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World’s priciest hotels charge record prices in defiance of luxury slowdown
The world’s most expensive hotels charged record prices last year as wealthy travellers splashed out for access to amenities such as hyperbaric oxygen therapy and sound baths, defying a...
World’s Tallest Water Coaster Set to Open at New Record-Breaking Waterpark Soon
NEED TO KNOWAquarabia is Saudi Arabia’s first water theme park and will open next to Six Flags Qiddiya CityThe waterpark is home to the “world’s tallest and longest water...
Sir Keir Starmer’s China trip provides exquisite optics for the ‘world’s most reliable superpower’
Let's be frank, in China the UK is not seen as a particularly big or important player.It's seen as a middling power at best, one that does have some...
China Is Quietly Building The World’s Largest Hydropower System
High in the Himalayas, up in the outer reaches of Tibet, China is building what is expected to be the world's largest hydropower project. Costing an estimated $167 billion, the...
London tops list of world’s slowest capitals for driving
Widespread 20mph speed limits have been blamed for London topping the list of the world's slowest driving capitals, according to research.It took an average of three minutes and 38...
World’s former largest iceberg seen disintegrating from space
The impending disintegration of what was once the world's largest iceberg, A23a, has been captured in a new satellite image.The image shows the first signs that the iceberg will...
La Panarda, one of the world’s most epic feasts, is about to take place in this Italian village
In Europe’s most food-obsessed country, the season of excess has finished. Across Italy, families have finished the panettone, slurped down tortellini, and consumed platefuls of lentils—a tradition to augur...
Glencore and Rio Tinto in talks that could create world’s largest mining firm
Glencore is in talks with rival Rio Tinto that could lead to merger and the creation of the world's largest mining firm.Glencore issued a statement to the market soon...
Tesla loses title of world’s biggest electric vehicle maker to Chinese rival BYD
Tesla has lost its crown as the world's bestselling electric vehicle maker.The US firm faced a difficult year with unease over chief executive Elon Musk's political activities and stiff...
Tokyo Has Been Dethroned As The World’s Largest City By Population In 2025
The Japanese capital of Tokyo has for decades reigned as the world's most populated city. But in 2025, it lost its crown to not one but two other Asian...
