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Wife of U Min Zin has urged Trump to raise her husband’s case with Xi. A US scholar who was invited to China for an academic event and later detained on national security charges has become the subject of a direct appeal to US President Donald Trump ahead of his meeting with Chinese President Xi…

Representative image Image credits: Wikimedia Commons For years, Ann Hammond worked to transform her 12-acre Iowa property into a welcoming place for native plants and wildlife. The effort eventually brought an extraordinary visitor to her flowers: a rusty patched bumblebee, a species listed as federally endangered in the United States. As reported by Iowa Public…

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. (AP Photo) Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Thursday backed closer ties between Canada and the European Union, saying the two sides could work together to protect their markets, democracies and sovereignty, hours after US President Donald Trump called the proposal “laughable” and threatened to impose tariffs on Europe.Addressing the…

William Milliken and Levi Swartz founded Swoop Scoop in late 2020 in Spokane Valley, Washington, after recognising that picking up dog waste was an overlooked service (Image Credit: Swoop Scoop) What started as a small Washington business built around one of the least glamorous chores of dog ownership has grown into a multi-market operation generating…

Arjun Jain, Age 16, Short Hills, New Jersey, USA (Source: ACTION FOR NATURE) A 16-year-old student from New Jersey has turned a backyard soil-free farming experiment into an urban agriculture project that has donated more than 3,500 pounds of fresh produce to local food pantries while also helping shape local laws. Arjun Jain, a student…

UT alumnus, tech founder Vedant Nair (left) speaks out about the racism Indian-origin students are facing. Amid the row over the ethnicity of the students of the University of Texas, Austin, Indian-origin tech founder and an alumnus of the university, Vedant Nair, shared his experience of growing up in Texas and his struggle as a…

Five years after buying his first Rolex at 16, Maressa says Clocked In has crossed $10 million in cumulative sales At 16, Michigan student Mason Maressa had saved $3,500 from working while attending high school. He could have used the money to buy a car. Instead, he spent it on a vintage Rolex Air-King, a…

In 2015, millions of black plastic balls rolled across the surface of a reservoir in Los Angeles, creating an image that quickly travelled far beyond California. The 96 million shade balls were placed on the water during a severe drought, with a practical purpose: reducing evaporation while also helping protect drinking water from sunlight-related chemical…

Representative Image of African Wild Dogs (Image Credit: Canva) Three African wild dog brothers have turned an already extraordinary journey into a record-breaking one, travelling 4,126 kilometres across Zambia after leaving their pack in search of new territory. The three males departed from the Mayukuyuku Pack in Kafue National Park in July 2025 and were…

The Weekly Vine         Note: The following excerpt is from The Weekly Vine, a TOI newsletter for LinkedIn. You can also get it in your inbox.Hello and welcome to another edition of the Weekly Vine.Jean Paul Sartre once said – and I am guilty of repeating this ad nauseam (pun intended) – that freedom is what…