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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…

Seattle Police Chief was reportedly relieved of his duties Seattle Police Chief Shon Barnes was relieved of his duties by Mayor Katie Wilson on Wednesday, days after the department came under scrutiny over its response to the deadly Bite of Seattle mass shooting.Barnes was asked to resign following a meeting with the mayor after attending…

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…

A routine baggage screening at an Alabama airport turned into an extraordinary security incident after Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers discovered five Civil War-era cannonballs hidden inside a checked suitcase. The rusted artillery relics, some as large as grapefruits and wrapped individually in paper towels, had allegedly been taken by a teenager from Fort Morgan,…

In the autumn of 1977, visitors arriving in Ames, Iowa, encountered something they would never have expected to see in the American Midwest: a massive iceberg sitting inside a refrigerated room at Iowa State University. It had travelled thousands of kilometres from Alaska by helicopter, aircraft and truck, not as a scientific curiosity but as…

Dog owners visiting the Swiss border town of Chiasso will soon have one more responsibility besides picking up after their pets. From mid-August 2026, anyone whose dog urinates on pavements or building facades in the town centre must rinse the area with water or risk a fine for repeat offences. The unusual regulation, believed to…

Days after Elon Musk admitted that he “got carried away” during Donald Trump’s 2024 election campaign, he is once again stepping into the US political arena with a major push to help Republicans win the 2026 midterm elections. The tech billionaire is reviving his political action committee, America PAC, which played a key role in…

Chinese sales agent Winnie Zeng has taken an unusual step to protect herself from an uncertain future: she now shares her rented bed with a stranger to cut costs.Frustrated by stagnant pay and worried about losing her job, the 25-year-old from the central city of Wuhan recently invited another woman to move into her bedroom,…