His gold medals came in the men’s 200m, 400m, 800m and 1,500m freestyle events, along with three relay titles. At six, Zhang Zhanshuo was the youngest swimmer in a local competition and had barely begun learning the sport. At 19, he left the Asian Games 2026 with seven gold medals and a place in the…
18-year-old killer now faces death at 50 Christa Pike was 18 when she killed her classmate in a jealous rage and became one of the youngest women sentenced to death in the US.Now 50, Pike is scheduled to be executed on Wednesday, in what would be Tennessee’s first execution of a woman in 200 years.Pike…
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…
A multimillionaire property developer from Texas has demolished a historic waterfront mansion in Coral Gables, Florida, only months after buying the estate for $36 million. The demolition has sparked anger among local preservationists and architectural historians. Felix Sorkin, founder of the Houston-based manufacturing company General Technologies, bought the 11,000-square-foot property in mid-2023. Known as the…
Julia ChildPhoto: Wikipedia Julia Child’s former Cambridge home has returned to the real estate market, offering buyers the rare chance to own a property connected to one of America’s most beloved television chefs. The six-bedroom residence at 103 Irving Street is listed for $6.475 million, according to the Boston Globe. Property details on Redfin show…
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…
Anti-South Asian hate speech on X surges 240% in US, new report reveals. Hate targeting Indians and other South Asians has risen sharply online in the United States, with a new report linking the increase to immigration politics, economic anxiety and the growing visibility of the community in American public life.The monthly volume of anti-South…
The compound was built around a replica Buddhist temple modelled after temples at the Summer Palace in Beijing A nearly 5-acre estate in Bridgehampton, New York, featuring a replica of a 15th-century Buddhist temple has been listed for $7.5 million, Mansion Global reported. Manhattan gastroenterologist and entrepreneur Dr Roshini Raj bought the property in 2022…
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…
Anna Luisa Beserra is currently known as an environmental entrepreneur. But before she went into business, she was an environmental changemaker. At just 15, she came up with Aqualuz, a system that uses just sunlight to eliminate microorganisms in rainwater without chemicals or complex filters.As a teenager, Beserra was motivated by the lack of clean…
