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World - / Oct 9, 2026 - Denise Richards spotlights shelter dogs in Best Friends' adoption campaign - Actress Denise Richards used her Hollywood profile to promote shelter animal adoption through a monthly television segment launched in partnership with Best Friends Animal Society and Access Hollywood Live in February 2011. The initiative introduced

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World - / Oct 9, 2026 - Dennis Quaid's LA mansion is back on the market at a reduced price - Dennis Quaid has lowered the price of his Los Angeles mansion from $5.2 million to $4.6 million. He relocated to Nashville with his wife, Laura Savoie, and considers it their primary residence. After buying the Brentwood Hills property for $3.9 million in 2017, Quaid undertook extensive renovations. He expressed dissatisfaction with Los Angeles due to rising taxes and local governance issues.

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UK Arrests Two Men For Breaking Into US Intelligence Hub | DETAILS

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An Ohio couple with no engineering background spent three weeks and $700 building a 12-foot-high backyard roller coaster for their two children; a video of the homemade 12-second ride later went viral

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Kai Cenat's charity reported $1 million in contributions in 2024; one year later, it held $1.6 million in net assets while planning a school for Nigerian children

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Russian Military 'Wipes Out' Fighters From UK, Poland, Colombia & Georgia In Ukraine | Details

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Russia Bombards Zaporizhzhia; Multiple Casualties, Huge Damage To Residential Buildings On Cam

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Nidal Hasan's Firing Squad Execution To Be Livestreamed By US Military

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From blue to pink: 7 flowers that change color and the science behind this natural wonder

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'It was a 12-year-old boy with no permission to fall apart and no roadmap for how to heal... I didn't cry for nearly two decades': Prince Harry opens up on Princess Diana's death and the grief he tried to bury

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Chennai Metro Phase 2 launch: How the first 14.64km stretch will operate with 11 stations, 15 trains and 10-minute intervals, why six stations will remain shut initially

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Archana Puran Singh's younger son Ayushmann Sethi opens up about his love story with Samiksha Shetty; 6-year age gap, moving in together and more

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Bengaluru Metro Blue Line delayed to March 2028: How the 58km airport corridor will open in phases, which stretches will be ready first, and when commuters can expect services from Central Silk Board to KIA

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Diana Penty's Manish Malhotra look gives the classic saree a modern, sheer twist

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'I may share it with Trump': Navi Pillay jokes after winning the Nobel Peace Prize

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Texas neighbours fought over a five-foot strip beside a Lake Conroe home where meters and a generator crossed the boundary; an appeals court upheld the easement and $100 trespass award

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Hurricane Simon intensifies rapidly as it moves across Pacific

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Priscilla Chan backs a charity feeding 3,000 meals to community members monthly; volunteer's own food insecurity inspires her to help others

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Top Trump official mocked online over false claim of Indian stock market crash after US green card curbs

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In Kentucky, Jennifer Lawrence grew up on a family farm with horses, a butterfly garden and an animal rescue programme that led to puppy and kitten adoptions

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Zak Bagans paid $4.55 million for a 16,936-sq-ft Las Vegas home hidden 26 feet underground; once listed at $18 million, the Cold War-era bunker near the Strip will now become a public museum

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A hiker went missing on Arkansas' Eagle Rock Loop; a stranger took a day off to find him, and now his family has launched a GoFundMe to thank her

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Utah approved blasting 100-foot canyon cliffs to widen a 5.3-mile road for oil trucks; after two earlier plans failed, a new federal lawsuit says 47 historic sites and 19th-century inscriptions are at risk

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Isabella Rossellini turned a 27-acre New York farmstead into a protected community farm after conserving 20.8 acres; Mama Farm now runs a member CSA and biodiversity programmes for families and children

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Christa Pike makes 'remarkable' recovery from 'death' after failed US botched execution

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'About 100 H-1B visa holders were on Amazon's initial team that built AWS': Ex-employee criticises US green-card suspension for tech firms

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America First, powered by foreign talent; five of six tech execs honored by Trump were born outside US

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In 2004, Shannen Doherty paid $2.56 million for a Malibu home she called her sanctuary; 22 years later, after a $9.5 million posthumous listing and price cut, the property sold for $7.65 million

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'No contact, no update': Imran Khan's son says father silent for 6 months, aunts remain 'abducted'

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Pakistan bets on electric vehicles as Middle East war sends petrol prices soaring 54%

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Pakistan-Afghanistan conflict: A clash of unequals, but why is Islamabad relying on air power instead of ground offensive

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Pakistan forces accused of quadcopter blast that killed 2 children in Balochistan

