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The dispute began in April 2020, when the couple’s business received a special use permit to build a wedding venue. (AI photo) A couple in Kansas, United States, who planned to build a wedding venue have received another opportunity to pursue part of their legal case against Leavenworth County. George Daniel Lynch and Cynthia Lynch,…

​Image(s): Left/Instagram/jasonbeckwith1/Right/Óscar F. Civieta Picture an entire village standing silent above a river, its houses empty, its school without pupils and its bar without customers. Now picture an American couple walking through it and deciding to bring it back to life. That is the story of Salto de Castro, a settlement in western Spain that…

Speaking at the launch, Watson welcomed the initiative but expressed concern that such a service had not been available earlier British actor and activist Emma Watson has helped support the launch of a free legal advice service for women facing sexual harassment at work in England and Wales. The service, introduced by the charity Rights…

PC: Journal of the California Native Plant Society, Fremontia California’s Stanislaus National Forest is home to the Bennett Juniper, a remarkable tree known for its enormous trunk and great age. It is the largest known example of the Sierra juniper, described as the world’s largest juniper species. The tree stands 24 metres tall and has…

Pope Leo XIV is scheduled for surgery to extract a lung nodule and is anticipated to recover within a week. Pope Leo XIV is preparing to undergo surgery to remove a localised nodule in his lung, which was detected at a very early stage. The procedure is the first reported medical event of his 17-month…

The property, located at 29-31 Eldridge Street, stands next to Manchester’s new Main Street library. A plan to demolish a historic house in Manchester, Connecticut, to make space for additional library parking has faced opposition from the state’s Historic Preservation Council. The town purchased the two-family property for $455,000 in June 2026, intending to replace…

Representative Image of The Macallan 1926 Fine & Rare whisky bottle displayed against an exclusive auction backdrop ( AI Generrated Image) On 9 October 2026, a bottle of The Macallan 1926 Fine & Rare whisky sold for £2,125,000 at auction, making it one of the most expensive bottles of whisky ever sold. The sale took…

When Francis Ford Coppola acquired the property in 1981, it was a disused hunting lodge In 1981, American filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola bought an abandoned hunting lodge in the forests of western Belize. The private retreat for his family later became Blancaneaux Lodge, a 20-room resort surrounded by pine forests, rivers and waterfalls. The property,…

The couple believed that a mistake made in a 1965 tax sale deed had changed the description of their property’s boundary (AI image) A couple in Michigan, United States, has lost a legal battle over a 50-foot-wide strip of land that they claimed belonged to their property because of an error in a deed dating…

Melinda French Gates and her daughters, Jennifer Gates Nassar and Phoebe Gates, joined other philanthropists in backing a $70 million initiative to improve women’s health and address gender-based violence. Launched in September 2025, the Women’s Health Co-Lab brought together donors through ICONIQ Impact and Co-Impact to support 22 organisations working on maternal healthcare, sexual and…