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'Until root cause is known': US Army temporarily halts Apache training missions after two soldiers killed in Texas crash

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World - / Aug 15, 2026 - Michigan shooting: 5 killed, 1 critically injured, gunman found dead after manhunt - Five people died in a northern Michigan shooting on Friday. The suspected gunman was later found dead after a large search. One other person sustained critical injuries and was hospitalized. Investigators discovered a fourth victim at another residence during the extensive search. The circumstances surrounding the deaths and the motive remain under investigation.

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World - / Aug 15, 2026 - Europe is racing to eradicate a crayfish that can reproduce without mating; in the Czech Republic... European conservationists are launching a campaign to eradicate new populations of marbled crayfish, notorious for their rapid reproduction and the deadly diseases they carry. Funded by the European Union, these swift action initiatives aim to tackle invasive species promptly, mitigating the risk of extensive environmental and economic harm while safeguarding native ecosystems from foreign invaders.

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Germany Heatwave and Drought Threaten Harvest as Farmers Face Crop Losses Across the Country Crisis

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Elon's 'I Bought The UK' Video Sends Internet Into Full Takeover Frenzy

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Karoline Leavitt Exit Sparks Fox Debate As Trump's 'Strong Women' Claim Draws Fierce Online Backlash

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ON CAM: Houthis SMASH MBS' Oil Heartland; Aramco Oil Refineries 'ON FIRE' After Surprise Strikes

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'NO FOOD, BROKEN TOILETS': Not Just Lincoln, US Sailors EXPOSE Trump Crisis Aboard Multiple Warships

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'NOT LONG ENOUGH': Trump 'HUMILIATES' Own Troops In Mideast After USS Abraham Lincoln Fiasco?

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From lakeside retreats to Aravalli resorts: 5 luxury escapes in and around Delhi for the Independence Day weekend

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Rani Mukerji goes from Sabyasachi saree to power suit as she collects an Honorary Doctor of Letters from Australia's La Trobe University

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10 UNUSUAL BABY GIRL NAMES WITH FASCINATING HISTORICAL ROOTS

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Optical illusion personality test: What you see first reveals your hidden superpower

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3.8 crore riders and counting: Namma Metro's Yellow Line clocks one year

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10 naturally tricolour Indian foods to make this Independence Day

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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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Frederick clears way for Sanjay Govil's Washington Freedom cricket stadium

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'I shot him': Luigi Mangione pleads guilty to killing United Healthcare CEO, sentencing on Dec 18

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An unthinkable crime shatters an Indian family in US— and raises questions about AI

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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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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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In 1870, a former slave and Union soldier staked a homestead in Nebraska; drought and grasshoppers cost him the claim, but he eventually owned more than 2,000 acres

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California has added more than 50,000 tons of gravel to a river below Keswick Dam since 2022 to help endangered salmon lay eggs

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In 1968, a California landowner demanded $100 an acre for land inside Pinnacles that officials valued at $17; a year later the Park Service paid more than $46 an acre and bought the parcel for $7,400

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In 1964, a Utah businessman built a gas station beside Capitol Reef; after years of conflict over his quarry, the government took his property for $400,000 and razed the lodge and station

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Home Depot billionaire Bernie Marcus' foundation donates $28.7 million to stem cell research that could repair hearts damaged by heart attacks

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Quote of the day by Martin Luther King Jr: 'There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies'

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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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Peace talks abroad, protests at home: The many contradictions shaping Pakistan today

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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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Eight Nepalese parties form 'Progressive Front' with constitution amendment as key agenda

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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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Second train derails in Southeast England within 24 hours; no injuries reported

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Random Musing: The UK 'PM-in-waiting' just beat a guy wearing a trash can – and that sums up post-Brexit politics

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UK govt temporarily bans sale of disposable barbecues amid rising wildfire risk

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UK sets 24-week target for asylum appeals to speed up deportations

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Another Queen Elizabeth grandchild appears set to give up royal titles as Royal family reveals his future plans

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Bananas are fruiting in UK gardens after heatwaves: Why experts say this is unusual

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Nigel Farage beats 'space warrior trashcan' rival in UK bypoll he triggered

