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Houthis exempt Mecca, Medina airports from tit-for-tat retaliation as Riyadh vows revenge

Houthis exempt Mecca, Medina airports from tit-for-tat retaliation as Riyadh vows revenge

Smoke and flames rise from King Khalid Airport, Houthi attack (Photo: Reuters). The Houthis on Sunday renewed their warning against the use of Saudi airspace by airlines, companies and travellers with the exception of Mecca and Medina airports.The warning has been issued to all shipping companies, airlines, experts, employees, workers, and travellers, Houthi spokesperson Yahya…

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Colorado veteran Cano Espinoza began covering his home with discarded hubcaps, cans, screen doors and scrap metal in 1980; more than four decades later, Cano’s Castle remains a well-known roadside attraction in Antonito

Colorado veteran Cano Espinoza began covering his home with discarded hubcaps, cans, screen doors and scrap metal in 1980; more than four decades later, Cano’s Castle remains a well-known roadside attraction in Antonito

The castle had stood in their neighbourhood for years, becoming part of the town’s identity. In the small town of Antonito in southern Colorado, United States, a house made from discarded beer cans, hubcaps, screen doors and scrap metal became a well-known roadside attraction. According to The Denver Gazette, called Cano’s Castle, the structure was…

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Dartmouth College: In 2024, Glenn and Barbara Britt left Dartmouth at least 0 million; the gift nearly doubled its zero-parent-contribution income threshold from ,000 to 5,000 and expanded Tuck scholarships

Dartmouth College: In 2024, Glenn and Barbara Britt left Dartmouth at least $150 million; the gift nearly doubled its zero-parent-contribution income threshold from $65,000 to $125,000 and expanded Tuck scholarships

The donation also marked an important development for Dartmouth’s Tuck School of Business, where Glenn Britt completed his MBA in 1972. In March 2024, Dartmouth College in the United States announced that it would receive more than $150 million from the estates of former Time Warner Cable CEO Glenn Britt and his wife, Barbara Britt….

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A 0 million gift from Stephen and Denise Adams made Yale School of Music tuition-free; for 2026-27, admitted students receive a full-tuition award worth ,000 plus a school fellowship

A $100 million gift from Stephen and Denise Adams made Yale School of Music tuition-free; for 2026-27, admitted students receive a full-tuition award worth $42,000 plus a school fellowship

Apart from helping students financially, the couple’s contributions supported improvements to Yale’s music facilities Students admitted to the Yale School of Music in the United States receive a full-tuition award and a fellowship, thanks to a $100 million donation made by Stephen Adams and his wife, Denise Adams, in 2005. The contribution allowed the school…

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UC San Diego biologists identified the genetic switch that gave butterflies an extra light-detecting cell in their eyes, expanding their colour vision beyond imagination

The researchers found that butterflies did not redesign their entire visual system. Instead, they effectively duplicated one component of the existing arrangement, adding a second R7 photoreceptor to each eye unit. A butterfly’s world is not simply brighter or more colourful than ours. It is built from a richer visual vocabulary, one shaped by an…

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A washing-machine-sized NASA supported spacecraft will approach four defunct satellites and rocket bodies, testing technology that could one day help repair spacecraft or remove orbital debris

A washing-machine-sized NASA supported spacecraft will approach four defunct satellites and rocket bodies, testing technology that could one day help repair spacecraft or remove orbital debris

Otter will travel to within hundreds of yards of each object and examine it without making physical contac A spacecraft about the size of a washing machine is preparing to approach objects that are no longer working in Earth’s orbit. The mission, supported by NASA, will test whether a spacecraft can independently navigate towards inactive…

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In 1967, an Australian man built a house from thousands of discarded glass bottles; nearly 60 years later, the unusual Lightning Ridge building survives as a mining museum and tourist attraction

In 1967, an Australian man built a house from thousands of discarded glass bottles; nearly 60 years later, the unusual Lightning Ridge building survives as a mining museum and tourist attraction

The Bottle House was built in 1967 and remains one of the distinctive landmarks in Lightning Ridge. Thousands of discarded glass bottles became the building material for an unusual house in the Australian outback in 1967. Nearly six decades later, the structure still stands in Lightning Ridge, New South Wales, where it serves as a…

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Meet T’Emi Oshin, the 20-year-old Wayne State student who scored 1590 on the SAT and became the university’s first Obama-Chesky Voyager Scholar; she is also being honoured for youth advocacy and public-health work

Oshin’s commitment to advocacy began during her school years in Midland. As a junior at H.H. Dow High School, she founded the Black Student Alliance after conversations with fellow Black students revealed a need for greater connection and a safe space to discuss their experiences. For T’Emi Oshin, medicine was never simply about what happens…

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A 70-year-old woman swam 20 miles across California’s Catalina Channel after her brother received a kidney transplant; she raised over €15,000 | World News

A 70-year-old woman swam 20 miles across California’s Catalina Channel after her brother received a kidney transplant; she raised over €15,000 | World News

PC: Irish Kidney Association Maura Twomey, a 70-year-old former primary school teacher who lives in Boston, crossed California’s Catalina Channel on 17 August in an unofficial time of 15 hours, 45 minutes and 23 seconds, pending ratification. She became the oldest person to complete the crossing and earned the Triple Crown of Open Water Swimming….

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