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Kentucky golf course shut after low turnout is becoming a 225-acre park, 70% greenspace

A Kentucky county closed its 225-acre Fox Run Golf Course after it averaged just 9,000 to 10,000 rounds annually. Now, the former golf property is being transformed into a major public park featuring trails, climbing areas, biking facilities, water features and family spaces. Around 70% of the site will remain preserved as natural greenspace for future generations.

In 1957, Georgia artist Eddie Owens Martin began transforming his inherited farmhouse and seven acres

Eddie Owens Martin, an innovative and unconventional artist, dedicated nearly three decades to transforming his land in Georgia into the vibrant, visionary art space known as Pasaquan. He intricately combined various cultural elements through his painted totems and impressive masonry. After years of exposure and deterioration, the Kohler Foundation intervened with a major restoration, breathing ne...

Iran, Oman discuss temporary shipping lane through Strait of Hormuz

Omani FM hopes the two countries will 'soon announce' a joint temporary transit corridor through the Strait of Hormuz.

Foreign students must make an official request for authorization: ICE issues new memo as colleges pause CPT program; American students will also have to complete training

In 1903, rabbits were released on Hawaii’s Laysan Island as a food source; within a decade...

German immigrant Max Schlemmer introduced rabbits to Laysan Island in 1903 for business and entertainment. These rabbits rapidly consumed vegetation, leading to the extinction of three unique landbird species. President Theodore Roosevelt established the Hawaiian Islands Bird Reservation to protect the remaining wildlife. Federal authorities later removed Schlemmer and eradicated the invasive r...

More than 1,300 people arrested by ICE in Virginia and Maryland

More than 1,300 people were arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers in Virginia and Maryland.

Fire at Russian gas chemical complex leaves 6 Chinese dead, 9 more missing

Six Chinese nationals were killed and nine ‌more are missing after a fire broke out at a gas chemical complex in Russia’s far eastern Amur region, the plant said on Wednesday. A total of seven people died and 152 people were treated for injuries, including 36 ⁠who were rushed to hospitals, the plant said on the Telegram ‌messaging app on Wednesday. The fire, which broke out on Tuesday, was extingu...

Fire at Russian gas chemical complex leaves 6 Chinese dead, 9 missing

Six Chinese nationals were killed and nine ‌more are missing after a fire broke out at a gas chemical complex in Russia’s far eastern Amur region, the plant said on Wednesday. A total of seven people died and 152 people were treated for injuries, including 36 ⁠who were rushed to hospitals, the plant said on the Telegram ‌messaging app on Wednesday. The fire, which broke out on Tuesday, was extingu...

Chinese among 3 dead in fire at Russian gas chemical complex

Three people, including two Chinese citizens, died in a fire on Tuesday at a petrochemical site in Russia’s far eastern Amur region, the company announced. More than 100 others were wounded as a result of the blaze at the remote Amur Gas Chemical Complex, a joint venture between Russia’s Sibur and the China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec). “The deaths of three people … two citizens of t...

Industrial fire kills 3, including 2 Chinese citizens, in Russia’s far east

Three people, including two Chinese citizens, died in a fire on Tuesday at a petrochemical site in Russia’s far eastern Amur region, the company announced. More than 100 others were wounded as a result of the blaze at the remote Amur Gas Chemical Complex, a joint venture between Russia’s Sibur and the China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec). “The deaths of three people … two citizens of t...

Celebrity tributes pour in for Dolly Parton: ‘a gift to the world’

Lily Tomlin, Jamie Lee Curtis, Bernie Sanders and Kacey Musgraves are among those remembering the queen of country after she died aged 80Alexis Petridis on Dolly Parton’s peerless career which turned country music cliches inside outDolly Parton – a life in picturesCountry music legend Dolly Parton dies aged 80 – latest updatesTributes have poured in for Dolly Parton, a country singer and actor, af...

Mass arrests in global crackdown on West African cyber-crime networks

The operation included the arrest of 39 people in South Africa for romance and investment scams.

At least 306 people infected with salmonella in Belgium in outbreak linked to eggs

Salmonella are a group of bacteria that can cause a gastrointestinal illness called salmonellosis. Symptoms of infection often include diarrhoea, a fever and abdominal cramps.

Two unvaccinated people die of measles in US state of Pennsylvania

Experts warn that declining vaccination rates have opened the door for resurgence of disease once largely eradicated.

Israeli forces block Palestinian American Lou Ridi from walking on his land

Israeli forces told Palestinian American Lou Ridi he cannot walk on his own land in Qusra, while settlers roam freely.

India police clash with protesters a month after Gen Z demonstrations

Police used water cannons and batons as a few thousand protesters broke through security barricades in Bihar's capital.

Canada announces up to 50% retaliatory tariffs on hundreds of US goods including steel, fish, cheese and paper – live

Move by Canada comes after US president spent morning railing against the country, calling it the ‘most difficult’ nation he deals withCanada announces retaliatory tariffs on wide range of US goodsSign up for the US Breaking News emailOn Truth Social, however, the president shot down assertions that the US talks with Canada collapsed in part due a proposed trade deal that would have weakened Frenc...

Tributes pour in after country music legend Dolly Parton dies aged 80: ‘Thank you, Lord, for Dolly’ – latest updates

Reba McEntire, Kacey Musgraves, Donald Trump and others mourn the country music star’s deathDolly Parton dies aged 80A life in picturesParton’s peerless career turned country music cliches inside outShare your tributes and memories of Dolly PartonOur picture editors have collated Dolly Parton’s life in pictures:In the UK, top radio presenter Jo Whiley introduced her BBC Radio 2 evening show by pla...

Kurdish-led forces in Syria dissolve after merging with army

Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) commander campaigns for Kurdish language preservation after decade fighting ISIL.

Kurdish-led forces in Syria dissolve after merging with the army

SDF commander campaigns for Kurdish language preservation after decade fighting the Islamic State.

Asian shipper pays record US$5.3 million for Panama Canal access

A shipper needing to transit the Panama Canal bid a record US$5.3 million to secure its spot, according to people familiar with the matter. South Korea-based SK Gas Ltd agreed to pay the sum to travel the canal on September 1, said the people, who could not be identified as the information was confidential. The fee, determined through an auction run by the canal authority this week, breaks the pre...

Taiwan charges nine people for smuggling ‘high-end’ AI servers to China

Among those charged are two Super Micro employees and one from Nvidia, marking another flashpoint in US-China AI rivalryTaiwanese prosecutors charged nine people Monday, including one from Nvidia and two from Super Micro, for illegally exporting “high-end AI servers” to mainland China, adding another wave of turbulence in the AI ​​rivalry between China and the United States.Prosecutors said the se...

Israeli protesters block aid trucks from reaching Gaza

Israeli protesters block aid trucks from reaching Gaza

Video: Israeli forces raid UN training centre and raise Israeli flag

Itamar Ben-Gvir celebrated after Israeli forces raided a UN-operated facility in occupied East Jerusalem.

Syrian Kurdish leader announces SDF dissolution after its integration into army

Mazloum Abdi, the commander-in-chief of the Syrian Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on Tuesday announced the dissolution of the group in a televised speech from the presidential palace in Damascus. The dissolution followed the integration of SDF fighters into the Syrian military, said Abdi, and represented a major victory for Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa.