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Meet Vera Wang, the Hawaii high school senior who built a coconut-based ocean filter as a sophomore; two years later, she found fungi in coconut husks that can biodegrade plastic and sunscreen

Wang’s work, done in the lab of Anthony Amend at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, was recognized at the 2026 Hawaiʻi State Science & Engineering Fair What started as a high school project to clean polluted ocean water has turned into a promising scientific discovery. Hawaii’s Kaiser High School senior Vera Wang was the […]

Meet Abel Ariza: How being tipped €300 by Leonardo DiCaprio as a bellboy shaped his journey to CEO of the company | World News

Abel Ariza, the CEO of Singapore-based Everhaus Group, began his professional journey far from the boardroom. At the age of 23, he worked as a bellboy at the Ritz-Carlton Barcelona, managing luggage for some of the world’s most prominent figures, including Bill Clinton, Nelson Mandela, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Mariah Carey. While the role may have […]

2025 Nobel Prize in Literature for Beginners: Who is László Krasznahorkai? Meet Franz Kafka fan and his literary heir of despair | World News

The Nobel Prize in Literature 2025 has been awarded to Hungarian author László Krasznahorkai “for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art.”The Swedish Academy in Stockholm announced the prize on Thursday, praising him as a writer who “finds beauty in ruin and transcendence in decay.” […]

Two years since October 7: Hamas–Israel meet in Egypt for talks – last shot at peace?

Two years after the October 7, 2023 attacks that plunged Gaza into war, delegations from Hamas and Israel have begun indirect negotiations in Egypt’s resort town of Sharm el-Sheikh, a move that could shape the future of the conflict.The talks, mediated by Egypt and Qatar, are part of a US-led push to implement President Donald […]

Meet Alex Sunny, American woman going viral on TikTok for her intention to relocate to Afghanistan for husband she met on Snapchat

A TikTok account in the name of Alex Sunny claims to be a 26-year-old American woman who will be going to Afghanistan to live with her husband. Alex Sunny, a 26-year-old American truck driver, has suddenly become a viral sensation on TikTok for her long-distance love story, for which she now wants to relocate to […]

Meet Mira Trivedi, Indian-origin student in New Jersey who’s pushing her school to not call Hitler’s symbol ‘swastika’

Indian-origin New Jersey student Mira Trivedi said, “If we don’t protect our sacred symbols, then who will?” New Jersey’s Mira Trivedi grew up seeing the ‘swastika’ symbol used on every sacred occasion. When she was studying the Holocaust in eighth grade, her teacher referred to Hitler’s symbol as ‘swastika’. Trivedi said she always knew that […]

Meet Carol Ruckdeschel: 84-year-old ‘wildest woman in America’ who has been living on an island for the 53 years in order to preserve nature for the future

What would you do for the love of nature? Apparently, live on a remote island with no roads for 53 years, preserving it for the world. Every year, 84-year-old Carol Ruckdeschel walks along the beach on Cumberland Island, Georgia. Donning her white boots, hair in pigtail braids, she takes notes of her home in a […]

Meet Anil Menon: Indian-origin Nasa astronaut set to liftoff on first 8-month ISS mission today; here’s what he will do in space |

The International Space Station is about to welcome a new crew as Nasa astronaut Anil Menon prepares for his first journey into orbit. The mission is scheduled to lift off today, that is, 14 July 2026, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan aboard the Russian Soyuz MS-29 spacecraft, carrying Menon alongside Roscosmos cosmonauts Pyotr Dubrov […]

Meet the 300,000-year-old world’s smallest cat fossil found in China that surprised scientists | World News

Scientists in China just found something amazing. It’s the world’s smallest cat fossil found in China, and it belongs to a brand-new species of extinct leopard cat. This tiny cat was so small, it could fit right in your hand.Archaeologists have unearthed the tiniest known cat fossil at an ancient human site in eastern China, […]

Meet Victoria Gowramma: Indian princess who grew up inside Buckingham Palace and became the first royal to convert to Christianity, had Queen Victoria as her godmother | World News

The British imperial dream had far more consequences than just the expansion of the empire. It left many lives destroyed, kingdoms stolen and people homeless with nowhere to go. Among these was Chikka Veerarajendra, the last Raja of Kodagu (Coorg) who was deposed by the British on 24 April 1834 CE after losing the Coorg […]