Migrants cross from Morocco into the Spanish enclave of Ceuta, Thursday, July 30, 2026. (AP Photo/Antonio Sempere) Chilling videos of thousands of people running amok in joy as they entered Spain’s north African enclave of Ceuta went viral. Within hours on Thursday, thousands of jubilant people from Morocco swam and entered Ceuta. Ceuta’s president Juan…
A man impales himself on trekking pole while climbing Montana’s highest peak, hikes 10 miles to safety instead of calling a helicopter A hiking trip to Montana’s highest mountain turned into a remarkable survival story after a nurse accidentally impaled himself on a trekking pole but still managed to hike nearly 10 miles to safety…
Quote of the day by Joan of Arc (Image source: Wikipedia) Some people find the courage to face impossible odds through a conviction that feels bigger than themselves. Joan of Arc, the French peasant girl who led troops during the Hundred Years’ War as a teenager with no military training, is one of history’s most…
Bunnies Lure Tourists to Japanese Island Unregulated tourist feeding has pushed Japan’s famous “Rabbit Island” past its natural ecological limits, stripping local plant life bare and causing wild boars to hunt live rabbits.On Okunoshima, an island in Hiroshima Prefecture, heavy feeding by visitors has driven rabbit numbers far beyond what the local environment can naturally…
China’s tree cover increased, but natural forests kept shrinking and fragmenting. (AI photo) China’s ambitious tree-planting campaigns have helped increase the country’s overall forest cover over the past three decades. But a new study says the growth in planted forests tells only part of the story.While millions of hectares of trees were added to the…
Hermitage quarry beside Oaken Wood. Under the soil sits Kentish ragstone, which Kent county council says is crucial for the conservation of ancient buildings. In 1600, Oaken Wood near Maidstone was already an established English woodland; in 2026, Kent County Council proposed turning 41 hectares of it into a stone quarry, reports the Guardian.The Reform-led…
Nishi Bhatia and her husband, Jyoti P. Bhatia, start fellowships for students at the University of Texas. Indian-American philanthropists made headlines this year through their generous contributions, especially to American universities. A few months ago, textile industry executive Anil Kochhar and his wife Marilyn announced they would pay the education loan of the graduating students…
Josh Allen (File picture, AP Photo/Ashley Landis) Josh Allen is opening up about how fatherhood has changed him in a deeply personal way. After welcoming his daughter Harper with wife Hailee Steinfeld earlier this year, the Buffalo Bills quarterback says he now understands parents in crisis differently, especially those facing pain, fear and uncertainty with…
Ina and David Steiner/Image: Reuters E-commerce company eBay and several former senior executives have agreed to pay $55.7 million to resolve a civil lawsuit filed by a Massachusetts couple who alleged they were targeted in a sustained campaign of harassment and cyberstalking after publishing critical coverage of the company, The Financial Times reported.The case was…
A wind farm is usually thought of as a place where moving air is turned into electricity. Yet the flow does not simply continue on its way once it has passed through the turbines. It changes, rises and mixes with layers of the atmosphere above, leaving behind an invisible trail that can stretch far beyond…
