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Solar plane leaves Spain for penultimate leg of world tour

  AFP The Solar Impulse 2 left southern Spain on Monday on its way to Egypt for the penultimate leg of the solar-powered airplane’s landmark round-the-world journey. The experimental aircraft took off from Seville at 6:20 am (0420 GMT) for a flight that should last about 50 hours and will take it over the Mediterranean Sea. Swiss national Andre Borschberg ...

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Global economy all about money

  The Diplomat “It’s not about the money, money, money,” sang pop singer Jessie J in her 2011 hit, “Price Tag.” But for the growing working poor of the developed world, it has been all “about the money,” particularly since 2008, with a cash-less recovery of sluggish wages growth and rising inequality sparking political shocks such as “Brexit” and crimping ...

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The true Angkor Wat lies beneath what you see now

  Angkor Wat / DPA Be prepared to sweat. Exploring the world’s largest religious complex in the Cambodian jungle is not for those who can’t take the heat. The sheer size of the gigantic edifices of Angkor Wat and the distances between them means long treks, in 40-degree heat and humidity as if in a sauna. But then, what you ...

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