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World - / Nov 9, 2026 - Chancellor Merz backs Ilse Aigner as Germany's first female President - German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has endorsed Ilse Aigner for the upcoming presidential election in Germany. Aigner, if elected, would be the first woman to hold this position. Supported by the Christian Democratic Union and the Christian Social Union, she has backing from various political parties. She could succeed Frank-Walter Steinmeier, whose presidency ends on March 18. Aigner has previous government experience and a strong political network in Germany.

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World - / Nov 9, 2026 - Peat from ancient forests off Mozambique dates back up to about 5,000 years - Submerged ancient peat forests off Mozambique's coast have transformed into vibrant marine ecosystems, offering vital habitats for diverse marine life. As rising sea levels allowed these forests to sink, they have now integrated with coral reefs, enhancing local biodiversity. The carbon-rich legacy of these underwater realms also holds significant implications for climate strategies, highlighting the necessity of including peat reefs in conservation initiatives.

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'Task Force Iron Gate in full force' to choke Iran's trade routes, says Donald Trump

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Trump's $1.5tn defence budget to be blocked by Democrats

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A Texas family's decision to donate its historic bat cave ensures four million female Mexican free-tailed bats retain a protected place to give birth and raise their pups

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Built in 1864 as a Manhattan fire station, this 7,281-square-foot property became a five-level townhouse with its own underground jazz club; it has now sold for $19 million in New York

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Billionaire couple Lynda and Stewart Resnick pledged $50 million to UC Davis in 2022; their 34,000-square-foot agricultural research centre opened in May 2026

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Taraji P. Henson's foundation partnered on a $30 million wellness hub in Maryland; the centre will offer free mental health services, art programmes and yoga

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In 2024, two Wisconsin teens launched a food drive at their high school; by 2026, Meals Matter had expanded to over 35 chapters and 3,500 volunteers, collecting more than $550,000 in cash and food donations

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What began as a small Halloween graveyard five years ago has become a Pennsylvania family's walk-through yard attraction, with towering animatronics, alien-spider battles, a corn path and a custom fog system

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A New Mexico artist spent more than a year turning parts from a 1953 Chevy Bel Air into a 10-foot-tall, 1,200-pound jackrabbit sculpture celebrating Route 66

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A Georgia couple spent $40,000 turning the husband's pre-marital home basement into a separate space for her parents; after divorce, an appeals court ordered the property split to be reconsidered

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Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa plans faceless anti-terror courts: Report

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Balochistan Parties call statewide shutdown in mid-November as crisis deepens in troubled province

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Pak cracks down on protests in POK against rising cost of living, around 20 feared dead

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11 dead, 33 injured in devastating bus-truck collision in eastern Pakistan

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India should arm Afghan Taliban against Pakistan: Sushant Sareen

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Pakistan gas bowser explodes after truck collision, killing 2 and damaging 6 vehicles

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Bangladesh appoints Salahuddin Noman as new foreign secretary; envoy Siam to join Delhi Mission

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'Threat to heritage': Buddhist monks protest in Sri Lanka against religious site redevelopment

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'Sheikh Hasina is convicted criminal': Bangladesh law minister sends extradition request to India

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Malaysia ex-PM Najib wins home detention after $12.3 million pardon payment

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50 years after Nepal banned cannabis, top court orders regulated cultivation

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50 years after Nepal banned cannabis, SC orders regulated cultivation within 3 months

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Indian national killed as helicopters collide near Mount Everest in Nepal

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Supreme Court seeks Centre's response on whereabouts of Barman from Bangladesh

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Nepal foots Rs 10 lakh rescue bill for 6 Indians trekking illegally despite warnings

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'Act responsibly': Taliban urges US over planned deportation of Afghan immigrants

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Richard Scott's son lost High Court challenge over farm promises and 2016 wills; judge also dismissed his stepmother's claim that his tenancies were shams

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Greenford unveils thousands of orange poppies honouring Indian soldiers on Remembrance Sunday

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A Renaissance landscape acquired by a Swiss collector's father in 1957 vanished from public view for nearly 70 years; experts have identified it as a rare Altdorfer worth up to £5 million

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Queen Elizabeth II's final days at Balmoral Castle: Inside the 53,000-acre Scottish estate where she found peace, made cherished family memories and spent her last moments surrounded by nature and loved ones

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A 58-year-old UK father who once won only a dead goldfish as a child has won a mortgage-free £4 million Yorkshire mansion with a lake and £250,000 cash from a £30 Omaze entry, after struggling to build a business

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A Hertfordshire couple used an inherited Chinese brush pot as a doorstop for 40 years; experts identified the late 18th- or early 19th-century carving, which sold for a £150,000 hammer price

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DNA evidence revealed one brother was not the biological son of a millionaire businessman; a High Court judge ruled he could still inherit from the family's £14.5 million trust

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Emma Watson donated $1 million to a UK fund fighting sexual harassment; its impact report later recorded 46,100 women and girls reached, over 20,000 professionals trained and 59 grants awarded

