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Ships rescue 400 migrants from wooden boat in the Mediterranean

A crew member from the German NGO migrant rescue ship Sea-Watch 3 distributes life jackets to migrants during a rescue operation in waters off the coast of Tunisia. /Reuters/Darrin Zammit Lupi

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UK-based Heroes raises $200M to buy up more Amazon merchants for its roll-up play

Heroes, one of the new wave of startups aiming to build big e-commerce businesses by buying up smaller third-party merchants on Amazon’s Marketplace, has raised another big round of funding to d

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On the future of walls, or The Wall

Space may be the endless frontier, but here on Earth, we define space in the modern sense as something enclosed. Walls, fences and barriers enclose space, define it and make it legible. In fact, the s

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Egyptian mummies attract visitors at Beijing World Art Museum

Visitors view the "Golden Mummies of Egypt" exhibition at the Beijing World Art Museum of the China Millennium Monument, August 20, 2021. /CFP The exhibition on ancient Egyptian cultur

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Without the crowd’s roar, Tokyo Olympians search for spirit

The beloved American gymnast Sam Mikulak flipped off the parallel bars, stuck the landing and blew a kiss toward the camera. Those watching the men’s Olympics gymnastic

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Suspension bridge breaks with truck on it

00:26 Witnesses captured video of the collapse of a wooden suspension bridge as a truck tried to drive across it during a severe flood in eastern Russia. The driver was later reported t

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Delegations shine at opening ceremony of Tokyo Olympics

Night view Tokyo. /CFP The opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics was held at the National Stadium in Tokyo, Japan on Friday night.A wooden Olympic logo was unveiled at the ceremony, fitting t

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World's biggest sandcastle constructed in Denmark

The world's tallest sand sculpture, towering more than 20 meters and comprising nearly 5,000 tonnes of sand according to its designers, is pictured under construction in Blokhus, Denmark, July

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First-ever wooden satellite, with selfie camera, to launch this year

01:03 A Finnish company is planning to launch the world's first wooden satellite into orbit to test the suitability of wood for use in extreme conditions.The WISA WOODSAT is a nanosatel

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Egypt discovers 250 tombs of Old Kingdom, Ptolemaic dynasty in Sohag

A wooden coffin is seen in a tomb in Province of Minya, Egypt, on Jan. 30, 2020. The Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced on Thursday the discovery of 16 ancient tombs with abou

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More than 300 Palestinians hurt in Jerusalem holy site clash

Israeli police firing tear gas, stun grenades and rubber bullets clashed with stone-throwing Palestinians at a flashpoint Jerusalem holy site on Monday, the latest in a

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Wine that spent more than year in space orbiting Earth could fetch $1m

The wine, named Petrus 2000, was one of 12 bottles sent into space in November 2019 and tastes "delicious", experts say.

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Head, tail, knees and trees (knees and trees)

Some fun ones this week, so let’s get all of those pesky business transactions out of the way first, shall we? I mean, not that tens of millions of dollars changing hands for future robotics technolog

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In Tunis, flamingos wade past waste in key Africa wetlands

01:01 Hundreds of flamingos wade past waste in the murky waters of the vast Sijoumi lagoon, a critical wetland in the heart of Tunisia's capital threatened by over-expansion.Once set a

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Over 2,000-yr-old wooden well unearthed in China's Shanxi

An ancient nine-sided well, bearing a wooden structure, with a history of over 2,000 years was discovered in north China's Shanxi Province, archaeologists announced Tuesday.The well, located 570 m

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Rare Van Gogh masterpiece sells for $15.4 million in Paris

"Street scene in Montmartre," a painting by Dutch master Vincent van Gogh at Sotheby's auction house in Paris, February 25, 2021. /AP A rare painting by Vincent Van Gogh was sold for 13.1 mill

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The sustainable soccer shirt that's made of coffee waste

01:54 English soccer team Forest Green Rovers is trialing a new matchday shirt the club regards as the most sustainable ever made.It's made largely from coffee waste and is the latest