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Meet Stephen Jalland: 57-year-old English handyman clearing gardens for free after one Facebook post sparked a wave of requests for help
Stephen Jalland, a 57-year-old handyman from March, Cambridgeshire, began clearing overgrown gardens for free in June 2026 after coming across…
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Meet Carmela Chillery-Watson, the UK girl who began fundraising after a rare diagnosis at 4 and became the youngest person ever awarded an MBE at 11
Carmela Chillery-Watson (Image Credit: Guinness World Records) Carmela Chillery-Watson made history at the age of 11 as the youngest person…
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In 1881, silver turned California’s Calico into a 3,000-person desert boomtown. By 1907, falling prices had turned it into a ghost town
In California’s Mojave Desert, Calico now appears as a quiet collection of weathered buildings surrounded by dry hills and open…
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Harry Potter fans forced a $570 million power cable between UK and Ireland to be relocated since it would desecrate the ‘grave’ of Dobby, the elf
“Such a beautiful place, to be with friends. Dobby is happy to be with his friend, Harry Potter,” said Dobby,…
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Australian family bought a remote island to run a sheep farm, now they are turning it into a $4.8 million conservation sanctuary for endangered wildlife
An Australian family who once built their life around sheep farming on a remote island are now helping give the…
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Ex-Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji, who drove economic reforms and led China into the WTO, dies at 97
Zhu is credited with supplying the tenacity to push through changes such as China’s WTO membership, which helped transform China…
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Quote of the day inspired by Voltaire: ‘Life is a shipwreck, but we must not forget to sing in the lifeboats’ and why choosing joy in the face of chaos may be the ultimate act of defiance
Voltaire was an influential French Enlightenment philosopher and writer who championed reason, freedom of thought, and religious tolerance while criticizing…
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After 23 years, US to pull out last troops from Iraq by September 30
US to withdraw remaining troops from Iraq by September 30, officials say (Representative image) The US is on course to…
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20-year-old tourist dies in US after falling from 170-feet waterfall while posing for photos
20-year-old Kentucky tourist dies after falling 170 feet from Oregon waterfall while posing for photos/Image: Getty Images A 20-year-old tourist…
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Indian national Nikhil Gupta’s sentencing in Gurpatwant Pannun murder plot case delayed to November 20
Gurpatwant Pannun murder plot case delayed to November 20. A US federal court has delayed the sentencing of Nikhil Gupta,…
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