Every 10 to 20 minutes a train rolls into Bradford's main station.. The time-consuming routine occurs daily because Bradford -- England's sixth biggest city -- has no through-station, forcing trains to reverse to continue along the line.
A decade ago, Elon Musk proposed a new form of transport that would shoot passengers through vacuum tunnels in levitating pods at almost the speed of sound -- he called it "hyperloop". . His university at Delft in the Netherlands excelled in competitions run by Musk's SpaceX firm, which invited students to develop pods to fire through vacuum tunnels.
A UNESCO-listed rabbit warren of 16th-century battlements and Ottoman palaces, the Casbah of the Algerian capital is falling into disrepair, but efforts to save it have been accelerating.. Efforts to restore the buildings involved "several plans and several stakeholders", said Aissa Mesri of Archimed, a firm working on studies of the Casbah and monitoring the work.
A mineral spa in northern Iraq is regaining popularity as renovation work has brought back visitors, in a city once ruled by jihadists who carried out mass executions.. The jihadists "worked at night, they executed them and buried them with a bulldozer", explains Ahmed, the spa employee. str-tgg/gde/noc/hc/jsa/reb
Children's cries echo through the alleyways as they hunt for hidden treasure -- part of growing efforts to bring life back to the Old City of Tunis.. "They've breathed life back into the medina," she said.
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Hundreds of thousands of people waved rainbow flags and danced to techno music at Madrid's Pride march on Saturday as the event returned following two years of Covid-enforced cancellations.. Others went bare-chested and danced to the rhythm of Brazilian and techno music.
Macau on Saturday announced a weeklong shutdown of its casinos and non-essential businesses as the Chinese gambling hub confronted its worst coronavirus outbreak yet.. Macau residents may face further economic woes as city officials declared on Saturday that employers are not obligated to pay workers during the Covid-related shutdown. hol/mtp
A teammate of the Tour de France defending champion Tadej Pogacar has tested positive for Covid-19, and the team now face a nervous three days to see if others on the team fall sick.. Half a dozen riders had to be replaced prior to the start of the Tour de France due to testing positive for Covid.
A teammate of the Tour de France defending champion Tadej Pogacar has tested positive for Covid-19, weakening the Slovenian's chances of retaining his current overall lead.. Half a dozen riders had to be replaced prior to the start of the Tour de France due to testing positive for Covid.
