In 1973, Christopher Cadbury funded the £40,000 purchase of a Seychelles island stripped for coconuts and seabird eggs; today over 1 million seabirds breed there each year
For decades, the small island of Aride in the Seychelles was treated less as a wildlife sanctuary and more as…
India buys record 2.6 mbd Russian crude oil, refines some of it and now sends it back as petrol: why one of world’s biggest oil suppliers Russia has been forced to import 1 million barrels in 2 months from India
India has become an important source of gasoline, or petrol, for Russia. There is a strange irony to the situation.…
A Minnesota mother escaped a burning home, realised her toddler was still inside and went back; firefighters found her shielding the child with her body
Bonnie Pierce returned to a burning St. Paul home to rescue her 3-year-old daughter and shielded her with her body…
Hurricane threat in Southern California: 90% chance of disturbance to turn into depression
This satellite image shows Hurricane Karina strengthening off the southern tip of Baja California. (Photo: NOAA via AP) A tropical…
In 2015, Queensland began turning end-of-life tyres into road material; over the next decade 2.4 million tyres were kept out of landfill as crumb rubber was blended into asphalt and road seals
It has been reported that the Sunshine Coast Council used crumb rubber from end-of-life off-the-road (OTR) tyres in asphalt and…
A man who grew up poor and fatherless and barely finished high school went on to open 54 Burger King restaurants across three US states; his foundation has since donated more than $2 million
Gullo got his start as a night manager at Burger King. Over the years he built up his business interests…
Neet Protests: Centre moves Supreme Court to quash FIRs against NEET protesters | India News
File photo: Supreme Court NEW DELHI: The Centre has moved Supreme Court seeking to quash the FIRs registered against protesters…
In 1985, CNN founder Ted Turner bought thousands of acres in Florida; the former plantation became a major private wildlife landscape | World News
Ted Turner. Image Credit: Architectural Digest Ted Turner’s homes were never simply places to live. The CNN founder built a…
China tightens property rules: What it means for buyers, developers
Only 17 of 70 China cities tracked recorded monthly gains in new home prices in July. China has tightened rules…
‘No compelling circumstance’: SC declines to intervene in CJP’s September 5 protest march | India News
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday declined to intervene against Cockroach Janata Party’s protest march on September 5, saying…