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Trump's Cheap Fuel Promise CRUMBLES! Putin Diesel Deal FAILS To Deliver Relief To Americans

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World - / Oct 14, 2026 - New rule for H-1B again? Visa extensions will be treated as fresh cases; asylum seekers and H-4 visa holders will also be affected - Again a new rule dropped from the Department of Homeland Security that will concern H-1B visa holders. But the scope of the new rule will be far greater than just H-1Bs. It will impact anyone with a work authorization in the US as the DHS issued a

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World - / Oct 14, 2026 - Selma Blair's lawyers call her 'gold standard' after she assaulted Delta staff and then a cop; Judge Indira Khan says no special treatment for a celebrity - The hearing of actor Selma Blair turned interesting after her lawyers pleaded with a Queens judge to be lenient to the actor citing her body of work. Calling her the gold standard, the lawyers argued for lesser penalty but the no-nonsense judge told

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BREAKING: Justice For Tupac Shakur After 30 Years, Court Hands Convict 40 Years To Life In Jail

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Riyadh Airport Shut, Jeddah Under Threat! Houthis Threaten More Strikes; MBS' Nightmare Deepens

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'DID NATALIE....?': Jimmy Kimmel MOCKS Trump's Nobel Meltdown, Takes Aim At HILARIOUS Typo

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ON CAM: Trump & Vance Weigh In On Ilhan Omar Raid After Democrats' Attack

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Katie Zacharia FUMBLES On Day 1 As Trump's Press Secy, Internet Goes Off On 'My President' Gaffe

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Rashmika Mandanna's Raw Mango saree is a love letter to Indian handlooms at her meeting with CM Thalapathy Vijay

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5 GERMIEST PLACES AT AIRPORTS THAT TRAVELLERS TOUCH WITHOUT THINKING

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Optical illusion personality test: What you see first reveals whether you focus on the bigger picture or you're a detail-oriented person

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Bigg Boss Tamil 10 : Stylish looks from the latest weekend episode

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Sharvari takes the corset out of the history books in a violet bustier and silver mini skirt

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Mumbai's Orange Gate–Marine Drive underground tunnel project advances with 1-km excavation completed; here's how the Rs 8,056-crore project aims to cut travel time to just 5–7 minutes

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In 2010, a California man paid $2 for three old photographs at a junk shop; five years later, experts said one showed Billy the Kid playing croquet and had it insured for $5 million

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Former RHOP star Mia Thornton faces felony theft charge over alleged $11,000 furniture, TV removal from Atlanta condo with Jared McGriff in October 2025, months before airport arrest

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A Washington family seated a Victorian doll named Michael at dinner whenever 13 guests arrived; today, the house is a museum preserving their unusual tradition

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In 1994, Hamdi Ulukaya arrived in the US unable to speak English and knowing nobody; after building Chobani, he hired hundreds of refugees and migrants and built Tent into a 400+ company network helping newcomers find work

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Shreveport's former Libbey Glass plant left more than 850,000 sq ft of contaminated industrial space; after cleanup, full demolition is moving ahead with about 95% of its steel, brick and concrete set for recycling

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A Kentucky man died without a will with about $2.33 million in transfer-on-death investment accounts left to his children; an appeals court has upheld his widow's right to half the accounts plus part of earlier gifts

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Cornell University suspends frat parties as sexual assault claim rocks campus

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In 2005, WWE's Kane built a 6,924-square-foot home on 78 wooded Tennessee acres, including a 2,400-square-foot gym; he later listed the private retreat for $800,000

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Years after Andre the Giant's death, his former 46-acre North Carolina estate went to auction, with parts of the home custom-built for his 7-foot-4 frame

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An Iowa farmer whose family farms 400 acres says crops barely cover taxes; after a solar project won a key county permit, he says leases are running about $1,200 per acre and hopes most of his land can join

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6,500-year-old Indigenous sacred site in Arizona partially destroyed by Trump administration's border wall construction; 50-foot corridor cuts through 272-foot geoglyph that predates Egypt's first pyramid by 2,000 years

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In 2024, a Pennsylvania dairy farmer cut his monthly power bill from $2,500 to $74 by putting solar panels on his barn, whilecontinuing to carefor 300 cows

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In 2019, a Nevada farmer used solar panels to irrigate 500 acres of alfalfa alongside diesel generators, saving 16,385 gallons of diesel and projecting $1 million in lifetime savings

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US Supreme Court backs Trump administration in fight over records on Elon Musk's DOGE