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A Dundee transport manager with 24 years at his company was fired after it questioned about £21,000 in pothole repair bills he had been told to arrange; a tribunal has ruled it unfair and awarded him £34,326

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A £1.8 million estate was left in dispute after a London property developer married two women in Las Vegas five years apart without divorcing his first wife; the legal battle began after his death

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In 2021, Ryan Reynolds took control of Wrexham as its historic Kop stand lay derelict; five years later, a £70 million rebuilding project has approval for up to 7,750 seats, with opening planned for 2027

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In 2022, former British Army serviceman Ian Ferguson began stockpiling food after the Ukraine war began; now, at 71, he has 600 cans in his shed to prepare for a 100-day lockdown or national emergency

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UK bride's father was hospitalised with heart failure just days before her wedding; then she brought her wedding dress to his hospital room for a father-daughter dance

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Turkey's message as COP31 opens today: Electrify, recycle, skip coal

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'Cannot compromise own defence': Germany rules out further Patriot supplies to Ukraine

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Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant loses power again, relying on generators for electricity

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A woman bought an unremarkable black lamp for just €20 at a French flea market; her daughter spotted a hidden signature and the rediscovered ceramic piece sold for €251,000

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'Cynicism and brutality': Russia targets Ukrainian rescue workers at site of Zaporizhzhia bombing that killed 55

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'No business being in NATO': Presidential hopeful Melenchon pitches radical new course for France

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Russia may have lost up to 450,000 in Ukraine war, leaked death records claim

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Poland mass shooting: PM says footage shows 3 bodies at suspect's home; minister cites far-right influence

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Europe is rehearsing its next move in Ukraine, and Putin may not like what comes after the war

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At least 6 killed, 15 wounded in Poland shooting; gunman shot

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'My family, I face threat': Italy minister says his private data leaked on dark web

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'36 missiles, 172 drones': Russia to join US-Ukraine talks after massive overnight strikes on Kyiv energy sites

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'Don't leave Kyiv in dark': Zelenskyy seeks stronger US backing after Russia rains ballistic missiles

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China's using clean tech to shape global climate fight, growth

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China to release Japanese pharma employee jailed for espionage after 3.5 years

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Ahead of summit, Beijing tells Quad: Don't rake up South China sea row

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Chinese automaker's electric hypercar sets new speed record, whizzes past 500 kmph

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US intelligence believes Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang had romantic ties with Chinese spy : Report

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Macau pro-democracy activist Au Kam San sentenced To 12.5 years in jail

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Earthquake of magnitude 5.0 jolts China's Xinjiang region

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Hong Kong democracy activist Joshua Wong jailed for 10 more years

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Chinese genetic sequencing firm Novogene sues Pentagon over military blacklist

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Saudi turns to Syria for help to fight Houthis

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'They're a failing nation': Trump says fresh Iran strikes 'highly unlikely' if Tehran signs 'strong agreement'

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Israel releases reporter held for five days over 'foreign agent' suspicion

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IRGC dubs new US 'Iron Gate' plan as 'wordplay', dismisses economic pressure warning

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Gadi Eisenkot officially gets first chance to form Israel's next government

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Israel deports journalist, 77-year-old activist among 14 on Palestinian solidarity mission

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Houthi attacks target Aramco facilities in Saudi Arabia as explosions rock Riyadh

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Weeks after flydubai incident, 'hostile aircraft' alert triggers panic in Israel

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Iran executes 3 men accused of carrying out operations for Israel, US during protests

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70,000 tents flooded in 12 hours as heavy rain batters displaced Palestinians in Gaza

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Is Netanyahu's time up? 10 things to know as rival Gadi Eisenkot gets shot at power in Israel

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'Enemy will no longer dare attack': Iran's navy issues warning to US forces

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UAE rescues 22 Arab nationals after fire breaks out aboard cargo ship

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At least 33 killed in Saudi airstrikes on Yemen village, most casualties women, children

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Saudi Arabia issues danger alerts for Dammam, Dhahran and Abqaiq amid Houthi threats

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Can Netanyahu stage a comeback in Israel? What if Eisenkot fails to form government

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Egypt train crash: How a collision with a stationary train left 7 dead, 125 injured

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New Zealand faces political uncertainty as special votes could reshape election result

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Egypt train collision: 7 dead, several injured as passenger train derails after hitting another train in Giza

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'Hometown Cha-Cha-Cha' actress Shin Min-a quietly donated over $2.7 million in 15 years to help burn victims, underprivileged children and vulnerable families; charity officials initially mistook her recurring contributions for an error

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Australia planned to sell 67 military sites to raise $1.8 billion, but public protests over Sydney's 166-year-old Victoria Barracks prompted a November 8 reversal that will keep four historic sites publicly owned

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At least 21 dead after migrant boat sinks off Senegal's northwestern coast

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Pope Leo heads to Milei's Argentina: Austerity, poverty and Iran war in focus

