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A student-led movement supporting neurodivergent children and their families has grown into a global network across several continents, led by a high school senior in California. Nithya Ravuri, a student at Emerald High School in Dublin, California, founded Sevah Neuro to provide accessible resources, social connections, and community support for children with neurological differences. What…

Tidal water flowed back into the Nisqually River Delta for the first time in nearly a century after conservationists removed a large network of sea dikes, quickly reopening miles of historic estuary habitat for threatened Pacific salmon. In autumn 2009, workers removed 4.5 miles of earthen dikes built in the early 1900s to turn the…

US resumes diversity visa lottery after months-long pause. In a major relief for thousands of immigrants hoping to move to the US through the Diversity Visa programme, the State Department has resumed issuing Diversity Immigrant Visas after a court order ended a months-long pause. The State Department confirmed that it resumed Diversity Visa issuance on…

A British trekker has been found dead after disappearing during a descent from a mountain in northern Pakistan.Alexander Harris, 30, from Birmingham, had been descending Musa Ka Musala in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Saturday when he became separated from his hiking companion. His body was later found on a forest path, BBC reported.Khalid Iqbal, the area’s…

From $6.4 million to $48 million: Kevin Garnett’s former Malibu property gets a stunning new chapter. (Photo: Showtime/Simon Berlyn) NBA legend Kevin Garnett’s former Malibu property is back on the market for $48 million, more than two decades after he purchased the prime Pacific Coast Highway estate for $6.4 million. The sprawling property, which Garnett…

Rescuers help a migrant disembarking from a Spanish coast guard vessel at the port of Arguineguin, on the island of Gran Canaria, Spain (Picture credit: Reuters) At least five African migrants died after a boat carrying more than 100 people ran into trouble in the Atlantic Ocean while attempting to reach Spain’s Canary Islands, authorities…

An elderly San Francisco woman mailed checks to pay her bills An elderly woman in San Francisco lost $14,000 from her bank account after thieves stole cheque payments she mailed, changed the payment details, and cashed them. The case, reported by ABC7 News, showed a growing problem of mail theft and cheque washing across the…

North Korea formalises shift to ‘two hostile states,’ removes reunification from party charter North Korea has formally removed its goal of reunification with South Korea from the charter of its ruling Workers’ Party of Korea, while expanding leader Kim Jong-un’s authority and further erasing references to the legacy of his predecessors.The revised charter, released in…

Gloria Steinem, the celebrated author, journalist and activist who became one of the most prominent voices of the US women’s movement and a fierce advocate for gender equality, has died at the age of 92.Steinem died Wednesday at her home in New York City, according to posts on her and her foundation’s social media accounts.A…

Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov announced Moscow’s retaliatory move (File photo) All German cultural centres across Russia will be shut, foreign minister Sergei Lavrov announced on Thursday, a day after Berlin closed two Russian cultural centres in Germany.Berlin’s move came after it accused Moscow of involvement an attempted drone attack on a German airport last…