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Nearly 3 in 4 Pakistan inmates await trial amid prison overcrowding in country: Report

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'Come to your senses': What is Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif's condition for talks with Imran's party

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Pakistan successfully test-fires extended version of Fatah-4 cruise missile

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Another showdown brewing in Pakistan? Imran Khan supporters hit streets after talks fail

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Pakistan braces for showdown as talks collapse, Imran Khan's party pushes ahead with march

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India slams Pakistan at UN, says 'so-called' civilian governments serve at army's mercy

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Pakistan kills 5 TTP militants as violence escalates on Afghanistan border

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Pakistan logs over 1.2k rebel attacks in 9 months of '26, security crisis deepens

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Shehbaz govt, Imran Khan's PTI hold talks as Pakistan braces for protests

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'Vague and broad': UN experts slam Pakistan's counter-terrorism laws, demand release of lawyer couple

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Policeman killed in gunmen attack in Pakistan's khyber pakhtunkhwa

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'Companies may face US sanctions': Sri Lanka to put 'national interest' first as 19 Iranian vessels seek help

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Makeup, colourful scarves, speaking in public: Bizarre reasons women get detained in Afghanistan

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Nepal flood surged at 163kmph, seismic waves detected 19k-km away: Study

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Who is Shiranthi Rajapaksa? Sri Lanka's former first lady arrested over alleged misuse of hospital funds

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Antonio Guterres sidesteps Kashmir question, flags UN Security Council's 'crisis of legitimacy'

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'Tarique hasn't ruled out India visit': Dhaka

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Nepal ends flood search with over 5,000 still missing, including 189 Indians

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After 40 days, Nepal ends flood search with 5,285 still missing

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India's political will needed to extradite Sheikh Hasina: Bangladesh

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US carrier George HW Bush arrives in Thailand after Middle East deployment: Key points

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A 12-year-old Surrey girl handed her father £500 of savings and asked for a mushroom-shaped house; he built a two-storey backyard hideaway with a glass floor and trapdoor that went on to win Shed of the Year in 2017

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Britain rebuilt 3.5 miles of the A46 using 17,432 tonnes of material from the old road; the project cut its carbon footprint by 23%

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UK engineers started with previously unwanted steel instead of a bridge design; they built the Tan House Footbridge around the available material to cut embodied carbon

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Richard Branson was 29 when he bought an island to impress a girl, offered $100,000 for a $6 million property; in 2007, he bought 125-acre Moskito Island for $15 million, now divided among nine families

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A woman paid about £80 for a Dior bag in a Cotswolds charity shop without knowing if it was genuine; experts identified it as a rare 2003 Koi Saddle Bag, and it later sold for £7,870

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19-year-old student left with no sperm after chemotherapy undergoes UK's first testicular tissue transplant: Doctors will assess sperm production in eight months; 3,100 worldwide have tissue stored

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A British collector paid under £100 for a damaged wooden pendant at a provincial auction; experts identified it as rare Rapa Nui jewellery and it later sold for £75,800 including fees

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A bronze cup made near Hadrian's Wall was found in Spain nearly 1,900 years later; researchers think a Roman soldier may have carried it home as a souvenir

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Royal Navy sailor charged under UK National Security Act of spying for Russia

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A trainee solicitor broke a 14-year-old marathon record held by Dracula; Archie Hunt ran 2:27:41 dressed as Captain Underpants

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Prince William launches Amazon partnership to protect Indigenous defenders; partner reaches 110 million hectares, with DiCaprio's video support

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Prince William's charitable foundation funded homes on Duchy land in Cornwall; in August, the first phase was handed to a charity, providing accommodation and support for 16 people facing homelessness

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Birmingham council sold a £395,000 house in 2013; 11 years later, it discovered a primary school had accidentally gone with it; now it is going to court to get it back

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In 2016, Cumbria began trialling waste-plastic roads; a year later, an A7 project reused 500,000 bottles or 800,000 bags; five years later, the trials were deemed successful

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Two runners completed the London Marathon inside one giant inflatable elephant in 4:15:40; they set a world record while raising money for type 1 diabetes

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An Oxford professor ran the London Marathon dressed as an academic in 2 hours 55 minutes; he broke a Guinness record and raised money for a children's hospice

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South African jurist of Indian origin Navanethem 'Navi' Pillay wins 2026 Nobel Peace Prize

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France turned 127 hectares of abandoned gravel pits into Europe's largest floating solar farm; 135,000 panels now generate power for 37,000 people

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Milan US consulate labour 'exploitation' case: Indian workers among hundreds agree to share of $35m payout

