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☆ A Monkey Is on the Run in the Scottish Highlands
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-30 | by ( Isabella Kwai | More About Isabella Kwai | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Was it a longing for freedom, for friends or for snacks that pushed the monkey to make his daring getaway? He has evaded the hands of animal keepers who have been chasing him since Sunday, when he escaped from an enclosure in the Highland Wildlife Park in Kingussie, Scotland, and fled into the Scottish highlands. Park officials have brought in thermal drones to help them search for the animal and have asked residents to report sightings. The monkey’s life on the lam has brought a whirlwind of media attention to the relatively remote communities of Kingussie and Kincraig (combined population: about 1,500 humans). Amused residents, who have given the animal the nickname “Kingussie Kong,” have found themselves invested in its fate, and journalists have followed animal keepers as they have swept the hills.

Persons: Kingussie Organizations: Wildlife Locations: Kingussie, Scotland, Scottish, Kingussie Kong

☆ They fell in love on vacation but went their separate ways. Four years later, she sent him an email: ‘Remember me?’
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-26 | by ( Francesca Street | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +23 min

Long distanceAfter Dan visited Gabriella in Italy, Gabriella visited Dan in the US. Gabriella Vagnoli and Dan WatlingA couple of months later, Gabriella planned a trip to the US to visit Dan in Chicago. But despite being tired from the flight, Gabriella felt immediately welcomed by Dan’s family. Gabriella Vagnoli and Dan WatlingToday, Gabriella and Dan live in Seattle with their two teenage kids. While a love of adventure unites them, Gabriella and Dan insist they’re quite different in many other ways.

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☆ I traveled a lot in my 20s, but solo travel is the best now that I'm in my 30s
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-26 | by ( Hayley Domin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

I did a lot of solo travel in my 20s but I like it even better in my 30s. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . Friends would come and go, and at the time, I thought this was how travel was supposed to be. I've since realized some of the best evenings come from staying in with good friends. The people I met in hostels were friends I'd drink with — we felt no need to talk about feelings or real-life problems.

Persons: I've, —, Hayley Domin I've, Hayley Domin, I'm, that's Organizations: Service, Scottish Highlands Locations: Croatian

☆ Scotland’s oldest tartan, found in a peat bog, has been recreated and is now available to buy
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-22 | by ( Amy Woodyatt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

London CNN —Textile designers and tartan experts have banded together to recreate the oldest piece of Scottish tartan for modern production, allowing fans of the famed plaid to wear a piece of history. Using carbon dating, scientists discovered that the “Glen Affric” fabric, uncovered in a peat bog in the Highlands during forestry work and donated to the Scottish Tartans Authority in the 1980s, dated back to around 1500-1600. The "Glen Affric" tartan dates from 1500-1600. Alan Richardson/House of Edgar/V&A/PAThis, they said, makes it the oldest “true tartan” specimen in Scotland. Now, the pattern has been recreated for the modern wardrobe by tartan fabric creator and weaver House of Edgar.

Persons: Alan Richardson, Edgar, Peter Eslea MacDonald, ” MacDonald, ”, Emma Wilkinson Organizations: London CNN —, Scottish Tartans Authority, CNN Locations: Highlands, Scotland

And then on Sunday, Dunlap will attempt to become the first amateur to win on the PGA Tour in 33 years. “The hole looked like a funnel.”Only seven amateurs have won on the PGA Tour since 1945, and only four since 1950. Burns shot a steady 65 on the Stadium Course to stay in contention after taking the lead with his career-low 61 on Friday. Dunlap shot a bogey-free 65 on the Stadium on Friday for the highest score of his three impressive rounds. Just hit one good shot at a time, and try to stack ’em and give myself a lot of good looks."

