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Quote of the day by Melinda French Gates: “A woman with a voice is by definition a strong woman. But the search to find that voice…” – a powerful lesson on confidence and strength | World News
Quote of the day by Melinda French Gates Melinda French Gates’ words speak to something a great many people quietly…
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In 2013, a Chinese man who could no longer afford dialysis built his own dialysis machine and survived on it for 13 years | World News
In 2013, Chinese man Hu Songwen attracted international attention after reports revealed that he had been using a homemade haemodialysis…
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In 2026, volunteers began planting 30,000 trees to rebuild the wetland forest that once shielded New Orleans from storms | World News
30,000 native trees near New Orleans and Lake Borgne, PC: AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel In the wetlands behind a pumping…
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Wildfires came within metres of rescued orangutans in Indonesia; staff fought the blaze into the night and moved 60 animals to safer enclosures
Firefighters carry their equipment as they attempt to extinguish a wildfire on a peatland field in Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia,…
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Meet Miles Wu, the 14-year-old New York student using origami to explore stronger, foldable emergency shelters |
Image: Society for Science At 14, Miles Wu is exploring how an ancient paper-folding technique could inspire stronger and more…
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Donald Trump: ‘No. 1 goal is Iran can’t have nukes’: Trump as US-Iran 60-day deal deadline expires
Mojtaba Khamenei (left) and Donald Trump (right). (Photo: ANI) US President Donald Trump on Monday said that preventing Iran from…
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A town in the Netherlands will not let you live there unless you grow food on at least half of your land
If you are not ready to get your hands dirty in the soil or spend time in nature, then moving…
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At 11, Payton Herres received a donated heart; at 26, she needed viral posts, advocates and Mark Cuban’s pharmacy to keep accessing her anti-rejection drug
Cuban responded to one of Herres’ posts on LinkedIn Payton Herres was 11 when she received a donated heart in…
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A Florida couple bought a 45-acre swamp to protect it from development; 15 years later, 275 wood storks were nesting there in a thriving ecosystem filled with wildlife
Jim Stevenson (left) and Tara Tanaka (right) at their wildlife sanctuary in Florida. A Florida couple made an unusual decision…
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In the 1930s, Florida introduced rhesus macaques to boost tourism; today the invasive monkeys carry a potentially fatal virus and are considered a public-health concern
Nonhuman primates (NHPs) can harbour multiple zoonotic pathogens owing to their close phylogenetic relationship and frequent interactions with humans. They…
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