September 2026

Jeffrey Skoll. Image Credit: Skoll World Forum Jeff Skoll, eBay‘s first full-time employee and president, played a crucial role in building the company before leaving after its 1998 public offering. He helped turn an online auction business into one of the defining technology companies of the internet boom, then chose a different path from the…

Videos from the aftermath were also circulated online showing people moving through thick smoke and scattered debris as they searched for survivors. Some victims were reportedly trapped beneath collapsed structures. A celebration turned tragedy in Mexico killed at least 10 people while leaving 64 injured after pyrotechnic material exploded during a religious festival in Temascalcingo…

‘Britain’s Yellowstone’: restoration project aims to take the greed out of land acquisition A nature restoration company has bought 7,500 acres of Northumbrian moorland for £8.5 million, starting a large rewilding project that aims to eventually hand the land to a charity or local community once investors have been repaid. The purchase of Emblehope Moor…