World At 20, a college student became mayor of an Iowa town with just 144 people; she may be America’s youngest mayor | World News September 16, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Eva Fipps. Image Credit: KMTV 3 News Now Eva Fipps stepped into local government at an age when many people are still deciding what they want to study or do…
World A struggling father spent his own money on a stranger’s birthday card; the gesture later raised more than $200,000 for his family | World News September 16, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com In April 2026, content creator Zachery Dereniowski, known online as MDMotivator, sat outside a grocery store in Austin, Texas, with a birthday cake and a blindfold, waiting to see who…
World Australian scientists have created a cyborg cockroach that could locate victims and save lives in disaster zones September 16, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Small robots and drones have come far from their original aims of creation. From hospitality service to spiritual guidance and even disaster response, they are being deployed in numerous fields.…
World In 2008, scientists removed invasive rats from Alaska’s Hawadax Island; 11 years later, seabirds returned and the kelp ecosystem recovered | World News September 16, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Alaska’s Hawadax Island, once known as Rat Island, offers one of conservation’s clearest success stories. Invasive Norway rats, accidentally introduced by 18th-century shipwrecks and wartime shipping traffic, wiped out nesting…
World From Mecca’s red line to the ‘Gate of Tears’: How US-Iran war is closing in on MBS September 16, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Saudi Arabia calls Mecca attack a ‘red line’ as Houthis dismiss it as ‘worn-out lie’ Saudi Arabia‘s air defences intercepted and destroyed a Houthi drone just south of Mecca on…
World US warns citizens to ‘reconsider travel’ to Saudi Arabia amid Houthi attacks, issues Level 3 advisory September 16, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Yemen’s Houthi rebels march during a mobilization campaign in Sanaa, Yemen. (AP Photo) The United States has advised its citizens to reconsider travel to Saudi Arabia amid renewed security threats…
World A Washington couple claims they spent nearly $300,000 to build a home on their family land; after years of permits and studies, the state demands they surrender 44 acres before construction can begin September 16, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com In 2021, Tyler Chambers, 59, purchased 66 acres in rural Chelan County, Washington, with his wife, Wendy, planning to construct a home. The land they bought seemed perfect: it was…
World A teenager who survived childhood cancer started collecting LEGO for the hospital that treated him; his drive has now donated 573 mini-figures and raised $2,575 September 16, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Sometimes a small act of kindness goes so far that it touches your heart for an entire lifetime. Alexander Ackled-Dold still remembers the little things when he was receiving treatment…
World A Utah restoration project treated 3,873 acres by thinning forests, removing juniper and repairing wetlands; during a 33,000-acre wildfire, earlier treated areas helped slow its spread September 16, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Along Utah’s scenic Mirror Lake Highway, a large restoration project is showing why forest management is about more than planting trees or clearing brush. The recently completed Upper Provo Stewardship…
World In 2008, volunteers began turning 6.25 acres of Illinois cornfield into prairie; 15 years later, 134 of 192 planted species remained | World News September 16, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com PC: Wing-Chi Poon/ Wikipedia A prairie planted on a former cornfield in Illinois has shown how a carefully planned restoration can develop over time. At Nachusa Grasslands, a 6.25-acre field…
