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Saudi Arabia strikes gold with a massive 7.8 million ounces discovered across four sites, led by Maaden’s Mansourah Massarah operation. Saudi Arabia has announced the discovery of 7.8 million ounces of gold across four sites within the Kingdom, marking one of the most significant resource additions in its modern mining history and underscoring the scale…
An 80-year-old man attempted to board a flight at Tenerife South Airport with his deceased wife seated in a wheelchair/ Representative Image A disturbing scene unfolded at Tenerife South Airport in Spain’s Canary Islands when an 80-year-old man was stopped while attempting to board a flight with his wife’s body seated in a wheelchair, initially…
Fuad Awale requested compensation, saying long isolation in prison harmed his mental health and violated rights/ Image: Thames Valley Police A convicted double murderer has been awarded £7,500 (around $10,100) in compensation, with taxpayers also covering more than £234,000 (approximately $316,000) in legal costs, after the UK High Court ruled that his treatment in prison…
America Isn’t in Decline, The Data Shows It Still Outpaces Its Allies/ Representative Image For more than a decade, the idea of American decline has hardened into a familiar refrain. Polarised politics, institutional strain and a relentless cycle of domestic crises have made it easy to assume that US power is ebbing, particularly when measured…
Investigations estimate the body-brokering industry is now worth around $1 billion (£800 million) and growing. Disclaimer: This article contains distressing details about the handling and sale of human remains.The business of buying and selling human bodies is not a fringe operation in the United States. It is a vast, largely unregulated industry that sits in…
With zero natural rivers or lakes, Kuwait depends almost entirely on seawater desalination to meet its water needs/Image: Renderhub Kuwait’s shimmering skyline and bustling urban centres rise from one of the most water-scarce landscapes on Earth. Roughly the size of New Jersey and spanning just under 18,000 square kilometres, the country sits at the northern…
A fatal shooting by an ICE officer in south Minneapolis has triggered outrage far beyond Minnesota, with large protests breaking out in New York City and demonstrators openly condemning Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.The woman who was killed has been identified by city officials as 37-year-old Renee Nicole Macklin Good, a US citizen who had…
Renee Good, a 37-year-old poet and mother was fatally killed by an ICE officer on January 7, 2026. The Minneapolis woman was driving an SUV when she was confronted by the agency’s officials and was shot through her car window by one officer. The video of the brutal incident went viral on the internet, exposing…
Cory Lee has ridden camels in Morocco, floated in Iceland, explored India, paraglided in Switzerland, visited Antarctica/ Image: Cory Lee Growing up, Cory Lee was given a piece of advice that would later shape his life: “If you can’t stand up, stand out.” It was something his mother told him repeatedly, and something he says…
Scientists may have recovered Leonardo’s DNA from a disputed red chalk drawing, though authorship remains uncertain. Scientists studying Renaissance-era artworks and documents say they have recovered tiny traces of DNA from artefacts associated with Leonardo da Vinci, reopening questions about one of history’s most scrutinised figures through an unexpected scientific lens. Da Vinci (1452–1519) embodied…
