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Contact Lens of the Future Is Remarkable Ethiopia Planted 353M Trees —in Half a Day Egypt Opens “Bent Pyramid” Meet the New Electric Road Egypt opened two of its oldest pyramids, Ethiopia claims it has smashed a world located about 25 miles south of the capital record in the name of climate change— Cairo, to visitors for the rst time since and the tree planting isn’t even done. 1965. Antiquities Minister Khaled el-Anany More than 353 million tree seedlintold reporters that tourists are now allowed gs were planted across the country in 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 just 12 hours as part of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s Green Legacy reforestation campaign. e campaign hopes a UNESCO World Heritage Site. e BentSwedish project gains any headway. Called eRoad- to see 4 billion indigenous trees plantPyramid, which the AP reports was built during the Old Kingdom of the Pharaoh of Sneferu, in about 2600 BC, is unique in that 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 ba ery while driving. Designed between May and October. Citizens had been encouraged to plant 200 million trees but Ahmed tweeted that 150 it has two internal structures. El-Anany saiders say the technology is weather-proof and the million had been planted a er just six hours. At the end of 12 hours, the country’s minster for innovation and chnology, Getahun Mekuria, announced 353,633,660 seedlings had gone the ground—more than ve times as many trees as were planted in India over the Bent Pyramid represents a transitional form of pyramid construction between the Djoser Step Pyramid (2667-2648 BC) and 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 o ces closed to allow dents and civil servants to take part, which notes 2.6 billion trees have been planted across Ethiopia. e Guardian reports each citizen is asked plant at least 40 seedlings. e goal is to transform Ethiopia’s landscape, which the Meidum Pyramid (also about 2600 BC). e Guardian notes its "unusual" shape: e rst 160 feet rise at "a steep 54 degree angle, before tapering o 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 ooding 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, compared to 30% at the end of the 19th century, according to Farm Africa. 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 ba eries 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 most 750 billion tons of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere—or about 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 cu ing 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 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 along with limestone and granite fragmentsTerrus museum, dedicated to the work of Pennsylvania 16-year-old painter Étienne Ter- Kyle Giersdorf 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 rent company, the tournament broke the hopes of better known reviving a devastated tourismwho saw fake works of art, who paid an entrance fee. It’s in- as ”Bugha,” won e-sports record, though that record is expea 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 led “ e International” Giersdorf, the longtime autocrat Hosni Mubarak. Cup at Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York. e contest featured player in the North American East Region to qualify for the tournament, was domi100 participants out of around nant in the six-game series, beating r 40 million who entered the on- including runner-up Harrison “Psalm” line competition. Giersdorf, who Chang, who took home $1.8 million. won the solo event in front of a Giersdorf was hugged by his family a er packed stadium, says he plans to the win. “ is is life-changing for him,” save the prize instead of going mother Darcy Giersdorf says. “He’s been on a spending spree. ”All I want playing video games since he was three, is a new desk and maybe a desk 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 did

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.” e line from 28-year-old ai resident Suwanne Maliwan to Reuters expresses a common sentiment ursday, the 15th anniversary of the Indian Ocean tsunami that claimed 230,000 lives. Ma and the heirs can’t quit squabbling. Here’s a look at where things liwan, for instance, lost both her parents and ve 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 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 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 ge ing 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 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 le er 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 collect about half, though the estate can stretch out the payments over time. Court magnitude earthquake o Sumatra island passport to prove that I’m over 12 and that I’m in secondary school,” filings several months a er Prince’s death suggested that it was worth around $200 taxes. The actual value remains one of the biggest secrets in the case, the morning a er Christmas in 2004 trig- says the boy, identified only as Drew. He then checked into a four-star hotel, having made reservations in advance, telling the clerk that his and redacted documents. The actual valuation could have gone up gered the tsunami and unleashed waves as older sister would be joining him soon. down since then. That’s because the various a orneys, accountants, and industry 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 ailand, 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 rst areas hit was Indonewe found out that he’d le 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 a end 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 a ermath, 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, spo ed at times because they contained buildings constructed a er 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 su ering 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 Jungle. and Jumanji: Welcome to thesians 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 ShopInRI 7

