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Led to Man’s Home The war in Ukraine apparently hasn’t put bootleggers out of business. Authorities say border officials patrolling near Podislk in southwest Ukraine found a 980-foot vodka pipeline that was being used to

Contact Lens of the Future Is Remarkable Ethiopia Planted 353M Trees —in Half a Day Egypt Opens “Bent Pyramid” Meet the New Electric Road US law enforcement officials who seized a Russian oligarch’s $300 million yacht found what could be considered the ultimate symbol of opulence inside: an alleged Fabergé egg. Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco told the Aspen Security Forum on Wednesday that the jeweled egg was Egypt opened two of its oldest pyramids, located about 25 miles south of the capital Cairo, to visitors for the first time since 1965. Antiquities Minister Khaled el-Anany told reporters that tourists are now allowed to visit the Bent Pyramid and its satellite pyramid in the Dahshur royal necropolis, which is part of the Memphis Necropolis, You may one day drive down roads charged with electricity that your vehicle automatically detects and sucks up through an automatic arm—if a Ethiopia claims it has smashed a world record in the name of climate change— and the tree planting isn’t even done. More than 353 million tree seedlin gs were planted across the country in just 12 hours as part of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s Green Legacy refores tation campaign. The campaign hopes one of the more “interesting” finds made a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The Bent Swedish project gains any headway. Called eRoad- to see 4 billion indigenous trees plant in the seizure of Russian assets. She didn’t describe the egg but said it was discovered on a yacht that had been sailed from Fiji to San Diego Bay, where it remains. That ed between May and October. Citizens had been encouraged to plant 200 mil lion trees but Ahmed tweeted that 150 million had been planted after just hours. At the end of 12 hours, the country’s minster for innovation and te chnology, Getahun Mekuria, announced 353,633,660 seedlings had gone into the ground—more than five times as many trees as were planted in India over Pyramid, which the AP reports was built during the Old Kingdom of the Pharaoh of Sneferu, in about 2600 BC, is unique in that it has two internal structures. El-Anany said the Bent Pyramid represents a transitional form of pyramid construction between the Djoser Step Pyramid (2667-2648 BC) and Arlanda, it has turned 1.2 miles of road outside Stockholm into a kind of slot-car track where electric trucks insert movable arms into a rail to recharge the vehicle’s battery while driving. Designers say the technology is weather-proof and the arm will rise automatically when one car passes another, Sky News reports. The rails are also said to be safe to the touch. 12 hours in 2017. Some schools and government offices closed to allow stu dents and civil servants to take part, which notes 2.6 billion trees have now been planted across Ethiopia. The Guardian reports each citizen is asked to plant at least 40 seedlings. The goal is to transform Ethiopia’s landscape, which the Meidum Pyramid (also about 2600 BC). The Guardian notes its "unusual" shape: The first 160 feet rise at "a steep 54 degree angle, before tapering off towards the top." “One of the most important issues of our time is the question of how to make fossil-free road transportation a reality,” says eRoadArlanda Chairman Hans Säll. “We now have a solution that will make this possible, which is amazing.” Among its pluses, is seeing degradation, soil erosion, deforestation, and droughts and flooding tied to agriculture. About 80% of Ethiopia’s population relies on agriculture to make a living, with the result that just 4% of land is now forested, com pared to 30% at the end of the 19th century, according to Farm Africa. Per El-Anany also announced that Egyptian archaeologists have uncovered a collection of stone, clay, and wooden sarcophagi, some Säll says the electric road lets vehicles have smaller batteries and therefore makes vehicles cheaper to produce. The $7.7 million project will be tested with a truck fleet for two years, and if the government approves, it could be implemented for $1.9 Al Jazeera, a recent study estimates that 1 trillion new trees could pull al most 750 billion tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere—or about as much as humans have released in the last 25 years—over several decades of them with mummies, in the area. He said archaeologists also found wooden funerary masks along with instruments used for cutting stones, dating to the Late Period (664million per mile and include buses and cars. “Sweden is at the cutting edge of this technology, which we now hope to introduce in other areas of the country and the world,” Säll says. US Teen Wins $3M at Fortnite World Cup 332 BC). Mostafa Waziri, secretary general of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, said they also uncovered large stone blocks teen contestants Emil Bergquist Pe dersen from Sweden and David Wang from Austria shared a $3 million prize. Art Expert Gives Museum Some Really Bad News A museum in southern France suffered a terrible blow when experts declared that over half its paintings are forgeries, The Pennsylvania 16-year-old Kyle along with limestone and granite fragments Terrus museum, dedicated to the work of painter Étienne TerGiersdorf plays 8 to 10 hours of Fortnite a day, but his parents aren’t complaining: Giersdorf, indicating the existence of ancient graves in the area. Egypt has been whipping up publicity for its new historical discoveries in rus, apparently knew nothing of the fakes until an art historian informed them. “It’s a catastrophe,” the mayor of Elne, where the museum resides, tells the Telegraph. “I put myself in the place of all the people who came to visit the museum, With a total prize pool of $40 million provided by Epic Games, Fortnite’s pa rent company, the tournament broke an better known as ”Bugha,” won the hopes of reviving a devastated tourism who saw fake works of art, who paid an entrance fee. It’s in- e-sports record, though that record is expe a record-breaking $3 million at the inaugural Fortnite World sector still recovering from the turmoil following a 2011 uprising that toppled tolerable and I hope we find those responsible.” Police have taken the fakes and are trying to find those responsible. cted to be broken by an August event cal led “The International” Giersdorf, the first longtime autocrat Hosni Mubarak. smuggle booze from the breakaway Moldovan region of Transdinistria. The Cup at Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York. The contest featured 100 participants out of around 40 million who entered the onplayer in the North American East Region to qualify for the tournament, was domi nant in the six-game series, beating rivals including runner-up Harrison “Psalm” “polyethlene pipe stretched from the state line competition. Giersdorf, who Chang, who took home $1.8 million. border underground in the direction of won the solo event in front of a Giersdorf was hugged by his family after the private home of a 32-year-old citizen of Ukraine,” a Ukrainian government statement said. packed stadium, says he plans to save the prize instead of going on a spending spree. ”All I want is a new desk and maybe a desk the win. “This is life-changing for him,” mother Darcy Giersdorf says. “He’s been playing video games since he was three, so this is his passion. He told us he could do for my trophy. In the duo event this, he put his mind to it and he di The “discovered highway was used for the illegal transfer of alcohol to Ukraine from the Transnistrian segment of the Moldovan-Ukrainian border,” the government said. Such pipelines are commonly used by smugglers trying to move cheap vodka between countries of the former Soviet Union, Slate noted in 2013 after a 1,640-foot pipeline fom Kazakhstan to Kyrgyzstan was uncovered.

