India and the U.K. on Tuesday (May 6, 2025) announced the conclusion of negotiations for a social security pact, which would help avoid double contribution to social security funds by Indian ...

A new exhibit at the New York Hall of Science celebrates cities by letting visitors get hands-on with urban infrastructure.

More than 100,000 parts went into Ferris’ wheel, notably an 89,320-pound axle that had to be hoisted onto two towers 140 feet in the air. Launched on June 21, 1893, it was a glorious success.

Mar. 28—In October 1854, Iowans traveled by covered wagon, paying a quarter to get into an event in Fairfield. The event was housed on a six-acre fairgrounds tract featuring temporary sheds and ...

They got on the double ferris wheel before us. ... They still make time to see the butter cow every year, a tradition that started in 1911 when J.K. Daniels sculpted the fair’s first butter creation.

Over the last 25 years, visitors to the Ferris wheel dwindled as the amusement, and the mall, grew older. In 2020, the 60-foot wheel closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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The Ferris wheel is open from noon to 10 p.m. daily throughout Oktoberfest, which runs Oct. 3 to 13. Two riders are allowed per seat, and riders must be at least 42 inches tall.

More than 20 people were injured after a Ferris wheel at a music festival in Germany caught fire on Saturday evening. Images show two carriages of the ride on fire as smoke billows into the air at ...

A Ferris wheel at a festival near Leipzig, Germany, caught fire Saturday evening, leading to multiple injuries, according to reports. More than two dozen people were injured in the fire, two ...

George Wilcox built a 6-foot-tall replica of a Ferris wheel to donate to the Avon Lake Public Library. Communications Manager Shea Alltmont shows off the new addition.

A new $5m Ferris wheel will soon open to the public along the Yarra River as the troubled Melbourne Star observation wheel continues to languish about 2km away in Docklands.