Persons: Nick Dunlap's, Dunlap, Sam Burns, Justin Thomas, Patrick Cantlay's, Cantlay, ” Dunlap, Phil Mickelson, Burns, Thomas, It’s, Didn't, ” Thomas, he's, I've, “ Nick, he’s, ” Burns, “ He’s, Tiger Woods, Bob Hope, Jordan Spieth, Africa's Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Xander Schauffele, Scottie Scheffler, ___ Organizations: PGA, University of Alabama, The American Express, La Quinta Country Club, Tucson, Arizona State, Crimson Tide, LSU, Crimson, Tiger, U.S . Amateur, U.S . Junior, American, FedEx, John Deere Locations: QUINTA, Calif, Palm Springs, Highlands, Alabama

☆ Climate Change Made Their Homes Unsafe. Who Pays for Their Move?
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-05 | by ( Nicholas Bariyo | Photographs Badru Katumba For The Wall Street Journal | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

BUDUDA, Uganda—On a steep slope dense with coffee and banana plants, farmer Irene Muyama starts each day by carefully checking a 5-inch-wide crack that recently appeared on a path her children take on their way to school. She has packed the family’s meager belongings into a pile of handwoven baskets, preparing to move to a new, safer home. The fertile highlands of Mount Elgon, an extinct volcano straddling Uganda’s border with Kenya, have become too dangerous for people to live and farm on, the Ugandan government says. The mountain has long produced some of the world’s finest Arabica beans for U.S. brands like Starbucks and Blue Bottle Coffee. But a series of deadly landslides that climate scientists say were caused by extreme changes in local rainfall patterns have thrust this mountain—and the people who live here—to the center of one of the most divisive battles in international climate negotiations.

Persons: Irene Muyama, Mount Elgon Locations: BUDUDA, Uganda, Mount, Kenya

These are just a few of the ways that public health has been impacted and compounded by climate change - a focus for the first time ever at the annual U.N. climate summit COP28. Here's how climate change is harming people's health across the world today, and what countries might expect in the future. Floods in Pakistan last year, for example, led to a 400%increase in malaria cases in the country, the report said. MURKY WATERSStorms and flooding wrought by climate change are allowing other infectious water-borne diseases to proliferate as well. Diarrhoea, too, receives a boost from climate change, with increasingly erratic rainfall - resulting in either wet or dry conditions - yielding a higher risk, research has found.

Persons: Alexandros Avramidis, Martin Edlund, Gloria Dickie, Alexander Cornwall, Katy Daigle, Diane Craft Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, World Health Organization, WHO, Nature Medicine, American Thoracic Society, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Evros, Greece, West Nile, Brazil, Bangladesh, Pakistan, Africa, United States

☆ Eagle-eyed buyer made over $120,000 after discovering old Range Rover probably belonged to Queen Elizabeth II
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-18 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

A Range Rover was sold for $165,000 after evidence emerged that it probably belonged to Queen Elizabeth II. AdvertisementA 2004 Range Rover with suspected ties to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has shattered auction records, selling for $165,000. The auction's outcome was more than double the pre-sale estimate of £60,000, or $75,000 — 10 times the usual price for a second-hand Range Rover that old. AdvertisementBefore the video's discovery, the only original ownership information was a letter from Jaguar Land Rover, which builds the Ranger Rover, identifying warranty recalls in July 2004 at a Land Rover dealer in London's high-end Mayfair district and one in Aberdeen, Scotland. Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, spent 16 years designing his own hearse: a modified Land Rover.

Persons: Queen Elizabeth II, Historics Auctioneers, —, HRH Prince Phillip, The Duke, Edinburgh, Tim Graham, Historics, Historics Auctioneers Rob Hubbard, Duke, Prince Philip , Duke of Edinburgh Organizations: Service, Rover, Jaguar, Land Rover, Scottish Highlands, Windsor Horse, Royal Windsor Horse, Getty, Vehicle, Epsom, Rovers Locations: Birmingham, Mayfair, Aberdeen, Scotland, Balmoral, Scottish, Windsor , England, Epsom Green, Windsor

☆ Sub-Saharan Africa just hit 100 World Heritage Sites. UNESCO says that’s not enough
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-16 | by ( Tom Page | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

