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A big railway handover: 14 Navi Mumbai stations change hands

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Abhishek Malhan's luxurious mansion: A swimming pool, home theatre, private lifts and more

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World - / Aug 16, 2026 - 19th-century ships accidentally brought mice to islands 30 miles off San Francisco - The Farallon Islands are grappling with an overwhelming invasion of house mice, significantly disturbing the delicate ecological system. These rodents threaten the survival of native wildlife, with burrowing owls preying on them and subsequently impacting the vulnerable Ashy storm-petrels. A new eradication initiative involves dropping rodenticide bait from helicopters, driving efforts to restore the natural balance of this unique ecosystem.

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World - / Aug 16, 2026 - In 2023, Chris Pratt listed his Pacific Palisades mansion for $32 million; three years later... After multiple price adjustments and relisting efforts, Chris Pratt and Katherine Schwarzenegger are once again offering their Pacific Palisades home for $19.99 million. Originally bought for $15.6 million in 2018, this marks their fifth try to sell the opulent estate, which boasts six bedroom suites along with ample outdoor living spaces, a true testament to luxury living in Los Angeles.

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'Trump Betrayed Karoline...': Iran Embassy's Shocker Over Leavitt Exit; Decoy Plane Saga Erupts

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"Fought Like Hell...": Trump Botches Mamdani's Name In NYC Mayor's Home Turf; NYPD Erupts In Boos

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Pentagon Admits Crisis Aboard USS Abraham Lincoln? Navy Families Furious Over 'Deaths, Suicides...'

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Trump Holds Back On Netanyahu Endorsement As Israeli PM Faces Tough Election Battle | Report

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'Stale Beans, Rice & Fries...': USS Lincoln Sailors 'Starving' On 500 Calories While Hegseth 'Parties'

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Disney Boss Sends Brutal Message to Trump's FCC After Kimmel Crackdown | WATCH

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Your walk changes after 60, but is it really 'normal ageing'? What a shuffle, sway or slower step could be telling you

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10 BABY GIRL NAMES INSPIRED BY ANCIENT FLOWERS

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Forget Medu Vada: 7 South Indian snacks that are worth a try with filter coffee

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Monsoon food poisoning: 7 everyday foods that can look safe but turn risky because of water, humidity and poor storage

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Trump eyes millions from personal political funds for GOP amid midterm pressure: Report

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America's civil war over USS Lincoln: 'Grow a pair' vs 'bring them home'

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Trumpiana: Trumpets, trombones, Turkey trick!

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In 1958, the US moved 25 caribou to an Alaska island as emergency food for military personnel; by 2005, their herd had grown to 2,750

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In 1923, wardens began protecting a 35-acre Texas island where the state's last reddish egrets survived; one family lived there full time in a two-room hut, and today it holds the world's largest nesting colony

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Virginia State University shooting leaves 5 injured, 1 critical; campus lockdown lifted

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Doom! Board lowers the boom on Indian-American CEO who fired 900 employees over Zoom

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US used dioxin-laden oil for dust control in a town with 2,000 residents, years later it spent $33.1 million for their relocation in order to protect their lives

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Father of four Derrick Moore jumped into a Myrtle Beach rip current to save a 10-year-old girl; she survived, but he was swept away

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Spanish explorers brought pigs to America for food in the 1500s; today, millions of feral swine roam at least 35 US states

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In 1925, a California farmer bent trees into strange shapes for his daughter: some are still alive nearly 100 years later

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In the 1970s, a Manhattan church agreed to sell only if it kept its corner, so the 915-foot Citicorp Tower was raised on four giant stilts

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Kentucky woman faces charges after vandalising World War II memorial in Washington DC

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In the 1970s, New York's Villard Houses were threatened by a 51-story hotel; the landmark mansions survived as its entrance and public spaces

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Pakistani minister in Balochistan province escapes armed attack on convoy