News WorldNews 15 Years Later, Tsunami’s Toll 12 Year Old Steals Moms Credit Card.. Heads on Vacation France Won’t Let Go of Long-Lost MasterpieceRemains Mind-Boggling It still haunts me.” The line from 28-year-old Thai resident Suwanne Maliwan to Reuters expresses a common sentiment Thursday, the 15th anniversary of the Indian Ocean tsunami that claimed 230,000 lives. Maon April 21, 2016, and the heirs can’t quit squabbling. Here’s a look at where things liwan, for instance, lost both her parents and five other relatives. ”Sometimes I dream that A 12-year-old Australian boy has pulled off a bold feat that drew international headlines: He stole his mom’s credit card and managed to fly to stand: Even though it’s been nearly two years since Prince died, the executor of the estate, Comerica Bank and Trust, can’t split the money among Prince’s six surviving siblings until the Internal Revenue Service and executor agree on the estate’s value a wave is coming,” she says. Vigils and memorials across Asia were commemorating Bali, Indonesia, for a posh, four-day vacation before getting caught. As recounted in the Australian program A Current Affair, the boy did some research online and figured out he could fly alone without needing a It’s not clear when that might happen. The IRS and state of Minnesota are entitled the staggering loss of life in what was one of the world’s deadliest natural disasters. A 9.1 letter from a parent on Jetstar Airways. He nabbed his mom’s credit card, tricked his grandmother into giving him his passport, took a train to the airport, and flew to Bali. “They just asked for my student ID and to collect about half, though the estate can stretch out the payments over time. Court magnitude earthquake off Sumatra island passport to prove that I’m over 12 and that I’m in secondary school,” filings several months after Prince’s death suggested that it was worth around $200 million before taxes. The actual value remains one of the biggest secrets in the case, the morning after Christmas in 2004 trigsays the boy, identified only as Drew. He then checked into a four-star hotel, having made reservations in advance, telling the clerk that his hidden in sealed and redacted documents. The actual valuation could have gone up gered the tsunami and unleashed waves as older sister would be joining him soon. or down since then. That’s because the various attorneys, accountants, and industry experts at that point had not yet finished appraisals and deals for the use of his music, high as 57 feet. And there he stayed, having a fine time while his panicked mom reportvideos, and assets including his Paisley Park studio. ed him as missing back home. It wasn’t until the boy posted a video of Coastal areas of Thailand, Indonesia, India, himself in the hotel pool that his vacation finally came to an end. “I was shocked and disgusted, there’s no emotion to feel what we felt when sentative contacted school officials Thursday about the surprise message, says a spokeswoman for the district. Sri Lanka, and other countries were deluged. One of the first areas hit was Indonewe found out that he’d left overseas,” says mom, per news.com.au. One reason she’s ticked: Her son had actually tried this stunt twice before, only to be turned away at the airport by Qantas and Garuda Airlines. Johnson said he admires Kelzenberg's courage but that he won't be able to attend sia’s Aceh province, notes CBS News. In fact, most of those killed were in Indonesia alone, Mom says she was informed her son’s passport would be flagged by federal authorities as a result, but that apparently never happened. In the aftermath, Jetstar promises to tighten up its policies. “He just doesn’t prom because he'll be in Hawaii filming Jungle Cruise. Instead, Johnson rented out a nearby movie theater on Saturday for where 170,000 deaths were registered. ”No words can describe our feelings when we like the word no and that’s what I got, a kid in Indonesia.” Kelzenberg and more than 230 friends and family to watch his latest movie, Rampage. Johnson even covered the cost of snacks tearfully saw thousands of corpses lying on this ground 15 years ago,” said acting Aceh Apparently 82 of the museum’s 140 works are phony, spotted at times because they contained buildings constructed after and drinks for the theater. "I couldn't believe it. I was so surprised," Kelzenberg says. "I just kept thinking, 'He saw me! He Gov. Nova Iriansyah at a ceremony in Sigli. ”And now, we can see how people in Aceh Terrus died in 1922. Acclaimed for his landscapes of French Catalonia, Terrus was close with artists Aristide Maillol and Henri Matisse and lived mostly in Elne, a town on the Tech knows who I am!'" Kelzenberg says she became a fan of Johnson's five years ago. Her favorite movies of his include Central were able to overcome suffering and rise again, thanks to assistance from all IndoneRiver that’s less than three miles from the Mediterranean coast of Languedoc-Roussillon. The museum spent over $190,000 acquiring paintings they thought were his. But the Intelligence and Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle. sians and from people all over the world.” Terrus likely isn’t alone: Art experts say at least one in five paintings in the world’s top museums may well be fake. Shop In RI 5

