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ON CAM: Rioters Burn Down Historic French Town Hall That Survived World Wars In Limoges | WATCH

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Kolkata stampede: SIT to probe security lapses, question puja committee members after 19 deaths; 14 detained

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Six ragging complaints reported across Rajasthan medical colleges in one week, NMC, UDF seek probe

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Sweet deception: What's really inside your festive mithai box?

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Canadian billionaire Kevin O Leary: Till few years ago, I always told everyone that the only education you should get is Engineering, Engineering, and Engineering; but no longer as now the highest-paid skill is...

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IMD forecasts heavy rain in 17 Tamil Nadu districts, over 15,000 civic workers deployed

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Julia Roberts' 51-acre New Mexico ranch hosted her 2002 wedding to Danny Moder, with Brad Pitt and George Clooney among 50 Hollywood guests

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IP University's 21st sports championship concludes with 10,000 students; shooting events introduced for the first time

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UP's Pilibhit turtle carcass incinerated without autopsy, DFO asked to explain

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Shamna Kasim says Rajinikanth's 'Jailer 2' is a dream come true; 'We all say that our hard work, prayers, and passion would pay off one day'

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More food, fewer nutrients? Fruits, vegetables and cereals may have lost up to 50% of key nutrients since the 1960s as decades of yield-focused farming raise concerns about hidden hunger

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Kolkata stampede: Video shows crowd breaching barricades, tussling with cops at Chorbagan pandal day before tragedy

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Vani Kapoor's biggest lesson is mental, not technical, ahead of Indian Women's Open

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"The Indian healthcare system blew my mind": British couple travels to Lucknow for IVF treatment, praises India's medical care

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Colours of Navaratri - Day 8: Purple, with a touch of old-school charm

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World - / Oct 18, 2026 - California farm earns 10 times more leasing land for solar than growing wheat - In Tulare County, California, the Changala family farm has embraced a transformative shift from dry-farmed wheat to solar energy. Driven by financial incentives, solar leases are now yielding significantly greater income compared to traditional crops. Facing water scarcity in the San Joaquin Valley, farmers are increasingly investing in solar technologies.

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World - / Oct 18, 2026 - How a Brooklyn crypto cop took down a global scam network - By the time Alona Katz hurried home from her office in downtown Brooklyn late on Oct 6, the trap was already set. After months of planning, the chief of Brooklyn's crypto fraud unit was about to orchestrate one of the most sweeping international

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Iran Blows Up 'U.S.-Navy Guided Ships' In Hormuz; 4 Million Barrel Crude Vessels Hit Naval Mines

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Why some people pull away when a relationship becomes serious: 5 possible reasons

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Quote of the day by Jane Austen: "There is no charm equal to tenderness of heart"; why kindness makes relationships stronger

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Neeta Lulla reveals why Aishwarya Rai's iconic 'Saajan Saajan' lehenga was way ahead of its time

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Durga Puja 2026: Trisha Krishnan's crimson saree is serving goddess energy this Maha Ashtami

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Kajol's dual-tone saree is the Saptami showstopper, with Nysa and Yug nailing the coordinated festive fashion

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Optical illusion personality test: What you see first reveals if you talk too much, interrupt, or trust strangers too easily

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In 1968, Cassandra Henderson graduated from a North Carolina school; nearly 60 years later, she moved back into the same building after it was restored from 20 years of vacancy into 53 senior apartments

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Anthropic pitches own AI Safety Bill

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US Congressman's Krishnamoorthi's office receives suspicious package as FBI probes nationwide mail threats

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San Diego is weighing a $4.2 billion redevelopment of 48.5 city-owned acres with 4,254 homes, a $526.4 million arena and $460.3 million in infrastructure and park improvements

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An Oklahoma landowner turned his family's cattle farm into a 130-acre haven for pollinators after noticing fewer monarch butterflies

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The original Iron Man No. 1 opening page had gone to auction; Marvel Studios founder offered this rare artwork in hope to surpass the $3.8 million July sale of another Iron Man artwork

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US: Two killed, including a child, after car ploughs through soccer game in Kansas

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In 2016, Mike Madden paid $520,000 for Muhammad Ali's former Pennsylvania training camp; after investing another $1 million restoring its 13 log buildings, he reopened the six-acre site in 2019 as Fighter's Heaven

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A Pennsylvania Goodwill received a small gold LEGO piece inside a donated jewelry bag and listed it from $14.95; collectors identified it as a rare 14-karat Bionicle mask and pushed the auction price to $18,101

