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Up on Offshore Oil Rig A missing cat turned up in the most impossible-seeming of places: on an o shore oil rig in the North Sea. How the cat whose microchip revealed him to be named Dexter and who had been missing for ve years - ended up o the coast of Scotland is only partly a mystery.

Contact Lens of the Future Is Remarkable Ethiopia Planted 353M Trees —in Half a DayEgypt Opens “Bent Pyramid” Meet the New Electric Road Egypt opened two of its oldest pyramids, Ethiopia claims it has smashed a world Beijing-based Space Transportation (aka Lingkong Tianxing in China) aims to make this prospect a reality with the development of a passenger-carrying vehicle that can hurtle across the skies at one mile located about 25 miles south of the capital Cairo, to visitors for the rst 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 record in the name of climate change— and the tree planting isn’t even done. More than 353 million tree seedlings were planted across the country in just 12 hours as part of Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s Green Legacy reforestation campaign. e campaign hopes a UNESCO per second -- over twice the speed World Heritage Site. e BentSwedish project gains any headway. Called eRoad- to see 4 billion indigenous trees plantof Concorde. e rm has released an animated publicity video showing passengers (no helmet or spacesuits required) board whatappears to be a 12-seater space plane that nestles ed between May and October. Citizens had been encouraged to plant 200 million trees but Ahmed tweeted that 150 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 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 now 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 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 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." 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. 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. “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 contestantsEmil 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 Pennsylvania16-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 parent company, the tournament broke the hopes of better known as reviving a devastated tourismwho saw fake works of art, who paid an entrance fee. It’s in- ”Bugha,” won e-sports record, though that record is expe e Guardian reports he was found in a a record-breaking $3 million at the inaugural Fortnite World sector still recovering from the turmoil following a 2011 uprising that toppled cted to be broken by an August event called “ e International” Giersdorf, the rst tolerable and I hope we find those responsible.” Police have taken the fakes and are trying to find those responsible. longtime autocrat Hosni Mubarak. shipping container that had come from Peterhead. e cat is believed to be a stray that roamed the area around Peterhead prison in Aberdeenshire; the prison sta ers Cup at Arthur Ashe Stadium in New York. e contest featured 100 participants out of around 40 million who entered the online competition. Giersdorf, who player in the North American East Region to qualify for the tournament, was dominant in the six-game series, beating rivals including runner-up Harrison “Psalm” Chang, who took home $1.8 million. won the who fed him called him One-eyed Joe. 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,” How he ended up in the container is unclear, but Dexter was reunited with his owner a er the oil rig workers contacted the Scottish save the prize instead of going on a spending spree. ”All I want is a new desk and maybe a desk for my trophy. In the duo event mother Darcy Giersdorf says. “He’s been playing video games since he was three, this is his passion. He told us he could do this, he put his mind to it and he did SPCA, fed him chicken from the canteen, and had him own to Aberdeen. e BBC describes Bridie Dorta as “delighted” to have himback, though unsurprisingly “quite shocked.” Dorta described the cat as a longtime “wanderer” who “went away a few years ago and we never heard anything about him since. We never expected him to end up back here.”

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.” 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 taxes. The actual value remains one of the it was worth around $200 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 coastofLanguedoc-Roussillon.Themuseumspent 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

Madeleine McCann: Suspect Declared 15 Years

After Disappearance

Portuguese prosecutors have identi ed a formal suspect in the 2007 disappearance of Madeleine McCann. Prosecutors in Faro, the main city of the Algarve region, said that a suspect had been formally identi ed. ough prosecutors didn’t name the individual, they said he had been identi ed by German authorities at their request. Since 2020, German authorities have been investigating 45-year-old German national Christian Brueckner, a child sex o ender who was living in Algarve when the 3-year-old vanished from her family’s vacation rental in the seaside town of Praia da Luz. underneath an aerodynamic delta-shaped structure, anked by two titanic booster rockets. May 3rd marks 15 years since the abduction of Madeleine. Under Portuguese law, there is a 15-year statute of limitations for crimes with a maximum prison sentence of 10 years or more, meaning a person of interest e vehicle launches vertically into the heavens, and upon reaching cruise altitude, the space plane separates from its boosters and then skims the edge of space at 7,000 kilometers (4,350 miles) per hour, landing vertically at its destination with the aid of a tripod-type undercarriage. War and one from WWII designed to help soldiers identify aircra . would have to be named by this date to face charges. However, Portugal’s o ce of public prosecutions denied time pressure was a factor, saying there are According to Space Transportation’s website, the company aims to launch its rst suborbital space tourism test ight in 2025, followed by a “complete full-scale global hypersonic vehicle ight by 2030.” “strong indications” of a crime, despite e initiative, if realized, will be the embodiment of China’s ambitions to straddle the fact that no body has been found. the potentially lucrative niches of space tourism as well as hypersonic point-toJim Gamble, an ex-police o cer who point ight for business travelers, and is backed by signi cant players in the Chinese led a 2010 review of the case in the investment landscape. UK, said that a phone put Brueckner in the area of the disappearance. He also says the Multimillionaire Invites 10 suspect burglarized area People to Come Live in ’Paradise’homes and had children’s clothing in his Volkswagen camper van. Authorities are now focused on the camper van, which Brueckner reportedly used to move between the property years before Portugal and Germany. Brueckner’s te. He still had to get the lawyer said that the suspect, now nation's Overseas Investment O ce, serving seven years in a German which signed o on his purchase prison following a 2019 conviction it determined he had the for a sexual crime has not been and means to build the charged. But “I wouldn’t be surprised and maintain it. "It took if charges follow,” says Gamble. is is to bring it to the standard the rst time Portuguese prosecutors writes in the ad. It's not have identi ed formal suspects since ture dwellers in Reipen's self-proclainaming Madeleine’s parents, Kate and med utopia will be selected. Gerry McCann, in 2007.