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Representative Image of Tayab Khan and his friends joyfully celebrating a Dh30 million lottery win (AI Generated Image) Tayab Khan, a 26-year-old Nepalese security guard working in Abu Dhabi’s Ruwais Industrial Area, became the first winner of the UAE Lottery’s new Dh30 million grand prize after matching all 7 winning numbers in a May 27,…
A quarry in Florennes, Wallonia, is combining solar power with sheep farming in a 3.3-hectare agrivoltaic project. Calcaires Agri Énergie, in partnership with Ether Energy, developed the project, which places 3,240 photovoltaic panels above land used for sheep grazing. The panels have a total capacity of 2.27 MWc and are raised above the ground with…
Heilbronner, the widow of a Munich banker, lost the work as a result of racial persecution under the Nazi regime. After the war, its whereabouts remained unclear for decades, leaving the ownership history unresolved. More than eight decades after Nazi persecution tore a painting from the home of Sofie Heilbronner, the 19th-century work has finally…
Tabichi taught mathematics and physics at Keriko Mixed Day Secondary School in Pwani Village, in Kenya. A science teacher in rural Kenya was giving away most of his monthly income to help poor families and students. At the same time, he was teaching in a school with one computer, poor internet access and limited facilities….
A group Italian senators united in miniskirts to protest the country’s deputy PM’s recent comments about women. (Instagram/@lamalp) Photos of female Italian politicians in miniskirts have drawn attention after comments by Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani about what kind of woman a man should marry. The controversy began after Tajani spoke at…
Mullett is a mother of 10 and also runs an Indigenous food business (Image Credit: gofundme/ Maryanne Mullett) An Ontario mother of 10 who was seriously injured while helping stranded motorists says she received only about C$6,300 from a GoFundMe campaign that raised roughly C$19,000 for her recovery and family. Maryanne Mullett said in an…
The Court accepted the damage but found no proven link between the trees and the claimed damage. (AI image) An Australian homeowner who blamed six trees on neighbouring property for damage to her 130-year-old heritage home has failed in her claim for tree removal and about $23,650 in repair costs. The NSW Land and Environment…
Zhang’s husband Liu Ming Chung, the CEO of Nine Dragons, is also a billionaire. In 1985, business tycoon Zhang Yin started a paper-trading business in Hong Kong with about 30,000 yuan, or 3,800 US dollars. More than two decades later, she would be named China’s richest person, with an estimated fortune of $3.4 billion on…
In 1998, David Mason became the first person to walk solo across the Australian continent, completing an eight-month, 5,500-kilometre journey accompanied by three camels. The 236-day trek later earned him the 1999 Australian Geographic Adventurer of the Year award. Seventeen years on, Mason flew to Broome for an emotional reunion with Kabul, the last surviving…
Keith Boyd completed a 6,706-mile journey from Cape Town to Cairo in 301 days in 2024, setting a new record for the fastest journey between the two cities on foot. Image Credit: GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS Keith Boyd completed a 6,706-mile journey from Cape Town to Cairo in 301 days in 2024, setting a new record…
