World leaders launch fund to save forests, get first $5 bn

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Brazil’s President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva speaks during a roundtable with leaders (Image credits: AP) BELEM: World leaders attending a climate summit in Brazil launched a fund Thursday to save the world’s forests, quickly raking in over $5 billion in pledges to reward tropical countries for not chopping down trees.The initial government commitments still […]

India could generate 11 million tonnes of solar waste by 2047: Study

Image used for representational purposes only. File | Photo Credit: Rao G.N. India is projected to generate about 11 million tonnes of solar waste by 2047, largely from crystalline-silicon modules, according to two studies published on Thursday (November 6, 2025). Managing this waste would require nearly 300 recycling plants across the country and an investment […]

Billionaire Jeff Yass donates $100 million to the University of Austin as the school moves toward a tuition-free model

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University of Austin gets $100M from Jeff Yass to offer tuition-free degrees Students considering the University of Austin, a young private school founded by critics of mainstream higher education, are now being promised something many college applicants only dream about: a bachelor’s degree without tuition costs, permanently.Billionaire trader Jeff Yass has committed $100 million to […]

Human biomass movement 40x greater than all land animals combined

Humans move longer average distances of around 30 km per day, most of it on motorised vehicles. | Photo Credit: Dhruv Bhatt/Unsplash A medium-sized, grey bird that weighs just 100 g travels from pole to pole each year, covering 90,000 km back and forth. Thus the Arctic tern, with its distinct forked tail, undertakes the […]

The haunting legacy of native American boarding schools: Carlisle and the struggle for truth

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The United States’ history of Native American boarding schools reveals a painful intersection of education, assimilation, and cultural erasure. These institutions, run jointly by the federal government and Christian denominations, sought not only to educate Indigenous children but to systematically strip them of their languages, traditions, and identities. In recent weeks, the exhumation and repatriation […]