US resumes diversity visa lottery after months-long pause. In a major relief for thousands of immigrants hoping to move to the US through the Diversity Visa programme, the State Department has resumed issuing Diversity Immigrant Visas after a court order ended a months-long pause. The State Department confirmed that it resumed Diversity Visa issuance on…
The Appalachian Highlands Science Learning Center A high-altitude property first bought as a private family retreat in the mid-1960s now serves as an important centre for environmental research in North America. The 535-acre property in Haywood County, North Carolina, historically known as “The Purchase”, was officially transferred to the National Park Service around the turn…
This entire town in California is on sale again. Campo, an entire town in California, just an hour away from San Diego, has been on sale for years. Now the price has hit its lowest as it did not get any luck. The town has its own local post office, a border patrol facility, a…
Rescuers help a migrant disembarking from a Spanish coast guard vessel at the port of Arguineguin, on the island of Gran Canaria, Spain (Picture credit: Reuters) At least five African migrants died after a boat carrying more than 100 people ran into trouble in the Atlantic Ocean while attempting to reach Spain’s Canary Islands, authorities…
Flood washes away 3-storey building in China Authorities closed schools and suspended ferry routes in eastern China’s Fujian province on Thursday as Typhoon Saudel made its third landfall in the country, bringing heavy rain and triggering warnings of flash floods and landslides.Schools in Fuzhou and Quanzhou halted in-person activities, while some tourist attractions, including theme…
Tarique Rahman says all Bangladeshis enjoy equal rights in Janmashtami message Bangladesh Prime Minister Tarique Rahman on Thursday extended Janmashtami greetings to the Hindu community and said the country belonged to all its citizens, with everyone enjoying equal rights.Speaking at a state-sponsored reception and honourarium distribution programme for prominent members of the Hindu community, priests…
Kaia Minn at the National Academy of Inventors conference. Image Credit: kaiaminn.com A discarded citrus peel is not the sort of thing most people would associate with restoring forests. But for 13-year-old Massachusetts inventor ‘Kaia Minn,’ it became the starting point for a simple idea with potentially far-reaching environmental uses. Minn has developed a ‘biodegradable…
Gloria Steinem, the celebrated author, journalist and activist who became one of the most prominent voices of the US women’s movement and a fierce advocate for gender equality, has died at the age of 92.Steinem died Wednesday at her home in New York City, according to posts on her and her foundation’s social media accounts.A…
Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov announced Moscow’s retaliatory move (File photo) All German cultural centres across Russia will be shut, foreign minister Sergei Lavrov announced on Thursday, a day after Berlin closed two Russian cultural centres in Germany.Berlin’s move came after it accused Moscow of involvement an attempted drone attack on a German airport last…
Representative Image (AI-generated) A river can carry a contaminant far beyond the point where it enters the water, but predicting exactly how quickly that material will travel is not always straightforward. In 2010, scientists with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), working with the Montana Department of Environmental Quality, conducted a dye-tracing experiment on a 41.2-mile…