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France's student stir intensifies in Paris; schools shut, police fire tear gas

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Italy passes Meloni's electoral reform, sets 42% threshold for parliamentary majority

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From France to Italy, Belgium to Greece, student protests spread across Europe

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Over 33 killed as Russia's glide bomb attack targets two civilian buses in Ukraine

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Canadian author Anne Carson awarded 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature

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Stun grenades, shattered jaw, severed hand: France's student protests put police under scrutiny

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Three rare snake species bred at Prague Zoo for the first time; two groups of young descend from animals seized from smugglers

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'Maricarmen lives, the fight goes on': 87-year-old dies after becoming symbol of Spain housing crisis

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Trump as 'orange plague': Gold-covered naked statue of US president unveiled at European Parliament

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France suspends stun grenades after teen loses hand during student protest in Lille

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Knife attack at Polish school leaves 7 injured; 19-year-old student arrested

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'Russia pursuing deliberate strategy of terror': EU chief sends €1.24 billion to Ukraine

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'Birthday gift to Putin': Russia launches massive strikes on Ukraine; energy sites hit

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China opens military base at former CIA airfield in Laos

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From fishing nets to grey-zone tactics: Chinese militia boat enter Taiwan's sensitive east coast - report

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K-8 attack jets, military vehicles spotted at new China-Laos air base: Report

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China's Fuman Oilfield, largest desert oilfield, extracts 26.86 million tons of oil and gas from below 6,000 metres; engineers recover 500-million-year-old rock core from record 8,080-metre depth in Xinjiang

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'Blatant lie': China slams US panel's 'genocide' claim after Starbucks opens first Xinjiang stores

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China's Zijinshan gold mine turned its own waste into haul-road material; test roads carried 100-ton trucks and resisted deformation

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Xi Jinping unwell? Chinese officials sought unusual long breaks during the US visit

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China's gold-copper mine built a road from mining waste; one section showed 97% lower deflection after 28 days

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China tests 800-passenger flying-wing aircraft model with 85-metre span, showing how new aerodynamics could improve range and efficiency

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Chinese hackers impersonate ex-White House official to target US AI experts, steal emails: Report

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'Ready to do everything in our power': Putin offers to help end Iran war

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Flydubai cockpit attack: Israel to honour Indian pilot Smit Machchhar with top civilian bravery award

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Israel-Britain ties hit new low as Jerusalem consulate loses its diplomatic status

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Syria considers sending troops to Saudi Arabia to fight Houthis

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'Last warning to global airlines': Houthis attack Riyadh airport, warn over Saudi airspace

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Iran sends Hezbollah $200 million to aid displaced Lebanese: Report

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Tanker attacks in Strait of Hormuz highest in a week since Iran war began: Report

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The backstory: From the 'Promised Land' to October 7 - the origin story of Israel-Palestine conflict

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Turkish opposition stronghold falls in Erdogan's hands as Izmir mayor defects

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05:40 - F-35s, F-15s, Reapers: US loses 81 aircraft as Iran war bill hits $3.3 billion

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3 years after October 7 Hamas attack: A scarred Israel, a devastated Gaza and a Middle East no longer the same

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Houthis hit Yemen's Aden airport, claim attacks on Saudi Arabia

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Omani pilot had failed airline stints, flydubai hired him in post-pandemic spree: Report

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Netanyahu govt rejects flydubai bid to resume Israel flights after cockpit attack

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3 years after October 7, Israel remembers its dead amid election heat

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EU ready to send observers for first Palestinian parliamentary vote in nearly two decades

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Why OpenAI shut down ChatGPT accounts linked to Russia and Iran

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A French family found an 18th-century Chinese vase forgotten in an attic and carried it to Sotheby's in a shoebox; after experts linked it to the Qianlong court, it sold for €16.18 million

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Japan protests Russia's bid to extradite ICC top judge Tomoko Akane, a Japanese national, over Putin arrest warrant

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Navi Pillay's Nobel Peace Prize puts focus back on 2 landmark Rwanda genocide cases

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Who is Navanethem Navi Pillay? South African jurist of Indian-origin awarded Nobel Peace Prize

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A rare Canadian computer was forgotten in an Edmonton barn for decades; its first known unboxing came nearly 45 years after it was built

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At 21, an Australian waitress quit with $100 and cooked meals for 10 gym friends from a Bondi apartment; the side hustle later reached $5 million in revenue and built a 100-acre farm

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Greece is turning a former coal mine into a giant renewable-energy battery; the Kardia project will use the mine's bottom as a water reservoir to generate 320 MW