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Meet Jayce Joyce: The 8-year-old who became the world's youngest editor after publishing his first books at age 4

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Shakespeare's birth home was about to be shipped to the US in 1847; the Shakespeare Trust had to buy it for £3,000 to save it from a showman who wanted to make it a theme park attraction

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A Dorset couple renovating their farmhouse kitchen found more than 1,000 coins buried since England's Civil War

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London weather forecast: Sunny skies and 34°C highs on August 14, 2026

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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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Explosion at Europe's largest port kills one, injures six as investigators probe cause

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Engulfed in flames, smoke: 2 killed as Russia hits passenger train with 340 onboard, says Zelenskyy

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Zelenskyy seeks 10% of US stockpile to 'destroy all Russians' missiles': Report

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Britain on course for hottest summer on record as fifth heatwave hits

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Photos: Total solar eclipse returns to Spain after more than a century, darkens skies across Europe

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Will start seizing EU vessels if bloc targets Russian ships, says Putin

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Moon meets Sun: Millions witness rare solar eclipse as UK sees 90% coverage across Europe

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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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Discipline industry in China charges $4k for 6 mths to 'fix' adults in forced detention

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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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7.7 magnitude earthquake strikes off the coast of Indonesia

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Berlin Volksbuhne swimming pool's 'Black people only' event faces backlash, gets cancelled over security concerns amid racism and inclusion debate

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Zambia presidential election: How a copper-rich nation became new China-US battleground

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Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah of Brunei strips daughter-in-law Pengiran Raabi'atul Adawiyyah of royal title over 'unbecoming' conduct; no divorce yet announced from Prince Abdul Malik

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When does helping become hurting? The aid trap in Africa

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In 1978, writer Adam Nicolson inherited three Scottish islands for his 21st birthday; decades later, a joint project made them rat-free seabird refuges

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In 2018, Australian scientist Jaimie Cleeland spent a year on remote Gough Island; in one week, she watched mice kill 15 albatross chicks

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5,000-year-old 'Stargazer' statuette from ancient Turkey reveals a mysterious early human sculpture

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Australia's feral camels were abandoned when trucks replaced them. More than a century later, their isolation is attracting Gulf breeders

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Rosemary Mulholland is planting a forest for people she will never meet, and calls it the "greatest privilege" of her life

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

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4 dead as 'unprecedented' rain floods Eastern Japan, strands thousands at Narita Airport

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£3.8million luxury 98ft superyacht Angiola II sinks off Sardinia four days after new owner took delivery after engine failure and fire, 14 rescued

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Danube River reveals Nazi warships hidden underwater for 80 years: Record-low water levels are exposing the World War II wrecks near Serbia

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

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'Pretty soon': Trump vows to claim Hormuz as US territory; Iran hits back

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In 1942, Crazy Horse's sacred medicine bundle was buried underground in Nebraska; decades later, the family returned to find its landmark gone

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79-year-old UK grandmother refuses to sell part of her garden for $60m road project to protect a 500-year-old oak tree and local wildlife

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In 2021, an Ohio family set out to restore 60 acres of abandoned mine land; five years later, native trees are bringing it back to life

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Ontario tightens social assistance rules, cuts benefits for temporary visa holders

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

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Amazon tribe Amondawa does not use weeks, months or years to describe time. Their language links it to events and life stages

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Two American jets with same flight number avoid mid-air disaster

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D4vd investigation takes unsettling turn as prosecutors examine disturbing items allegedly purchased online

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What happened between Lacy and Mark Wahlberg? Streamer reveals why he rejected the Hollywood star's collaboration

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"Charlie was the one who aggressively trained me": Candace Owens remembers Charlie Kirk through tears and triumph as she reveals how his lessons still guide her

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HasanAbi sues Scott Jennings? Twitch streamer calls CNN analyst's 'defamation' claim an 'egregious lie'

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Did Yonna reject a 'Harvard' scholarship for Kai Cenat's Streamer University? Her explosive claim explained

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Massachusetts residents sue data centre over 27 diesel generators and 16 cooling towers near homes, raising fears of pollution and noise

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