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For most countries, volcanoes represent danger, destruction and uncertainty. In Iceland, they are also one of the nation’s greatest assets. Sitting atop one of the world’s most geologically active regions, the Nordic island has spent decades harnessing the heat beneath its surface to warm homes, generate electricity and reduce its dependence on fossil fuels. Today,…

Iran accused Kushner, Witkoff of profiting from war leaks in private message to Vance, report Iranian negotiators had reportedly sent a private message to US vice president JD Vance during US-Iran talks in Switzerland in late June, warning that the continued presence of President Donald Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner would…

For decades, Tyrannosaurus rex has occupied a unique place in popular culture, appearing as both a scientific subject and a symbol of prehistoric power. Now, one exceptionally preserved specimen has made history for a different reason: its price. A T. rex fossil known as Gus has sold for $50.1m at auction in New York, setting…

Deepak Mahajan urges NYC to ban horse-drawn carriages after son’s death The father of Indian teenager Romanch Mahajan, who died in a horse-drawn carriage accident in New York’s Central Park while trying to save his mother, made an emotional appeal to the New York City Council, requesting lawmakers to ban horse-drawn carriages and ensure that…

Dalai Lama (Image: Wikipedia) Wealth can be counted, and machines keep getting faster at almost everything measurable. Neither has ever managed to produce honesty. The Dalai Lama put that gap plainly. “Good human qualities, honesty, sincerity, a good heart, cannot be bought with money, nor can they be produced by machines, but only by the…

A child rarely announces that something is wrong. More often it shows up sideways, in a sudden quietness, a lost interest in things they used to enjoy, a mood nobody can quite explain. Kate Middleton, the Princess of Wales, has spent much of her public work focused on exactly that gap, the space between a…

At first glance, Joan R. Ginther’s story sounds almost too extraordinary to be true. The American mathematician, who earned a doctorate in statistics from Stanford University, won four major Texas Lottery prizes between 1993 and 2010, collecting more than $20 million in total. Her repeated success quickly sparked speculation that she had discovered a mathematical…

Long before forests spread across the continents, before the first animals walked on land and even before the age of dinosaurs, a remarkable process was unfolding beneath Earth’s surface. Deep underground, a series of natural nuclear reactions began inside unusually rich uranium deposits, releasing energy in cycles over an immense stretch of time. Nothing had…

Sean Diddy Comb (File photo); his Miami mansion (Miami Herald) Sean “Diddy” Combs has sold one of his luxury Miami properties for $55 million while serving his prison sentence, ending the story that saw the mansion’s link with his high-profile criminal case. The waterfront property on Miami Beach’s exclusive Star Island had drawn national attention…

For film fanatics who worship Robert De Niro and would love to have him as their neighbour, this property is a dream come true. An oceanfront Montauk property next to Robert De Niro’s estate has been listed for $22.5 million. According to a report by Gimme Shelter, it includes a “teardown” 1,800 square foot “shack”…