Is Something Big Happening at the Empire State Building This Week?

A masked couple climbed to the top of the Empire State Building with a protest banner on Wednesday. As they clung on, they flew a banner which read: 'When the power of love beats the love of power the world knows peace.' Angela Nikolau, 33, and Vanya Beerkus, 32, a Russian couple, scaled the spire of the New York City landmark, which reaches a staggering 1,454 feet. The stunt couple, who are known for climbing skyscrapers, starred in the 2024 Netflix documentary Skywalkers: A Love Story. Nikolau

based Muhammad The Ottoman–Wahhabi War was one of the most significant conflicts in the history of the Arabian Peninsula during the early nineteenth century. It was fought between the Ottoman Empire, acting primarily through its powerful governor Muhammad Ali Pasha, and the First Saudi State, whose rulers were closely allied with the Wahhabi religious movement founded by Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab. The war began after Wahhabi-Saudi forces expanded across central Arabia and seized the holy cities