Switzerland voted against a plan to add a 50% tax on inheritances above 50 million francs. About 78% of voters and all 26 cantons rejected the idea, as many feared it would hurt the economy.
After the old Kwoneesum Dam was removed in 2024, Wildboy Creek in Washington State started to rebuild its natural habitat after nearly 60 years of being blocked.
A fast-spreading animal disease called African Swine Fever has returned to Spain after more than 30 years, affecting wild boars near Barcelona.
A rare interstellar comet, 3I/ATLAS, is passing through our solar system at incredible speed, giving scientists a brief chance to study a visitor from another star.
Hayli Gubbi volcano in Ethiopia erupted for the first time ever recorded, shooting ash 14–15 km into the sky and disrupting flights and nearby communities after thousands of years of dormancy.
A tiny piece of space debris cracked a window on the Shenzhou 20 spacecraft, so its crew had to return to Earth using Shenzhou 21 instead. This left the Shenzhou 21 astronauts stranded on the Tiangong space station until China launches Shenzhou 22.
