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British Airways i360 viewing tower – vertical cable car Source: British Airways i360 The new British Airways i360 will allow visitors to take a voyage to the skies on the world’s tallest moving observation tower, designed by the London Eye architects. The fully enclosed aerodynamically shaped futuristic glass viewing pod is spacious – 10 times […]

Johnson Publishing sells Ebony, Jet magazines Associated Press CHICAGO— Ebony and Jet magazines, which have chronicled African-American life for the past 71 years, have been sold to an Austin, Texas-based private equity firm. Johnson Publishing Co. announced June 14 that Ebony and digital-only Jet were sold to Clear View Group but didn’t disclose the sale […]

World’s longest and deepest train tunnel opens The Gotthard Base Tunnel opens at record-setting 57-kilometer long (35-mile long) and reaching a depth of 2,300 meters (7,545 feet, almost 1.5 miles). Gotthard overtakes the 53.9-kilometer (33.49 miles) Seikan Tunnel in Japan as the longest rail tunnel in the world and the 50.5-kilometer (31.37 miles) Channel Tunnel between […]

ROOTS at the White House The White House hosted a day-long exploration of how we find our American stories along with a screening of History Channel’s “Roots”. The cast and producers from HISTORY’s event series “Roots” – including Academy Award® winner Forest Whitaker, Tony Award® winner Anika Noni Rose, Malachi Kirby, Co-Executive Producer and original […]

NASA: New Horizons’ Best close-up of Pluto’s surface NASA Updated: May 27, 2016 This is the most detailed view of Pluto’s terrain you’ll see for a very long time. This mosaic strip – extending across the hemisphere that faced the New Horizons spacecraft as it flew past Pluto on July 14, 2015 – now includes […]

Olympic flame lit in Greece for Rio de Janeiro and the Games of the XXXI Olympiad BBC News An actor performing the role of high priestess lit the torch by using the sun’s rays. The torch will be taken by various runners on an international relay that will culminate at the opening ceremony in Rio […]

Historical flashback: When Washington and Baltimore were true Southern cities Today, many Americans refer to Baltimore and Washington as northern or “East Coast” cities instead of Southern cities. For some people the term “East Coast” means from Washington to Boston. Yet, the term “East Coast” also means any city located along or near the Atlantic Seaboard. […]

Harriet Tubman to appear on $20 bill WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Treasury Department has selected Harriet Tubman, an African-American who helped thousands of enslaved Africans in America to freedom, will replace the slaveholding U.S. President Andrew Jackson on the center of a new $20 note. Alexander Hamilton will remain on the face of the […]

IOC workshop gives Candidate Cities 2024 valuable insight into IBC/MPC, Olympic Village 2024 Bid Cities: Los Angeles (United States), Rome (Italy), Budapest (Hungary) and Paris (France) International Olympic Committee April 8, 2016 The International Olympic Committee (IOC) yesterday concluded a successful two-day workshop with the Candidate Cities 2024, dedicated to the Olympic Village, the International […]

Venues of the 2016 Summer Olympics Rio de Janeiro – Games of the XXXI Olympiad RIO DE JANEIRO 2016 OLYMPICS 5th August – 21st August Source: Rio 2016 Sustainability was the theme as the Olympic Aquatics Stadium for the Rio 2016 Games was officially unveiled on 8 April 2016. The arena for swimming and water […]