she married Prince William and became the Duchess of Cambridge, she was just a normal girl from Berkshire. How much did she have banked before her marriage? ✔ Kate Middleton was born into an upper-middle-class family with a thriving business (Image: Getty Images) Most of Kate’s net worth came from her family’s business, and her lavish London lifestyle was also funded by the company’s success ✔ One royal expert claims it is for this very sensible reason



This mother packed one week's clothing for four people in ONE suitcase

9/21/2018, 1:00:34 AM
An Australian mother has garnered widespread praise on social media for her very effective method of holiday packing, after revealing she fit a week's worth of clothes into one case for her family of four. ✔ Kids 4 sets of pjs, 6 short-sleeved t-shirts, 10 long sleeved t-shirts, 8 jumpers, 17 pairs of pants, 10 singlets, 2 sleeping bags and enough socks for a pair a day Adults  2 pairs of pants, 2 pairs of shorts, a pair of trackies, 2 sets of pjs, 5 t-shirts, one shirt and enough socks and undies for everyday  4 bras, enough undies and socks for everyday, 4 pairs of pants, 6 tops, 3 jumpers, 3 cardigans, 4 singlets and a baby monitor 'Total boast 'cause my husband said I couldn't do it lol,' she wrote ✔ The rolling technique also saved her a significant amount of room and prevented any 'rummaging' around for items ✔ The savvy matriarch revealed the rolling method leaves clothes crease free, eliminating the need to iron on arrival



Capsule hotel in Tokyo basking in the light of global attention

9/21/2018, 6:48:45 AM
Overseas guests now make up more than half of the customers at the Nine Hours Takebashi capsule hote ✔ Overseas guests now make up more than half of the customers at the Nine Hours Takebashi capsule hotel in central Tokyo after its open ceiling and natural sunlight gained attention around the world ✔ The hotel, which opened in Chiyoda Ward on March 31, has 129 rooms on its eight above-ground floors



Heath Ledger Scholarship winner says the late actor inspired her to come out

9/21/2018, 6:16:10 AM
Actress Charmaine Bingwa describes herself as a "trifecta": female, a person of colour and gay. ✔ The scholarship announcement was made at an invitation-only gala in Los Angeles ✔ The scholarship package is valued at US$30,000 and includes air travel from Qantas, drama coaching, movement, voice and dialect coaching, legal and photographic services, access to AIF's 'Charlie's' workspace in LA and a US$10,000 living allowance for rent and transport assistance



My mother and I speak different languages. Technology has brought us together | Jessie Tu

9/21/2018, 4:17:00 AM
Writing letters to my mother feels liberating – even if simple sentences often get lost in translation ✔ I highlighted the text, then cut and pasted it into Google Translate ✔ But here is the tragedy and truth I discovered very early on – the deeper I went into that relationship with English, the further it took me away from my mother ✔ Each time she receives my letters, she knows I love her



This Lightweight Towel Actually Dries My Hair Like 90% Of The Way

9/21/2018, 1:50:49 AM
Yup, seriously. ✔ Promising reviews: I’m surprised by well this actually works! I truly have coarse, un-tame-able hair that I must half air dry, then blow dry when I wash it ✔ Check out BuzzFeed Reviews to find the best things for every budget! The best things at three price points The best things at three price points More BuzzFeed Reviews More BuzzFeed Reviews



Agnès Varda: ‘I am still alive, I am still curious. I am not a piece of rotting flesh’

9/21/2018, 6:19:01 AM
The 90-year-old giant of the Nouvelle Vague on her latest film, Faces Places, life with Jacques Demy, and that ‘dirty rat’ Jean-Luc Godard ✔ Agnès Varda is a dizzying blur of dots – polka-dot trousers, polka-dot shirt, polka-dot socks, polka-dot scarf ✔ Varda appears to have little time for the mainstream ✔ And installations allow audiences to engage more intimately than traditional films do ✔ I want to know everything about you, including the size of your shoes



If only Orla Keily and co had stopped treating shoppers like mugs

9/21/2018, 12:25:07 AM
JAN MOIR: Designer and homewares whizz Orla Kiely has shut her fashion empire. ✔ Where will the Middleton women now shop for their favourite demure, Mary Poppins looks ✔ The Middletons might be in mourning, but they can always console themselves with those other family favourites LK Bennett and Reiss ✔ Yet your lawyers must be tearing their hair out and I don’t imagine your parents are best pleased either



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