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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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Pakistan bets on electric vehicles as Middle East war sends petrol prices soaring 54%

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Pakistan-Afghanistan conflict: A clash of unequals, but why is Islamabad relying on air power instead of ground offensive

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Pakistan forces accused of quadcopter blast that killed 2 children in Balochistan

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Nearly 3 in 4 Pakistan inmates await trial amid prison overcrowding in country: Report

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'Come to your senses': What is Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif's condition for talks with Imran's party

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Pakistan successfully test-fires extended version of Fatah-4 cruise missile

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Another showdown brewing in Pakistan? Imran Khan supporters hit streets after talks fail

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'Suspended over repeated violations': Taliban takes BBC radio services off air in Afghanistan

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'Massive rock avalanche likely caused Nepal flood'

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Flash flood sweeps away 40 houses, 6 bridges in Nepal; up to 10 missing

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Bangladesh party backs CJP stir, ex-Yunus aide seeks Modi's fall

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'Our seas, our land': Sri Lanka assures India against hostile acts from its territory

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'Army is the rule, army is the law': India tears into Pakistan at UN over minority rights

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King Charles and Queen Camilla's royal beehives produce hundreds of jars of honey; the Queen's own honey is sold to raise money for charity

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In 2013, tech billionaire Koos Bekker bought a 16-acre Somerset estate; his company now controls more than 2,700 acres nearby and says it employs over 650 locals, as residents debate its expansion

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William Chapman: Man who was killed by a tiger at zoo in South Yorkshire has been identified; he was pacing around enclousre with headphones

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A UK shopper paid £5 for a car boot sale ring; experts later valued its 3.02-carat natural diamond worth £15,000

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A hidden air-raid shelter behind a garden hedge held decades-old wine worth £3.56 million, and 11 bottles of Romanee-Conti alone sold for £269,500 at Christie's London wine auction

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Argentina moves to stop first commercial oil project on disputed Falkland Islands, escalating row with UK

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'Not unique': Iran seeking to expand attacks in UK to military sites, MI5 chief warns after RAF Fairford incident

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A shopper paid just £15 for an old ring in a Leicester charity shop, then experts traced it to the British royal family; the rare Princess Amelia mourning ring later sold at auction for £5,500

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A student launched an eyelash-serum brand from her mother's kitchen and generated more than £100,000 during one 12-hour livestream

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In 2024, Lancashire friends outgrew a small gaming shed and built a £2,000-plus replacement from scratch with an 18-foot table and a memorial to a friend; two years later, it won Britain's Shed of the Year

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Princess Diana walked into an Angolan minefield in 1997; decades later, the landmine campaign she helped popularise is still clearing deadly remnants

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Britain built a 70-foot water tower disguised as a house in 1923; its 50,000-gallon tank was damaged by a wartime shell before the landmark became a holiday home

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A pilot project backed by Elton John's foundation helped expand 'opt-out HIV' testing from two London hospitals to 89 emergency departments across England

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A 1930s Patek Philippe watch found in a Cornwall house clearance sold for nearly 12 times its lower estimate

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A London family kept a dirt-covered dish under a sofa for decades; rare Chinese imperial porcelain is estimated at £30,000

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A British editor paid L.S. Lowry just £10 for 'Going to the Mill' in 1926 and kept it in the family for almost a century; 99 years later, the early industrial painting went to auction and sold for £805,200

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Albania police use tear gas on protesting students as stir turns violent

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Robot sexually assaults 16-year old girl in Germany; 2 teens under probe for recording and livestreaming

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Germany's Nuremberg Airport suspends flights after suspected aviation emergency

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Greta Thunberg joins Paris demonstration as French students continue protests over school conditions

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'Ukraine has not attacked Russian oil refineries for 2 days': Zelenskyy on Trump's 'energy ceasefire'

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Fridges heated to 50°C, food destroyed: Hundreds of supermarkets in France hit by cyberattack

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Drone attack sinks ship off Bulgaria coast, second strike in a week

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'Made right choice, America first': Trump defends Russia diesel deal amid bipartisan backlash

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US threatens to cut Ukraine intelligence, weapons supplies over Russian energy strikes

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Russia offers one-day ceasefire if Ukraine holds elections, rejects Zelenskyy's 60-day truce bid

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Zelenskyy sounds alarm as Russia hits Ukraine's energy sites despite Trump's ceasefire announcement

