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World - / Oct 20, 2026 - Couple turn £380,000 Victorian water tower into luxury home, now back on sale for £2.75 million - A Victorian water tower in Kennington, featured in Grand Designs, is listed for £2.75 million. Previously, it sold for £2.5 million after major renovations from an abandoned structure. The owners invested around £2 million in refurbishments and modern additions over two years. Key features include five bedrooms, four bathrooms, and rooftop terrace views of London landmarks. The landmark property is noteworthy for its combination of historical architecture and contemporary interiors.

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World - / Oct 19, 2026 - Republican leader trolled for posting photo with Indian-origin student Rishika Porandla - A major outrage began on X after Republican Congresswoman Beth Van Duyne posted a photo of her meeting with Rishika, a student at Princeton University. The anti-India statement has become so strong that every time a Republican leader does anything

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In 1848, a Massachusetts stone mill began making equipment for textile factories; after standing vacant, the 150,000-sq-ft landmark was restored for $53 million and converted into 86 apartments, 69 of them affordable

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In 2018, an Indiana father set up a trust to keep his second wife in a retirement home costing $4,000 a month; his children said it harmed their inheritance, but an October 14 court barred their lawsuit as too late

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Two Indiana business partners agreed to split commissions from retirement seminars in 2019 without a written contract; after a money dispute, an October 15 appeals court upheld a $119,779 judgment against one partner

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Meet Sasha Bogosian, the 18-year-old Los Angeles student who started painting jeans while recovering from leg surgery at 8; a decade later, her nonprofit has raised nearly $100,000 for children's hospital art therapy

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In 2023, a visitor dropped a Cheetos bag in Carlsbad Caverns' Big Room in New Mexico; it triggered fungal growth, attracted insects and spiders, and disrupted the fragile ecosystem

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US National Guard member shot in leg during fight in Washington DC; suspect wounded in gunfire exchange

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US entrepreneur Morissa Schwartz used AI assistants to make her working day easier, but her to-do list grew to 156 tasks; she now caps it at 25 and says completing work matters more than planning it

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In 2020, an Ohio couple moved into a friend's home and spent $30,000 on its kitchen; six years later, an appeals court rejected their $215,000 purchase claim and revived the owners' eviction bid

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Pakistan to chair IMF, World Bank boards in 2027; first time in over 70 years

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Pakistan regulator warns TV channels against live coverage of blasts and terror attacks

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6 killed, several injured as passenger train derails in Pakistan's Punjab

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2 Pakistan army pilots killed as training aircraft crashes near Balochistan's Quetta

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'I am not afraid': Sheikh Hasina vows to return to Bangladesh in December

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London Museum is preparing to open inside historic Smithfield Market after an £437 million redevelopment that took 11 years to reach its launch date

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A Salvation Army volunteer found a signed David Hockney print hidden inside a donated book; 46 years later, it sold for £41,160

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A rare 1937 first edition of J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit was found during a Bristol house clearance; the book sold for £43,000 at auction

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Anonymous donor leaves rare banknotes at Edinburgh British Heart Foundation charity shop; collection sells for nearly $115,000 at auction

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In 2021, a car with two flat tires blocked a County Durham farmer's gate; he flipped it with a telehandler, then a jury cleared him in 2022

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A heart-shaped mourning pendant depicted in a 1635 painting resurfaced nearly 400 years later; it contains a tassel made from a dead child's hair

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In 2022, a Russian Orthodox priest bought a £470,000 home beside a woman who paid £260,000 for hers; their fight over a one-metre strip of land has led to CCTV, criminal charges and a holy-water blessing at the fence

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A British man who moved to Sweden in 2017 says officials told him no action was needed after Brexit; nine years later, the 60-year-old and his wife are hiding in a caravan as he fights a deportation order

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Villagers raised more than £311,000 to save a Cheshire pub shut for 12 years, combining community shares with £360,000 in government grants

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Kate Winslet gave £17,000 to a mother facing soaring bills for her daughter's life-support equipment; a year later, the mother launched a fundraiser to help other families with energy costs

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France unrest: PM orders curfews, hints at declaring emergency; over 2,400 arrested - top developments

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A 1862 diamond tiara gifted for a French royal wedding disappeared after 1957; nearly 69 years later, the jewel that doubles as a necklace heads to Sotheby's Geneva to be auctioned for up to $1.3 million

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France unrest: Paris' Louvre Museum shut after student protesters block access

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Russia's finance minister Anton Siluanov named deputy PM in Putin's reshuffle

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'No early warning': Zelenskyy says allies failed to alert Kyiv before Russian strikes; Rubio says US intel sharing never paused

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Austrian Airlines finds no threat after bomb alert diverts Tel Aviv-Vienna flight to Sofia

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94 civilians killed in Mali drone strikes by army, Russian forces: Report

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France counts cost of worst unrest in years as tensions flare again in Paris

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China's ageing crisis: Beijing to become 'super-aged' city by 2035

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China, Pakistan hold high-altitude army drills with Beijing-supplied arms

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China sanctions Paraguay, Belize ministers over diplomatic ties with Taiwan

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China opens military base at former CIA airfield in Laos

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Over 45% of Saudi flights cancelled since October 8, residents scramble for alternatives

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6 ops in 48 hours: Houthis claim to strike Saudi airports, Aramco site & oil field, military facilities

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Over 50 Yemeni fighters killed as Houthis target military camp with ballistic missiles

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Israel arrests 10 suspects over attacks on journalist, European diplomats in West Bank

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UN agency World Food Programme to cut food aid to Gaza as funding crisis threatens millions

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US officials visit Palestinian Christian town after settler attacks on foreign diplomats

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Trump endorses Bibi for re-election, warns Israel against choosing 'wrong leader'

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Saudi Arabia arrests more than 13,800 in week-long crackdown on residency, labour and border law violations

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Egypt pledges support for Saudi Arabia as Houthi attacks escalate

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'This wasn't an accident': Australian PM Anthony Albanese says MP Helen Haines was hit in 'deliberate act', motive unclear

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A tiny green pottery shard links Great Zimbabwe to China; glass beads reveal the medieval African city's far-reaching trade networks

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Rwandan dissident, former army officer, found beheaded in Uganda

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China's rice fields have a duck workforce: The birds help control weeds and pests as farmers grow rice and fish

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Australian woman lawmaker critically injured in vehicle attack; driver arrested

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NBA coach Tyronn Lue turns a former segregated school in his hometown into a community centre as part of his $10 million commitment

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Indian-origin couple invested over $100,000 of their life savings into opening their dream vegan cafe in Australia; an arson attack against tobacconists has left them raising funds for repairs

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Japan's MMX moon mission to launch on Oct 20, bring Phobos samples back by 2031

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World's oldest shipwreck discovered off Turkey with nearly 4,700-year-old pottery revealing clues to ancient Mediterranean trade

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First 'Survivor' winner Richard Hatch won $1 million in 2000; now, 26 years later, court orders him to pay $3.29 million in unpaid taxes

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Indiana father left his entire estate to his fiancee; his daughter challenged the will, lost in court, was ordered to pay $22,208 in legal fees and now faces additional appellate fees

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In 2007, a couple gave $1.5 million to revive UNLV's dead debate programme; 11 years later, it was ranked No. 5 in America

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Headline: In 2018, Iowa researchers made concrete conduct electricity; 10 heated slabs remained free of snow and ice during several winter seasons

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