Removing four ageing hydroelectric dams from the Klamath River was always going to be a delicate undertaking, but one complication came from a source that had nothing to do with fish or river ecology at all: wildfire. The dams’ reservoirs had served for decades as a reliable water source for helicopters and fire crews battling…
Business quote of the day by Paypal founder Peter Thiel A successful business always has its USP. It must have something different than others even if there are plenty of competitors in the same area. Mere imitation of something successful does not give birth to another successful product. This appears to be very simple business…
A coral reef in the southern Andaman Sea, in Southeast Asia Cavan Images An international team of scientists has mapped more than 64,000 square miles of coral reefs that can withstand severe heat stress. The findings provide a vital plan for saving marine life while the world’s oceans experience their worst bleaching crisis ever recorded.The…
Manus aurita’s museum specimen. Photocredit: Narayan Koju. In 1836, a young British diplomat and naturalist named Brian Houghton Hodgson was stuck in Nepal’s Kathmandu Valley, far from Europe’s great museums but close to the forests and hills where strange animals still lived largely unseen. One day, he came across a creature that looked almost like…
Labour leader Andy Burnham Britain’s incoming prime minister Andy Burnham has sparked a fresh debate over one of the country’s most cherished traditions after revealing that he puts milk into the cup before pouring hot water while making tea, a habit he admits is likely to divide opinion.Speaking in a quick-fire interview with PoliticsUK, Burnham…
Taranpreet Singh Sidhu. (Photo: Hamilton Police Service) A 29-year-old truck driver who immigrated to Canada from India has been identified as the victim in a homicide investigation after his body was found inside a sewage culvert in Hamilton, Ontario.The victim, Taranpreet Singh Sidhu, had moved to Canada in 2022 and had been living in Brampton…
Ex-wife of Maine shooting ICE officer reveals shocking details of the officer’s mental health. Ashley Brouillette, the ex-wife of ICE officer David Brouillette, has now spoken up after the ICE officer shot and killed a Colombian man in Maine this week. Brouillette revealed that her ex-husband had struggled with serious mental health issues since childhood…
Kiran Kaur jailed for 3 years. A mother of Vickrum Digwa has been jailed for helping conceal the knife used to kill teenager Henry Nowak after taking the weapon from her son and hiding it at their Southampton home, BBC reported.Kiran Kaur, 53, was sentenced to three years in prison at Southampton Crown Court after…
Cartier’s Mansion On Fifth Avenue Underwent Its Biggest Revamp Ever Just In Time For Its Centenary French jeweller Pierre Cartier defeated some of New York’s most powerful real estate families by using a double-strand pearl necklace and only a $100 payment to secure a six-story Fifth Avenue mansion that is now worth hundreds of millions…
Gym staff in Canada ask to leave Sikh man over carrying a kirpan. A Sikh content creator has accused staff at a GoodLife Fitness gym in Windsor, Canada, of discrimination after he was asked to leave the facility for carrying a kirpan, a ceremonial dagger worn by some Sikhs as part of their faith.The incident,…