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'Water is our red line': Shehbaz Sharif threatens India with 'direct response' over Indus Treaty

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'False': In rare move, Pak army reacts after rumours swirl of Imran Khan's death

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Why US is questioning Pakistan's Rs 3 trillion defence spending

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PML-N set to form 'government' in PoK after two former 'premiers' lose strongholds in third phase

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'Discontent answered with bullets': MEA slams Pakistan over PoK crackdown

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After weeks of violent protests, PoK votes in final election phase amid PTI, JAAC boycott calls

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LeT man dies in Pakistan after meal, speculation of poisoning

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From 'enemies' to 'patriotic brothers': Pakistan changes stance on PoK protesters ahead of polls

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'Shouldn't be exclusive club': Pak minister seeks Nato-like Islamic military alliance

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'There needs to be accountability': UN warns Pakistan over crackdown on peaceful PoK protesters

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'Exercise restraint, act according to law': US urges Pakistan amid PoK crackdown

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Unknown gunmen kill Pakistani policeman, abduct another in separate incidents

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Pakistan's crackdown in PoK: How Islamabad is tightening information chokehold amid global scrutiny

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Imran Khan's three years in jail spark protests across Pakistan; over 100 held

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'Both sides interested': Bangladesh PM Tarique Rahman's first India visit likely in August 20-25 window

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Bangladesh PM likely to visit India as Dhaka presses for Sheikh Hasina's extradition

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BNP nominates stalwart Mirza Fakhrul for Bangladesh presidential poll

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Close malls by 8pm, turn off billboards: Bangladesh reels under power crisis, 12-hr outages

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'Hasina will get full security if she returns': Bangladesh PM Tarique Rahman's adviser

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Bangladesh PM Tarique Rahman raises Hasina extradition with Indian envoy

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Balen ends 'envoy snub' with India-first reset; meets China envoy within hours

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'Need conducive environment': Bangladesh PM on India ties as Hasina eyes return to Dhaka

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Indian envoy meets Bangladesh PM Tarique Rahman days after Sheikh Hasina's address in Delhi

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16 Bangladeshi workers killed in Saudi Arabia's Riyadh sofa factory blaze

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After facing accusations of being DEI hire, black former Cambridge professor found dead at home

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Amit Bhatia-led consortium buys minority stake in Liverpool FC

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Meet Jamie Bell, the 18-year-old London teen who started selling old Lego at 13 and generated over $400,000 in annual sales, with nearly $68,000 profit

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'Tragedy on so many levels': PM Burnham on death of former Cambridge professor Jason Arday

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24-year-old archaeology enthusiast helps uncover a 3,700-year-old stone circle hidden in an English forest

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UK PM Andy Burnham announces £65m support package for farmers hit by drought

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London weather forecast: Sunny intervals and mild temperatures expected August 15

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Liverpool weather forecast: Sunny intervals and mild temperatures expected August 15

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Leeds weather forecast: Sunny intervals and moderate temperatures on August 15th

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Birmingham weather forecast: Sunny skies and mild temperatures for August 15

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Manchester weather forecast: Sunny intervals and mild temperatures expected August 15

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Jason Arday, ex-Cambridge professor at centre of plagiarism row, found dead

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A Welsh family lost Menna Owen at 18 after a seizure-triggered cardiac arrest; her heart and lungs were donated to two recipients, both doing well a year later

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Drugged, robbed & killed: Romanian couple jailed in UK for 17 years over fatal honeytrap scheme

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In 2017, conservationists began moving young ospreys from Scotland to Dorset; five years later they bred in southern England for the first time since 1847

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Magnitude-5 earthquake strikes near Spain's Granada, damages homes and cars

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Quote of the day by Plato: "The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is..." — the ancient lesson about choosing who leads

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'I don't feel rooted here': Indian couple in Ireland to return to Pune after 11 years, citing AI pressure and job stress

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Ukraine offers Black Sea shipping truce; Russia yet to respond : Report