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Ross Perot Jr. began buying Texas land in 1985; his vision helped transform Fort Worth

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A cow escaped a California slaughterhouse truck; Diane Warren helped give the animal a new life at a sanctuary

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Martha's Vineyard rejected a 54-acre subdivision with 26 below-market lots and 19 luxury homes after seven marathon meetings, leaving land bought for $6.6 million in 2017 undeveloped for now

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In 2013, former Lakers coach Mike D'Antoni purchased a Manhattan Beach home for $6.9 million, later selling it for $9.5 million with ocean views and a wine cellar

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An Oregon couple had 14 acres too wet for hay but too dry for wildlife; they restored it into a wetland that attracted birds within days and helped reduce flooding on their ranch

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Strong 6.0-magnitude quake strikes Balochistan in Pakistan

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Imran Khan facing Nawaz, Benazir-style exile deal? Pakistan opposition leader's big claim

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

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Pakistan ranks lowest in South Asia on hunger index amid rising food prices

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33 children, teacher killed as school roof collapses in Pakistan's Peshawar

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

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Why Asim Munir's plan to 'split' up Pakistan may spell the end of civilian govt

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Pak police fire tear gas, live rounds at protesters in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; 50 detained

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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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Laiba Ijaz suicide: Pakistan gold medalist commits suicide after visa scam; suspect on 5-day remand

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Imran Khan's stronghold in crisis: What's happening after emergency rule in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

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Why did Pakistan declare Emergency in Imran Khan's bastion Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

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Pak crisis: Shehbaz govt declares emergency, ends Imran Khan's party's rule in KPK

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

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Nepal PM, president stress unity and social harmony in Dashain messages

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Locked out, shut in, left hungry: Afghanistan after Taliban takeover

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Sri Lanka hit by nationwide power blackout as grid failure disrupts electricity

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10 charred to death in fire at seaside resort in Bangladesh

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202,000 cases, 1,147 deaths: Bangladesh battles deadly measles outbreak amid warning to other nations

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What is causing the haze in Southeast Asia? Key facts explained

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'Deep sense of insecurity': Sheikh Hasina flags minority safety in Bangladesh

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Nepal PM Balendra Shah likely to visit India in November-end; what's on agenda

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'Ties can't hinge on one individual': Hasina criticises Bangladesh's Brics boycott

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Yunus called 'terrorist' by Awami backers at US airport

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Dhruv Rathee flies to London and joins 'Jantar Mantar' protest

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Roman fort discovered in Pembrokeshire, Wales suggests the medieval legend of Emperor Magnus Maximus and his army camp may be true

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A blind UK man applied for more than 1,000 jobs without success and spent 16 months unemployed, then built an accessibility business; at 23, Brandon Hulcoop has won the King's Trust Young Achiever award

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In 2021, musician Warren Ellis bought and donated 5,000 square metres of land in Sumatra, creating an extension to a wildlife rescue centre for animals that cannot return to the wild

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A tiny painting bought for about $37 disappeared into a cupboard for years; after it resurfaced during a home renovation, experts authenticated it as a John Constable work worth roughly $315,000

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Meet Nathan Davies, the UK father who won £98,000 on a quiz show and set a world record by eating 15 fish fingers in 60 seconds

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Indian man sentenced to life in jail for murder of Chinese woman he met at brothel in UK

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UK hospital team travelled 180 miles by kayak, bicycle and on foot in six days; the challenge raised £660,000 for children's spinal imaging

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In 1834, Edinburgh's oldest Palm House was built; 192 years later, it reopened with its Victorian neighbour after a five-year, £23.5 million restoration that replaced all 5,750 glass panes and returned nearly 600 plants

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Indian-origin Met Police officer charged with attempted rape, sexual assault in London

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A 500-year-old Suffolk pub was partly destroyed by fire in 2013; 450 community shareholders helped raise over £400,000 to bring it back

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Ricky Hatton's £40 million net worth questioned after death; parents Ray and Carol, son Campbell seek answers; £18.7 million in company funds, 20 firms and children's inheritance under scrutiny amid no will

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Henry Nowak murder case: Sikh man's mother may be released early under new UK prison rules

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A shopper paid just £1 at a UK car boot sale for a 1953 first-edition Casino Royale in its original dust jacket; after experts recognised the rare James Bond book, it sold at auction for £10,000

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Indian student Deepak Sandhu convicted of murdering woman at London Airbnb after she confronted him over stolen £500

