15 h. ago Westminster Bridge closed as London police issue urgent warning to avoid area

Images from the scene show a cordon has been set up, behind which ambulances can be seen standing in the middle of the road.

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8 d. ago The world's tallest bridge towering twice as high as the Eiffel Tower opens to traffic in China

China has unveiled the world's tallest bridge, which is almost twice the height of the Eiffel Tower.

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8 d. ago This iconic central London bridge is getting a dazzling makeover

This iconic central London bridge is getting a dazzling makeover  Time Out Worldwide

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9 d. ago World's tallest bridge finally opens as two hour journey shortened to two minutes

Huajiang Grand Canyon Bridge in China's Guizhou province is the tallest in the world - and has shortened a journey that once took two hours to just a couple of minutes

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9 d. ago World’s highest bridge unveiled at more than 2,000ft above ground

The world’s tallest bridge, which stands at more than 2,000ft above ground, has officially opened in China.

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1 week ago Men in lederhosen and the world’s tallest bridge: photos of the weekend

The Guardian’s picture editors select photographs from around the world Continue reading...

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3 w. ago ROBERT HARDMAN: From iconic landmark to national disgrace... once a vital crossing for 20,000 cars a day, Hammersmith Bridge has now been closed for longer than World War II

Turn the clock back to those giddy days when the Sussexes were still royal and no one had heard of Covid. Suddenly, London suffered a major transport failure.Fractures spotted on Hammersmith Bridge.

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4 w. ago NYC warns of potential terror threat targeting bridges and tunnels between Manhattan and Queens

NYPD Commissioner Jessica Tisch said that threats against the city typically spike around the September 11th anniversary and Jewish high holidays

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4 w. ago How to Save the Internet by Nick Clegg review – spinning Silicon Valley

Instead of recognising that social media harms mental health and democracy, the former deputy PM and Meta executive repeats company talking pointsNick Clegg chooses difficult jobs. He was the UK’s deputy prime minister from 2010 to 2015, a position from which he was surely pulled in multiple directions as he attempted to bridge the divide between David Cameron’s Conservatives and his own Liberal Democrats. A few years later he chose another challenging role, serving as Meta’s vice-president and then president of global affairs from 2018 until January 2025, where he was responsible for bridging the very different worlds of Silicon Valley and Washington DC (as well as other governments). How to Save the Internet is Clegg’s report on how he handled that Herculean task, along with his ideas for how to make the relationships between tech companies and regulators more cooperative and effective in the future.The main threat that Clegg addresses in the book is not one caused by the int...

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