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Rock legend Rick Wakeman played piano for 150 rescued moon bears in Vietnam; he now wants the last 125 bears still caged on bile farms moved to sanctuaries

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Chris Hemsworth and Elsa Pataky helped return Tasmanian devils to mainland Australia after 3,000 years; the endangered marsupials could help restore ecosystems

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This tiny Egyptian object was mistaken for a copper awl for a century; researchers now say its six surviving leather coils reveal a 5,300-year-old bow-powered rotary drill

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Ontario man with Stage 4 cancer won court battle after OHIP denied US treatment, then province changed the rules; doctors sought funding for US$600,000 TIL therapy in Florida

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In 1951 Kobe, the centuries-old Japanese 'uchimizu' ritual was used to cool hot pavement; later experiments found it could also cool the surrounding air

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In 2017, Sweden replaced a motorway's top-layer stone with steel slag; 7 years later, the 200-metre test road had comparable overall performance, but deeper rutting

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Pneumonic plague scare: Russia says no outbreak after Siberian lab worker's death

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Researchers built a green-roof test field in Poland; in the hottest months, the planted roof ran up to 24°C cooler than the conventional roof beside it

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A $132,000 GoFundMe was raised for radio host Ronn Owens; federal review found thousands spent on mortgages, businesses and family transfers

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An Arkansas family treated the same fence as its property line for nearly six decades; after new neighbours removed fencing and trees, an appeals court upheld $12,000 in treble damages and an order to rebuild the fence

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'The Orange Plague': Why a golden, naked Trump is sitting on another man

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US plans to livestream Fort Hood shooter's death; first public execution in 90 years

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US suspends 8 tech firms from PERM process: Full list and what it means

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In 1984, Patrick Swayze bought a 4.5-acre ranch outside Los Angeles and built it into an Arabian-horse retreat with a 16-stall barn, two arenas and a dance studio; after his death, it sold for $2.9 million and later listed for $4.5 million

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Pak army chief Munir bypasses PM Sharif, moves to deploy more military assets to Saudi Arabia

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A shopper paid C$5 for a small painting at an Ontario landfill donation centre, then spotted David Bowie's name on the back; after experts authenticated the 1997 work, it sold at auction for C$108,120

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Federal executive with top-secret clearance created a fake classified program and diverted $145 million into luxury property and gold; after FBI found 298 gold bars, he pleaded guilty to a $193.6 million fraud

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America has enjoyed the greatest free lunch in history: Vivek Wadhwa reacts to Green Card crackdown on 8 IT companies, says they aren't the visa abusers

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In 1962, South Africa built road sections from Kalahari sand instead of crushed rock; 55 years and 1.5 million truck-equivalent loads later, all remained in service without reported structural problems

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Jon Stewart and his wife Tracey paid $4 million for a historic 45-acre New Jersey farm in 2016; the property now grows crops and cares for rescued cows, sheep, goats, pigs and chickens through their sanctuary foundation

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In 1905, William and Elizabeth Kent paid $45,000 for 611 acres of California redwood forest; after a reservoir threat, they donated about 295 acres and the land became Muir Woods National Monument in 1908

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In 2007, Bryan Cranston bought a California beach bungalow for $2.5 million; after rebuilding it as a 2,450-sq-ft net-zero energy home, he sold the property 14 years later for $5.45 million

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Donald Trump honours CEO Satya Nadella as JD Vance goes hard at Microsoft

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A Miami airport passenger had an 'unexplained bulge'; officers found 10 live birds hidden in his underwear

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A 21-year-old Tennessee moviegoer noticed an 80-year-old AMC usher emptying trash after a screening and hoped a TikTok fundraiser might bring in $500; strangers donated more than $146,000 in less than 24 hours

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In 2011, an Ohio man was served foreclosure papers on his $4.5 million, 17,000-sq-ft mansion; after nearly 15 years of hearings, mediation and court fights, an eviction notice has now been approved

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'Fixing broken immigration by taking hammer to it': Lawmaker defends Microsoft after Trump's Green Card move

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'ICE out of our neighbourhoods': Shooting of Dominican man sparks protests in New York

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Margaret Hamilton, scientist who worked on Nasa's Apollo programme, dies

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D4vd murder case: Preliminary hearing begins as prosecutors present disturbing allegations

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MrBeast's original logo sketch heads to auction with a $20,000 price estimate

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A CEO who was not a cyclist trained for months, then rode about 2,000 miles from Mexico to Canada in 12 days; along the route, his team raised and distributed more than $766,000 to over 70 people and organisations

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