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At 11, Aneeshwar Kunchala is set to receive the Junior Jane Goodall Earth Medal for his wildlife-conservation work; he began campaigning against plastic pollution at four

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Watch: French protesters loot Hermès, Apple and other luxury stores across cities

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5,50,000 on streets: How cost-of-living anger is sweeping Europe

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Zelenskyy says Starlink restrictions affect Ukraine but not Europe, disputes Musk's technical explanation

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Watch: Historic French town hall burnt, shops looted, tear gas fired as 5,50,00 protest in France

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Zelenskyy terms restricting military use of Starlink in Ukraine deliberate

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Trump blocking Russia curbs historic moment: Putin envoy

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Cost-of-living protests: Italian police clash with protesters in Milan, Bologna; Meloni condemns violence

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France protests turn violent: Fires, looting and 1,200 arrests; Macron vows action

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Russia, Ukraine, US: Zelenskyy says Washington working to set up trilateral meeting

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Cars torched, shops looted: Violence protests erupt across France; over 270 arrested

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Pope Leo discharged after lung cancer surgery, returns to Vatican after 4 days

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Watch: Masked protesters briefly storm Marseille city hall as protests turn violent in France

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Albania sees fresh clashes as student-led movement targets PM Rama

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Starlink speed cap cripples Ukraine's drone interceptors against Russian threats, Kyiv turns to US for help

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Russia rains over 300 drones, missiles on Ukraine, hits 15-plus energy facilities

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Tear gas fired as thousands protest rising cost of living across France

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Watch: China-North Korea bridge opens after 12-years delay

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

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How Chinese parts are fuelling Houthi ambitions to strike Israel and Saudi Arabia

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Research ships & seabed surveys: Inside China's grey-zone tactics against Taiwan

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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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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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Besieged cities, broken supply routes: Can Yemen hold its ground against Houthis

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'Kicked me for 10 minutes': Trump 'disturbed' by images of attack on US photojournalist Heidi Levine who undergoes surgery

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Egypt looks to help defend Saudi if asked

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Two oil tankers on fire after hitting mines: Iran's Guards

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Israeli settlers attack European diplomats, French mayor; Netanyahu says no 'compelling evidence'

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'War booty': Cheap iPhone 18s advertised in Tehran after Hormuz shipwreck, claims report

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One killed in explosion at Iraqi alliance paramilitary base; PM Zaidi orders investigation

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Saudi Arabia executes five nationals on terrorism charges, death toll hits 188

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Iranian fishermen hunt for iPhones and perfumes after cargo ship sinks in Hormuz

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Saudi Arabia's Prince Sultan became the first Arab in space in 1985, observed Ramadan aboard Nasa's Discovery and returned to a ticker-tape parade

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US claims Iran unable to fund 'proxy militia' after losing $25 billion in oil exports to naval blockade

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Iran helping Houthis: How Tehran is hitting Saudi Arabia without fighting directly

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Air India flights to Saudi cities suspended till October 24 amid Houthi threat

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Houthis close in on key Yemen city of Taiz: Why a global trade route is at risk

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Iran broke? $25 billion oil loss, $350 million crypto frozen as militias send money back to IRGC, says US

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Israeli settlers attack Palestinian villages, torch cars and trees during olive harvest

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Major fire at Canadian military base in Alberta, Carney calls it 'serious incident'

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The missing bow of a World War II cruiser was found 675 metres underwater, nearly 83 years after a torpedo tore it off

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Imagine Sisyphus posting: The absurd economics of India's creator boom

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A proposed A$15 billion data-centre campus near Wagga Wagga would use about 100 hectares, 384 backup generators and 6,400 tonnes of diesel; more than 1,000 residents have signed a petition against it

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In 2021, an investigation reported that Amazon's Scottish warehouse sent millions of unsold or returned items, including TVs, laptops and books, to be destroyed each year

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Divers find unopened wooden chest on 320-year-old English warship; wreck at high risk of deterioration as more of it emerges

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At 85 and 82, Ken and Jill Hooper are still restoring Australian bushland; after more than 20 years of conservation work, they have helped protect 970 hectares and bring native wildlife back

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Across 20 Spanish wind farms, stopping turbines when birds neared coincided with a 92.8% drop in recorded griffon vulture deaths over 13 years, with estimated power losses below 0.51%

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In South Africa, researchers painted two red stripes on one turbine blade; a preprint suggests bird fatalities fell by a median 83% at four treated turbines

