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The Duke of Cornwall will sell 20% of his vast estate holdings to generate approximately $669 million for affordable housing construction and environmental restoration projects. The initiative could create 12,000 housing units by 2040, with one-third designated as affordable.
Decades-old tidal gates near Mackay are being dismantled to allow salt water back into coastal lands, reviving native habitats and bringing juvenile barramundi to waterways once blocked from the sea. Ranchers, Indigenous groups, and conservation organizations are collaborating on the restoration effort.
A fintech platform called Unvault uses artificial intelligence to appraise jewelry and allow owners to monitor its value in real-time as precious metal prices fluctuate. With gold prices more than doubling since 2023, family heirlooms may be worth substantially more than owners realize.
In India's far-eastern state of Nagaland, local communities have shifted from hunting to protecting mainland Asia's largest tortoise species. The transformation represents a remarkable conservation success story in one of the region's most remote borderlands.
On this day in 1911, Canada established the world's first national park department, five years before the United States created its own. Today, Parks Canada manages 48 national parks, 172 historic sites, and 181,000 square miles of the country's most significant natural and cultural landscapes.
The British singer-songwriter opens up about her daily rituals, overcoming burnout, and the importance of focusing on what you can control. Parks discusses her creative process, personal growth, and what motivates her to be a positive force in the world.
Archaeologists in Luxor have unsealed a burial chamber untouched for more than 2,600 years, revealing 22 coffins and 8 mummies belonging to female temple singers who performed sacred songs for the deity Amun. The discovery includes sealed jars that may contain organic remains, offering researchers an unprecedented glimpse into ancient Egyptian religious life.
A 400-year-old oak tree from a small Lithuanian village has captured the hearts of voters across Europe, claiming first place in the European Tree of the Year competition and breaking Poland's four-year dominance in the prestigious contest.
After decades of postponement through two marriages, four children, and a career as a nurse practitioner, Dawn Zuidgeest-Craft graduated from St. James School of Medicine at 72, becoming the school's oldest graduate. Now 73, she begins her medical residency, proving that some dreams simply wait for the right moment.
High-quality reproductions of works by Monet, Picasso, Turner and Van Gogh are being displayed in public spaces across the country as part of a three-year initiative to make art more accessible to local communities.
An off-duty British police sergeant intervened in a life-threatening assault on a Nashville officer along Interstate 440, tackling a suspect who had already fired the officer's weapon. The dramatic rescue occurred just minutes after the visiting sergeant arrived in the city.
In an emotional commencement address at North Carolina State University, Anil Kochhar announced he and his wife would pay off the final year of student loans for all 202 graduates of the Wilson College of Textiles, honoring his father's legacy as an immigrant student who studied at the same institution decades ago.
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