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A British man left his £180,000 estate to a diabetes charity in a will written on a frozen fish box and a mince pie packet; the High Court later ruled it was valid | World News

A British man’s handwritten will, drafted on the cardboard packaging of a frozen fish box and a mince pie packet, has been ruled valid by the High Court, clearing the way for a diabetes charity to inherit his estate worth approximately £180,000. Malcolm Roy Chenery, who lived in York, England, recorded his final wishes on…

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NHAI to use desilted river material for road projects in Bihar, says transport minister Gadkari | India News

The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has embarked on an innovative project to leverage materials from Bihar’s rivers for highway development The national highways authority of India (NHAI) will use sand and other materials excavated from rivers and water bodies in Bihar for highway construction, union road transport minister Nitin Gadkari said after the…

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A Wisconsin father gave his son a stake in the family car dealership, but a feud over ownership and company money lasted more than a decade; an appeals court upheld $321,330 in civil-theft damages against the son

Representative Image (AI-generated) A family business can become the centre of a bitter dispute when questions over ownership, financial decisions and control begin to divide relatives. In Wisconsin, a disagreement between a father and son over a family-owned car dealership continued for more than a decade, eventually leading to multiple lawsuits, allegations of misuse of…

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Maldives opposition’s possible presidential pick Abdulla Shahid held in child abuse case

Shahid served as the Maldives’ foreign affairs minister between 2018 and 2023 under former president Ibrahim Mohamed Solih. During this period, he also became one of the country’s most recognisable faces in international diplomacy. Former Maldives foreign affairs minister Abdulla Shahid, was arrested on suspicion of sexually abusing a minor, the Maldives Police said on…

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‘Calibrated non-kinetic measures’: How Indian Navy foiled Somali pirates, rescued 20 | India News

The Indian Navy described the successful rescue as evidence of its operational preparedness and ability to undertake complex maritime security missions through coordination between the armed forces. NEW DELHI: The Indian Navy rescued all 20 crew members of a hijacked fishing vessel after carrying out a coordinated operation lasting more than 48 hours off the…

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An Australian couple tore out 40 acres of grapevines from their Riverland property in 2022 and replanted it with native bush; four generations of their family have helped, and the threatened regent parrot is returning

An Australian couple who once managed a vineyard in South Australia’s Riverland region have taken an unusual route after leaving the wine industry: restoring their land to its natural state. Their decision has helped create a potential refuge for the threatened regent parrot, a native Australian bird whose population has suffered from habitat loss. As…

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In 2017, a couple moved to a remote outback station in New South Wales, fenced off 4,000 hectares and cleared it of rabbits, cats, foxes; 10 years later, bilbies, bandicoots, bettongs, gone for over 100 years, are back and breeding

What began as an ambitious conservation experiment in one of Australia’s most isolated landscapes has grown into a remarkable wildlife recovery effort. Nearly a decade after moving to a remote station in north-western New South Wales, ecologists Rebecca West and Reece Pedler are witnessing the return of native mammals that had disappeared from the region…

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Unhappy with Sunetra Pawar and her son Parth, six NCP biggies meet Amit Shah | India News

Union home minister Amit Shah met senior NCP leaders at his residence amid growing concerns over internal differences in the party following Ajit Pawar’s death NEW DELHI/MUMBAI/PUNE: With BJP concerned over organisational discord within NCP, home minister Amit Shah late Sunday met senior functionaries believed to be unhappy with party president Sunetra Pawar and her…

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