Lake Ontario isn’t named after Canadian province
Indigenous people inhabiting the nearby area gave the lake its name, which can be seen on maps from the 1600s.
Tennessee moves to rename Nashville International Airport in Dolly Parton’s honor
Nashville International Airport could soon be renamed after Tennessee icon Dolly Parton, the governor and airport announced Friday.
White House teleprompter operator ordered to pay $172K for placing bets on speeches
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission announced the penalties for Gabriel Perez, who made the bets through Kalshi.
Tim Draper, the SpaceX and Tesla investor, is selling his $7.9M private island in Tanzania
Tim Draper is selling his island in Lake Tanganyika for $7.9M or best offer, announcing it himself on X and inviting offers directly by email.
Lambda inks $1B private debt for Nvidia chip deal
Lambda has raised about $1B of private short-dated debt arranged by JPMorgan to buy Nvidia GPUs that Microsoft will lease, according to Bloomberg. The same
Tuareg rebels free more Malian soldiers in prisoner swap, sources say
Tuareg rebels have freed about 60 Malian soldiers in exchange for one of their own leaders, security sources said.
Gunfire, blasts heard in several areas of Niger capital Niamey
Shots were heard around the city’s Diori Hamani international airport and near the presidential palace.
Board of Peace’s Mladenov warns Gaza could be ‘gone for good’
Top envoy for the US-led Board of Peace says Gaza is at risk of being ‘gone for good’ without reconstruction.
Trump says US has ‘historic’ deal to control 65bn barrels of Venezuela’s oil
Venezuelan interim President Delcy Rodriguez says the deal will help revive her country’s economy.
Somali piracy surges as the impact of the US-Iran war ripples outwards
Two ships were seized within four days last week raising to at least 13 the number attacked since January.
Close race as Iceland votes on whether to restart talks on joining EU
Turbulent international affairs have brought the vote forward, but the campaign has focused more on Iceland’s vital fishing industry.
How ‘Book Queen’ Dolly Parton inspired millions of children with gift of reading
Families across the globe share how free books from Parton’s Imagination Library helped their children.
Scientists found evolution repeating itself in the Galápagos Islands
More than 150 years after Darwin’s finches helped reshape biology, Galápagos plants are exposing another evolutionary surprise. Giant daisies repeatedly developed similar heat-tolerant leaf shapes
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