Quote of the day by Kate Middleton: “It is lonely at times and you do feel quite isolated. But actually…” – a lesson on motherhood and loneliness | World News

Quote of the day by Kate Middleton: “It is lonely at times and you do feel quite isolated. But actually…” – a lesson on motherhood and loneliness | World News

Quote of the day by Kate Middleton (AP photo) Kate Middleton’s words touch on a genuinely difficult side of motherhood that rarely gets talked about openly, feeling genuinely lonely even while surrounded by people who love you. “It is lonely at times, and you do feel quite isolated,” she said. “But actually, so many other…

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Blast near Kabul school injures around 50 children; UN condemns ‘heinous’ act

Blast near Kabul school injures around 50 children; UN condemns ‘heinous’ act

Hand grenade blast near school in Hazara neighbourhood of Dasht-e-Barchi injures at least 50, local media reports A hand grenade explosion near a school in Kabul’s predominantly Hazara neighbourhood of Dasht-e-Barchi injured several children on Monday afternoon, according to Afghan authorities and local media reports.Kabul police spokesman Khalid Zadran confirmed that “a number of children”…

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In 1999, a Texas couple bought 828 acres and discovered endangered whooping cranes, then protected 817 acres for the birds | World News

In 1999, a Texas couple bought 828 acres and discovered endangered whooping cranes, then protected 817 acres for the birds | World News

In 1999, Al and Diane Johnson thought they had finally found the place where they could build a home and settle down. They had bought 828 acres on Texas’ Lamar Peninsula, a broad stretch of marsh, grassland and live oak woodland near Rockport. Then they noticed two very large birds walking across their newly acquired…

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Ex-Cambridge scholar Nathan Cofnas who exposed Jason Arday plagiarism claims says he could be murdered after thousands rally at Trafalgar Square | World News

Ex-Cambridge scholar Nathan Cofnas who exposed Jason Arday plagiarism claims says he could be murdered after thousands rally at Trafalgar Square | World News

Nathan Cofnas (left), Jason Arday (right) Former Cambridge academic Nathan Cofnas says he fears for his safety in London after thousands gathered at Trafalgar Square on Monday for a vigil honouring former Cambridge professor Jason Arday. Arday, 41, died days after resigning from the university amid allegations of plagiarism and questions about his academic career….

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In 1989, Apple buried about 2,700 unsold Lisa computers in a Utah landfill after its ,000 machine failed; 37 years later, it remains one of the strangest product failures in the company’s history

In 1989, Apple buried about 2,700 unsold Lisa computers in a Utah landfill after its $10,000 machine failed; 37 years later, it remains one of the strangest product failures in the company’s history

Steve Jobs poses with Lisa computer (Getty images) Before the Macintosh became one of Apple’s defining products, the company had another computer that failed in the market. In September 1989, Apple took an unusual step with thousands of unsold Lisa computers. About 2,700 machines were buried at a landfill in Logan, Utah, bringing an end…

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California woman donates  million to 100 teachers, with each receiving a surprise ,161 check after learning they were underpaid in one of America’s wealthiest counties | World News

California woman donates $1 million to 100 teachers, with each receiving a surprise $9,161 check after learning they were underpaid in one of America’s wealthiest counties | World News

Image: KRON 4/ Youtube ​ A California woman has donated $1 million to 100 public school teachers after learning about low teacher pay and funding challenges in their district, giving each educator a surprise check worth $9,161.70. Marin County resident Maja Kristin made the donation to teachers in the Ross Valley School District, where educators…

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In 1973, Marjorie Merriweather Post left Mar-a-Lago to the US government hoping it would become a ‘Winter White House’; 44 years later, her vision came true

In 1973, Marjorie Merriweather Post left Mar-a-Lago to the US government hoping it would become a ‘Winter White House’; 44 years later, her vision came true

The property was built in the 1920s by wealthy heiress Marjorie Merriweather Post. (Library of congress photo) Mar-a-Lago has been at the centre of headlines in recent years because it’s US President Donald Trump’s Florida residence. But the Palm Beach property had already lived several lives before Trump became associated with it.The mansion was built…

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In 1867, Canterbury released 40 house sparrows to eat crop pests; within 15 years New Zealand was poisoning the birds and paying bounties after they began stripping grain crops

In 1867, Canterbury released 40 house sparrows to eat crop pests; within 15 years New Zealand was poisoning the birds and paying bounties after they began stripping grain crops

The Canterbury Acclimatisation Society liberated 40 sparrows in 1867. (Picture: Birds of the world) The house sparrow was brought to New Zealand in 1867 to help farmers deal with crop-eating insects, but the small bird soon became a problem of its own. Within a few years, while it grew in numbers, it also began damaging…

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James Dacombe: The Gen Z founder who left school at 17 and built a .3 billion AI chip company, becoming Europe’s youngest self-made billionaire at 25 | World News

James Dacombe: The Gen Z founder who left school at 17 and built a $3.3 billion AI chip company, becoming Europe’s youngest self-made billionaire at 25 | World News

At 25, British entrepreneur James Dacombe has joined a rare group of young founders whose fortunes have crossed the billion-dollar mark before most people have settled into a career. The North Yorkshire-born programmer left school at 17 to focus on CoMind, the brain-technology company he had started as a teenager, choosing a path far removed…

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