Kroos wary of Real complacency

Having routed Schalke on its last Gelsenkirchen visit, Real Madrid returns to Germany for Wednesday's Champions League last 16, first-leg, clash with Toni Kroos warning the Spanish giant against complacency.

Sousa looks to turn over compatriots

Basel coach Paulo Sousa hopes his side will make a significant stride toward reaching the Champions League quarterfinals for the first time when it faces two-time title winner Porto in their last-16, first-leg clash on Wednesday in Basel.

Roughing it in comfort

It's rustic but not rugged. And that's the way they like it. A growing number of wealthy Chinese are "roughing it" the cushiest way imaginable, discovering wild places in exotic locations on luxury camping trips.

Seeing the world by drone

When Jan Hiersemenzel started TravelByDrone in March, the website had only 20 videos, all of which he had uploaded.

Soaking up Waikiki, surfing to sunsets, for a song

One of the first surf movies ever made - shot, in 1906, by none other than a Thomas Edison camera man - takes place on Waikiki Beach, the famed beachfront neighborhood in Honolulu.

Farm to table, Hawaiian style

The crispy Chinese duck, served atop soft Japanese white bread with five-spice gravy and garbanzo mash, was unexpected and robustly savory.

Dipping into a French Melting Pot

When is Paris not just Paris? When it's a window onto Dakar, Senegal; or Morocco; or Mumbai, India; or Moscow.

Eel wizard

Tucked in a quiet street in the north of Beijing's embassy area, a small Japanese restaurant called Missi Missi has recently climbed onto local foodies' bucket lists.

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New Year dinner at The Opposite House

Short suits are great with a fit

Francesco Petrarch, a 14th-century Italian poet, said, "A short cut to riches is to subtract from our desires."

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