‘It’s a language of the road’: Dutch woman defends India’s honking culture; internet says ‘spot on’

Dutch woman defends India’s honking culture; internet says ‘spot on’ A Dutch woman living in India has sparked a discussion online after questioning the way India’s honking culture is viewed by people from other countries. Her comments came after some social media users pointed to frequent honking as an example while arguing that India is…

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British Airways flight declares emergency after steep descent; lands safely in London

British Airways flight BA295 declares emergency, descends to 9,000ft. British Airways flight BA295 declared an emergency while flying over Ireland on Monday after the aircraft made a rapid descent from its cruising altitude.The Boeing 777 was travelling from London Heathrow to Chicago O’Hare when it descended from around 37,000 feet to approximately 9,000 feet while…

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A Canadian couple started Aslan Organics with two 8-by-12-foot plots in 2017; nine years later, they own a 50-acre Ontario farm and say their 2.5-acre market garden crossed $200,000 in annual revenue | World News

Shane and Emma Rozeveld/Image: Aslan Organics Shane and Emma Rozeveld, a Canadian couple who started growing food on two 8-by-12-foot plots, now own a 50-acre farm in Ontario.The couple started Aslan Organics in 2017 at the Yarrow Ecovillage in Chilliwack, British Columbia. They started growing for fun, but as yields grew, so did the business…

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Moved on from Portugal? Ronaldo returns to Al-Nassr, shares smiling training photos despite Jesus leaving door open | Football News

Ronaldo appears to have moved on from Portugal controversy as he returns to Al-Nassr./ Image: X Cristiano Ronaldo returned to Al-Nassr training with a broad smile, offering his clearest indication yet that his attention has already shifted away from the controversy surrounding Portugal. Just one day after Portugal secured another Nations League victory without him,…

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​J.K. Rowling lost her mother to multiple sclerosis at 45; in 2010, she donated £10 million for an Edinburgh research clinic in her mother’s name, and the facility now helps thousands of people with brain conditions

J.K. Rowling opened the Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology Clinic in memory of her mother, who died of multiple sclerosis. The clinic focuses on research and treatment of various neurological diseases, including multiple sclerosis and Parkinson’s disease. The funding aims to attract world-class researchers to develop new therapies and potentially find a cure. It has already…

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Equinix data center spills thousands of gallons of diesel in Hackensack River; New Jersey Mayor attributes it to a ‘computer glitch’, department claims no observed impacts on local wildlife |

AI-generated image for representation ​A New Jersey data center has spilled thousands of gallons of diesel fuel into a tributary of the Hackensack River. This has prompted a cleanup operation and questions about how the leak occurred. The company has confirmed that the spill happened last month at Equinix’s NY2 facility in Secaucus. Equinix said…

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Oklahoma’s Ames crater was linked to a 470-million-year-old event; zircon dating suggests it may be nearly 370 million years old, near an extinction |

For decades, scientists linked Oklahoma’s Ames impact structure to a meteor event that swept across Earth nearly 470 million years ago. According to research published in Meteoritics & Planetary Science titled ‘The Ames impact structure, Oklahoma: New radioisotopic constraints and implications for North American impact chronology’, new evidence points to a very different timeline. By…

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