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The end of Tokyo’s ultra-modern Nakagin Tower

Completed in 1972, Tokyo’s Nakagin Tower, designed by Kisho Kurokawa, was a landmark of modular architecture – 140 stacked, prefabricated … More

Tokyo says goodbye to an ultra-modern architectural marvel

Completed in 1972, Nakagin Tower, designed by Kisho Kurokawa, was a landmark of modular architecture: 140 stacked, prefabricated apartment pods. … More

Suspect in 1988 Lockerbie bombing now in U.S. custody

Authorities say the Libyan man suspected of making the bomb that destroyed a passenger plane over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988 … More

Man transforms mansion into doodle sketchpad

Like many children, Sam Cox of Kent, England, spent his childhood scribbling doodles on the walls of his house. But … More

Russian forces continue to batter key Ukrainian city of Bakhmut

Russian forces continue to pummel the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut, a city Moscow sees as essential to its ambitions to … More

Nobel Peace Prize winners strongly condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

The triple peace prize award was seen as a strong rebuke to Russian President Vladimir Putin, not only for his … More

France eliminates England from World Cup after missed penalty kick

England striker Harry Kane had a chance to even the score late in the match, but he sent a penalty … More

Morocco reaches World Cup semifinals in victory over Portugal

Morocco became the first African country to reach the World Cup semifinals by beating Portugal 1-0.

Tory peer Lord Young, ‘Mr Entrepreneur of Whitehall’ in Thatcher’s cabinet dies aged 90

A Tory peer regarded as a ‘favourite’ of former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and responsible for many start-up and support … More

Bakery bombing in Pakistan kills 1, wounds 6

No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack but Baluch separatist groups have claimed attacks in public spaces and on … More

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