DINNER PARTY INTEL: Ghana going for gold
Ghana, the continent’s largest gold producer, plans to sell the rights to most of its gold royalties
08 October 2020 - 05:00
1. Hold back the water
For the first time in 1,200 years, the Italian city of Venice has successfully held back floodwaters. Usually, when the city faces acqua alta — the regular flooding caused by high tides — residents have to raise furniture and appliances off the floor of their homes, or risk losing them. But on the weekend, the city was able to prevent a 135cm high tide, which would normally flood half the city, through the use of flood barriers. It raised 78 barriers from the seabed to stop the water from flooding the Venetian lagoon and the city — and it worked...
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