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Cowell had previously spoken against the dog meat industry (AP photo) British television personality and music producer Simon Cowell donated £25,000 to help an animal welfare charity close a dog meat farm in South Korea. The donation which happened in the year 2018, supported a rescue operation by Humane Society International (HSI), which was working…

A plump eastern diamondback rattlesnake turned a day of lawn work into a moment a Florida family will not forget. Paul Tremblay and his son Brandon stepped outside their Gulf Cove home in Charlotte County and found the venomous snake right in front of them. Their decision to call emergency officials rather than handle the…

Actor Pamela Anderson joined a star-studded fundraising dinner in New York City that raised more than $5 million for organisations working to end gender-based violence. The fifth annual Caring for Women Dinner, organised by the Kering Foundation, took place on September 10, 2026, at The Pool restaurant in Manhattan during New York Fashion Week. Co-hosted…

Image Credit: AI Generated A Chinese woman’s decision to buy nearly 200 parking spaces in a residential complex has turned an investment bet into a bitter dispute with her neighbours. Wu spent 14 million yuan, around US$2 million, on the spaces when demand was low, expecting the surrounding area to develop. As the neighbourhood grew…

A Delta Air Lines flight arriving from New York was evacuated. A Delta Air Lines flight arriving from New York was evacuated after landing at Israel’s Ben Gurion Airport on Tuesday following a bomb threat, Israeli media reported. Security officials searched the aircraft but found no suspicious items.Passengers were escorted from the Airbus A330 to…

After learning about the proposed sale, the Village of Luckey began considering acquiring the property itself. (AI photo) Two brothers in Ohio who bought an abandoned, flooded quarry for $330,000 in 2005 and spent 15 years improving it have been caught in a long legal dispute with the village where the property is located. Steve…

Beyonce marked her 45th birthday on September 4, 2026, with a $2 million gift to the Studio Museum in Harlem, supporting an institution dedicated to artists of African descent and the exploration of Black culture through art. Announced by her company, Parkwood Entertainment, the donation reflected her interest in art collecting and her appreciation for…

The identification tags were found among old military records at Beverly Veterans’ Services (Credit: CBS) A 104-year-old woman in Massachusetts has received her brother’s military identification tags 83 years after he died in a plane crash during World War II. Dorothy Stewart, who was 21 when her brother Bernard Parnell died in 1943, was reunited…

In 2019, Kanye West purchased a $14.495 million Wyoming ranch spanning 6,713 acres, adding a vast mountain estate to his growing property portfolio. Known as Bighorn Mountain Ranch, the sprawling retreat featured multiple log lodges, woodland cabins, heated helicopter landing pads and streams running through rugged canyons. Its appeal extended beyond luxury accommodation, with promotional…