The Wyoming property sits at about 8,500 feet and covers a landscape surrounded by mountain ranges. Photo: WyoFile Tim Delaney had no family history of ranching when he bought Rolling Thunder Ranch in Wyoming in 2010. He and his wife had spent years visiting Colorado, but they wanted a property of their own where they…
SpaceX launches Starship on first orbital test around Earth (Reuters photo) Elon Musk-led SpaceX’s Starship megarocket reached Earth orbit for the first time on Monday, marking a major milestone for the space company’s ambitious plans for the spacecraft.The 407-foot (124-metre) rocket lifted off from SpaceX’s launch site in southern Texas and entered orbit during its…
How a US teenager went from gamer to convicted extremist An American boy who went from being a “naive gamer” to embracing an “extreme vision” of Islam became an IS “sympathiser” and eventually a convict working to leave extremist ideology.Daniel Fischer from South Carolina was just 16 when his parents noticed a sudden change in…
The J. Paul Getty Museum has acquired a long-lost 17th-century portrait by Spanish painter Diego Velázquez, bringing the first work by the Baroque master into the museum’s permanent collection. The oil painting, titled Portrait of the Count-Duke of Olivares, was officially announced by the Los Angeles museum on 23 September 2026. Before its recent discovery…
UN rights event highlights risks faced by girls in Pakistan’s child marriages (ANI photo) The impact of child and forced marriages on girls in Pakistan, particularly those from minority communities, was discussed at a side event during the 63rd session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva.Speakers at the event raised concerns about…
Image: Calhoun Community College Van-Houston McMillion is fourteen years old, an age when most children are settling into their first year of high school, yet he has just begun his sophomore year at Calhoun Community College in Huntsville, Alabama. He enrolled at twelve, becoming the youngest student in the college’s history, according to Calhoun Community…
Representative Image of the African Water Facility’s impact on water supply and sanitation access across Africa (AI Generated Image) Since 2006, the African Water Facility has provided grants and other support for 148 water and sanitation projects across Africa. The facility says those projects have improved access to water supply for 23.2 million people, provided…
South Africa’s Eastern Cape is set to undergo a major land restoration effort centred on spekboom, a hardy succulent that grows naturally in the region. According to Amazon, this investment will help restore more than 50,000 hectares of degraded land and plant 180 million spekboom cuttings by the end of 2028. The programme is expected…
In 2006, a group of elite athletes who had given their time, energy, and resources to charitable causes began a conversation that led to Athletes for Hope. Boxer Muhammad Ali was among them. They noticed that many of their fellow athletes wanted to make a difference in the world but did not know where to…
In 1980, Paul Newman and his friend A.E. Hotchner were not setting out to build a food company. They were making salad dressing at home and handing bottles to friends as Christmas presents. The dressing proved popular enough that people began asking where they could get more. Two years later, the experiment became Newman’s Own,…
