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London’s old double-decker buses and underground carriages get a second life 

By Admin on May 18, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

Does Anyone Actually Use London’s Cable Car?

By Admin on May 18, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

What China Understands About AI and Energy That the US Doesn’t

By Admin on May 18, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

Anthropic in Talks to Raise $30 Billion at a $900 Billion Valuation

By Admin on May 13, 2026 • ( Leave a comment )

A Buddhist temple that provides free lunch for students?

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Iranians mourn children killed in US bombing of school

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How much do you know about Malaysia?

By Admin on March 27, 2014 • ( 1 Comment )

Malaysia’s government is in the spotlight due to its handling of the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, which disappeared just 40 minutes after leaving Kuala Lumpur en route to Beijing on March […]

The creators of some of the best beers in the world are identical twins from Denmark who can’t stand each other

By Admin on March 27, 2014 • ( Leave a comment )

Mikkel Borg Bjergso, a 38-year-old former high-school science teacher who runs the Danish brewery Mikkeller, stuck his face into a bag of hops and inhaled deeply. It was a rainy February afternoon, […]

Real-life Spiderman climbs scyscraper with bare hands in Paris

By Admin on March 27, 2014 • ( Leave a comment )

France’s dubbed ‘spiderman’ or ‘human spider’ Alain Robert, scaled another tower, the 152 metre (500 foot) building The Ariane in Paris’ financial district, La Defense. Onlookers and police gathered to watch his […]

Take a visit to Park Güell in Barcelona

By Admin on March 27, 2014 • ( Leave a comment )

A trip to Barcelona in northeastern Spain in the autonomous region of Catalonia to check out the famous Park Güell. Designed by the architect Antoni Gaudí, film buffs may remember it from […]

Austria: In the Valley of the Ruble Millionaires

By Admin on March 27, 2014 • ( Leave a comment )

Austria is popular with wealthy Russians. The small town of Kitzbühel is one of the places profiting from its rich guests. Now there are fears that sanctions will scare away the Russian […]

Come inside a dream home in Venice

By Admin on March 27, 2014 • ( Leave a comment )

Venice, Italy is one of the most popular tourist destinations on the planet. Architect Sergio Pascolo and his wife Anna are two of about 60,000 Venetians living in the historic part of […]

Japanese court frees longest-serving death row inmate

By Admin on March 27, 2014 • ( Leave a comment )

After staying in death row for more than 45 years, 78-year old Iwao Hakamada has been granted freedom by a Japanese court who also ordered a re-investigation and a retrial of the […]

Infographic: The Killing of a Danish giraffe (and four lions)

By Admin on March 27, 2014 • ( Leave a comment )

U.S. media is going bananas over the killings of ‘surplus’ animals in Copenhagen Zoo. [via Frede Jacobsen]

Amnesty International just released their new report on death sentences and executions

By Admin on March 27, 2014 • ( Leave a comment )

Executions rose by almost 15% in 2013, compared with 2012. Excluding China, at least 778 people were executed worldwide. Nearly 80% of them were in just three countries: Iran, Iraq and Saudi […]

Prime Minister Shinzo Abe meets with President Barack Obama and President Park Geun-hye

By Admin on March 27, 2014 • ( Leave a comment )

Message from Prime Minister Shinzo Abe: Having finished the scheduled events at the Nuclear Security Summit, President Barack Obama, President Park Geun-hye, and I held a Japan-U.S.-Republic of Korea trilateral summit. We […]

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  • London’s old double-decker buses and underground carriages get a second life 
  • Does Anyone Actually Use London’s Cable Car?
  • What China Understands About AI and Energy That the US Doesn’t
  • Anthropic in Talks to Raise $30 Billion at a $900 Billion Valuation
  • A Buddhist temple that provides free lunch for students?
  • Iranians mourn children killed in US bombing of school
  • Stablecoins Are Quietly Changing How the World Sends Money
  • AI music is “flooding” streaming platforms
  • China’s Smart Auto Plant Becomes Tourism Hotspot
  • We spoke to the Britons trapped in a never-ending cost of living crisis
  • Ryanair CEO warns of European airline failures if jet fuel price stays high
  • Reclusive Turkmenistan shows signs of opening up
  • How Left-wing is Scotland? Inside Reform’s shocking rise!
  • Coventry City: The Resurrection – Documentary
  • Extended interview: Sting
  • Why Britain can’t build the AI future it wants…yet
  • He runs a 50-year-old hobby shop to keep model-building alive
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  • Humanoid robot beats half-marathon world record set by Ugandan runner Jacob Kiplimo
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  • Aswad: “We want to educate the youths…”
  • 1985: Band merch – is it worth the money? 
  • Testing Flea’s Music Knowledge
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  • Inside the German town where people print their own money
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