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Mount Trashmore Park (Image Credit: Wikipedia) In Virginia Beach, one of the city’s most recognisable parks began with something most communities would rather hide: a mountain of garbage. According to the City of Virginia Beach, a 640,000-ton pile of garbage was converted into a 60-foot-high hill that became Mount Trashmore Park. What had once been…

Bamberger Ranch PreservePhoto credit: https://www.bambergerranch.org Back in 1969, R. C. Bamberger made a bold move that left many locals scratching their heads. The co-founder of Church’s Fried Chicken bought 3,000 acres of badly damaged land in the Texas Hill Country, stepping into a landscape ruined by generations of heavy cattle grazing. The topsoil was washed…

Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Donald Trump (File photo) Israel has conveyed “serious security concerns” to the White House over the proposed disarmament deal with Hamas, an Israeli official said, in some of the first public comments from Israel since US President Donald Trump announced the agreement.According to Doror Spielman, a spokesperson for…

Iran threatens action over oil routes if neighbouring countries supporting US in upping economic pressure on Tehran Iran’s new top security chief has warned neighbouring countries against joining Washington’s campaign to squeeze Tehran’s economy, threatening retaliation and saying their interests could become targets.Mohsen Rezaei, the newly appointed head of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council said…

Candace Owens and Erika Kirk (Image via Getty Images) A fresh wave of legal speculation is building around Candace Owens after Myron Gaines predicted that Erika Kirk and Turning Point USA could eventually pursue a costly defamation case against the conservative commentator. Gaines did not claim a lawsuit has been filed. Instead, he argued that…

Photo credit: Canva (Representative image) When the federal government stepped in to buy the Stewart family’s 890-acre ranch in 1974, most people assumed a century of family cattle operations had reached its end. The acquisition was part of a major initiative to build out California’s Point Reyes National Seashore, setting up an obvious conflict between…

Flock CEO defends his AI surveillance tool and says privacy can’t be the only priority; it’s about safety also. Amid intense backlash over Flock surveillance cameras across America, Flock CEO Garrett Langeley told Fox News that privacy is not the only priority. “I think these are important conversations to have,” he told Saturday in America…

Swedish police probe whether sword attack suspect was linked to online communities promoting school violence; one student killed STOCKHOLM: Swedish police are investigating whether an 18-year-old man who attacked students at a high school with a sword on Friday, killing one, was involved in online communities promoting school violence, a police source said. The attacker…

A 32-metre Dutch sailing ship is reviving wind-powered cargo transport, carrying rum, coffee and cocoa across the Atlantic with no engine Gliding into the port of Amsterdam under full sail with a cargo of 40 tonnes of Caribbean rum, coffee and cocoa, the twin-masted Tres Hombres looks like something from the heyday of 17th-century piracy.But…

Dr Ranjith Ramasamy, a former Miami doctor, denied sexual assualt allegations and said he voluntarily returned from Dubai to clear his name. Dr Ranjith Ramasamy, an award-winning urologist who was arrested last week at Miami International Airport on charges of sexually assaulting his students, said he never sexually assaulted anyone. Ramasamy also said that he…