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On the edge of the outback in far western New South Wales, a cluster of silver dishes once turned toward the sun, capturing light in a place where the grid had never reached. In 1981, Australia’s first solar power station began operating at remote White Cliffs, using 14 parabolic dishes to generate electricity for a…

At 14, James Taylor has already made a name for himself on the international football freestyle circuit. The teenager from Penarth, Vale of Glamorgan, recently finished third at the NextGen World Football Freestyle Championships in the Netherlands, adding another achievement to a remarkable record-breaking run. BBC Wales reported on his latest podium finish, while Italian…

The 22-year-old is the face of Spanish fashion brand Desigual’s Fall 2026 campaign, “Born to Disobey”. Elon Musk’s estranged daughter Vivian Wilson has taken aim at artificial intelligence in a new fashion campaign. The 22-year-old is the face of Spanish fashion brand Desigual’s Fall 2026 campaign, “Born to Disobey”, in which she takes control of…

Rocky Fernandez’s life took an unexpected turn when a car crash left the Army veteran paralysed, forcing him to rebuild plans that had once seemed straightforward. Recovery brought hospital stays, rehabilitation and medical setbacks, but his ambitions did not disappear. As reported by the US Department of Veterans Affairs, with support from the Houston VA…

In 2017, Parks Canada released 16 plains bison into Banff National Park, beginning a carefully monitored effort to restore the animals to a landscape where they had been absent for more than a century. The herd was initially kept in a soft-release pasture before being allowed to roam across a 1,200-square-kilometre reintroduction zone in 2018….

President Donald Trump talks with reporters after an emergency inflatable slide deployed on Air Force One before before Trump arrived to board at Joint Base Andrews, Md., Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) US President Donald Trump’s flight to Dallas was briefly delayed on Wednesday after an emergency inflatable slide deployed from Air Force…

When Wild Ken Hill, a coastal farm in Norfolk, began transforming 500 acres of poor, marginal farmland in 2019, the aim was to let nature recover with as little intervention as possible. Three years later, a repeat vegetation survey found that the average number of plant species in open parts of the rewilding area had…