First world war centenary articles
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"The Demon of Unrest": Recounting the first shots of the Civil War
The ferry ride to the middle of Charleston Harbor can be a journey back in time. In 1860, Fort Sumter, the federal sea fortress guarding...
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Satellite Image Shows Construction of World's First Floating City
A floating city, considered the world's first, is starting to take shape in the turquoise waters of the Indian Ocean.Satellite imagery provided exclusively to Newsweek by Maxar Technologies shows the state of construction of the Maldives Floating City, a development of modular floating platforms that is scheduled to be completed in 2027.The "island city," the brainchild of the Maldivian government in partnership with the Dutch architectural firm Waterstudio, is sprouting in a lagoon about 10...
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Orangutan seen treating wound with medicinal plant in world first
An orangutan in Indonesia has been observed appearing to treat a wound with a medicinal tropical plant – the latest example of how some...