At the 45th session of the World Heritage Committee in September, UNESCO announced five new locations had joined the list of World Heritage Sites, taking sub-Saharan Africa’s total over 100 for the first time. Rwanda’s first two World Heritage Sites were named among 42 new entries worldwide. Vegetation in Rwasenkoko, Nyungwe National Park, one or Rwanda's two new UNESCO World Heritage Sites. CNLG/Courtesy UNESCOThere are currently 1,199 World Heritage sites, benefitting from the conservation agreements and tourism that come with that status. One is that some nations were slow to ratify the 1972 World Heritage convention, allowing them to submit applications for World Heritage status.

Persons: CNN —, Rwanda’s, Bale, Vande weghe, Lazare Eloundou Assomo, There’s, ”, Eloundou Assomo, –, Yonas, Assomo, “ It’s Organizations: CNN, World Heritage Committee, UNESCO, Heritage, World, Getty, “, World Heritage Fund Locations: Nyamata, Eastern, Odzala, Republic of Congo, Saharan Africa, Africa, Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Equatorial Guinea, Eswatini, Guinea, Bissau, Liberia, Sao Tome, Principe , Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Rwasenkoko, Gisozi, Rwanda, Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia, Republic of the Congo, Cameroon, Uganda, Buganda, Kasubi, Kampala, Ethiopia, Bissagos

Drumnadrochit, Scotland CNN —It’s not the volume of water in Loch Ness that impresses, although that’s substantial. The "surgeon's photographs" of 1934 are the most famous images of the Loch Ness Monster -- although they were later exposed as a hoax. “It’s a really bizarre extended family of Loch Ness enthusiasts,” says McKenna, his love for the project glowing in every word. But, says McKenna, “Loch Ness is so fascinating that it can cause these mirages. Until then, the Loch Ness Exploration group meets monthly on the loch and is free and open to everyone — believers, sceptics and agnostics alike: details are on the public Facebook page.

Persons: Scotland CNN — It’s, ”, Alan McKenna, Jeff J Mitchell, you’ve, you’ll, Loch, it’ll, Hugh Gray, Aldie McKay, Saint Columba, Aleister Crowley’s, Jimmy Page, Adrian Shine, Rasputin, Santa, He’s, McKenna, Steve Feltham, who’s, “, Alistair Matheson, Aldie, We’re, Loch Ness, Russell Cheyne, Matheson, we’ve, Andy Buchanan Organizations: CNN, Scotland CNN, Edinburgh, Getty, Loch, Keystone, “, Reuters, Pacific . Locations: Drumnadrochit, Scotland, Loch Ness, guesthouses, Isle, Skye, Boleskine, Santa Claus, Edinburgh, Loch, ”, Pacific, AFP

☆ As Chinese Tastes Change, Farmers Everywhere Rip Up and Replant
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-10 | by ( Jon Emont | Trang Bui | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

EA YONG, Vietnam—In the verdant highlands of central Vietnam, warehouses the size of airplane hangars dominate small farming towns, bristling with mounds of tropical fruit. The bounty is destined for a colossal market: China. Farmers are felling coffee trees traditionally grown in this cool hilly region to plant spiky durians, pungent fruits that have become wildly popular in China. They are reaping the windfall to buy new irrigation systems, pay off loans and build shiny marble facades to their homes.

Persons: EA YONG, Vietnam — Organizations: EA, Farmers Locations: Vietnam, China

☆ A Pocket Full of Pumpkin Flavor
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Christina Morales | More About Christina Morales | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

On Thanksgiving, the Houston restaurateur Sylvia Casares serves at least three dozen for dessert at her family celebrations. The recipe is from her grandmother Sarita Casares, who was born and raised in the late 1800s in the border town Reynosa, Mexico. Ms. Casares has tweaked the formula, sprinkling cinnamon sugar on top to give the empanadas a sheen. “During Thanksgiving, I’ll have a pumpkin pie, but the empanadas are definitely the star of the show,” said Ms. Casares, the author of “The Enchilada Queen Cookbook: Enchiladas, Fajitas, Tamales, and More Classic Recipes from Texas-Mexico Border Kitchens.”Empanadas have been around since at least 250 B.C. They made their way to Spain, and followed the Spaniards to Latin America, said Sandra Gutierrez, the author of several cookbooks including “Empanadas: The Hand-Held Pies of Latin America.”

