Wife of U Min Zin has urged Trump to raise her husband’s case with Xi. A US scholar who was invited to China for an academic event and later detained on national security charges has become the subject of a direct appeal to US President Donald Trump ahead of his meeting with Chinese President Xi … Read more
Australia tightens visa rules for international students. Australia has unveiled a major overhaul of its temporary migration system, with international students facing tighter rules on bringing family members, extending their stay and switching courses.The changes are particularly significant for students from countries such as India, for whom Australia has long been a major overseas education … Read more
Poland has sought a bigger allied military presence on NATO’s eastern flank since Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine. US President Donald Trump on Thursday said the United States was making progress towards establishing a permanent Army base in Poland, signalling a potentially significant expansion of the American military presence on NATO’s eastern flank.Trump attributed the … Read more
The 700-plus gold coins, found in a cornfield in Kentucky, date to between 1840 and 1863 (Source: GovMint.com) A Kentucky farmer working in his field has uncovered an extraordinary collection of Civil War-era coins. He found more than 800 gold and silver coins, which later sold for more than $3 million (£2.36 million) through private … Read more
Canadian activist Tamara Lich barred from international travel. Tamara Lich, one of the best-known leaders of Canada’s 2022 Freedom Convoy protests, has been barred from leaving the country after an Ontario judge rejected her request to travel internationally while serving her sentence.Lich had asked the court for permission to leave Canada for work-related reasons. The … Read more
Princess Diana’s brother claims Charles was ‘giddily elated’ after Diana’s death. Charles appeared “giddily elated like a lottery winner” when he spoke to Princess Diana’s brother shortly after her death in 1997, according to a new memoir by Diana’s younger brother, Charles Spencer. In an extract from his forthcoming book Swan Song: Diana, My Sister, … Read more
Pic credit: Chestnut Productions/Yuri Semenyuk for Sotheby’s International Realty The 1893 Renaissance Revival townhouse in Harlem’s historic Strivers’ Row, once home to Bob Dylan, has sold for $2.8 million after nearly a year on the market, according to a report by 6sqft. The four-storey residence at 265 West 139th Street closed at a price below … Read more
A private seven-acre island in Lake Erie once owned by former US President Rutherford B. Hayes has had a major price cut. The asking price for the property has dropped to $3.8 million from its original $5 million listing price. Mouse Island is located about 1,500 feet off the coast of the Catawba Island peninsula … Read more
One of the Tampa Bay area’s most expensive homes, once owned by former baseball star Derek Jeter, has become a puzzle. Derek Jeter’s estate at 58 Bahama Circle stands exactly as it did when Tom Brady and Gisele Bündchen vacated it five years ago, except now it is owned by a cryptocurrency trust and no … Read more
A Rhode Island pilot is demonstrating how fibreglass boat recycling could provide an alternative to sending old and derelict vessels to landfill. The programme shredded fibreglass hulls and sent the material to a cement manufacturer for use in cement production. According to a Rhode Island Marine Trade Association Foundation report, the pilot recycled 80 short … Read more