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Pic credit: Instagram/ Carribie Damien Smith, a passionate South Australian surfer, and his wife, Gretchen Scinta, moved to the western coast of Yorke Peninsula to catch the waves. What they really caught was something even more precious: fresh water that’s worth bottling. Soon, the land turned them into fine-water producers, with their bottled water earning…

Masood Azhar listed as ‘fugitive’ NEW DELHI: Pakistan has raised the bounty on Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) chief Masood Azhar to PKR 70 lakh and listed him as a fugitive in its latest Red Book of most wanted terrorists, news agency ANI reported citing sources.The development comes ahead of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) plenary scheduled…

An unusual land-swap proposal on a remote Georgia barrier island is putting a new twist on the question of what happens when private property and protected public land overlap. The US National Park Service (NPS) is considering two voluntary land exchanges at Cumberland Island National Seashore, under which it would acquire privately owned parcels in…

For centuries, the northern bald ibis was missing from Europe’s skies, its migratory population wiped out in Central Europe by the 17th century. Bringing it back required more than releasing captive-bred birds into the Alps: conservationists first had to teach them where to go. The Waldrappteam found an ingenious solution, training young ibises to follow…

Former US President Bill Clinton Former US President Bill Clinton has revealed that the CIA abandoned a plan to take out Osama bin Laden before the September 11 attacks because officials feared civilians could be killed if the operation failed.Speaking on WABC’s “Cats Roundtable” with host John Catsimatidis on Sunday, Clinton said he had authorised…

Indian-origin ladnlady Raj Tiwana speaks out after videos of her allegedly harassing her tenant went viral. Raj Tiwana, the Indian-origin landlady in Canada, whose videos went viral, courtesy of her tenant who brought harassment allegations against her, broke her silence and said the tenant did not pay rent for months and was finally evicted.In an…

Representative Image (AI-generated) Imagine an island where a herd introduced for ranching gradually became one of the biggest threats to its native ecosystem. That is what happened on Mexico’s Socorro Island, where about 100 sheep introduced in 1869 eventually became feral and reached an estimated 5,000 animals by 1960. Over decades, overgrazing contributed to severe…

A Finnish couple spent five years searching Google Maps and government property records for an island they could call their own before discovering a 5-acre patch of land in the country’s vast archipelago. Aleksi Hautamäki and Milla Selkimäki had explored the region for years and wanted a secluded place that was remote enough to feel…

During a stroll through the Chelsea fire sales, a collector got his hands on something one can only dream about. And yet, that was exactly what happened to Warren Hill in 2002. He picked up an acetate record at a flea market in New York for the price of a coffee. He bought one of…

Built in 1878 by Toledo architect David Gibbs, the building operated as a working jail until 1988. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. A former Ohio jail that spent more than a century behind bars is getting a very different future. The historic Jail and Sheriff’s Residence in Delaware,…