France is trying to hang onto a medieval painting with a crazy backstory. The nation has blocked the export of a small, 13th-century work by the Italian artist Cimabue, a painting that hung unnoticed for decades above a hotplate in a French woman's kitchen. An auctioneer spotted the painting as the elderly woman was preparing to sell her house, and Christ Mocked then sold for a staggering $26 million at auction earlier this year, recounts the Guardian. The buyers are anonymous, but they're believed to be a group of Chilean collectors based in the US. Now, however, it looks like they won't be able to own the painting after all. France's culture ministry has declared the work to be a "national treasure" and has at least temporarily overruled the sale, reports USA Today. The ministry hopes to hang the painting permanently in the Louvre, and it now has 30 months to come up with the money to buy it. In the meanti me, the family of the unidentified woman who displayed the painting for years, unaware of its origin or its worth, must continue to pay to have it insured. They also owe a multi-million-dollar inheritance tax, and they'll likely have to work out a deal to pay it after the sale goes through. Looking to permanently while away your days overlooking the Tasman Sea and sipping on vino while watching "nice animals" with other "nice people"? Karl Reipen wants to hear from you. The Guardian reports the German multimillionaire has placed an ad seeking 10 people up to age 70 to come live in what he calls his "paradise," a 550-acre, $5.6 million estate in Awakino, on New Zealand's North Island. "If you are interested to live a life with a Group of Interesting people it can be a new life for you," reads the ad, which Stuff NZ reports was published twice in the New Zealand Herald. Reipen,

