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After spending most of his life on the same Pennsylvania farm, dairy farmer Jeff Biddle has chosen to protect it from development, even after receiving two lucrative offers from potential buyers. The 170-acre Bear Meadows Farm near Tussey Mountain was placed under a permanent conservation easement in July 2026, according to the Centre County Farmland…

It is reported that the tomb contains the remains of a funerary chapel and a false door, one of the most recognisable features of ancient Egyptian burial architecture. These structures were more than decorative elements. Beneath the ancient landscape of Saqqara, where generations of Egyptians buried their dead, archaeologists have uncovered a tomb that offers…

Not just the caffeine. A new study reported by ScienceDaily suggests coffee may affect the brain through the gut. Researchers at APC Microbiome Ireland and University College Cork discovered that both caffeinated and decaffeinated coffee were associated with alterations in gut microbes and metabolites linked to mood, stress and cognitive function. Those who resumed coffee…

Trump’s new AI chatbot pushes back on claims about polls, climate, salary The AI-powered America.gov website launched by US President Donald Trump on Tuesday gave factual answers to several politically sensitive questions, including some that contradicted claims made by the president.According to Associated Press, the website, launched to make government information and services easier to…

Ben O’Connor, aged 16, from a dairy farming family in Co. Down, is already a serial entrepreneur. He set up his first business, a firewood venture, at 11, and at 13 founded Giftery, a mail-order gift basket business that went on to sell 200,000 gift boxes within three years. His latest project, FarmFlow, is farm…

Private equity billionaire Orlando Bravo has received approval to tear down a historic Miami Beach estate once owned by English musician Phil Collins. The move clears the way for a flood-resistant luxury mansion surrounded by tropical gardens. Bravo, co-founder and managing partner of Thoma Bravo, bought the Mediterranean Revival home at 5800 North Bay Road…

American media mogul Ted Turner has completed the sale of St Phillips Island, a pristine 4,680-acre barrier island off the coast of South Carolina, to the state government for a small part of its market value. The deal transfers ownership of the untouched coastal island to the South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism…

​US Secretary of State Marco Rubio The United States has announced a new visa restriction policy targeting foreign officials accused of deliberately obstructing efforts to resolve international parental child abduction cases.US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the measures will apply to individuals responsible for, or complicit in, delaying the resolution of such cases, as…

An Essex estate has launched a 200-acre nature-recovery project after seeing how a smaller area of land recovered when it was left untouched for a decade. The project at Braxted Park Estate covers about 70 hectares across the administrative areas of Colchester City Council, Braintree District Council and Maldon District Council. It builds on a…

Trump previously expressed his intention to change Cuba’s communist government (Photo: AP). US secretary of state Marco Rubio said Washington hopes Cuba will choose “a different path” from communism, warning the Cuban government to recognise the consequences of failing to change course.“We are hopeful that Cuba will choose a different path,” Rubio told Fox News,…