At a Paris auction, Claude Monet’s painting titled Iris fetched an astounding 50 million euros, setting a new record for artwork sold in France. (Pic Credit: Bloomberg.com) A monumental painting titled Iris by french impressionist artist Claude Monet sold for 50 million euros ($56 million), including buyer fees, at an auction in Paris on Thursday,…
An Australian poultry farmer is developing a system that could turn thousands of tonnes of chicken waste into electricity, fertiliser and natural food colouring, creating multiple products from a material that is commonly used as agricultural manure. Chris Freney, who operates a poultry farm in Toongabbie, in Victoria’s Gippsland region, has been exploring ways to…
Trina, a Labrador from Sweden, had found a missing teenager in Waikoloa just a month earlier. A 70-year-old man who went missing while hiking in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park was found by a three-year-old police Labrador named Trina on Monday. According to the Hawaii Police Department, authorities began searching for David Arai after he had…
Paul Walker founded a Haiti relief group in 2010; it helped 13,093 people in 2025 (Image Credit: Reach Out WorldWide) More than a decade after actor Paul Walker died, the disaster-relief organisation he founded continues to help communities affected by natural disasters. Reach Out WorldWide (ROWW), established in 2010 following the devastating earthquake in Haiti,…
A centuries-old archaeological puzzle at Westminster Abbey in London may finally be nearing a resolution, with new research suggesting that a skeleton discovered inside a Roman stone coffin belonged to a medieval abbot rather than the Roman-era man named on its inscription. According to an announcement by Westminster Abbey and reports by The Guardian and…
Photo credit: swimply.com When Rob Nachbar bought his Portland, Oregon, home in 2015, the backyard was little more than a patch of grass with a hot tub. By 2019, the grass was worn out, and an early redesign using pea gravel and flagstone made the space even less usable. Then the pandemic arrived, giving Nachbar…
Finnish watchmaker Kari Voutilainen’s limited-edition steel watch sells for $1.016 million at auction (Image Credit: Phillips) A rare stainless-steel watch by independent watchmaker Kari Voutilainen sold for $1.016 million at a Phillips auction in New York on October 9, 2026, substantially exceeding its highest estimate of $240,000. The timepiece, a Voutilainen 28Sport Limited Edition numbered…
Representative Image (AI generated) When a developer offered Charles Stevens C$16 million for Wilmot Orchards, the 164-acre fruit farm he helped build near Newcastle, Ontario, he had every reason to consider it. The property sits close to Highway 401 and Lake Ontario, in a rapidly growing part of the Greater Toronto Area where farmland is…
Zelenskyy says Ukraine needs better missiles as US pushes for peace deal with Russia Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said his differences with US President Donald Trump are “not about personalities”, warning that lifting sanctions against Russia would strengthen President Vladimir Putin and undermine efforts to end the war.In an interview with CNN in Kyiv…
A family in Granada Hills, California, has spent about $4,000 (£3,080) and more than 200 hours building a huge Jurassic Park display in their front yard. The attraction features 13-foot entrance gates and a timed dinosaur escape show that is free for the public to watch. Rob and Kel Warner turned their suburban property into…
