Global News Highlights: Unusual Operas and Breakdancing Seniors

Discover a range of human-interest stories from across the globe, including the unusual opera inspired by Euro 2024 football fever in Germany, Japan's senior citizens blazing trails in breakdancing, and Naomi Campbell's exclusive exhibition at London's V&A museum.

June 20 - 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.

2024 US election vocab: Cheap fakes, Dobbs dads, lawfare WASHINGTON - Every U.S. national election, a cottage industry of strategists, pollsters and organizers craft brand-new words and phrases to describe the mood of American voters and the politicking aimed at influencing them. This year is no exception. (USA-ELECTION/VOCABULARY (PIX), 611 words)

Football fever inspires unusual opera in Germany HAMBURG, Germany - Football fever at Euro 2024 in Germany is being felt not only inside packed stadiums, raucous bars and heaving city squares - but also in the more rarefied atmosphere of an opera house. (SOCCER-EURO/HAMBURG-OPERA (PIX, TV), 301 words)

In a Greek jail, inmates find freedom in theatre KORYDALLOS PRISON - On a stifling summer evening, the actors took to the stage: a grassy courtyard enclosed by towering prison walls, topped with barbed wire and lit by a floodlight. (GREECE-PRISON/THEATRE (PIX, TV), 402 words)

Argentine play explores challenges of prison life for female and trans inmates BUENOS AIRES - "The past haunts you and the future never arrives," six actors sing on stage in "The Days Out There," an Argentine musical that explores the lives of female and transgender inmates during and after their time in jail. (ARGENTINA-THEATRE/ (PIX, TV), 428 words)

Inspired by Olympics debut, Japan's seniors blaze breakdancing trail TOKYO - A 74-year-old surfer and master of classical Japanese dance may seem an unlikely member of a seniors' breakdancing group, but Saruwaka Kiyoshie said getting her feet wet in the sport was a no-brainer after it was confirmed for the 2024 Paris Games. (JAPAN-BREAKDANCING/ELDERLY (PIX, TV), 782 words)

A grandmother goes for high-action stunts in 'Thelma' At 94 years old, actor June Squibb had to convince filmmakers that she could do a lot of her own stunts in the action-packed comedy film "Thelma," about a grandmother seeking revenge. (FILM-THELMA/ (TV, PIX), 467 words)

Model Naomi Campbell gets her own exhibition at London's V&A museum LONDON - Naomi Campbell brings her stylish looks and runway walk to London's V&A in a new exhibition that the museum says is the first of its kind dedicated to a model. (PEOPLE-NAOMI CAMPBELL/EXHIBITION (TV, PIX), 377 words)

Twice-stolen Titian painting headed for auction LONDON - "Rest on the Flight into Egypt," an early work by Titian that was looted by Napoleon and then stolen in the 1990s before being found at a London bus stop, will be offered for sale at auction next month, with an estimated price of up to $32 million. (AUCTION-TITIAN/ (TV), 358 words)

European lynx species rebounds from brink of extinction GENEVA - A species of lynx found in remote areas of Spain and Portugal has rebounded from near extinction, with its adult population growing more than tenfold since the start of the millennium. (SCIENCE-LYNX/ (PIX), 338 words)

Dinosaur from Montana had horns like Norse god Loki's blades WASHINGTON - About 78 million years ago in what was then a subtropical coastal plain - now the badlands of northern Montana - lived a four-legged plant-eating dinosaur built a bit like a rhinoceros with a fabulously ornate set of horns on its head. This newly identified dinosaur, called Lokiceratops rangiformis, was about 22 feet (6.7 meters) long, weighed around 5-1/2 tons and used a powerful beak at the front of its mouth to browse on low-growing vegetation such as ferns and flowering plants, scientists said. (SCIENCE-LOKICERATOPS/ (PIX), 696 words)

Chinese outbound travel recovery lags due to costs, visa snags BEIJING/SHANGHAI - A recovery in Chinese overseas travel from the COVID-19 pandemic is fading as rising costs and difficulties in securing visas cement a preference for local and short-haul destinations. (CHINA-TRAVEL/OUTBOUND (ANALYSIS, PIX), 824 words)

Global audiences suspicious of AI-powered newsrooms Global concerns about the use of AI in news production and misinformation are growing, a report published by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism found, posing fresh challenges to newsrooms already struggling to engage audiences. (GLOBAL-MEDIA/ (PIX), 638 words)

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