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Jellyfish turned into an unexpected threat to France's Gravelines nuclear plant after a huge swarm clogged its cooling system

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Ukraine strikes Russian aerospace facility and MiG-31 base in overnight attacks

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The ground beneath 394-foot wind turbines in Poland became unexpected nesting and feeding grounds for wild bees in farmland

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Europe is racing to eradicate a crayfish that can reproduce without mating; in the Czech Republic, two newly detected populations are being targeted before they spread

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France's top court blocks under-15 social media ban, cites constitutional concerns

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7 Roman-era skeletons found in Croatian mass grave may be soldiers who died in the Battle of Mursa 1,700 years ago

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Ryanair passenger partially sucked through airplane window after engine blade smashed into cabin: Report

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Volhynia massacres: Russia using WWII to plant discord between Ukraine and Poland?

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Nearly 80 men found shackled in an ancient Athens mass grave were locals, not outsiders

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Quote of the day by Karl Popper: 'Those who promise us paradise on earth never produced anything but a hell' and the deadly psychological flaw behind every political utopia

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Quote of the day by Zeno: 'We have two ears and one mouth, so we should listen more than we say' and why 2,300 years of human evolution still haven't fixed our obsession with talking

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Quote of the day by Cristiano Ronaldo: "I don't mind people hating me, because..." - a lesson on turning criticism into motivation

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China completes installation of 15,927 mirrors concentrating heat at 1,040 °F at world's highest solar thermal plant; will power 50,000 homes while saving 60,000 tons of coal annually

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Ex-Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji, who drove economic reforms and led China into the WTO, dies at 97

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Zhu Rongji, former premier who changed China's economic fate passes away at 97

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Typhoon Dolphin batters China: Hundreds of flights cancelled, lakhs evacuated as floods hit east

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'I still miss him': China's AI crackdown leaves users mourning lost virtual boyfriends

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Watch: Chinese rocket explodes shortly after liftoff from Wenchang spaceport

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Over 1 million evacuated as Typhoon Dolphin hits eastern China; 1,400 Shanghai flights cancelled

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Women's public role shrinks in China as official rhetoric shift towards family: Study

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Quote of the day by Zhuangzi: 'Rewards and punishment is the lowest form of education' and why carrots and sticks can kill the desire to learn

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Typhoon Dolphin: Shanghai airports cancel 1,300 flights as China evacuates thousands

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Iran President Masoud Pezeshkian likely to visit India for Brics meet

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'First Islamic republic with nuclear weapons': Netanyahu lashes out at UK

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US rushes new carrier to Middle East amid reports of mental health crisis on USS Lincoln

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'Soon in a trash can': Iran mocks Trump's secret getaway via catering truck

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Who is Yalda Moaiery? Iranian photojournalist sentenced to 15 years over images, reporting

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Where is Bashar al-Assad? Ousted Syrian dictator sentenced to death in absentia

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US attack on Yemen killed 153 civilians in April 2025: Pentagon review

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Iran prepares for prolonged war as US talks over Hormuz remain stalled

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US sailors trying to jump overboard amid extended Middle East deployment: Report

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'Until Trump is out': Iran signals war could stretch for years

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Iran to join BRICS bank soon as Trump claims US controls Tehran's frozen assets

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4 killed in Houthi attack on Red Sea cargo ship; US strikes vessel bound for Iran

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Over 100 aides, journalists flew on as unwitting decoys after Trump secretly switched planes in Turkey

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'I go by Secret Service, military': Trump confirms switching planes in Turkey over Iran threat

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Middle East standoff: Why Gulf states may accept that Iran will control the Strait of Hormuz

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Three Pakistanis, one Indonesian killed in Houthi attack on cargo ship in Bab el-Mandeb

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In 2011, Myanmar suspended a giant China-backed dam after public outrage; it now plans to restart a project that could flood an area the size of Singapore

