World

Representational AI image A New York woman’s attempt to secure her daughter’s lifelong rights to a family property has ended in a court ruling nearly four decades after the original transfer. In 1987, Mary Mangiaracina transferred a property in Ridgewood, Queens, to another person but included a condition intended to protect her own right, as…

A modest painting purchased for just a few dozen dollars turned out to be a potentially life-changing discovery after spending years forgotten in a cupboard. The artwork, attributed to renowned British landscape painter John Constable, came back into the spotlight during a home renovation, eventually drawing attention from art experts and collectors. The discovery was…

Sri Lanka faced a significant power outage that affected the entire island for over three hours. (Pic Credit: I Stock) Sri Lanka suffered an islandwide power outage from around noon on Saturday, with the blackout continuing for more than three hours, power officials said.Water supplies, internet services and mobile connectivity were affected as authorities worked…

When novelist Stephen King and his wife, Tabitha King, pledged $3 million to renovate the Bangor Public Library in Maine in 2013, the donation came with a condition: the institution had to raise another $6 million. The challenge helped set a wider fundraising effort in motion, with the library meeting its $9 million target in…

Nine people were injured after a fire gutted a three-storey seaside resort in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, killing at least 10 people (Image credit: The Observer Lens’s X) At least 10 people were killed and nine injured after a fire broke out at a seaside resort in Bangladesh’s Cox’s Bazar district early Saturday, The Express Tribune…

Rocky Prestangen and Randy Stevenson (Photo: Institute for Justice, AI-enhanced image) A dispute over who should pay nearly $300,000 in legal expenses has brought a group of North Dakota ranchers and a natural gas pipeline company before the US Supreme Court. The ranchers had challenged the compensation offered for pipeline access across their properties and…

When entrepreneur Tope Awotona founded Calendly in 2013, he put his financial security on the line to solve a problem he had repeatedly encountered while working in sales: the frustrating back-and-forth involved in scheduling meetings. In an interview with How I Built This, Awotona said building the initial product was expected to cost a little…

Photo credit: The Plaza website New York City’s Plaza Hotel is preparing to close again, this time for a restoration of its landmark-protected facade. The hotel, which opened in 1907, will shut from January 2027 for at least four years while crews carry out repair and preservation work on the 119-year-old building. The Plaza said…

Peacekeeper Gate at McClellan Air Force Base in 1995 (Image Credit: Wikipedia) When McClellan Air Force Base closed in July 2001, the decision threatened thousands of jobs and raised concerns about the economic future of the surrounding Sacramento community. A quarter-century later, the former military installation has become McClellan Park, a business and industrial hub…

Iran faces mounting financial pressure as US officials report $25 billion in lost oil revenue, $350 million in crypto frozen and militias sending funds back to the IRGC Iran is facing mounting financial pressure after nine months of war, with a US naval blockade costing it $25 billion in lost oil revenue and $350 million…