Leonardo DiCaprio praises China on climate change initiatives

Leonardo DiCaprio praises China on climate change initiatives

BEIJING (AP) — Leonardo DiCaprio praised China's work to combat climate change on a trip to Beijing on Sunday, and said he believes the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases could be "the hero of the environmental movement."

The actor and environmentalist, who called for action to combat climate change during his Oscar acceptance speech last month, praised China's shift toward renewable forms of energy to lower carbon emissions.

Museum criticizes Anne Frank-themed ‘escape room’
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Museum criticizes Anne Frank-themed ‘escape room’

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AMSTERDAM (AP) — The Anne Frank foundation on Friday criticized an "escape room" game made to look like the Amsterdam apartment where the teenage Jewish diarist hid with her family from the Netherlands' Nazi occupiers during World War II.

According to its website, the recently opened Escape Bunker in the town of Valkenswaard, 140 kilometers (87 miles) south of Amsterdam, has a room styled to look like the apartment. As part of the game, visitors are locked in and have to escape within an hour using teamwork, creativity and "out-of-the-box" thinking.

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