The world’s longest straight road that’s 159 miles long with no curve in sight
The road is fully paved and heavily used for transporting goods across the desert, from the central and western regions of Saudi Arabia to the UAE.
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The £4.5bn twin tunnel train line that should end traffic chaos in major city
The train line will run up to 42 meters below the streets of Auckland, New Zealand’s largest city.
Africa’s £15bn mining mega project set to reach world’s largest untapped metal deposit
The scale of the development is enormous with plans including a 650km railway linking the mine to the Atlantic coast.
Fact check: Were protests in Gaza ‘anti-Hamas’? – DW (English)
Fact check: Were protests in Gaza ‘anti-Hamas’? DW (English)Voices from Gaza: Protests demand an end to war and suffering Al Jazeera EnglishGazans Demand End to 18 Years of Hamas Rule The New York TimesAnti-Hamas Gaza p…
Four Afghan girl guitarists escaped the Taliban. Will they be forced back?
Yasemin, Zakia, Shukriya and Uzra, just 7, fled Afghanistan. A Trump order and Pakistan could send them back.
Brooklyn-based Underdog, a fantasy sports and sports betting app, raised $70M in a first Series C tranche at a $1.23B valuation from Spark Capital (Dan Primack/Axios)
Dan Primack / Axios:
Brooklyn-based Underdog, a fantasy sports and sports betting app, raised $70M in a first Series C tranche at a $1.23B valuation from Spark Capital — Underdog, a Brooklyn-based fantasy sports and sports betting a…
“Building Shook Violently”: Indian Tourists In Bangkok Narrate Quake Horror
International aid began to arrive in Myanmar as rescuers searched for survivors after a powerful earthquake killed 694 and injured 1,670.
Israel admits firing at ambulances in Gaza after Palestinians say rescuers missing in Rafah
Body of team leader found almost a week after six rescuers went missing, Gaza’s civil defence agency saysIsrael’s military admitted on Saturday it had fired on ambulances in the Gaza Strip after identifying them as “suspicious vehicles”, with Hamas con…
Mariners offense goes silent in shutout loss to Athletics
The Mariners offered a reminder of their issues from last season and potential weaknesses this season, getting shut out in a 7-0 loss Friday.
Gensol’s financial woes have cast doubt on the future of BluSmart, an Indian EV ride-hailing startup founded by Gensol’s promoters, Anmol Jaggi and Puneet Jaggi (Debarghya Sil/Inc42 Media)
Debarghya Sil / Inc42 Media:
Gensol’s financial woes have cast doubt on the future of BluSmart, an Indian EV ride-hailing startup founded by Gensol’s promoters, Anmol Jaggi and Puneet Jaggi — There seems to be no respite for Gensol …