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The Eiffel Tower was evacuated for several hours Saturday over a bomb threat, according to CNN affiliate France BFMTV. The three floors of the tower, as well as the courtyard, were evacuated while authorities assessed the threat, BFMTV reported. A large security perimeter was quickly established, and traffic was diverted, according to BFMTV, who added […]

MADRID/BARCELONA—Spain is in the grip of a long-term drought after 36 months of below-average rainfall, with some parts so parched that officials have asked people to cut water use and meteorologists warn of worse to come. Some reservoirs in Catalonia, which surrounds Barcelona, are so low that old constructions like bridges and a church bell […]

The death toll from the collapse of a condominium tower near Miami, Florida, has risen to nine, Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said Sunday. Meanwhile officials released a report from 2018 that included a warning from an engineer about “major structural damage” and the tower needing $9 million in repairs. More than 150 people remain […]

Former President Donald Trump was seen outside his Trump Tower building on New York City’s 5th Avenue on Sunday night.

Sixteen thousand tons of Bethlehem Steel collapsed in a matter of seconds Sunday as a demolition crew imploded Martin Tower.

French “Spider-Man” Alain Robert has been arrested after scaling a 700-foot tower in Manilla, shocking office workers inside the building as he clambered over the metal shelves that ring the GT Tower, without a safety rope. Free-climber Alain Robert has summited over a hundred buildings without safety equipment over the last 25 years, wracking up […]

HONOLULU—Flames ripped through three floors of a Honolulu tower block, killing three people including a mother and her adult son on Friday, officials and media said. The blaze at the 36-story Marco Polo condominium complex sent thick black smoke pouring over the city, a month to the day after a deadly high-rise fire in London. […]

Waking up to the sound of waves just outside your luxurious hotel window is a dream for many and one that the Tel Aviv municipality has decided to make real for 15 lucky couples. They took part in an international online competition aimed at promoting tourism to the Israeli coastal city. Two German travel bloggers […]

One of the greatest challenges known can be finding a parking spot in the city. Luckily, engineers are thinking of new ways to solve these problems. A common method is to create parking lots either on the roofs of public buildings or basements. In Cannes, France, architects developed an underground parking lot in the west of Cannes’ famous […]

*EDITOR’S NOTE: Turns out this was a brilliant marketing campaign by Careem! When a video on Facebook goes viral, it doesn’t take long for a debate on whether it’s real or fake to surface either. And this video is no exception. In it, a man is launched by a slingshot-like catapult from a rooftop in Dubai. The video starts with the […]

The Yellow Crane Tower was associated with miracles in ancient poetry. Below is a legend about the naming of this tower. While stories differ in Chinese folklore, a common theme runs through them: good people were favoured by gods, and miracles happened. The story of the Yellow Crane Tower is one of these mystical tales. […]