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In Wyoming, AI cameras detected approaching eagles and slowed nearby turbines; a field study reported an 82% lower eagle-fatality rate than at a control wind farm

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Three men sentenced to 158 years in Mexico for killing Australian brothers, American surfer

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'Truly historic moment': Putin's envoy hails Trump's move to suspend Russia sanctions

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In Portugal, radar and observers shut turbines down during migration; over five autumns, no soaring birds died, though 5,000 crossed the wind farm each year

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Brazil's Amazon deforestation hits record low: Why it matters amid election battle

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Australian designer Joost Bakker built a three-storey urban farm home at Melbourne's Federation Square that produced its own food and power

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Takaichi says chores, makeup add hours to her workday, sparks debate on gender roles

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Reese Witherspoon sold control of Hello Sunshine at a $900 million valuation in 2021; five years later, she has teamed with Mediawan to buy the company back at a reported fraction of that price

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In 2024, Brad Paisley and Kimberly Williams-Paisley put $1 million toward a second free grocery store; two years later, the Nashville site opened so families could choose food without paying

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Texas landlord kept a couple's $2,600 security deposit and sued them for more money after they moved out; the tenants counterclaimed, won damages and legal fees, and the appeals court largely upheld it

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In 2022, Wyoming landowner Paul Hughes rejected a $3,600-an-acre easement offer; four years later, the board behind an $80 million reservoir is considering eminent domain to secure the last land it needs

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In 2025, Pennsylvania's 308-acre Crebilly Farm was preserved after five years of local campaigning and a $24 million conservation effort

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In 2022, a Norwegian man cycled toward India for nine months, then kept riding until 55,000 km across 46 countries brought him home nearly four years later

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McClellan Air Force Base closed in 2001; 25 years later, the 3,000-acre Sacramento site has drawn about $600 million in investment, with 10 million sq ft of buildings and a public-use airport

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In 1993, a rancher donated 300 American bison that were released on an Oklahoma prairie; today, more than 2,000 roam the preserve, helping restore one of Earth's most threatened ecosystems

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In 2015, US engineers added blade deflectors to help turbines capture more wind; a wind-tunnel model's power coefficient rose 10%, while a separate prototype test measured a 7.7% gain

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In 1966, an Alaska dairy farm went up for sale; the community helped keep it off the open market, and it later became a 1,790-acre refuge visited by about 150 bird species

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In 1899, Indianapolis built a dam to create a boating lake on the White River; 127 years later, crews are removing it after the structure altered more than four miles of river and blocked aquatic wildlife

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New York's Plaza Hotel opened in 1907 and last shut for a $450 million overhaul; 119 years later, the 282-room landmark will close again for at least four years to restore its historic facade

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In 2006, an Oregon woman sold her $398,000 home to her son-in-law for $270,000 and says she was promised she could stay for life; 20 years later, an appeals court rejected that claimed life estate

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A Georgia father signed a deed giving property to his son, then signed another two days later naming his daughter as the recipient; the court upheld the earlier transfer

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Trump aide Susie Wiles helped set up 'sanctioned hit' on fired White House press secy Katie Zacharia: Report

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'Cheap foreign labour': US Congressman claims H-1B visa holders from India, China replacing American graduates

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xQc left out of all 37 Streamer Awards 2026 categories, says 'the king forgives, but never forgets'

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Asmongold vs Angry Joe: Streamer questions 'logic' behind female soldiers in Gears of War: E-Day

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Jack Doherty beats Kodiyakredd in 30 seconds at Brand Risk 16, but N3on refuses his challenge

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In 1968, millions of grey squirrels moved across America in a puzzling wildlife event, and scientists traced a possible clue to the acorn crop of 1967

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Seven years after the Manchester Arena attack, Ariana Grande sent Christmas gifts to children across four hospitals in the city, continuing a connection that reached beyond her concert stage

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US man accused of drugging college student with fentanyl, raping her before death

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Australia-bound Qantas flight cancelled after bedbugs found on economy seats

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'Examined His A**': Trump Raves About Ohio Senator's Looks In Bizarre Rally Detour

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Escalation In Middle East As Iran Hits Kurdish Bases In Erbil; Blast Hits Iraqi Militia HQ

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ON CAM: Macron's Palace Under Fire; Rioters Attempt To Storm Élysée Palace Amid Escalation In Paris

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Iran's Underwater Weapons Move For Houthis? Mini-Sub Report Sparks New Saudi Alarm

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