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Harwinder Singh and Riya Riya arrested on 12th August/Image: Peel Regional Police An Indian-origin man and woman have been arrested in Brampton, Canada, after a person was allegedly threatened and forced to transfer $6,000 during a date.According to Peel Regional Police, the victim was contacted in July through an online messaging platform by an individual…
Representative Image of a chemical factory and its impact on the surrounding ecosystem (AI-generated image) On April 21, 1956, a 5-year-old girl was brought to the Chisso Corporation factory hospital in Minamata, Japan, after developing a frightening combination of symptoms. She could barely walk, her speech had become slurred and she was suffering convulsions, leaving…
Representative Image of imported dung beetles burying manure across Australian cattle grazing land (AI-generated image) Australia’s dung beetle problem began almost two centuries before scientists found a solution, when European settlers introduced cattle whose droppings were unlike anything most native Australian dung beetles had evolved to process. The First Fleet brought five cows and two…
Cebu flowerpecker. Image Credit: Joseph Smit/Wikipedia A nine-year-old girl named Gail Lim from Cebu City in Philippines has turned her love for wildlife into a meaningful conservation campaign, raising 20,000 Philippine pesos for the critically endangered ‘Cebu flowerpecker.’ She became interested in the tiny bird after learning that it is found only in Cebu and…
Before it was a wildlife sanctuary, it was a woman’s abode. Witch Island is an approximately 18-acre land area off the coast of South Bristol, Maine, United States. Named after the woman who used to live there, it was sold off to another who donated it to become a wildlife sanctuary, as per a report…
Canada has deported former Iranian deputy interior minister Syed Salman Samani after a federal judge rejected his final appeal against removal, according to the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA).The agency confirmed Samani’s deportation in a statement to Global News, saying he was removed from Canada after being found inadmissible under rules targeting senior officials of…
Quote of the day by George Soros (AP photo) Making a genuine mistake usually gets treated as something to avoid mentioning at all costs. At school, a wrong answer loses marks. At work, a poor decision invites criticism. In business, a bad call can genuinely cost real money. People are usually far more comfortable talking…
Image: The Daily Telegraph An Australian couple who bought a former cattle property in New South Wales are working to bring back the forest that once covered the land, planting more than 34,000 trees and restoring habitat for koalas and other wildlife. Brett and Lisa Vercoe purchased their 30-hectare property, Narlu, near Upper Orara, inland…
In a remote corner of Hokkaido, Japan, a nearly deserted railway station became the centre of a story that travelled around the world. Kyu-Shirataki station, on the Sekihoku Main Line, had very few regular passengers, but one high-school student, Kana Harada, relied on the stop to travel to school. She boarded the morning train from…
Cindy Mora and her son’s home used about 850 blocks made from recycled plastic, PC: Econews Cindy Mora Abarca spent 9 years saving money for a small plot of land in the Lámparas neighbourhood of Alajuelita, near San José, Costa Rica, hoping to eventually build a permanent home for herself and her 6-year-old son, Fabrizio….
