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Representative Image of marbled ducks and their chicks thriving in a lush wetland with restored natural habitat (AI-generated image) Spain recorded 172 breeding females and 1,427 chicks in 2025, a marked improvement from the 20 breeding pairs recorded in the country in 2009. The figures follow years of conservation work focused on wetland restoration, captive…

Margot Robbie’s renovated Hollywood bungalow sold for $1.2 millionPhoto credit (L-R): ANI; Realtor.com Margot Robbie’s Hollywood Heights bungalow proves that a small home can still be a smart investment. The Australian actor bought the 945-square-foot, two-bedroom property from ‘Milk’ screenwriter Dustin Lance Black for $950,000 in February 2018, renovated it and offered it for rent…

A pastel painting by French artist Edgar Degas has become the centre of a prolonged legal dispute over a Jewish couple’s art collection looted by the Nazis in 1935. The work, titled Danseuses, belonged to Margret and Ludwig Kainer before it was seized and sold during the Nazi era. After passing through art dealers and…

Representative Image (AI-generated) A Missouri couple who bought land without road access secured a legal route through their neighbour’s property, but a dispute over who would own that road led to an appeal. On August 26, 2026, the Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, reversed a ruling that would have transferred ownership of the road…

A medal from one of English rugby’s most celebrated nights has changed hands for £54,000, while a pair of shorts associated with football icon Eric Cantona and other sporting keepsakes attracted collectors at an auction in England. The sale, held by sports memorabilia specialist Budds on October 13, featured 332 lots spanning rugby, football, cricket,…

Italy’s PM Giorgia Meloni introduces tougher protest laws, including teen detentions, parental liability for damage and up to five years in jail for rioters Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s government has approved tougher security measures targeting protest-related violence, including prison terms of up to five years, fines of up to €20,000 and financial liability for…

A hiking trip that nearly cost two people their lives became the beginning of a marriage for a Wisconsin couple, after Eva Broderick performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) twice on her boyfriend, Nick, following a lightning strike in August 2025. According to a report by Action News 5, published on October 18, 2026, the couple survived…

Representative Image (AI-generated) A Missouri trust dispute involving a $220,000 payment ended in a procedural setback for the recipient after an appeals court dismissed her challenge because she missed the filing deadline. In its October 20, 2026, ruling, the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, held that it lacked jurisdiction to consider Diane Longsdon’s appeal…

Chance the Rapper’s philanthropic work in Chicago extended beyond education, with his nonprofit organisation SocialWorks directing funding towards mental health services for communities that often struggle to access care. One of its beneficiaries was Under the Rainbow, a youth therapy programme run by Sinai Health System that works with children, adolescents and their families affected…