France is trying to hang onto a medieval painting with a crazy backstory. e 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 then sold for a staggering $26 million at auction earlier this year, the Guardian. e buyers are anonymous, but they're believed group of Chilean collectors based in the US. Now, however, they won't be able to own the painting a er all. France's culture ministry has declared the work to be a "national and has at least temporarily overruled the sale, reports USA ministry hopes to hang the painting permanently in the Louvre, now has 30 months to come up with the money to buy it. In me, the family of the unidenti ed woman who displayed the years, unaware of its origin or its worth, must continue to pay insured. ey also owe a multi-million-dollar inheritance tax, likely have to work out a deal to pay it a er 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. e 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 Stu NZ reports was published twice in the New Zealand Herald. Reipen,

who made his fortune in canned iced co ee, notes in the ad that the estate boasts a winery "for social meetings and dining," and that residents "can enjoy walking, shing, shopping, kayaking, bird watching, swimming or looking at the nice animals." ere 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. e current government under Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern put in place a ban on foreigners owning homes in New Zealand, but Reipen scooped up

UN Warning on Great Barrier Reef Stuns Australia

Putting a message in a bottle is a fun thing for a kid to do. Finding a message in a bottle is something every kid wants to do. And now, two kids on opposite sides of the Atlantic are pals because of just such a message. Christian Santos, 17, was shing in the Azores when he spotted a bottle. He picked it up and found a note: “It is anksgiving. I am 13 and visiting family in Rhode Island. I am from Vermont.” ere was an email address, which Christian tried, but got no response. e message was sent by Sean Smith, who wrote the note as part of a family activity organized by his aunt, Katie Smith, in 2018. When Christian’s email went unanswered, his mom, Molly Santos, posted a picture of the note on Facebook hoping someone would nd the sender. e post went viral enough to get some news coverage. Two and a half years had passed and Sean, of course, had long since forgotten about the note and stopped checking Multimillionaire Invites 10 that inbox. But he did see People to Come Live in ’Paradise’ a news story about it and reached out. e two teens are now in touch, having met on a Zoom call, and joined by a coincidence and a cool memory. the property years before te. He still had to get the nation's Overseas Investment O ce, which signed o on his purchase it determined he had the and means to build the and maintain it. "It took to bring it to the standard writes in the ad. It's not ture dwellers in Reipen's self-proclaimed utopia will be selected.

e UN’s Educational, Scienti c and Cultural Organization wants the Great Barrier Reef added to a list of World Heritage Sites that are ”in danger,” while calling on Australia to address climate change with ”accelerated action at all possible levels.” Australia’s government says it’s ”stunned” by and will ”strongly oppose” the recommendation, which it sees as political, noting the agency previously assured the government it would not make such a move. e government committed some $2.2 billion to improve the health of the world’s biggest coral reef system o Australia’s northeast coast a er UNESCO debated the 1,400-mile-long reef’s ”in danger” status back in 2017. But UNESCO, which raised concerns about Australia’s slow progress in improving water quality in 2017, now says the government has failed to meet key targets in that area. Other sites have been added to the list due to pollution, insecurity, and war, reports the Guardian. If the recommendation is adopted on July 16, the Great Barrier Reef would be the rst site placed on the list mainly due to the e ects of climate change. e recommendation appears to back scientists and global leaders who say Australia isn’t doing enough to address climate change. Scott Morrison’s government has made no updates to the country’s 2015 commitment to limit emissions to no more than 28% of 2005 levels by 2030. Counters Environment Minister Sussan Ley: ” ere are 83 natural World Heritage properties facing climate change threats so it’s not fair to simply single out Australia.” e move could hurt tourism, and the country at large, as the reef supplies some $4.8 billion to the national economy. functioned like a backstage area in the Colosseum’s heyday. It’s a warren of passageways, once accessed by trapdoors and elevators as well Tourists Can Now Visit Gladiators’ Underground Chambers as corridors, where stagehands did behind-the-scenes work on gladiator battles and other shows. You can get backstage passes to the Now it’s a place tourists can explore. Colosseum in Rome, now. e giant Collosseum director Alfonsina Colosseum was in regular use for four landmark, also known as the Flavian Russo called it a “monument within centuries, and the hypogeum was a Amphitheater, has been undergoing a monument.” rich library of archaeological data. renovations for years now with the help of an e open-air view of the underground Italian fashion brand, and the latest project e current phase costing $30 million complex is going away soon; the has been to make the hypogeum more so far took a sta of 80, including next phase of the renovation will be accessible to the public. e hypogeum - archaeologists and architects, more restoring the oor to a state where it just a fancy word for underground chamber than two years to complete. e can be used to put on shows again.