Persons: ”, Marquez, Bueno, Sylvia Casares, Sarita Casares, Casares, Sandra Gutierrez Locations: Highlands, Colo, “, Reynosa, Mexico, Texas, Spain, Latin America, America

☆ All the Trimmings, None of the Work: Thanksgiving in a Hotel
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( Stephanie Rosenbloom | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Just in time for Thanksgiving, this all-suite hotel in southwestern Pennsylvania will open on Nov. 20 at Nemacolin, a sprawling resort with three hotels and other types of accommodations such as estates, homes and townhomes. Set amid the Laurel Highlands, the Grand Lodge has 56 suites, each with a dedicated butler. For cocktails there’s the Circle Bar, a lounge that adjoins the Study, where you can slip away for quieter conversations. Also beginning on Nov. 24, you can visit the resort’s Hardy’s Holiday Village, where there will be dance performances by “elves” and places to sip cocoa and savor sweets. Prices for the Grand Lodge start at $2,000 a night.

Persons: savor Parker Locations: Pennsylvania, Nemacolin, Laurel Highlands, Orlando, Fla

☆ South America's Lake Titicaca nears record low water level as El Nino bites
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-03 | by ( Marco Aquino | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/2] Isabel Apaza shows the area of Lake Titicaca without water in drought season, in Huarina, Bolivia August 3, 2023. REUTERS/Claudia Morales/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsLIMA, Nov 3 (Reuters) - The water level at Lake Titicaca on the Peru-Bolivia border is edging towards a record low, exacerbated by the weather phenomenon known as El Nino that is expected to get still more intense in coming months. Severe drought conditions and unusually high temperatures have caused the shoreline to shrivel at Titicaca, South America's largest lake and the world's highest navigable body of water. The water level is now around 13 inches (33 cm) above its record low recorded in 1943. Over the past seven months, the lake's water level has fallen 29 inches (74 cm), according to Senamhi data.

Persons: Isabel Apaza, Claudia Morales, El, Milagros Quispe, Nino, El Nino, Marco Aquino, David Alire Garcia, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, El Nino, El, Thomson Locations: Lake Titicaca, Huarina, Bolivia, Peru, shrivel, Titicaca, South America's

☆ New TV show '007: Road To A Million' brings Bond-like tasks to screens
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-02 | by ( Hanna Rantala | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

LONDON, Nov 2 (Reuters) - From scaling mountains and cranes to coming face-to-face with crocodiles and snakes, contestants travel the world tackling James Bond-inspired challenges in new TV adventure series "007: Road To A Million" in the hope of winning 1 million pounds ($1.2 million). "The idea is really to put ordinary people into a James Bond adventure and we didn't quite know how that would work out," executive producer David Glover told Reuters. "It's thrilling because... they're really not James Bond but they have heart and they're lovely and... they're heroic in their own way." [1/3]An assistant poses with the James Bond 007 Special Issue 2020 UK Seven-Kilo Gold Proof Coin, the largest coin ever made by The Royal Mint, in London, Britain, March 2, 2020. I thought 'well maybe if I do this, it's probably the nearest I'll ever get to (being a Bond villain),'" Cox said.

