Bologna / DPA A group of Italians stares out onto a market from an office in Bologna where they are discussing plans for a new gourmet amusement park which only Italians could have dreamed up. Although much of the world is familiar with pizza and pasta only, Italians relish a rich-tasting array of meats, exotic vegetables, cheeses and sauces ...

  New York / DPA Duke Riley was just a child when he rescued an injured pigeon, taking care of it until it was ready to fly away again.But then the bird came back.Now, many years later, the experience has motivated the Boston artist to use a huge flock of pigeons in a piece of performance art high in the ...

  New York/ AP Upcoming virtual-reality headsets based on Google’s new Daydream VR system won’t be as sophisticated as Facebook’s Oculus Rift. But they could give more people a taste of VR and make better games and applications affordable. Google stated that it will develop a range of VR headsets that promise to be more comfortable and durable than its ...

  New Delhi / AFP Apple said it will open a development office in Hyderabad, as its chief executive Tim Cook continued his India charm offensive with an investment boon to one of the country’s top technology hubs. The IT giant said the new centre will focus on developing maps for its products, including iPhones and iPads, and create up ...

  Relaxnews Mark Zuckerberg posted Facebook’s first 360-degree video, filmed by the social network’s teams, in a bid to inspire the platform’s 1.5 billion users. Facebook is now hoping to welcome user-created videos and photos of this kind. The video posted by the Facebook CEO was filmed in New York’s Grand Central Terminal. The social network’s first 360 video plunged ...

  LOWELL, Mass / AP Four sister robots built by NASA could be pioneers in the colonisation of Mars, part of an advance construction team that sets up a habitat for more fragile human explorers. But first they’re finding new homes on Earth and engineers to hone their skills. The space agency has kept one Valkyrie robot at its birthplace, ...

  FLORENCE / AP Italy’s Renaissance capital, Florence, is reclaiming its centuries-old role as an incubator of the interplay between fashion and art. The new director of the Uffizi gallery has announced plans to transform the Costume Gallery at Pitti Palace, which is also under his control, into a full-fledged fashion museum, while the Ferragamo Foundation this week opens a ...

  Dubai / Emirates business The future of colour is here! Distinguished to be cruelty-free and vegan-friendly; USA’s leading and nail industry’s elite; Color Club New York has finally come to UAE. Bought to the region by Galina Spieling, who is renowned for her ‘Posh Nails and Celebrity Hairstyles’ in Dubai; Color Club New York nail polishes will now be ...

  Relaxnews German photographer Peter Lindbergh has been selected to shoot the 2017 Pirelli calendar, it has been revealed. The creative first snapped the famous annual publication in 1996, before repeating the experience in 2002. This will be the calendar’s 44th edition. The 2016 calendar hit the headlines last year by departing from the calendar’s traditional formula of featuring supermodels ...

  Relaxnews The ChambreSyndicale de la Haute Couture in Paris has named the five fashion houses invited to display their work as guests at the Autumn / Winter fashion week in July 2016. Luxury fur retailer J. Mendel, Japanese neo-futurist Yuima Nakazato, Italian designer Francesco Scognamiglio, returning three-time Dutch Design Awards winner Iris Van Herpen, and DemnaGvasalia’sVetements collective have been ...