A rare bronze chandelier bought for $300 in lucky find sold for $3.5 million at auction

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Giacometti chandelier bought for just $300
Giacometti chandelier bought for just $300

Christie's auction house

Eerie photos show the Great Smog of London in 1952, which killed 12,000 people and changed the way the world saw air pollution

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A policeman used a flare to guide cars through traffic during the Great Smog in 1952.
A policeman used a flare to guide cars through traffic during the Great Smog in 1952.

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See Qantas' new cabin suites on what will be the world's longest nonstop flights journeying up to 21 hours

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Qantas A350-1000 first class.

Qantas

Take a look inside this $11.5 million penthouse in London's financial hub that features a spiral staircase and a hidden garden

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The hidden internal zen garden.
The hidden garden is a feature of an $11.5 million penthouse in east London.

Canary Wharf Group

Charles Dickens' former summer home is on sale for $27 million in one of London's most exclusive areas — take a look inside

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Sitting room, left, and Charles Dickens, right, in a composite image.
One of the Hanover Terrace house's sitting rooms, left, and Charles Dickens, right, who once lived there.

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London's $25 billion railway, which took 23 years to build, hits 100 million passenger journeys since opening in May. One station is big enough to fit the city's tallest skyscraper inside.

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Elizabeth line
Elizabeth line.

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A man died after being crushed by a pop-up street urinal in central London

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A police tent is erected at Cambridge Circus on the junction between Shaftesbury Avenue and Charing Cross Road in London, after a man died after being crushed by a telescopic urinal.
A crane lifts the street urinal police at Cambridge Circus in central London, after a worker was crushed to death.

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