Persons: James Bond, Brian Cox, David Glover, they're, Cox, haven't, Henry Nicholls, it's, James, Joey Bone, James Bone, Bond, Barbara Broccoli, Michael G, Wilson, Daniel Craig, Broccoli, Hanna Rantala, Marie, Louise Gumuchian, Rosalba O'Brien Organizations: Reuters, The Royal Mint, REUTERS, Scottish Highlands, Thomson Locations: Scottish, London, Britain

☆ 'I would never recommend this to anybody': We accidentally bought a derelict Victorian apartment for $12,000 at an auction and transformed it into our dream home
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Sawdah Bhaimiya | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Claire Segeren and her boyfriend bought a Victorian house in the Scottish Highlands by accident. They bid on the wrong property in an auction and spent four years renovating the derelict house. We accidentally bought a crumbling Victorian villa at an auctionThe couple were shocked when they saw the villa in person. From the auction brochure, the couple weren't too concernd Claire SegerenHe left the auction in a panic and called me. The completed front room in the Scottish villa.

Persons: Claire Segeren, —, Cal Hunter, We'd, Cal Joshua Sivarajah, Cal, It's, Claire Segeren Cal, van, Joshua Sivarajah Cal, Jameswood, Segeren, we've, could've, Segeren wouldn't Organizations: Scottish Highlands, Service, Canada, University of Glasgow School of Medicine, Cal, Jameswood Villa, eBay Locations: Scottish, Scotland, Canada, Hull, England, French, Glasgow, Jameswood Villa, Sandbank, Dunoon

☆ Dispossessed Kenyans demand compensation ahead of King Charles' visit
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( Aaron Ross | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

Before Elizabeth could make it to Lake Victoria, word came that her father, King George VI, had died. More than 70 years later, Elizabeth's son, King Charles, will visit Kenya this week on a state visit. Buckingham Palace has said Charles' visit, which begins on Tuesday, will acknowledge "painful aspects of the UK and Kenya's shared history". The colonial administration took hundreds of square kilometres of land that communities in western Kenya had lived on for generations and handed it to British settlers. The British government has not been receptive in the past to requests by the Kipsigis and Talai to discuss compensation.

Persons: Britain's King Charles ', Camilla's, King Charles, Princess Elizabeth, Kibore Cheruiyot Ngasura, Elizabeth, King George VI, Elizabeth's, Ngasura, Charles, Kenya's, Joel Kimetto, “, Talai, Aaron Ross, Michael Holden, Alison Williams Organizations: Reuters, Kenyan, British, Foreign, Commonwealth, Development Office, Thomson Locations: Britain's, Kenya, Tugunon, Kericho County, KERICHO, Lake Victoria, Gwassi, London, Buckingham, British, Kericho, Nairobi, Mombasa

☆ Scientists unveil recreation of sacrificed Inca maiden in Peru
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Ros Postigo Acquire Licensing RightsAREQUIPA, Peru, Oct 24 (Reuters) - The reconstructed head and torso of a young girl likely sacrificed to appease Incan gods was unveiled in Peru on Tuesday, with three-dimensional scans of her mummy helping produce the lifelike recreation more than 500 years after her death. But some time before then, the girl was sacrificed by a blow to the head, possibly in a ritual ceremony that sought divine relief from natural disasters, according to the scientists. It includes colorful attire, head covering and adornments, similarly based on the scans of the mummy. "Seeing her face like when she was alive, it's a different experience because it seems so real," he said. Reporting by Pocho Torres and Carlos Valdez; Writing by David Alire Garcia; Editing by Raju GopalakrishnanOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Ros Postigo, Ampato, Juanita, It's, Johan Reinhard, Pocho Torres, Carlos Valdez, David Alire Garcia, Raju Gopalakrishnan Organizations: Catholic University of Santa, REUTERS, Rights, Thomson Locations: Catholic University of Santa Maria, Arequipa, Peru, Rights AREQUIPA, Poland, Peru's, South America

☆ Ancient landscape formed by rivers revealed deep under Antarctic ice
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Will Dunham | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Researchers said on Tuesday they have detected buried under the continent's ice sheet a vast ancient landscape, replete with valleys and ridges, apparently shaped by rivers before being engulfed by glaciation long ago. Ancient palm tree pollen has been discovered from Antarctica, not far around the coast from our study site," Jamieson added. Some previous studies similarly have revealed ancient landscapes beneath Antarctica's ice including mountains and highlands, though the landscape discovered in the new study was the first of its type. Right before 34 million years ago, Antarctica's landscape and flora likely resembled today's cold temperate rainforests of Tasmania, New Zealand and South America's Patagonia region, Ross added. When that ice growth occurred, the conditions between the base of the ice and the landscape changed to become very cold - and in this way it was no longer able to erode our landscape.

