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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…

Farmers in western Victoria protest against the proposed VNI West transmission line. Image: ABC News. Twelve farming families in western Victoria, Australia, have been fined A$814 each for refusing to allow authorised officers onto their properties to conduct surveys for a proposed 480-kilometre electricity transmission line. The families say the project, known as Victoria to…

Riyadh, Dammam airports targeted amid Houthi attacks; 1 killed in fresh strike One person was killed and 11 others injured in a fresh attack on Riyadh’s international airport on Sunday, Saudi authorities said, a day after a strike claimed by Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi rebels killed 13 people and injured more than 300.Saudi-led coalition forces in…

In 2022, Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively donated $500,000 to Water First, a Canadian charity that works with Indigenous communities on water education and training. Four years later, the organisation marked a milestone: eight Indigenous trainees had graduated from a 15-month programme as certified water operators. The graduates completed more than 2,000 hours of hands-on…

Washington’s historic East Potomac Golf Links is facing another round of tree removals as the Trump administration weighs a potential overhaul of the century-old public golf course. According to reporting by The Washington Post and Axios, the National Park Service (NPS) has defended the clearing as maintenance, even as preservationists and park users question whether…

A Beverly Hills estate with ties to two Hollywood legends has returned to the luxury property market, offering a rare glimpse into the residential history of Old Hollywood. Built for horror-film icon Boris Karloff in 1941 and later owned by Academy Award-winning actor Gregory Peck, the property is now listed for $6.5 million by Robert…

A bitter family dispute over one of West Texas’s most historic ranches has taken an unexpected turn, with the heirs agreeing to divide the sprawling property rather than force a sale of the entire estate. The agreement involving the 65,000-acre Brite Ranch was reported by The Big Bend Sentinel on October 8, 2026, shortly before…

Photo credit: Mraz family farms/ Instagram When Jason Mraz bought a San Diego-area avocado grove in 2004, he was looking for a place to slow down and reconnect with nature. Two decades later, that retreat has grown into Mraz Family Farms, a 17-acre operation cultivating organic avocados, California-grown coffee and other specialty crops. The farm’s…

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani. New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani has called for an investigation into an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent’s shooting of a migrant in the Bronx and the New York Police Department’s response to the incident, while renewing his demand for the federal agency to end its operations in…

A recent drone strike by Ukraine has damaged a Yandex data centre in Vladimir, disrupting operations and causing service outages in taxi and banking sectors across multiple cities. (Pic Credit: Reuters) A Ukrainian drone strike damaged a data center operated by Russian technology major Yandex, forcing it to suspend operations, the company said on Sunday….