Jan 24, 2014

Jan. 24 Daily Brief: Chinese New Year decorations, preparing for the Olympics, Morning Glory in London

Decorations for the Chinese New Year, preparing for the Olympics , one-day nightclub in London and more in today’s daily brief.

: Revellers wear costumes as they stretch whilst welcoming others to Morning Glory, at a venue in Hackney, London, January 22, 2014. Morning Glory is a nightclub which operates once a month from 6:30 to 10:30 am, at which revellers drink fruit smoothies, coffee and dance to high energy music, sometimes in their sleepwear. Revellers also enjoy yoga and massages, before changing into their work clothing and heading off to their day jobs. (REUTERS/Andrew Winning)

: Children play with bubble toy guns under Chinese lunar New Year decorations at a park in Beijing, January 24, 2014. According to the Chinese lunar calendar, the Chinese New Year, which welcomes the year of the horse, falls on January 31. (REUTERS/China Daily)

: Students prepare shoulders of lamb in a kitchen during a class by French chef Eric Cros (C Rear) at the Institut Paul Bocuse, in a 19th century chateau, in Ecully near Lyon, December 11, 2013. The Institut Paul Bocuse, created by French chef Paul Bocuse in 2004, trains students in every aspect of the culinary arts and hotel and restaurant management, on the path to Excellence. The cooking school welcomes 450 students from 37 countries each year for a unique immersion in French gastronomic heritage. Picture taken December 11, 2013. (REUTERS/Robert Pratta)

: A student prepares pastries in the kitchen of the teaching restaurant managed by French chef Alain Lecossec at the Institut Paul Bocuse, in a 19th century chateau, in Ecully near Lyon, December 11, 2013. The Institut Paul Bocuse, created by French chef Paul Bocuse in 2004, trains students in every aspect of the culinary arts and hotel and restaurant management, on the path to Excellence. The cooking school welcomes 450 students from 37 countries each year for a unique immersion in French gastronomic heritage. Picture taken December 11, 2013. (REUTERS/Robert Pratta)

: Students prepare shoulders of lamb in a kitchen during a class by French chef Eric Cros (C Rear) at the Institut Paul Bocuse, in a 19th century chateau, in Ecully near Lyon, December 11, 2013. The Institut Paul Bocuse, created by French chef Paul Bocuse in 2004, trains students in every aspect of the culinary arts and hotel and restaurant management, on the path to Excellence. The cooking school welcomes 450 students from 37 countries each year for a unique immersion in French gastronomic heritage. Picture taken December 11, 2013. (REUTERS/Robert Pratta)

: Volunteers walk along of the Olympic rings in front of the Bolshoy Ice Dome at the Olympic Park, in the Adler district of Sochi, January 24, 2014. Sochi will host the 2014 Winter Olympic Games from February 7 to 23. (REUTERS/Alexander Demianchuk)

: Asange Mditshwa attends to her child next to her husband’s mining boots and hard-hat at Marikana’s Ikaneng township in Rustenburg, northwest of Johannesburg January 24, 2014. South Africa’s main platinum miners union will resume government-brokered talks next week with the world’s top three producers, in an effort to end a strike that showed flickers of violence on its second day, officials said on Friday. Union leaders representing as many as 100,000 miners who walked off the job on Thursday sat down with management from the three companies, which produce more than half the world’s platinum, a metal used in catalytic converters in cars. (REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko)

: People shop for new year goodies ahead of the Lunar New Year in Chinatown in the central business district of Singapore January 24, 2014. The Lunar New Year which falls on January 31 marks the year of the horse. (REUTERS/Edgar Su)

: Police troops stand in front of a barricade at the site of clashes with anti-government protesters in Kiev January 24, 2014. Ukrainian protesters erected more street barricades and occupied a government ministry building on Friday after the failure of crisis talks with President Viktor Yanukovich, pointing to a further hot weekend of protest. (REUTERS/Valentyn Ogirenko)

: A supporter of anti-government protesters cooks in the camp at Independence Square in central Kiev January 24, 2014. Ukrainian protesters erected more street barricades and occupied a government ministry building on Friday, fuelling tension after the failure of crisis talks with President Viktor Yanukovich. (REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili)

: An opposition activist crosses burning tyres during a break in clashes between police and opposition in Kiev on January 24, 2014. Ukrainian protesters today expanded their protest camp and barricades in Kiev after crunch talks between the opposition and President Viktor Yanukovych failed to end the country’s deepening crisis. (Vasil Maximov/AFP/Getty Images)

: Afghan men ride in the trunk of a car in Mazar-i-Sharif on January 24, 2014. Economic development is considered a vital weapon to stop the country from sinking back into civil war and to stem Islamist extremism after 100,000 international combat troops pull out next year. (Farshad Usyan/AFP/Getty Images)

: Activists of “Codepink women for peace” hold a banner reading “Guys Put Down Your Guns !!” on January 24, 2014 at the entrance of the United Nations Office in Geneva. Syria’s warring sides are due to hold their first talks aimed at stemming the country’s bloodshed, in what are likely to be difficult negotiations with little hope of success.Syria’s warring sides will not sit in the same room for the start of talks in Geneva Friday despite efforts by UN mediator Lakhdar Brahimi to bring them together, officials said. (Fabrice Coffrini/AFP/Getty Images)

: A car drives on a snowy road on January 24, 2014 in Berlin. (Maurizio Gambarini/AFP/Getty Images)

: Firemen work in a damaged house after a truck driver lost control of his vehicle on an icy road and crashed into the house on January 24, 2014 in Ostritz, eastern Germany. The building risks to collapse following the accident. (Danilo Dittrich/AFP/Getty Images)