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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…

PC: Journal of the California Native Plant Society, Fremontia California’s Stanislaus National Forest is home to the Bennett Juniper, a remarkable tree known for its enormous trunk and great age. It is the largest known example of the Sierra juniper, described as the world’s largest juniper species. The tree stands 24 metres tall and has…

Representative Image (AI-generated) As development puts pressure on agricultural land, keeping farms in production has become an important part of long-term land conservation. Ohio has taken another step in that direction, approving local sponsors to purchase agricultural easements on 58 family farms covering 5,165 acres across 36 counties. According to a report published by Ohio’s…

Pic credit: Platinum Luxury Auctions A 26-acre estate in Hopewell, New Jersey, is going up for auction on October 15, offering a rare opportunity to bid on a sprawling property without a set minimum price. The highest bidder can call it home, whatever the final price turns out to be. Pic credit: Platinum Luxury Auctions…

A six-year-old girl living beneath one of Europe’s most active volcanoes recently became the only pupil at a school that the Italian media is calling the smallest in Europe and where the bell hadn’t rung for the past 20 years. On September 10, 2026, Aysha went off to her first day of school in Ginostra,…

US President Donald Trump. US President Donald Trump is facing bipartisan criticism over his decision to allow Russian diesel into the US market, as rising fuel prices linked to the Iran war threaten to become a political liability for his Republican Party ahead of next month’s midterm elections.Trump announced on Friday that Russian President Vladimir…

Pope Leo XIV is scheduled for surgery to extract a lung nodule and is anticipated to recover within a week. Pope Leo XIV is preparing to undergo surgery to remove a localised nodule in his lung, which was detected at a very early stage. The procedure is the first reported medical event of his 17-month…

Photo credit: Stuart Walmsley/The Guardian When Susan Downes bought an old farmhouse in York, Western Australia, she had imagined a quiet life in the countryside, with a small garden to look after. Instead, she found herself the owner of a 200-hectare property, including a hill where old native trees had survived more than a century…

Nick Jonas. Images Credit: Wikipedia Access to affordable insulin remains a challenge for people living with diabetes in the US, particularly those who struggle with insurance coverage or the cost of prescriptions. Singer Nick Jonas, who was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at the age of 13, has helped address this problem through Beyond Type…

PC:  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Scientists exploring the deep sea have discovered unusual patterns of holes in seafloor sediment, but their origin remains unknown despite closer examination and sediment sampling. NOAA’s Voyage to the Ridge 2022 expedition observed the formations at depths of about 2,540 metres, with further sightings between 1,440 and 1,500 metres….