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Moroccan women once walked hours to collect water; now giant nets harvest drinking water from mountain fog | World News

Moroccan women once walked hours to collect water; now giant nets harvest drinking water from mountain fog | World News

Representative Image of engineered mesh capturing fog droplets on Mount Boutmezguida for water collection (AI-generated image) High on Mount Boutmezguida in southwest Morocco, more than 4,000 feet above sea level, rows of black mesh stand directly in the path of Atlantic fog rolling through the Anti-Atlas Mountains. As the fog passes through the mesh, tiny…

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Natalie Harp, Kristen Holmes and White House’s ‘your children will come across your disgusting question’ rebuke: Here’s what happened

Natalie Harp, Kristen Holmes and White House’s ‘your children will come across your disgusting question’ rebuke: Here’s what happened

CNN reporter Kristen Holmes (right) asked a question to President Donald Trump about Natalie Harp. Natalie Harp is a young assistant Donald Trump who is always seen by the side of the President. Harp is even called a human printer as she carries a printer to han out the president printouts of his emails and…

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In 1885, New Zealand released European hedgehogs as garden pest killers; 140 years later, DOC calls them a major threat to native wildlife and one can empty an endangered tern colony of nesting birds

In 1885, New Zealand released European hedgehogs as garden pest killers; 140 years later, DOC calls them a major threat to native wildlife and one can empty an endangered tern colony of nesting birds

European hedgehog (Image Credit: Canva) What was once seen as a useful garden helper in New Zealand has become an unexpected threat to some of the country’s most vulnerable wildlife. European hedgehogs were deliberately introduced to New Zealand in the 19th century, with acclimatisation societies releasing them in the hope that they would help control…

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In 1912, a Black couple bought California beachfront land and built a resort; the city seized it in the 1920s, and a century later their heirs got it back and sold it for nearly  million

In 1912, a Black couple bought California beachfront land and built a resort; the city seized it in the 1920s, and a century later their heirs got it back and sold it for nearly $20 million

Charles and Willa Bruce on their wedding day (Left) and Margie Johnson and John Pettigrew in Manhattan Beach in 1927 (Right) A prime piece of Southern California oceanfront property taken from a Black couple through eminent domain a century ago was formally returned to their descendants and then sold back to Los Angeles County for…

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British Gas customer claimed £300 for solar power but received £38,611.59 by mistake; she spent seven weeks trying to give it back

British Gas customer claimed £300 for solar power but received £38,611.59 by mistake; she spent seven weeks trying to give it back

British Gas paid a person £38,000 by mistake, and they can’t give it back A British Gas customer spent seven weeks asking the energy company to recover more than £38,000 that was mistakenly paid into her bank account, only to discover that customer service staff had no clear process for taking the money back. The…

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‘This right here is everything that’s wrong with H-1Bs’: Trump official knocks on the door of Pakistani event manager Mohammad Abbas accused of selling visas

‘This right here is everything that’s wrong with H-1Bs’: Trump official knocks on the door of Pakistani event manager Mohammad Abbas accused of selling visas

Sara Gonzales brought the DOL inspector general to a Texas office accused of selling H-1B visas and Green Card and showed him purported messages. Texas journalist Sara Gonzales brought Department of Labor Inspector General Anthony D’Esposito to the registered office of Mohammad Abbas in Texas, accusing him of selling H-1B visas and Green Cards. In…

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RANDOM MUSING | Who ‘killed’ Jason Arday? The absurd tragedy of Cambridge’s ‘youngest black professor’ | World News

RANDOM MUSING | Who ‘killed’ Jason Arday? The absurd tragedy of Cambridge’s ‘youngest black professor’ | World News

There is a saying among bibliophiles: Never judge a book by its movie. For true readers, nothing any director dreams up can ever match the cinema playing inside one’s head, to borrow a line from Anurag Kashyap’s greatest villain. Two rare adaptations that arguably hold their own against their source novels are Mario Puzo’s The…

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In 1934, an Arizona couple began married life in a roofless pueblo with snakes and scorpions. 11 years later, their story took an unexpected turn | World News

In 1934, an Arizona couple began married life in a roofless pueblo with snakes and scorpions. 11 years later, their story took an unexpected turn | World News

A honeymoon is usually associated with hotels, beaches or at least a room with four walls. For Sallie and Jim Brewer, it was something quite different. In 1934, the newly married Arizona couple arrived at Wupatki National Monument, where their temporary home was part of an ancient pueblo. The building had stood for centuries. Their…

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In 1919, German crews sank 52 warships at Scotland’s Scapa Flow; decades later their pre-nuclear steel became valuable for radiation-sensitive equipment

In 1919, German crews sank 52 warships at Scotland’s Scapa Flow; decades later their pre-nuclear steel became valuable for radiation-sensitive equipment

1st and 2nd Battleship Squadrons and small cruisers, German High Seas Fleet, Keil. Fifty-two Imperial German warships sank in the icy waters off Orkney in June 1919 after their crews deliberately scuttled them to prevent their capture. Decades later, steel recovered from those wrecks became a valuable material for modern science, medical imaging, and space…

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