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<h2>Irish Tech Brothers to Create 1,000 Jobs in Ireland&nbsp;</h2>
<p>Irish entrepreneurs Patrick and John Collison founded the payment processing company <em>Stripe</em> in 2010. Both in their early 20s at the time, their success stemmed from a win (with an unrelated project) at the Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition when Patrick was only 16.&nbsp;</p>
<p>Now Stripe — a global leader in payment processing software — has been valued at a whopping $95 billion after securing a $600 million investment. With offices in San Francisco and Dublin, the pair are set to create an additional 1,000 jobs in the Republic over the next 5 years.</p>
<h2>Charming London Pub Rebuilt After Unlawful Demolition</h2>
<p>Originally built in 1920, the Carlton Tavern in London's West End was hastily demolished in 2015 after a property developer was denied planning permission to build a block of flats in its place.</p>
<p>The pub — which was 2 days away from receiving Grade II heritage status at the time — was quickly reduced to rubble. Expecting to get away with only a small fine, the developer was forced by the council to rebuild the structure 'brick by brick', following a campaign by over 5,000 locals.</p>
<p>The 100-year-old London pub is set to reopen next month, 6 years after it was illegally bulldozed and just in time for the reopening of Britain's bars and restaurants.&nbsp;</p>
<h2>Incredible Assortment of Artefacts Uncovered in Judea Desert</h2>
<p>Archaeologists have discovered a collection of ancient artefacts in a cave in southern Israel. The finds, which include the remains of a biblical scroll, a woven basket, a 6,000 year old mummified girl, and a trove of coins, are said to be of ''immeasurable worth for mankind.'&nbsp;</p>
<p>The woven basket in particular is deemed to be about 10,500 years old and the oldest intact basket in the world. The recovery of the artefacts comes after a dangerous state-commissioned excavation that saw archaeologists having to rappel 80m down a cliff face to reach the remote caves.&nbsp;</p>


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