World In 1927, Henry Ford took over a stretch of the Amazon rainforest to build an American town inside it; in 1945 he was forced to sell it for $250,000 September 19, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Imagine a Midwestern town with a swimming pool, a golf course and a movie theatre located in the middle of the Amazon rainforest, several hundred kilometres upriver from anything resembling…
World In 1984, Johnny Carson bought a 4-acre Malibu estate for about $9.5 million; decades later, subsequent owners asked $81.5 million before the property finally sold for $40 million after major price cuts September 19, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com In 1984, Johnny Carson bought a 4-acre Malibu estate for about $9.5 million – Image credit: MARY E. NICHOLS Johnny Carson’s former Malibu estate has had a remarkable journey through…
World ‘He’s paying him back’: Trump defends Russian oligarch funding his son’s Bahamas wedding September 19, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com File photo: US President Donald Trump US President Donald Trump on Friday defended a Russian oligarch’s role in funding celebrations around his son Donald Trump Jr’s wedding in the Bahamas,…
World Flights at Luxembourg airport on hold after drone activity forces shutdown September 19, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Drone sightings disrupt airports. (Representative image) Luxembourg Airport suspended all arrivals and departures on Friday after unauthorised drone activity was detected near and over the airport, disrupting flight operations.The airport,…
World California kept 2,060 coastal acres closed to the public as a buffer around Diablo Canyon nuclear plant; after plans for luxury homes, a $42 million deal will turn the land into trails, campsites and protected coastline September 19, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com The conservation plan comes as the future of the Diablo Canyon nuclear plant remains under discussion For decades, 2,060 acres of California’s Central Coast remained closed to the public as…
World In 1998, Alaska miner Barry Clay was pushing dirt with a bulldozer near Ruby when he uncovered a 294.1-ounce gold nugget; 23 years later, the state’s largest recorded nugget sold for $750,000 September 19, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Alaska miner Barry Clay was pushing dirt with a bulldozer near Ruby when he uncovered a 294.1-ounce gold nugget (Image Credit: Heritage Auctions) One push of a bulldozer turned an…
World Retired wind turbines are being transformed into tiny solar-powered houses and recycled skis by a Swedish company September 19, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com As much as wind turbines are important, once their blades are decommissioned, all that’s left for them is to live in landfills for years. Europe is on track for a…
World In 2024, Narelle Zanker turned her 4,000-acre family dairy farm into a classroom; 2 years later, her Dairy Adventures had welcomed 1,200+ visitors and won the 2026 Rural Women’s Award September 19, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Photo: dairyadventures/ Instagram In 2024, Narelle Zanker turned her 4,000-acre family dairy farm near Mannum into a living classroom where visitors could bottle-feed calves, watch milking in action and learn…
World A Georgia city moved a pre-Civil War house out of the way of a hotel project instead of demolishing it; after a $500,000 relocation and restoration, it is becoming a coffee shop September 19, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com The nearly $500,000 relocation and restoration effort has preserved the pre-Civil War structure, which is now being prepared as a new location for Bizarre Coffee (Image Credit: Facebook/ @Save Acworth…
World ‘Treated on floor, verandah’: Dhaka hospitals struggle to find space for dengue patients September 19, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Patients infected with dengue receive treatment at a hospital in Dhaka A sharp rise in dengue cases is putting hospitals in Dhaka under severe pressure. Over 747 new patients were…