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'Grey's Anatomy' star Kate Walsh is pushing for 30% of the world's oceans to be protected by 2030; why the global conservation target is falling behind

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Taiwan detains communist party leader over alleged links to China ahead of local polls

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She began with a fundraiser to feed just 25 schoolchildren; today, Kenyan entrepreneur Wawira Njiru employs 6,000 people, and her organisation serves 730,000 children every day

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Canadian contractor billed a woman $778 for visiting her summer cabin to quote a propane fridge installation; tribunal dismissed his claim after she refused to pay

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An elderly man fell while carrying breakfast and severed an artery; two Queensland carpenters used a dress and adhesive tape to save his life, leaving his wife overwhelmed with gratitude

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Archaeologists discover rare gold bear ornament in ancient Saka burial mound in Kazakhstan, alongside human remains and scattered artefacts

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Watch: Shattered glass, scattered books after strong earthquake rattles Japan

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Taiwan detects 4 Chinese military aircraft, 8 ships around island in 24 hours

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Falling birth rates, fading faith? Pope Leo's message to Uruguay's youth

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A North Dakota woman spent more than $110,000 on purchases for a house she built with her partner on land held by his family trust; after they split, a court rejected her claim for the home's improvements

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After more than 400 trees were cut at Trump's Washington golf course, a federal judge names a former prosecutor to investigate whether government lawyers misled her about plans to continue redevelopment

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'Always found her way to the finish line': Family releases obituary for NYC Marathon runner Rachel Apa who died from rhabdomyolysis

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After a Florida woman reduced her teaching pay from about $49,450 to $20,000, her divorce court denied alimony and gave her husband all parenting time; an appeals court ordered a fresh review of support and parenting

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Meet Donovan Atkinson, the 5-year-old who turned cucumbers from his family's garden into a pickle business and sold more than 500 jars from his roadside stand

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A North Dakota grandmother and her longtime partner cared for her grandson from the age of four months, and both parents consented to adoption; the state Supreme Court says the unmarried couple cannot adopt jointly

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An Ohio homeowner refused to pay for basement walls after spotting defects in a 2021 project; judges said the foundation was structurally sound despite cosmetic flaws and upheld a $45,806 payment to the contractor

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The great White mix-up: Did Trump offer White House job to the wrong Dana White?

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Massive Amsterdam march challenges Dutch government's response to Israel's war in Gaza

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West Virginia Supreme Court reverses $31,054 divorce payout tied to rise in value of house bought before marriage; wife remains entitled to a share of mortgage principal reduction

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An Ohio man bought a house in 2012, six years before getting married; when his wife argued shared mortgage payments made it marital property, appeals judges let him keep it and upheld a $20,000 legal-fee award

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Far-right wingnuts storm Diwali fest in Seattle after lights go out on MAGA

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In 2015, a Louisiana woman began a long legal fight over neighbours using a rural road beside her home; in November 2026, appeals judges upheld her right to stop them using the private section beyond its first 1,000 feet

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In the UK, a developer and four linked firms have been ordered to pay £46.5 million towards fire-safety work on seven Manchester buildings, following a landmark tribunal ruling that cut the government's claim

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Transformers actor Josh Duhamel joins Bobcat company to donate a new utility vehicle to Los Angeles firefighters supporting the city's first full-time paid wildland hand crew

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In 2018, an Omaha apartment complex closed amid code complaints, forcing tenants to move; after reopening in 2021, its owner pursued a lawsuit against the city, but a 2026 appeals ruling rejected the claims

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Elizabeth Stein founded Purely Elizabeth in 2009; 17 years later, Ferrero agrees to acquire her US wellness food brand after sales more than doubled

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In 2001, an Air Transat jet carrying 306 people ran out of fuel over the Atlantic after a leak; Captain Robert Piche glided the powerless Airbus for about 19 minutes to a runway in the Azores, and everyone survived

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Is MAGA losing its grip? Trump's midterm rout sparks revolt within movement

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Brooklyn cut Prospect Park West from three traffic lanes to two and added a protected bike path; speeding fell from 74% of vehicles to 20%, while injury crashes fell 63%

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In a 2021 Missouri I-270 work-zone trial, a speed trailer flashing red and blue lights produced an extra 2.8 mph speed reduction; 53.5% beyond the base setup

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Virginia redesigned Reston's Lawyers Road after targeting a 20% crash reduction; after four lanes became two with turn and bike lanes, reported crashes fell from 16 to five a year

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New York turned part of Broadway into Times Square pedestrian plazas in 2009; months later, pedestrian injuries were down 35% and motorist injuries 63%

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'Giant step back in history': Trump blames Democrats' midterm sweep for $3 trillion market loss

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An eight-site field test across five US cities recorded 73% fewer vehicles in the "dilemma zone" and 82% fewer red-light violations; crashes were 9% lower, but the difference was not statistically significant

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Utah tested connected snowploughs on five winter corridors; equipped routes recorded larger reported crash-rate reductions, up to 3.87 versus 1.82 on matched routes, but the study could not establish that the technology caused the difference

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