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• Mother and daughter die after suspected grizzly bear attack in Canada

  Search teams recovered the remains of Jennifer Balcarras and Selah Reed after the pair vanished during an afternoon walk along a Bella Coola trail. Conservation officers are now tracking the animals involved to eliminate them under provincial human-wildlife safety rules. The incident underscores escalating risks in British Columbia, which has experienced multiple severe bear encounters despite their relative rarity.

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• Kerala grandmother, 85, teaches children with sand and stick for a decade

  Indira Amma, known locally as Ashaatti Ammumma, conducts daily outdoor lessons at the Temple of English School in Alappuzha. Her accessible technique revives historical learning practices to help young students master fundamental literacy and numeracy without expensive stationery. By having pupils trace characters directly on the ground, she ensures that learning remains interactive and freely accessible to early learners.

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• Rare 1867 silver coin made for Shanghai trade sells for $4.758m

  The sale highlights immense collector demand for unissued treaty-port currencies designed to unify commerce among foreign merchants in 19th-century China. Graded PCGS Specimen-66, this historic pattern had remained secluded in a private collection since the mid-20th century. Its realization anchored a major Hong Kong auction that generated nearly $32 million in total transactions.

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