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Brazil building collapse: at least 6 fatalities

Authorities reported that the collapse of an apartment building in the northeastern Brazilian city of Olinda caused at least six fatalities. The collapse occurred on Thursday night in the Jardim Atlâ...

Italy signs decree for the construction of the world’s longest suspension bridge

Italy signed a decree in March of 2023, concerning the construction of the world’s longest suspension bridge, the Messina Bridge, which will become a law in June. The bridge, also referred to as th...

New Greater Bay Area bridge nears completion

According to a recent video published by CGTN, the New Greater Bay Area bridge is nearing completion. More specifically, the video refers: “Construction of a new bridge linking the southern Chinese...

Birmingham's new £360 million skyscraper project has been approved

The Curzon Wharf scheme at Dartmouth Circus is a development project that involves the construction of three towers for student accommodation, "co-living" flats, and office space. The tallest tower’s...

Illegal mine collapse in Rwanda’s Huye district followed by landslides

An illegal mine collapsed in the Kinazi sector of Huye district, Rwanda, on April 19. Furthermore, six workers were trapped inside the 80-meter deep collapsed mine, three of whom are senior six stu...

An unusual rockslide in Sand in Taufers, Italy

An unusual rockslide took place in Sand in Taufers, Italy, on the morning of April 24 and was caught on surveillance video. The incident involved a large boulder going down a hill without any rotati...

California’s Tulare “ghost” lake reemerges

California’s Tulare Lake, a “ghost” lake that was dried up during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, has recently reemerged due to record snowfall. Tulare Lake is located roughly between Los An...

China’s Mars rover confirmed dormant on the Red Planet

China’s Mars rover, Zhurong, was confirmed to still be dormant on the Red Planet’s surface, after failing to wake up in December. Zhurong, which was named after a mythical Chinese god of fire, wen...

Self-sensing and energy-generating concrete was created by engineers

A new generation of concrete that is self-sensing and capable of generating electricity was recently presented by a team of engineers in a journal paper. Published in the Advanced Materials journa...

Fire broke out at Toronto’s Bloor-Yonge subway station

Footage has emerged, showing a fire breaking out at the Bloor-Yonge subway station in Toronto, Canada, on Tuesday, April 25. Furthermore, the incident occurred around 10 a.m. and fire crews dashed...

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