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​​For years, visitors covered Seattle’s Gum Wall with chewed gum; in 2015 workers spent 130 hours removing 2,350 pounds to stop the sugar from eroding its bricks

By 2015, estimates suggested that around one million pieces of chewing gum had found their way onto the wall. Some landmarks are built with steel, stone or glass. Seattle has one made largely of something far less permanent: chewing gum. Tucked beneath the famous Pike Place Market, the Seattle Gum Wall has spent decades attracting…

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‘Western troops in Ukraine would mean war with Russia’: Putin ahead of Brics meet

We are not threatening European countries, nor are we going to threaten them. Why would we?” Putin said (Photo: PTI). Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday warned that discussions about deploying foreign troops to Ukraine would effectively amount to a declaration of war against Russia.Speaking on the sidelines of the Brics Summit, Putin remarked, “Now…

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In 2008, Larry Page demolished two neighbouring Palo Alto homes, expanding his compound to nearly 2 acres; a year later he planned a 6,000-sq-ft eco-house with solar panels and a roof garden

Google co-founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page speak to reporters during a 2008 news conference at Google headquarters (Image Credit: AP Photo/ Paul Sakuma) Google co-founder Larry Page’s Palo Alto property plans drew attention in the late 2000s as he began acquiring neighbouring homes and expanding the land around his residence. In 2008, two houses…

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At 21, an Australian artist bought 25 acres in Tasmania; 18 months later a bushfire destroyed her first home, so she rebuilt it from salvage materials into an off-grid cabin for AU$7,000-10,000

She Bought 25 Acres at 21. After the Bushfire, She Built This Cabin From What Survived An Australian artist who used her savings to buy a 25-acre bush block in Tasmania at the age of 21 has built an off-grid home using salvaged materials after a bushfire destroyed her original house just 18 months after…

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Malaysia, Ethiopia for stronger defence cooperation with India as PM meets leaders | India News

Discussions included defense, mining, and semiconductor cooperation. NEW DELHI: PM Narendra Modi met his Malaysian and Ethiopian counterparts, Anwar Ibrahim and Abiy Ahmad Ali, on the sidelines of the BRICS summit on Saturday. Government sources said that meetings resulted in taking India’s relations with both countries on a new trajectory, as Malaysia and Ethiopia expressed…

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Africa world’s most active terrorism theatre; reports more than two-thirds of ISIS activity: Report

Africa has emerged as the world’s most active terrorism theatre, according to a new US House Homeland Security Committee report. Africa has emerged as the world’s most active theatre of terrorism, with more than two-thirds of Islamic State (ISIS) activity taking place on the continent, according to a new report by the US House Committee…

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Xi Jinping in Delhi after 7 years: China talks ‘fairness, justice’, cites Brics’ ‘enormous potential’ | India News

China’s Xi heads to Brics summit with proposals to deepen Global South cooperation. Chinese president Xi Jinping landed in New Delhi for the 18th Brics summit, where he will hold talks with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and present Beijing’s proposals for greater cooperation among Global South countries.Ahead of the meeting, China’s state-run Global Times described…

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PM Modi holds talks with Ethiopia, Malaysia; defence, investment on agenda | India News

Sources said the talks with Ethiopia and Malaysia marked a new trajectory in India’s relations with the two countries NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi held separate bilateral meetings with Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali and Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim in New Delhi on Saturday, with India seeking to deepen cooperation with both…

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