The last Saarc summit was held in 2014 in Nepal. In remarks likely to ruffle feathers in India, Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu called for an early convening of the Saarc summit during his visit to Pakistan, saying Male is ready to work with other member-states to make the summit happen.The summit, which was to take…
Extreme adventurer Ash Dykes has given his supporters a reason to worry after his team went more than 16 hours without hearing from him during a demanding journey through the Congo Basin. The 35-year-old Welsh explorer is travelling hundreds of miles through remote waterways, where weak signals and failing equipment can make communication difficult. His…
A relative of the late Subway co-founder and philanthropist Peter Buck has bought a prominent Danbury warehouse that had remained in another local family for three generations. The buyer, using the company name Swampfield LLC, purchased the former Dandy Foods property on Mill Plain Road for $6.75 million in March 2025 and plans to invest…
A family-owned ranch on Lake Palestine in East Texas is set to become a new state park, following the purchase of 650 acres by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation. The October 2026 acquisition, reported by The Texas Tribune and supported by announcements from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation and the Texas Parks and…
Cincinnati’s historic Terrace Plaza Hotel has been vacant since 2008, but a $160 million plan to bring the 1948 landmark back to life is now facing a new obstacle. After two years of asbestos and mould removal, the redevelopment is being held up by a dispute over the building’s property tax valuation. The case involves…
Representative Image (AI-generated) A cancer diagnosis can change a life in an instant, but in Rwanda, access to treatment was once so limited that many patients had little chance of survival. A centre established in 2012 helped change that reality, bringing cancer treatment, medical training and research to a country where specialist care was scarce….
A 140-year-old townhouse at 238 West 74th Street on Manhattan’s Upper West Side is on the market for $10.45 million. The asking price follows a $1 million price cut, according to a report by Realtor.com. The house spans approximately 6,460 square feet across five levels. It has six bedrooms and six-and-a-half bathrooms, according to the…
Promised Land State ParkPhoto credit: Google street view Promised Land State Park in Pennsylvania is now a forested retreat of lakes, trails and campgrounds, but little more than a century ago the land was almost bare. Between 1902 and 1904, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania bought the fire-damaged, heavily logged property for between 18 cents and…
Photo credit: Agnews Gallery A $30 estate-sale purchase in Massachusetts has turned into one of the most remarkable art discoveries of recent years. The small, unframed drawing, bought by an anonymous man in 2017, has been identified by leading scholars as an original work by German Renaissance master Albrecht Dürer. Now titled ‘The Virgin and…
Scientists studying Antarctica’s towering ice cliffs have found that glaciers can retreat faster than existing models predict without triggering the catastrophic, self-sustaining collapse some researchers have feared. The findings, reported by MIT News and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI), offer new observational evidence that could help refine projections of future sea-level rise. Published in…
