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Jack Dorsey, San Francisco Sea Cliff neighbourhood (Canva) For most homebuyers, buying a house means years of saving and planning a future. For Jack Dorsey, Twitter’s co-founder, buying a multimillion-dollar home overlooking the Pacific Ocean was apparently only the beginning of a project.Back in February 2012, Dorsey paid a whopping $9.99 million for a modern…

A UK collector who paid just £20 for a box of comics at a car boot sale discovered years later that it contained dozens of exceptionally rare Superman editions. After remaining forgotten in his loft, 47 copies of the 1988 comic ‘This Island Bradman’ sold for a combined £63,440, including buyer’s fees, at an auction…

A five-year-old boy in Michigan has been recognised for his quick thinking after his grandmother collapsed during a medical emergency, prompting him to seek help while ensuring his three-year-old sister remained safe. The incident, reported by People and local news outlet WDIV-TV, took place in Cottrellville Township, where the young boy’s actions helped bring emergency…

A quiet road in southern Illinois has an unusual distinction: it disappears from the traffic map twice a year, leaving snakes, frogs and turtles to cross without the threat of passing cars. Known as Snake Road, the route runs through the Shawnee National Forest between LaRue Swamp and the LaRue-Pine Hills limestone bluffs. National Geographic’s…

US President Donald Trump says he “doesn’t trust anybody” in politics when asked about Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, while stopping short of committing to an endorsement ahead of Israel’s October 27 election US President Donald Trump said on Friday that he does not trust anyone in politics when asked whether he trusts Israeli Prime…

Iran has supplied weapons, money and training to the Houthis, formally known as Ansar Allah, for more than a decade. Tehran has denied arming the group in violation of a United Nations arms embargo. Houthi rebels in Yemen are becoming less dependent on Iranian weapons after years of training and technical assistance from Tehran. This…

Zelenskyy has vowed to resume strikes on Russian oil refineries after Moscow continued attacking Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, despite pressure from Trump to halt attacks Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said Kyiv will resume strikes on Russian oil refineries after Moscow targeted Kyiv infrastructure, declaring an end to its pause on energy attacks despite pressure from…

A destroyed supermarket following a Russian drone hit in Odesa region KYIV: Ukraine attacked a Russian oil refinery Thursday, abandoning a brief truce involving energy-related targets that it said Moscow did not heed, as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he felt betrayed by US President Trump. The drone strike started a fire at the refinery…

The restrictions followed the hijacking incident on Sept 30 JERUSALEM: Israeli transportation ministry’s Aviation Security Operations Centre has reportedly issued new directives that say pilots and cabin crew operating flights into Israeli airspace must not hold the nationality, or dual nationality, of countries that lack official diplomatic relations with Israel.The move comes after a hijacking…

Its services gave Israeli spyware firm and other surveillance companies access to ad platforms run by Google, Comcast, Yandex and others Israeli digital advertising agency Discover-Tech used a sprawling network of online ads to identify and track internet users and help hack their devices, Canadian cyber watchdog Citizen Lab and New York advertising security firm…