Read more about the article OBITUARY: Shantanu Newshound
Shantanu Guha Ray receiving an award in January 2014. Shantanu was the New Delhi-based Asia editor for Central European News for more than a decade until his recent death. (Newsflash)

OBITUARY: Shantanu Newshound

News agencies are often seen as stepping stones to bigger careers, but for Shantanu Guha Ray, who had already worked for some of the biggest names in the business, working for an agency meant freedom to do the stories he wanted. Shantanu was, until his death last weekend, the New…

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Read more about the article Female Trucker’s Life On The Road
Photo shows Marianela Gariboglio, undated. The truck driver from Argentina, 24, loves traveling. (@marianelagariboglio/CEN)

Female Trucker’s Life On The Road

A glamorous female trucker who learned to drive when she was just 12 years old has become a massive online hit. https://filedn.eu/lhVNGNsizwl5t7THnzzJ2c8/New%20public/CEN-TruckerGirls-01.mp4 Haulage expert Marianela Gariboglio, 26, from Parana, a city on the eastern banks of the River Parana in the Entre Rios province of Argentina, is the fourth generation…

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Read more about the article Driver Of 10,000 Tonne Digger Quits To Become Manicurist
Photo shows Yegor Ivanov, undated. Ivanov, a machinist of a heavy construction equipment, changed jobs and became a manicurist. (Yegor Ivanov/CEN)

Driver Of 10,000 Tonne Digger Quits To Become Manicurist

The driver of a massive digger that weighs almost as much as the Eiffel Tower has told how he's ditched his old life in a coal mine to start work as a nail artist. https://filedn.eu/lhVNGNsizwl5t7THnzzJ2c8/New%20public/CEN-MachinistManicurist-01.mp4 Yegor Ivanov, 31, from Nazarovo, Nazarov, Krasnoyarsk Krai, central Russia, used to be the driver…

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Read more about the article BUN FOR YOUR MONEY: Student Snubs Corporate Career To Be Baking Star
Woman makes unique steamed buns in Yantai, Shandong Province in China, undated. She remembers that when she first told her parents that she wanted to try to open a shop, she was opposed by her family and relatives. (xihexi6688/AsiaWire)

BUN FOR YOUR MONEY: Student Snubs Corporate Career To Be Baking Star

A graduate who snubbed a corporate career to start her own business selling steamed buns has told how even her own parents thought she was half-baked. Now Zang Chaiyuan, 25, is so sought after by customers that she has already bought her own house and car thanks to her business.…

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Read more about the article Brazils First Reporter With Down Syndrome Celebrates 15 Years Of Career
The first reporter with Down syndrome in Brazil, Fernanda Honorato, whose goal is to be able to interview Roberto Carlos. (@fernandahonorato_01/Newsflash)

Brazils First Reporter With Down Syndrome Celebrates 15 Years Of Career

Brazil's first news reporter with Down syndrome is celebrating 15 years in the job but says she still has not achieved her absolute dream which is to one day interview singer-songwriter Roberto Carlos. Fernanda Honorato, 41, told Brazilian media: "I was at a nightclub here in Rio and the Programa…

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