who made his fortune in canned iced coffee, notes in the ad that the estate boasts a winery "for social meetings and dining," and that residents "can enjoy walking, fishing, shopping, kayaking, bird watching, swimming or looking at the nice animals." There are also stables and an indoor equestrian center on-site, and Reipen says, "If you would like to bring your own horse it is possible." Interested parties who prefer privacy will like that the property is an hour and a half from the nearest large town or city. The current government under Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern put in place a ban on foreigners owning homes in New Zealand, but Reipen scooped up

Multimillionaire Invites 10 People to Come Live in ’Paradise’ the property years before that manda te. He still had to get the OK from the nation's Overseas Investment Office, which signed off on his purchase after it determined he had the experience and means to build the property up and maintain it. "It took me 10 years to bring it to the standard of today," he writes in the ad. It's not clear how fu ture dwellers in Reipen's self-proclai med utopia will be selected.

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70 Years After Extinction, India Is Bringing Back Cheetahs

The cheetah is the world’s fastest land mammal, but bringing them back to India has been a slow process. The fits the description of the yacht Amadea, owned by sanctioned Russian oligarch country’s native population of cheetahs Suleiman Kerimov, which was seized by the Fiji government at the request of the was declared extinct in 1952 and while US. efforts to reintroduce them started the same decade, only now are solid plans If the egg is a genuine Fabergé, meaning it is one of 69 made by the famed House in place to restore a viable population, of Fabergé in St. Petersburg between the late 19th century and early 20th century, the BBC reports. Eight cheetahs will it would be worth millions. It would add to the billions of dollars in sanctioned arrive at Kuno-Palpur National Park in Russian assets seized since March. The Justice Department has asked Congress for Madhya Pradesh state—chosen for its the authority to send the proceeds from seized goods to Ukraine. “We’re working favorable terrain—from Namibia next with our law enforcement counterparts around the world to conduct searches on month, in time for the 75th anniversary these yachts to make sure we have the authority and can go to a court, seize them of India’s independence from Britain. and then forfeit the proceeds,” Monaco said. India’s supreme court decided in 2020 Viktor Vekselberg, another sanctioned Russian oligarch, is said to own nine of the that African cheetahs could be brought 42 surviving eggs created specifically for the Russian Imperial family from 1885 to to a carefully chosen location. The 1916, including the very first one, the Jeweled Hen Egg, given by Tsar Alexander III native population of Asiatic cheetahs to his wife Maria Feodorovna. However, there has been no mention of any being was wiped out by habitat loss and found on his $90 million yacht, Tango, which was seized in Spain at the request poaching and while reintroducing of the US. Most of his collection resides at the Fabergé Museum in St. Petersburg. the same subspecies would have been But the Jeweled Hen Egg was on loan to a UK museum at the time Russia invaded ideal, only a dozen of them are believed Ukraine. to remain in the wild, all in Iran. A plan to bring Asiatic cheetahs to India from Iran in the 1970s, when there were a lot more of them, fell apart after the Iranian Revolution. Asiatic cheetah could once be found all the way from the Arabian peninsula to Afghanistan. Officials say the predator, the only large mammal to go extinct in India since independence, played a vital role in forest and savannah ecosystems and bringing them back to their historic range will help “rekindle the ecological dynamics of the landscape.” Reintroducing the flagship species has been “a larger goal of re-establishing ecological function in Indian grasslands that was lost due to extinction of Asiatic cheetah,” tweeted Bhupender Yadav, the country’s environment minister.