Israeli air strikes killed seven people in the ancient Lebanese city of Tyre, despite Donald Trump’s announcement of a ceasefire
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A government ethics report reveals US President Donald Trump executed stock trades worth up to $750 million in 2026, including purchases in companies he publicly promoted. Al Jazeera’s @eltahan_yasmeen explains.
Members of the billionaire Glazer family have been debating whether to sell their stake in Manchester United after decades of ownership often blighted by fan protests
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Born in 1871 without arms or legs, Prince Randian, famously known as “The Human Caterpillar”, showed the world that the human spirit cannot be limited by the body.
Diagnosed with Tetra-Amelia Syndrome, he entered life with a condition that would have broken most people. Instead, Randian turned adversity into mastery. Using only his mouth and shoulders, he learned to shave, roll his own cigarettes, write legibly, and even create paintings.
In the 1932 cult classic Freaks, he delivered one of the most unforgettable moments in film history — calmly rolling and lighting a cigarette on camera with nothing but his lips and sheer willpower. No tricks, no assistance. Just pure skill.
Randian was never a figure of pity. He was a living symbol of resilience. He married, raised a family, toured the world as a performer, and inspired countless people to question their own limitations.
Prince Randian didn’t just survive: he thrived. He proved that true strength isn’t measured by muscle or limbs, but by unbreakable will and determination.
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I feel sorry for this generation that feeds solely on what is generated by this lying and guesing machine. LOL
WORLD NEWS: China has launched the world's first commercial-scale, offshore wind-powered underwater data center off the coast of Shanghai. The facility uses naturally cold seawater to absorb server heat
Professor Omar Yaghi, a chemist at the University of California, Berkeley and winner of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, has developed an innovative atmospheric water generator capable of producing up to 1,000 liters of clean drinking water per day directly from dry air.
Using reticular chemistry and advanced metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), the system efficiently captures moisture even in arid desert conditions with very low humidity. The compact, shipping-container-sized units developed by Yaghi’s company, Atoco, operate entirely off-grid using only ultra-low-grade ambient thermal energy or sunlight, requiring no electricity from the grid.
This sustainable technology offers a promising alternative to energy-intensive desalination plants, which often harm marine ecosystems through brine discharge. It is particularly valuable for remote communities, drought-prone regions, and areas affected by natural disasters such as hurricanes in the Caribbean, where centralized water infrastructure may fail.
Yaghi’s personal experience growing up with water scarcity in a refugee community in Jordan has deeply influenced his work. He advocates for scaling decentralized, resilient solutions to address the global water crisis through scientific innovation.
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In an attempt to solve overcrowding in Paris prisons in 1719, France offered freedom to prisoners under the condition that they marry prostitutes and relocate with them to Louisiana, now in the United States of America.
The newly married couples were then chained together and taken to the port of embarkation to Louisiana where they were offered land and provisions. #HistoryVille