August 29, 2026

World

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French jeweller Pierre Cartier traded a $1 million pearl necklace and just $100 to buy a Fifth Avenue mansion in 1917 that became one of New York’s most famous luxury landmarks

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Cartier’s Mansion On Fifth Avenue Underwent Its Biggest Revamp Ever Just In Time For Its Centenary French...
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Quote of the day by Pelé: “Success isn’t determined by how many times you win, but by how you play the week after you lose” – a powerful lesson on failure, resilience and the attitude that defines what happens next | World News

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Winning tells you very little about what someone is actually made of. Pelé, widely regarded as one...
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China built “ghost” subway stations in empty fields before residents arrived, but years later new homes, roads and businesses began growing around them | World News

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For years, China’s empty subway stations became some of the internet’s favourite examples of “ghost cities” and...
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As wars destroyed schools and libraries across Italy, one Roman official began copying ancient books and helped save centuries of knowledge from disappearing

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A depiction of Cassiodorus, 1493, from the Nuremberg Chronicles by Michel Wolgemut and Wilhelm Pleydenwurff (Public Domain)...
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