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In the dry, rolling hills of Sherman County, Oregon, farming continues alongside huge green energy projects. For one local wheat-growing family, having wind turbines on their land has changed their yearly finances without stopping their traditional harvest. According to a report by The Oregonian/OregonLive, Kevin McCullough and his wife, Kathryn McCullough, grow wheat on land…

New visa rules in Australia starting from October 2, 2026. Australia unveiled its new visa rules effective from October 2, 2026 which will put a stop to “permanently temporary migration” and will also crack down on visa agents and immigration lawyers who are selling “false hope” to foreigners about how they can continue to live…

Australia began experimenting with railway sleepers made from recycled plastic in 2015, turning material that might otherwise have gone to landfill into a component designed to sit beneath railway tracks. Developed by Integrated Recycling with researchers at Monash University’s Institute of Railway Technology, the Duratrack sleeper is made from about 85% post-consumer plastic waste, including…

Donald Trump Jr says Vice President JD Vance is absolutely right about H-1B visa program. Vice President JD Vance has once again spoken out against H-1B visa abuse and asserted that he is in support of eliminating the program completely. And this time Donald Trump Jr threw his weight behind JD Vance, indicating how serious…

AJ Scaramucci, founder of Solari Capital (Image: Solari) For years, Silicon Valley investor AJ Scaramucci quietly assembled an unusual collection of comics, trading cards and even dinosaur bones. Now he argues these objects belong alongside gold and bitcoin as serious alternative assets. Scaramucci founded Solari Capital, a venture firm that has just emerged from stealth…

Michigan’s Soo Locks project has reached 50% completion in its final construction phase, according to the US Army Corps of Engineers. On Tuesday, Sept. 29, it confirmed that the $3.219 billion project remains on track to be completed by 2030.This marks a significant milestone for the project, which kicked off in 2020. The 50% figure…

Norway’s rapidly retreating mountain ice has revealed 48 prehistoric arrows, including one estimated to be between 5,000 and 6,000 years old, as archaeologists race to recover artefacts before exposure to air and sunlight causes them to deteriorate. The discoveries were made during a three-week field expedition in the Jotunheimen mountains, where researchers have been studying…

William Benjamin “Ben” Bobo was a quiet San Francisco resident who spent years walking his golden retriever, Chad, around Alta Plaza Park near his home. Few people who saw the pair there could have known that Bobo would eventually leave millions of dollars to the city’s parks. When he died in August 2023 at the…

Jordan’s Ferrari 550 Maranello outside his former home in Illinois. Image Credit: JOOPITER Michael Jordan’s 1997 Ferrari 550 Maranello has resurfaced after spending nearly 24 years out of public view. Jordan sold the red Ferrari through an Illinois dealership in December 2002, after driving it during the final championship years of his Chicago Bulls career….