Persons: Stewart Jamieson, Antarctica's, Jamieson, Neil Ross, Ross, Will Dunham, Daniel Wallis Organizations: Durham University, Handout, REUTERS, Rights, Antarctica, Nature Communications, Newcastle University, Thomson Locations: Belgium, Wilkes Land, East Antarctica, Antarctica, East Antarctica's Wilkes Land, ., Maryland, England, Patagonia, Greenland, Tasmania , New Zealand, South, Africa, South America, Australia

☆ Inside Passalacqua, the 'world's best hotel'
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-19 | by ( Maria Pasquale | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —The “best hotel in the world” was built by a pope and was regularly visited by one of Italy’s most famous opera composers. On 19 September in London at the inaugural World’s 50 Best Hotels, the hotel on Lake Como was named number one. Passalacqua didn’t invent the term villeggiatura, but her every detail embodies it – a romantic 18th century villa turned faultless luxury hotel where you come to exhale and leave your worries behind. Rooms without a lake view start at 1,300 euros ($1,381) per night or 1,700 euros ($1,806) for a view in November – lowest season. Next summer, rates rise to 2,300 euros ($2,443) for a standard room without a lake view, or 3,200 ($3,400) for the cheapest room with a view.

Persons: we’ll, Stanley Tucci, Napoleon Bonaparte, Winston Churchill, –, Silvio Vettorello, “, Passalacqua, Vincenzo Bellini, Stefan Giftthaler Passalacqua, Antonella Mallone, Paolo De Santis, Valentina De Santis, Valentina, De Santis, “ Passalacqua, ”, Ruben Ortiz, Passalacqua –, Vincenzo Bellini –, Alessandro Rinaldi, Vettorello, Jane Austen, ” Maria Pasquale, Rome Organizations: CNN, intel, Scottish Highlands, Yorkshire Moors Locations: London, Como, Carrara, Verona, Milanese, Moltrasio, Lake Como, Italian, Italy, Yorkshire, Rome

The issues that earned these 15 teenagers a trip to the White House are also priorities for the Biden administration, including first lady Jill Biden, who was convening the first “Girls Leading Change” event to celebrate Wednesday's designation by President Joe Biden as International Day of the Girl. The honorees, including a pair of twins, range in age from 15 to 18 and represent 13 states. “These young women are protecting and preserving the earth, writing and sharing stories that change minds and turning their pain into purpose,” Jill Biden said in a written statement before the ceremony. She founded her school's Latino Student Union and organizes students on issues like climate justice and preventing gun violence. —Gabriella Nakai, 17, of Phoenix, is a Navajo and Choctaw leader who works on improving food security and sustainability.

Persons: Biden, Jill Biden, Joe Biden, ” Jill Biden, Brooke Bennett, — Jazmin, Jackie, Cho, — Julia Garnett, — Logan Hennes, — Anja Herrman, — Leela Marie Hidier, — Elisa Martinez, — Gabriella Nakai, — Zahra Rahimi, — Gitanjali Rao, — Avery Turner, — Sandra Ukah, — Rania Organizations: WASHINGTON, White, Gender, Council, Robb Elementary School, Beach Cities Health, Advisory Council, American Jewish Committee, Equity, Latino Student Union, Choctaw, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Air Force, University of Florida, Seminole, Student Union, LiTEArary Society Locations: United States, Montgomery , Alabama, Uvalde , Texas, Redondo Beach , California, Beach, Hendersonville , Tennessee, New York, River Forest , Illinois, Yarmouth , Maine, U.S, Las Vegas, Phoenix, Navajo, —, Alexandria , Virginia, Afghanistan, Highlands Ranch , Colorado, Colorado Springs , Colorado, Bloom, Lake Mary , Florida, Morgantown , West Virginia

