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A mouse-sized bat that lives for decades appears to have evolved some of the same biological protections that help it resist cancer and viral disease. Researchers comparing eight closely related Myotis species found an extraordinary range of lifespans, from about seven years in some species to nearly 50 years in others. Their genome analysis revealed…

Manchester Crown Court/Image: Reuters A British man accused of secretly drugging and raping his wife over more than two decades has pleaded guilty to 60 offences against her at a Manchester court, BBC reported.The husband, who is in his sixties, admitted dozens of charges at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court, including multiple counts of rape,…

Pakistan may bring back austerity measures to reduce fuel consumption as renewed fighting in West Asia drives up global oil prices, as news agency PTI cited Pak information minister Ataullah Tarar Monday.Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif has directed officials to examine which of the measures introduced earlier this year can be brought back, Tarar said at…

Donald Trump Jr’s wife Bettina issued a statement on ProPublica report that their Bahamas wedding was funded by a Russian oligarch. After ProPublica reported that Donald Trump Jr’s Bahamas wedding with Bettina Anderson was funded by Russian oligarch Umar Kremlev, Bettina put out a long post on Instagram clearing the air. She said there is…

An 852-acre family estate in Maury County, Tennessee, has been placed under permanent conservation, nearly three decades after a brother and sister began turning hundreds of acres of former farmland back into forest. According to The Land Trust for Tennessee, the property, known as the Sugg Property, was transferred directly to the organisation after original…

When Anderson Cooper bought a historic former fire patrol house in New York’s Greenwich Village for $4.3 million in 2010, the purchase raised concerns among local preservationists, according to contemporary reporting by DNAinfo and the Village Preservation Society. The four-storey building at 84 West 3rd Street had spent decades as a working Fire Patrol station,…

Trump’s latest climate rollback targets carbon emissions from US power plants The Donald Trump administration is set to scrap Biden-era limits on carbon emissions from coal- and gas-fired power plants, marking another major rollback of US climate policy and removing restrictions that targeted a sector responsible for nearly a quarter of the country’s greenhouse gas…

Trump’s new Green Card rule, scheduled to come into effect from September 18, has been legally challenged by a coalition of states and local governments. A new Green Card rule is scheduled to come into effect on September 18, in which an officer can deny a Green Card to an applicant if they can potentially…

Pic credit: Aquinnah Land Initiative A Native-led nonprofit organisation has launched an $8 million campaign to acquire and restore a historic property on Martha’s Vineyard that has deep ties to the Wampanoag community. A former Aquinnah Shop sat on the 3.5-acre property overlooking Martha’s Vineyard’s Gay Head Cliffs. The site also had a restaurant, which…

A 440-year-old Elizabethan mansion up for auction for £600,000. (Photo: SWNS) A remarkable 16th-century mansion with a fascinating royal and architectural history has gone on the market for a guide price of just £550,000–£600,000, offering house-hunters the extraordinary opportunity to live like an Elizabethan lord for roughly the price of a London flat.Barlborough Hall, a…