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Police in Paris have begun enforcing a parking ban along routes that Pope Leo XIV is expected to take during his walk through the city. Officers were seen putting up barriers and police tape, breaking bicycle locks and removing bikes from parking areas along Boulevard Saint-Michel. Notices warned motorists and cyclists that parking was prohibited.
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There are no limits to what a well-planned project cannot achieve and researchers in Colorado have proven it right. They have managed to make a rooftop with solar panels produce electricity while also growing the world's most expensive spice and generating extra income. Colorado State University researchers report that saffron, grown beneath solar panels rated at 40% transparency, produced twice as many flowers and twice the dried spice yield as compared to unshaded rooftop plots.