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'If I leave, I lose everything': Indian student in Canada seeks discharge to avoid deportation after supermarket fraud conviction

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Indonesia rocked by 3 major quakes and more than 230 aftershocks in 24 hours

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Quote of the day by Khalil Gibran: "Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding"

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In 1975, Chantal Doecke was evacuated from Vietnam to Australia as a newborn; 49 years later, a DNA test revealed the twin brother she never knew existed

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Another strong earthquake strikes Indonesia after 7.7 magnitude quake

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In 1993, a mother planted the first tree for her late son Ryan: Israel planned an entire 10,000-Tree forest around it

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7.7 magnitude earthquake hits Indonesia: 38 killed, buildings collapse; 5 visuals of devastation

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The Sahara once held a lake 48% larger than all five Great Lakes combined, but Mega-Chad vanished about 5,000 years ago

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In 1980, a New Zealand lighthouse keeper stayed after automation ended his job; he later helped lead a restoration effort that planted 283,000 native trees

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In 1958, 58 feral pigs were removed from Clipperton Island, helping a seabird colony grow from 650 to more than 137,000

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Egyptian archaeologists discover 3 tombs in Bahariya Oasis with 5 mummies, and Roman-era remains

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In 2011, an Australian dog handler searched a subantarctic island after rabbits overran it; her Labrador found the last ones alive

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'Begin discussions': South Korea's Lee Jae Myung calls for talks with North Korea

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Indonesia earthquake: At least 38 killed after powerful 7.7 quake hits Flores island - top developments

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Meet Vera Wang, the Hawaii high school senior who built a coconut-based ocean filter as a sophomore; two years later, she found fungi in coconut husks that can biodegrade plastic and sunscreen

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Meet Bianca Adler: The 18-year-old from Melbourne who turned back 400 metres from Everest's summit, then returned a year later and made history

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In 1974, Vietnam veteran Kenneth Deardorff moved to Alaska looking for work; 14 years later, he became the last person in US history to receive a homestead title

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Washington planted 507 Norway maples to honour WWI soldiers in 1920, but the trees later spread into Rock Creek Park

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An entrepreneur spent $1.4 million buying a 300-acre California ghost town, then moved in and began rebuilding it as a business

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Indian-origin man rejected for H-1B visa three times compiled 700 pages of evidence and spent $13,000 to secure another way to stay in US

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In 2008, Spain began filling a 300-metre-deep coal mine with 547 billion litres of water; four years later, it became one of the country's largest artificial lakes

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A small Texas reactor reached criticality in under a year, aiming to produce medical isotopes that US hospitals now import

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In 1924, British photographer Emma Turner moved into a hut on a 1,200-acre island; over two breeding seasons, its tern colonies topped 1,000 nests

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'30 civilans killed': Baloch activist shares video of 'Pakistani war crime', seeks US intervention

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A Cape Cod couple moved into their newly built dream home in March 2025; one month later Massachusetts said it would seize it for a new bridge

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266 days deployed: USS Abraham Lincoln to return home amid rising scrutiny over sailor welfare

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A Connecticut cemetery leased unused land for 7,000 solar panels, but the ground beneath them could become habitat for bees and pollinators

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Santos Salazar arrested for attempted murder: Kick streamer faces $1 million bail after domestic violence call

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Candace Owens vs. Andrew Wilson: Inside the fiery debate over Charlie Kirk's death and the evidence behind the case

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Candace Owens 'destroyed' Andrew Wilson, Alex Jones claims after explosive Charlie Kirk assassination debate

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Who is Andrew Wilson? Inside his heated debate with Candace Owens over Charlie Kirk

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In 1872, the Lac La Belle sank in a Lake Michigan storm, but its wreck stayed hidden until a 60-year search finally paid off

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In 1973, a Wisconsin teenager moved to Alaska; 12 years later, she drove into a storm her rivals avoided and became the first woman to win the Iditarod

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