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American entrepreneur Jason Lee Beckwith buys abandoned Spanish village Salto de Castro for €310,000 and plans to revive its 44 homes, church, school and bar | World News

American entrepreneur Jason Lee Beckwith buys abandoned Spanish village Salto de Castro for €310,000 and plans to revive its 44 homes, church, school and bar | World News

​Image(s): Left/Instagram/jasonbeckwith1/Right/Óscar F. Civieta Picture an entire village standing silent above a river, its houses empty, its school without pupils and its bar without customers. Now picture an American couple walking through it and deciding to bring it back to life. That is the story of Salto de Castro, a settlement in western Spain that…

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In 2019, Emma Watson helped launch a free workplace harassment advice line; seven years later, women in England and Wales can still use the service for specialist help with their legal rights

In 2019, Emma Watson helped launch a free workplace harassment advice line; seven years later, women in England and Wales can still use the service for specialist help with their legal rights

Speaking at the launch, Watson welcomed the initiative but expressed concern that such a service had not been available earlier British actor and activist Emma Watson has helped support the launch of a free legal advice service for women facing sexual harassment at work in England and Wales. The service, introduced by the charity Rights…

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For 11 years, Danielle Steel quietly funded a San Francisco homeless outreach team; four trucks carried food, clothing and sleeping bags on rounds designed to support 300 people at a time

For 11 years, Danielle Steel quietly funded a San Francisco homeless outreach team; four trucks carried food, clothing and sleeping bags on rounds designed to support 300 people at a time

Photo: Danielle Steel / Instagram For 11 years, bestselling author Danielle Steel quietly funded an outreach operation that brought practical supplies directly to people experiencing homelessness in San Francisco. Every three weeks, a 12-person team set out in four trucks carrying warm clothing, rain gear, sleeping bags, tarps, hygiene products and packaged food that did…

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Frank Lloyd Wright’s only built planetarium stopped functioning in 2004 and saw limited use for more than two decades; after a multiphase restoration, the 1960 space has reopened to the public

The reopened planetarium will offer public programmes four days a week, with shows scheduled on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays, informs the online report. Six programmes will rotate through the calendar, covering subjects ranging from the solar system and Mars exploration to exoplanets and the search for life beyond Earth. For more than two decades,…

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Democrats aim to elect 100 women to House as party eyes control of Congress in US midterms

Democrats aim to elect 100 women to House as party eyes control of Congress in US midterms

Democratic Party is aiming for a historic milestone: electing at least 100 women to the House of Representatives. As Democrats look to wrest control of Congress from Republicans in the November midterm elections, the party is also aiming for a historic milestone: electing at least 100 women to the House of Representatives.With women candidates contesting…

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Zelenskyy sounds alarm as Russia hits Ukraine’s energy sites despite Trump’s ceasefire announcement

Zelenskyy sounds alarm as Russia hits Ukraine’s energy sites despite Trump’s ceasefire announcement

(Source: Kharkiv prosecutor’s office): An explosion from a Russian strike, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday accused Russia of continuing to attack Ukraine’s energy facilities despite US President Donald Trump’s announcement about energy infrastructure ceasefire between Moscow and Kyiv. Zelenskyy said Russian strikes had hit a power plant…

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Poland deploys 20,000 cops in schools, inspects 80k educational institutions amid rising youth violence

Poland deploys 20,000 cops in schools, inspects 80k educational institutions amid rising youth violence

Ambulances stand outside a TEB Edukacja post-secondary school building following a knife attack on Minska Street in Warsaw, Poland, October 10, 2026. Around 20,000 police officers are being deployed to schools across Poland on Monday after Prime Minister Donald Tusk pledged to tackle what he described as growing violence among young people.The deployment aims to…

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In 2009, Hugh Jackman met an Ethiopian coffee farmer who inspired a business; his Laughing Man Foundation later supported safer homes, healthcare and college scholarships for farming families

In 2009, Hugh Jackman met an Ethiopian coffee farmer who inspired a business; his Laughing Man Foundation later supported safer homes, healthcare and college scholarships for farming families

A meeting in Ethiopia in 2009 changed how actor Hugh Jackman viewed coffee, inspiring him to launch Laughing Man Coffee and support farming communities through healthcare, housing, education and livelihood programmes. In 2009, Hollywood actor Hugh Jackman travelled to Ethiopia with humanitarian organisation World Vision and met a 27-year-old coffee farmer named Dukale, whose determination…

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