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In 2006, the primary school on the island of Stromboli was closed due to a lack of students; in 2026, it opened for just one student whose family would otherwise have to break up their lives

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Poland deploys 20,000 cops in schools, inspects 80k educational institutions amid rising youth violence

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Robert E Hall, Michael Woodford win 2026 Nobel Prize in Economics for macroeconomic stabilisation models

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Pope Leo XIV to undergo lung surgery: What we know about his health and upcoming plans

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A bottle of Macallan 1926 whisky sold for £2.125 million; only 40 bottles came from the original cask after 60 years of maturation

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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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China's Zijinshan gold mine turned its own waste into haul-road material; test roads carried 100-ton trucks and resisted deformation

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Xi Jinping unwell? Chinese officials sought unusual long breaks during the US visit

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China's gold-copper mine built a road from mining waste; one section showed 97% lower deflection after 28 days

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China tests 800-passenger flying-wing aircraft model with 85-metre span, showing how new aerodynamics could improve range and efficiency

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'Crew tried to put mysterious pill in pilot Smit's mouth': Passenger's big claim on flydubai attack

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'Don't post videos, stay indoors': Embassy issues fresh advisory for Indians in Saudi Arabia

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Flydubai mid-air stabbing: 2 Maldivian pilots detained in UAE over links with accused Omani copilot - report

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Nuclear sites fortified, loyalists rallied: Iran braces for possible US attacks after midterms

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No warning before impact: Saudi Arabia's alert system went silent amid Houthi attacks

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Netanyahu seeks Saudi nod for Israel to join strikes on Houthis: Report

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Why Saudi Arabia's $83 billion military fails to deter Houthis despite advanced arsenal

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Bunkers, handpicked guards: How Saudi Prince MBS moves between palaces amid Houthi threat

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How did Houthi missiles slip past Saudi defences? Riyadh probes deadly airport attack that killed 13

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Hezbollah-linked device explodes in student's bag during Israel school trip, 1 killed

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Saudi Arabia to increase crude exports to 10m barrels per day, examine transport alternatives

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Lebanon PM vows to track down suspects after truck carrying explosives intercepted

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Watch: Tanker off Oman catches fire after drone attack; two of 11 Indians missing

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Watch: New footage shows moment missile hit Riyadh airport; 13 killed, including Indian national

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'Insufficient': Iran refuses Hormuz talks until US meets 7 conditions, rules out negotiations before demands are met

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Saudi Arabia: Fresh Houthi attack on Riyadh airport kills 1; Dammam also targeted

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A billionaire who bought Tasmania's Woolnorth dairy for A$280 million in 2016 has won a tax reversal: a full court overturned the case that had left his companies facing A$23.4 million including penalties and interest

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Pakistani student killed while 'praying' on road, driver avoids jail in Australia

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In 1990, Wisconsin built a test embankment for a gravel road over shredded waste tyres; after a year, inspectors rated its drainage excellent and called it among the better gravel roads

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In 2025, South Korea approved a two-year test near Osong Station for solar panels placed along railway tracks, with nationwide expansion possible if the panels withstand rail conditions

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In 2025, France put eight wheeled solar panels directly on unused railway rails near Paris, testing whether the reversible setup could power maintenance sites without permanent construction

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In 2014, Australia tested geopolymer concrete in ten 50-metre pours beside Wellcamp Airport's runway; after the trial met specifications, it was approved for heavy aircraft pavement

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Argentina moves to stop first commercial oil project on disputed Falkland Islands, escalating row with UK

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Claude Lalanne's bronze armchair with monkeys, vines, and an ostrich-leather seat sold for $1.079 million after reaching Sotheby's through its online consignment portal

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Japanese farmer spent decades planting thousands of pink flowers after his wife went blind due to diabetes; this is why he wanted visitors to come to their home

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In 2010, Ben Affleck co-founded Eastern Congo Initiative; by 2024, programmes it supported were delivering over 100 million litres of clean water across 10 service zones in eastern Congo

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Conor Shea sets a Guinness World Record by assembling Mr Potato Head blindfolded in 7.91 seconds to raise awareness of Usher Syndrome

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Arnold Schwarzenegger's childhood home became a museum after an investor bought it for about $656,000; it now welcomes visitors to explore his bodybuilding, film and political career

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In 2018, Simon Cowell donated £25,000 to help close a South Korean dog meat farm; the charity's rescue operation moved more than 200 dogs and puppies towards shelter care and a chance of adoption

