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Toronto gem broker accused of being silent partner in major cross-border diamond fraud
U.S. authorities allege a Toronto gem broker, whose company claims to be Canada’s largest wholesaler of coloured diamonds, was the silent partner behind a diamond investment fraud that swindled ...
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Sweden is Building the World’s Largest City Made Entirely From Timber
A yellow crane hovers above a building site in Sickla, a former industrial neighbourhood that’s home to one of Stockholm’s biggest real estate projects. But instead of delivering concrete, it ...
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Strong and Fireproof Regenerated Wood via a Combined Phosphorylation-Surface Nanofibrillation and Ionic Cross-Linking Strategy
Department of Chemistry, New Cornerstone Science Laboratory, Institute of Biomimetic Materials & Chemistry, Anhui Engineering Laboratory of Biomimetic Materials, Division of Nanomaterials & Chemistry, ...
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How Roy Wood Jr. Honed His Comedy Chops Waiting Tables at Golden Corral
In late 2023, Roy Wood Jr. decided to leave The Daily Show amid turmoil over who would host the long-running news comedy show on Comedy Central. It was only then he realized how grueling his ...
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Why Americans Still Build Wooden Homes: A Fire That Sparked a Debate
This widespread use of wood set into motion a self-reinforcing cycle: craftsmen specialised in wooden construction, industries geared up to supply wooden materials, and building codes were ...