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Construction workers in Belgium dig up mysterious gold worth $10 million while building sewer under former brewery: ‘Our first reaction was actually disbelief and surprise’

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Construction workers in Belgium dig up mysterious gold worth $10 million while building sewer under former brewery: 'Our first reaction was actually disbelief and surprise'

Pic courtesy: Local Police Dendermonde Construction workers in Belgium unearthed gold worth an estimated $10.4 million while excavating trenches for a sewage system at a former brewery site earlier this month.Workers contacted the authorities immediately after unearthing the treasure, the police in Sint-Gillis-Dendermonde, a Flemish community outside Brussels, said. The police confirmed that the workers … Read more

Man, 63, sets himself on fire inside NYC Google office building; witness says ‘terribly burned’

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A 63-year-old man set himself on fire inside the lobby of a building that houses Google offices. (UnSplash)

A 63-year-old man set himself on fire inside the lobby of a building that houses Google offices in downtown Manhattan on Friday, according to the Daily Mail. A 63-year-old man set himself on fire inside the lobby of a building that houses Google offices. (UnSplash) Security staff managed to put out the flames. The unidentified … Read more

In 1776, a Gettysburg minister built his stone home; 200 years later a young couple saved it from demolition, and today the city’s oldest building is marking its 250th birthday

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In 1776, a Gettysburg minister built his stone home; 200 years later a young couple saved it from demolition, and today the city's oldest building is marking its 250th birthday

In 1776, a Gettysburg minister built his stone home Gettysburg’s oldest surviving building, the 1776 Dobbin House, marked its 250th anniversary on Wednesday, 26 August 2026, celebrating two and a half centuries since Irish-born Presbyterian minister Reverend Alexander Dobbin completed the stone home. The anniversary was marked with a public reenactment of Dobbin’s original 1776 … Read more

An Iowa couple bought an abandoned fire station for $90,000; nearly 10 years later, they had turned the black-mold-covered 1960 building into their family dream home

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An Iowa couple bought an abandoned fire station for $90,000; nearly 10 years later, they had turned the black-mold-covered 1960 building into their family dream home

Photo: absolutprop_firehouse_flip/ Instagram Growing up in Iowa, Steven and Ashley Evans knew all about the local fire station in Cedar Rapids because it was right by the high school they both attended. “We always dreamed we’d live here one day. It went up for sale and we thought we’d come check it out,” Steven, 40, … Read more

A Swedish hospital stores winter snow under wood chips and pumps its meltwater through the building in summer; in its first year it supplied 93% of cooling demand

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A Swedish hospital stores winter snow under wood chips and pumps its meltwater through the building in summer; in its first year it supplied 93% of cooling demand

According to Science Direct, the hospital’s annual cooling demand is about 1,000 MWh. A hospital in central Sweden found an unusual way to meet its summer cooling needs by storing snow from winter and using it months later. The Sundsvall Regional Hospital uses a large snow storage system designed to preserve winter cold until the … Read more

A mother spent £170,000 building a two-storey annexe to give her disabled daughter a safe home in Worcester; it now faces demolition after neighbours complain

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A mother spent £170,000 building a two-storey annexe to give her disabled daughter a safe home in Worcester; it now faces demolition after neighbours complain

Clair Birch says her £170,000 annexe was designed around her disabled daughter’s needs, but planning officials have rejected her appeal. (Photo: SWNS) A mother who spent £170,000 building a two-storey annexe for her disabled daughter could now be forced to demolish it after losing a planning appeal. Clair Birch, 59, built the one-bedroom annexe in … Read more

In 1933, Lincoln’s Crooked House was marked for demolition; work revealed a hidden timber-framed building behind its brick façade and saved it; today it is one of the Cathedral Quarter’s most photographed buildings

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In 1933, Lincoln's Crooked House was marked for demolition; work revealed a hidden timber-framed building behind its brick façade and saved it; today it is one of the Cathedral Quarter's most photographed buildings

Lincoln’s ‘Wonky House’ set for redevelopment after funding secured A demolition order issued in late 1933 was meant to remove a row of ordinary brick terrace houses at the top of Michaelgate in Lincoln. Instead, the first blows from the demolition crew revealed something unexpected: a 16th-century timber-framed building hidden behind the brick exterior. The … Read more

‘This building alone has 500+ approved H-1B applications’: Trump official in Texas reveals shocking reality, no one is opening doors

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'This building alone has 500+ approved H-1B applications': Trump official in Texas reveals shocking reality, no one is opening doors

Trump official reveals shocking reality of H-1B visa program from his field inspection in Texas. Anthony D’Esposito, the inspector general of the US Department of Labor, revealed the shocking reality that they found during their field inspection in Texas: companies that were allowed H-1B visas do not have any existence. “We are on the ground … Read more

Scotland changes architecture forever to save disappearing birds: Tiny ‘quick bricks’ will now be built into new homes World News

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Scotland changes architecture forever to save disappearing birds: Tiny 'quick bricks' will now be built into new homes World News

Scotland has become the first country in the UK to legally require bird-friendly nesting spaces in new buildings, marking a major step forward for urban wildlife protection. The new measures center around “swift bricks” – specially designed cavities built into walls to provide nesting sites for birds such as swifts, sparrows and starlings. Conservationists have … Read more

BJP’s ‘Sonar’ era begins in West Bengal: Suvendu Adhikari sworn in as chief minister – Top Developments

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BJP’s ‘Sonar’ era begins in West Bengal: Suvendu Adhikari sworn in as chief minister – Top Developments

New Delhi: The ‘Sonar Bangla’ era of the BJP has begun with Suvendu Adhikari set to be sworn in as the Chief Minister of West Bengal on Saturday.This is after bjp It won a landslide victory in the assembly polls, winning 207 of 293 seats.Although the BJP is considered politically difficult territory, even as the … Read more