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World's Tallest Water Coaster Set to Open at New Record-Breaking Waterpark Soon
NEED TO KNOW Aquarabia is Saudi Arabia’s first water theme park and will open next to Six Flags Qiddiya City The waterpark is home to the…
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Japan is building the world’s fastest train - but will it ever come to Europe?
Japan is currently developing the world’s fastest train, the L0 Series, which is a Japanese maglev train being produced and tested by the…
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China Is Quietly Building The World's Largest Hydropower System
High in the Himalayas, up in the outer reaches of Tibet, China is building what is expected to be the world's largest hydropower project.…
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La Panarda, one of the world’s most epic feasts, is about to take place in this Italian village
In Europe’s most food-obsessed country, the season of excess has finished. Across Italy, families have finished the panettone, slurped…
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Tesla dethroned as the world's top EV maker
Elon Musk’s Tesla is no longer the top electric vehicle seller in the world as demand at home has cooled while competition heated up…
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AI memory demand propels Kioxia to world’s best-performing stock
Artificial intelligence’s insatiable appetite for data storage has delivered Japanese memory chipmaker Kioxia Holdings world-beating stock…
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Japan prepares to restart world's biggest nuclear plant, 15 years after Fukushima
By Kantaro Komiya, Yuka Obayashi and Katya Golubkova NIIGATA, Japan, Dec 22 (Reuters) - The Japanese region of Niigata is expected to…
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The World’s Most Famous Ice Hotel Just Opened — and It Has a Fully Playable Piano Made of Ice
Every winter, one of the most unusual hotels on Earth rises from the frozen Torne River in northern Sweden. Built entirely from ice and…
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Bangkok is the world’s most visited city. But badly behaved tourists are creating problems in Asia
Sign up for Unlocking the World, CNN Travel’s weekly newsletter. Get news about destinations, plus the latest in aviation, food and drink,…
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World's longest direct flight to connect China with Argentina
Chinese airline China Eastern plans to offer the world's longest direct flight, starting next week. The airline announced on Wednesday…
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Thirteen hours by touch – inside one of the world's longest exam days
Every November, South Korea comes to a standstill for its infamous college entrance exam. Shops are shut, flights are delayed to reduce…
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World’s oldest president sworn in for eighth term in Cameroon
Cameroon's 92-year-old leader Paul Biya has been sworn in for another seven years as president in a ceremony at the country's parliament…
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First-class beauty: Prix Versailles picks the world's best looking train stations
The daily commute can be one of the most depressing parts of the nine-to-five routine – especially in these dark winter months, when you…
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The 'World's Most Sustainable Beach' Is An Iconic United Kingdom Haven With Soft Sands And Crystal-Clear Waters
Soft sand and crystal clear water might not be the first things you associate with a vacation to the United Kingdom, but perhaps they…
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CAS rejects Israel appeal in bid to compete at gymnastics worlds
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said on Tuesday it has rejected two appeals by the Israel Gymnastics Federation (IGF) for…
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The Hunt for the World’s Oldest Story
I read George Eliot’s “Middlemarch,” sometimes hailed as the greatest British novel, in a rain forest in western Indonesia. I was there as…
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AJJ Medtech to develop ‘world’s first’ multifunctional humanoid elderly care robot
It will work with China’s Huaxi Intelligent Technology Co to produce humanoid robots that will replicate human presence, offering both…
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Cameroon heads to the polls as the world's oldest president bids to extend his rule
YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) — Polls opened in Cameroon on Sunday in an election that could see Africa’s oldest leader extend his rule by…
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Can the world's oldest president keep his title and woo a nation of young voters?
The world's oldest head of state - 92-year-old Paul Biya - has promised Cameroon's electorate "the best is still to come" as he seeks his…
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I traveled to Thailand for the world’s largest water fight–here’s what it was actually like
Every April, Thailand turns into a literal splash-happy frenzy. I'm not talking about one city or even one festival ground…the entire…
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Woman convicted in world's 'largest' Bitcoin seizure
A woman has been convicted in what is believed to be the world's "single largest" Bitcoin seizure, said London's Metropolitan Police.…
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World's longest railway connection makes construction breakthrough
Engineers broke through the final rock barrier beneath the Alps, completing the main excavation of a new tunnel that will link Austria and…
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Charlie Kirk and Tyler Robinson Came from the Same Warped Online Worlds
Assassins and would-be assassins have become a sickeningly common feature of our polarized political landscape, and so have our rituals in…
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Smoked-dried mummification practise created world's oldest mummies
When we think of mummies, we tend to imagine embalmed pharaohs, massive pyramids and buried treasure in Ancient Egypt. That was before we…