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A man was seen climbing the Eiffel Tower just hours before the Olympics closing ceremony in Paris tonight with police evacuating the area. Daily Express :: Sport Feed
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Man climbing Eiffel Tower prompts evacuation hours before Olympic closing ceremony
French police have evacuated the area around the Eiffel Tower after a man was seen climbing the Paris landmark hours before the Olympics closing ceremony Sunday. CBC | Sports News
Read More »World’s tallest hotel has rooms higher than the Eiffel Tower – but it’s set to be beaten
The hotel is set to be beaten by an even bigger neighbouring hotel opening in 2024. Daily Express :: Travel Feed
Read More »Harry Potter’s Aunt Marge spotted floating in front of Tower Bridge
Aunt Marge was spotted floating in front of Tower Bridge, leaving passersby bemused as they tried to work out how the hefty character was suspended in mid-air Daily Express :: Films Feed
Read More »Strike on Kharkiv TV tower part of Russian bid to make Ukrainian city uninhabitable: Zelenskyy
A Russian missile strike that broke in half a 240-metre television tower in Kharkiv on Monday is part of a deliberate effort by Moscow to make Ukraine’s second-largest city uninhabitable, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. CBC | World News
Read More »General Motors moving to new Detroit tower, plans to redevelop iconic Renaissance Center: source
General Motors plans to move its iconic Detroit headquarters to a new downtown office tower and redevelop its home office site, a person briefed on the plans said. CBC | World News
Read More »The UK’s £113m tower with wind turbines on top that can’t turn on for ridiculous reason
The Strata SE1 Tower was billed as a modern source of green energy, but it hasn’t panned out that way. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »The incredible story of a 14th century Great Escape from the Tower of London
More than six centuries before the Second World War’s most audacious getaway, a nobleman imprisoned by Edward II in the Tower of London made his own courageous bid to scale its walls. ANNE O’BRIEN tells the lesser-known tale of inmate Richard Mortimer, how he secured his freedom…and what it meant Daily Express :: Entertainment Feed
Read More »London’s iconic BT Tower to become hotel after being sold to US company for £275m
The Grade II-listed building has been bought by MCR Hotels, which operates 150 hotels worldwide, including the Eero Saarinen-designed TWA Hotel in New York. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Paris Olympic, Paralympic medals embedded with pieces of the Eiffel Tower
An Olympic medal inlaid with a piece of the Eiffel Tower. How’s that for a monumental prize? A hexagonal, polished chunk of iron taken from the iconic landmark is being embedded in each gold, silver and bronze medal that will be hung around athletes’ necks at the July 26-Aug. 11 Paris Games and Paralympics that follow. CBC | Sports News
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