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Putin to open mega bridge linking Crimea to Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday is set to unveil a 19-kilometre-long bridge linking southern Russia to the Crimean peninsula annexed from Ukraine, a highly symbolic project he has personally championed. Known as the Crimean Bridge, at nearly 12 miles it will be the longest not only in the country but also in Europe, overtaking the Vasco da Gama Bridge in Lisbon. Built at a cost of 228 billion rubles ($ 3.69 billion), the new structure connects the southern Krasnodar region with the Crimean city of Kerch, spanning a strait between the Black Sea and the Azov Sea.
`I Don`t Play Mega Millions:` New Jersey Man Comes Forward as $533 Million Winner
$521 Million Mega Millions Jackpot Ticket Sold in New Jersey
This Is Where the Winning Mega Millions Ticket Was Sold
Mega Millions jackpot tops $500 million for only fourth time
It follows a March 27 Mega Millions drawing that was the twenty-third in a row without a jackpot-winning ticket. Friday’s 11 pm ET (0300 GMT) jackpot drawing will be for the tenth largest prize ever offered in the United States. The Mega Millions record is $ 656 million won in 2012.
One lucky winner grabs top Mega Millions $450M prize
One winning ticket in Florida for Mega Millions jackpot, Powerball up next
One ticket matching all six numbers was sold in Florida in the Mega Millions lottery jackpot of an estimated $ 450 million, the fourth largest in the game’s history, the lottery said after Friday’s drawing. The identity of the ticket holder or holders was not announced by lottery officials. The Mega Millions drawing has a $ 281-million payout if the winner selects a lump-sum payment.
Bangladesh's mega refugee camp plan 'dangerous': UN official
A top UN official said Saturday Bangladesh’s plan to build the world’s biggest refugee camp for 800,000-plus Rohingya Muslims was dangerous because overcrowding could heighten the risks of deadly diseases spreading quickly. The arrival of more than half a million Rohingya refugees who have fled an army crackdown in Myanmar’s troubled Rakhine state since August 25 has put an immense strain on already packed camps in Bangladesh. Hard-pressed Bangladesh authorities plan to expand a refugee camp at Kutupalong near the border town of Cox’s Bazar to accommodate the Rohingya.
