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How Dubai became the City of Gold

5 years 7 months ago
Around a fifth of the world's gold stocks pass through Dubai each year. This is the story of how in just a few decades a sleepy souk became a global gold powerhouse

The paradise islands frozen in time

5 years 7 months ago
Remote and beautiful, the 72 Outer Islands of the Seychelles are largely untroubled by the pressures of tourism, but with environmental concerns growing, travelers are helping preserve this unspoiled slice of paradise.

Soviet flying beast that never quite took off

5 years 8 months ago
The only surviving prototype of the unusual Bartini Beriev VVA-14 vertical takeoff airplane now sits dilapidated in a field near Moscow, but it was once the hope of the Soviet Union against US submarine attacks.
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