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Colorado researchers grew the world’s most expensive spice on rooftop solar panels; harvested twice the output and generated $60,000 in return while producing electricity

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Colorado researchers grew the world's most expensive spice on rooftop solar panels; harvested twice the output and generated $60,000 in return while producing electricity

There are no limits to what a well-planned project cannot achieve and researchers in Colorado have proven it right. They have managed to make a rooftop with solar panels produce electricity while also growing the world’s most expensive spice and generating extra income.Colorado State University researchers report that saffron, grown beneath solar panels rated at … Read more

Ukraine strikes Russian oil refinery, passenger train in overnight drone attacks; 2 dead

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Ukraine strikes Russian oil refinery, passenger train in overnight drone attacks; 2 dead

The Novoshakhtinsk oil refinery in Russia’s southern Rostov region was also damaged in the attacks. Two people were killed in separate Ukrainian drone attacks across Russia overnight, Russian officials said, as the strikes damaged an oil refinery, industrial sites and a passenger train.Russia’s defence ministry said its air defences destroyed 592 Ukrainian drones during the … Read more

Israel’s Netanyahu, at UN, calls accusations of genocide in Gaza as ‘the biggest lie of the century’

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Israel's Netanyahu, at UN, calls accusations of genocide in Gaza as 'the biggest lie of the century'

Allegations of Israeli genocide in Gaza are not only false but “the biggest lie of the century,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told world leaders Thursday in a defiant speech that asserted his nation’s right to wage war against Iran — and was not heard by scores of delegates who trooped out before he started speaking. … Read more

Melania Trump takes China’s first lady on a museum outing that’s watched for diplomacy and style

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Melania Trump takes China's first lady on a museum outing that's watched for diplomacy and style

WASHINGTON — Melania Trump and Peng Liyuan on Thursday toured one of the largest Asian art museums in the United States, celebrating cultural ties between the U.S. and China during a high-profile diplomatic visit to Washington. Melania Trump takes China’s first lady on a museum outing that’s watched for diplomacy and style Leaving their husbands … Read more

Why is Timothy Mellon cutting GOP Senate funding? Billionaire donor’s big move ahead of 2026 midterms

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Timothy Mellon has sharply reduced his Republican political giving ahead of the 2026 midterms. (X/@SaveUSAKitty)

Timothy Mellon84, has sharply cut his political donations ahead of the midterm elections, especially to Senate Republicans. Mellon is a reclusive billionaire from Wyoming and the grandson of Gilded Age industrialist Andrew Mellon. Timothy Mellon has sharply reduced his Republican political giving ahead of the 2026 midterms. (X/@SaveUSAKitty) As per reports, Mellon has not publicly … Read more

Hollywood stars among arrests in NY anti-Netanyahu protest

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Hollywood stars among arrests in NY anti-Netanyahu protest

Movie star Susan Sarandon and “Hacks” actress Hannah Einbinder were among people detained by police in New York as they moved in to break up a protest against Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday. Hollywood stars among arrests in NY anti-Netanyahu protest AFP footage shows NYPD officers cuffing “Thelma & Louise” star Sarandon at the demo in … Read more

Heavy rains hit Mexico as Hurricane Polo tracks offshore, expected to make landfall on Sunday night

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Heavy rains hit Mexico as Hurricane Polo tracks offshore, expected to make landfall on Sunday night

By Paolo Laudani Heavy rains hit Mexico as Hurricane Polo tracks offshore, expected to make landfall on Sunday night Sept 24 – Heavy surf and rain lashed southwestern Mexico as “extremely powerful” Hurricane Polo crawls northwest offshore the mainland, the US National Hurricane Center said in a bulletin on Thursday. With maximum sustained winds near … Read more

Guyana urges Venezuela at UN to respect ICJ’s ruling on Essequibo region

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Guyana urges Venezuela at UN to respect ICJ's ruling on Essequibo region

Guyanese President Irfaan Ali urged Venezuela before the UN General Assembly on Thursday to respect the International Court of Justice’s forthcoming decision over the Essequibo region, an oil-rich territory that Caracas has claimed for decades. Guyana urges Venezuela at UN to respect ICJ’s ruling on Essequibo region The territory, where oil was discovered in 2015, … Read more

Trump-Xi summit: Chinese reporters ‘clash’ with Secret Service before Xi Jinping’s White House welcome; video

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Chinese reporters clashed with Secret Service agents before Xi Jinping’s White House welcome as the Trump-Xi summit continued.. Photographer: Annabelle Gordon/CNP/Bloomberg (Bloomberg)

Chinese reporters pushed and shoved with US Secret Service agents outside the White House on September 24 as President Donald Trump prepared to welcome Chinese President Xi Jinping for a state visit. Chinese reporters clashed with Secret Service agents before Xi Jinping’s White House welcome as the Trump-Xi summit continued.. Photographer: Annabelle Gordon/CNP/Bloomberg (Bloomberg) Videos … Read more

Russian strikes kill eight in Ukraine, damage maternity clinic

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Russian strikes kill eight in Ukraine, damage maternity clinic

By Gleb Garanich and Valentyn Ogirenko Russian strikes kill eight in Ukraine, damage maternity clinic KYIV, Sept 24 – Russian drone and missile strikes on Ukraine’s capital Kyiv and its northeast killed eight people on Thursday in attacks that included a maternity hospital and a farm, officials said. Moscow has stepped up its air war … Read more