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Chinese woman buys around 200 parking spaces in bulk, charges double the original rent and wins legal battle with neighbours

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South Korea supermarket stabbing leaves 8 injured, suspect arrested

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6.7 magnitude earthquake hits central Mid-Atlantic Ridge

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A Florida father and son found an eastern diamondback rattlesnake outside their home; wildlife officers removed it in 30 minutes

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In 2005, two Ohio brothers bought a flooded quarry for $330,000 and spent 15 years improving it; 21 years later, the village abandoned its bid to seize the 72.5-acre site and now has a $206,000 judgment lien against it

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Running on empty, Trump turns to Putin to fuel midterm hopes

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In 2012, Taylor Swift pledged $4 million for a Nashville education centre; 14 years later, the space is showcasing artwork by local schoolchildren and artists with developmental disabilities

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A Jordanian princess recognised her custom-made engagement ring on an auction catalogue cover, leading to a court case over jewellery allegedly stolen from her London residence

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Jennifer Garner bought back her family's 55-acre Oklahoma farm in 2017; the land, held by her family since 1936, now inspires her organic children's food business

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In 2022, Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively gave $500,000 to Water First; four years later, the Canadian charity's latest graduating class included eight newly certified Indigenous water operators

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A 67-year-old Maryland school bus driver was removed from her route after allowing a 10-year-old boy to step off and rescue a kitten; a petition seeking her reinstatement have 800 plus signatures

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Meet Harrison Nott, 16, from Essex, England, who skipped college after his GCSEs to grow the towel business he started in his bedroom in 2023, now generating over £750,000 in annual revenue

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In 2020, Alex Trebek and Jean Trebek donated $500,000 to Hope of the Valley; two years later, the lead gift had helped turn a shuttered 60-year-old roller rink into the 23,000-square-foot, 107-bed Trebek Center

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Jason Mraz bought an old San Diego avocado grove as a retreat in 2004; two decades later it is a 17-acre regenerative farm growing organic avocados, coffee and other crops, with much of its fruit sold locally

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From 'come to India' to 'pray for us': Sridhar Vembu trolled for sending mixed messages to NRIs; he says, 'What is the alternative? Beg them to allow us to stay?'

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Israel-bound Delta flight from New York evacuated after bomb threat, nothing found

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For 11 years, Danielle Steel quietly funded a San Francisco homeless outreach team; four trucks carried food, clothing and sleeping bags on rounds designed to support 300 people at a time

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RaKai breaks silence on Reggie's explosive claims involving Kai Cenat's Clover Boys, hints at legal action

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Barack Obama to campaign in Ohio, Michigan to shore up support for Democrats ahead of US midterms

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Oprah Winfrey and Dwayne Johnson launched Maui's People's Fund with a $10 million commitment after the 2023 fires; after wider donations, it distributed about $60 million in $1,200 payments to more than 8,100 residents

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In 2016, Barack Obama answered tribal calls to protect Bears Ears; he created a national monument; 1.35 million Utah acres were set aside

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After roughly $2.8 million in federal, county and state funding backed a conservation easement, a 58-acre Utah ranch where 70 cattle still graze was permanently protected from development while remaining working land

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In 2021, Philadelphia Airport used 90,000 cubic yards of recycled-bottle foamed glass beneath an aircraft apron; it diverted an estimated 83 million bottles and cut at least six months from construction

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In Alberta, Canada built an instrumented road with about 825,000 scrap tyres and waste bottom ash, reportedly saving 103,123 m³ of landfill space

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In 2014, Tony Robbins turned a childhood memory of his struggling family receiving groceries from a stranger into Feeding America's 100 Million Meals Challenge; expanded later, it reached 1 billion meals in 2023

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'His blood splattered over everybody': US man dies after falling from roller coaster ride

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Maine was replacing an aging river bridge when part of the new structure collapsed during a concrete pour and injured workers; two months later, crews are dismantling the damaged spans before construction resumes

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Trump administration asks Don Jr's ex-girlfriend Kimberly Guilfoyle to resign as US ambassador to Greece amid cash-for-access allegations

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Ken Paxton partied in Dubai with two US fugitives, one had donated $190,000: Bombshell report amid Texas Senate race

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Ken Paxton partied in Dubai with two US fugitives, one had donated $190,000: Bombshell report amid Texas Senate race

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A New Jersey couple's story about a homeless veteran spending his last $20 on gas raised about $400,000 from more than 14,000 donors; investigators later found the viral GoFundMe story was fabricated

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