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The long-standing project to build the world’s largest bridge between Sicily and Calabria of mainland Italy has cleared one of its final remaining obstacles and now seems certain to go ahead. Italian construction company Impregilo was announced as the winning tender on October 12th.

Back on May 1st this year, a team of fisherman in northern Thailand struggled for more than an hour to haul a Mekong giant catfish in. It was nearly nine feet long (2.7 meters) and weighed 646 pounds (293 kilograms). It maybe the largest freshwater fish ever recorded. Despite efforts to keep the Mekong giant catfish alive, it died and was later eaten by villagers.