Israeli tanks were deployed in the far northern border town of Metulla as rain came down near the heavily fortified border. Six people were killed on Monday - three Hezbollah members, an Israeli officer, and two Palestinian militants who touched off the violence by infiltrating Israel from Lebanon. A storm put many people in Lebanon on edge as thunder was mistaken for Israeli bombardment. Lebanon took years to rebuild from the 2006 war, during which Israeli bombardment pounded Hezbollah-controlled south Lebanon and destroyed wide areas of its stronghold in the southern suburbs of Beirut. Lebanon can ill-afford another big war with Israel, four years into a financial meltdown that has spread impoverishment and paralysed state institutions.

Persons: Charbel Alam, Alam, Nazimiya, I'm, Jihad, Orel Sigon, we've, Bassam, Dan Williams, Ayhan, Maya Gebeily, Tom Perry, Mark Heinrich Our Organizations: Hezbollah, Palestinian, Hamas, Lebanese, Islamic, Iran's, Guards, Sunday, Thomson Locations: Israel, Lebanon, Iran, Lebanese, Metulla, Rmeish, Gaza, Kiryat Shmona, Beirut, Syria

The Flying Scotsman Locomotive Collided With Another Train in Scotland. Several People Were InjuredSeveral people have been injured after the Flying Scotsman historic steam locomotive was involved in a low-speed crash with another heritage train in the Scottish Highlands

Organizations: Scotsman, Scottish Locations: Scotland

☆ Endeavor, Fenway Sports consider investment in the PGA Tour
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-28 | by ( Lillian Rizzo | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The PGA Tour logo is seen during the third round of the Travelers Championship at TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Connecticut, on June 24, 2017. The discussions, which are in preliminary stages, stem from a PGA Tour investment vehicle created as part of the framework agreement for its proposed deal with PIF. "Throughout 2023, the PGA Tour has demonstrated its strength, reach and value as an enterprise. In June, the PGA Tour announced a proposed deal that would see it combine with rival LIV Golf following months of lawsuits and competition between the two. The deal between LIV and the PGA Tour has faced criticism and controversy.

Persons: LIV, Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, PIF Organizations: Investment, Endeavor Group Holdings, Fenway Sports Group, PGA Tour, PGA, Public Investment Fund, Endeavor, Fenway, Bloomberg, LIV Golf, Saudi Crown, LIV, UFC, Wrestling Entertainment, Major League Baseball's Boston Red Sox, Liverpool Football Club, National Hockey League's Pittsburgh Penguins Locations: Cromwell , Connecticut, Saudi

☆ Shrek’s ‘swamp’ now available to rent on Airbnb
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-27 | by ( Francesca Street | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

But this new Airbnb listing in the Scottish Highlands is an exception to the rule. Shrek’s “swamp” is located on the grounds of Ardverikie Estate, a 19th-century Scottish mansion in the Scottish Highlands, some 60 miles south of the city of Inverness. One-off experienceShrek's home is located in the Scottish Highlands. While vacationers will need to organize their own travel to and from the Highlands location, their sojourn at Shrek’s house will be free. Alix McIntosh/AirbnbIf images provided by Airbnb are anything to go by, vacationers can expect a faithful recreation of Shrek’s humble, swampy abode.

Persons: it’s, Alix McIntosh, Airbnb, HopScotch, Baz Luhrmann, Barbie, ”, “ Outlander Organizations: CNN, Scottish Highlands, DreamWorks Locations: Scottish, Ardverikie, Inverness, Scotland, Moulin Rouge, Malibu , California, Balmoral, London, Bank

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