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Egypt is building an entire desert city from scratch, crowned by a 1,263 foot skyscraper

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World - / Jul 9, 2026 - Not all trees fuel wildfires: Aspen tree species can actually slow or even stop them - When a wildfire is tearing through a conifer forest, the assumption is usually that trees are simply fuel, more vegetation means a bigger, faster moving fire. Two recent studies, one covering the southwestern United States and another examining

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World - / Jul 9, 2026 - How the British Royal Family makes money: The Duchy, Sovereign Grant and private wealth explained - The British monarchy's financial foundation is composed of the Sovereign Grant and a series of private estates. King Charles III alongside Prince William has revealed substantial tax contributions. The Sovereign Grant, sourced from Crown Estate profits, finances official royal functions and palace maintenance. Income is also generated through the Duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall, which serve to support the expenses of the royal family and working royals.

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'YOU SON OF A B*TCH!': Paraguay Senator Vs Kylian Mbappé EXPLODES, French Star INSULTED Again | FIFA

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Connor Murphy's Thailand Death Shock; Fitness Star's Final Hours Under Spotlight

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Russia Claims It Foiled Ukraine-Linked Sabotage Plot, Alleges Assassination Attempt on Officials

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'You Are Next': Tehran's 'Savage' Threat To Europe After Gulf Strikes; Bashes 'Servility To Trump'

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'Play With Fire, Get Burned': Iran's Top Negotiator Draws New Red Line | Watch

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Aamir Khan's rare ruby wedding ring for Gauri Spratt took 256 hours and 131 artisans to create

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The oldest traditions still followed by the British Royal Family for as long as 800 years

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Clear your bowels naturally every morning with these 10 foods

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Real Madrid star Kylian Mbappé's ₹120 crore mansion in Spain features 8 bedrooms, 11 bathrooms and a private golf area

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Snakes of Florida: 8 Species you're most likely to encounter and how to identify them

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Bengaluru: Why are street vendors being removed from footpaths?

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Why California just returned 136 acres of protected coastline to Indigenous tribes, know what this historic decision means

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AI company CEO pays $1.7 million a year so employees can live in one of America's most expensive neighbourhoods

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The Amazon is the world's largest river, yet not a single bridge crosses its main channel

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'Days, weeks or months': US gearing up for prolonged military campaign against Iran

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US democrat Graham Platner suspends Maine Senate campaign amid sexual assault allegation

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Student visas processed under 'established regulations': US Embassy amid delay concerns

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Nearly 1,000 cyclospora cases reported in Michigan in largest-ever parasite outbreak

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Iran threat? Why Trump flew home on old Air Force One instead of jet gifted by Qatar

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Will be giving licence to Ukraine to produce Patriot missile: Trump

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Connor Murphy's alleged last video saying 'I'm dying every second' resurfaces after his death

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US launches major probe into H-1B visa 'fraud'; Cognizant under scanner

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The Don of disorder: Allies duck as Trump changes script again, picking fights from Madrid to Tehran

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'I think I will': Trump hints at lifting Syria's terror label, calls interim president 'great job'

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'On every single one of their list': Trump claims Iran is plotting to assassinate him

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Insurgents kill 18 cops, 11 soldiers abducted this week in southwest Pakistan

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Pak cargo plane wreckage found, search continues for 5 missing crew

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Cargo plane wreckage recovered in Arabian Sea off Pakistan, hunt continues for 5 crew members

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Extradite political dissidents for repatriating child rapist: Pakistan's demand shocks UK

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Cargo plane with 5 on board goes missing off Pakistan's Karachi coast

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9 policemen killed in terrorist attack in Balochistan

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'Stop the genocide': Baloch protesters in Germany raise alarm over Pakistan atrocities

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TTP claims responsibility for killing of Pakistan Air Force officer in Islamabad

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Next round of US-Iran talks likely in Islamabad: Report

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Pakistan air force captain gunned down in broad daylight while rescuing woman

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Pak bureaucrat, prime accused in Karachi bus project graft case, sent to judicial custody

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No salaries, drug shortages, harassment: Karachi doctors' protest lays bare Pakistan's deepening healthcare crisis

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Karachi shopping centre fire: 11-year-old named accused in chargesheet over blaze that killed 72

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PoK erupts as police open fire on protesters amid massive anti-Pakistan rallies, one killed - key points

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Workplace harassment in Pakistan: 521 men filed complaints, transgenders and women also seek redress

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'Demanded $100,000 for our release': Pakistan gang rape victim names deputy PM Ishaq Dar's kin

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Bangladesh: Rohingya camp landslide kills at least eight children, multiple injured

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Bomb blast at anti-Sheikh Hasina rally in Bangladesh, three injured

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Strategic ties with India, China guided by mutual benefit: Bangladesh minister

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Clashes break out in Sri Lankan jail, 26 dead, over 100 hurt

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25 killed, hundreds wounded after clashes break out in Sri Lankan prison

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'Shortsighted leaders tend to repeat errors': Analyst warns Trump's Pakistan outreach may cost US dearly

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'Always ready to resolve border issue with India through talks': Nepal foreign minister

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'Closest neighbour': Jamaat chief says Bangladesh seeks trust-based ties with India

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Days after Pakistan's airstrikes, Afghanistan launches strikes on ISIS targets in Balochistan

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03:34 - Don't broadcast Sheikh Hasina speeches: Bangladesh warns its media outlets

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'Come and help us': Reform urges activists to campaign in Clacton as major parties boycott Nigel Farage's bypoll

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UK man who staged estranged wife's murder as suicide found guilty of rape, killing

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Temperatures set to peak at 36C during UK heatwave, health warnings issued

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Starmer hints at extra bank holiday if England end 60-year wait for FIFA World Cup

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Liverpool weather: Warm and sunny day with 30°C high expected July 9

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Leeds weather forecast: Sunny skies and 30°C high on July 9

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London weather forecast: Sunny and hot July 9 with highs of 34°C

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Birmingham weather: Sunny skies and 30°C high expected July 9

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Manchester weather: Sunny skies and warm temperatures expected July 9

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Triple murder shocks UK: Manhunt launched after wife, two daughters found dead; suspect believed to be in Zimbabwe

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Inspired by the loss of his daughter to brain cancer, a Canadian father has raised more than C$1.6 million for research and received London's first-ever Order of London award

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UK to lead $50bn long-range missile initiative to protect Europe against Russian threats

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Prince Harry lost his Daily Mail case: Now a £50 million legal bill may be the bigger story

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'Vote Binface' memes flood social media as major UK parties boycott Clacton by-election against Nigel Farage

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Extradite political dissidents for repatriating child rapist: Pakistan's demand shocks UK

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Germany records over 5,100 heat deaths as Europe reels under record-breaking summer

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Turkey's Erdogan gifts Starmer, Carney engraved pistols at Nato Summit

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2 girls attacked with weapon at Germany school, teenager arrested

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French regulator slams Meta for not paying news agencies

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Quote of the day by Michael Schumacher: 'You win a race, the next race it's a question mark. Are you still the best or not?'

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Quote of the day by Fyodor Dostoevsky: 'What is hell? I maintain that it is the suffering of being unable to love'

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FC St Pauli with illustrious history spanning over 115 years, witness to historic moments in world football

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'Lust for murder': German doctor who killed 15 patients gets life term; suspected in 76 more deaths

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Telegram 'drug rape' network that shocked Germany! How secret codes were used to assault women

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'Want to remain with you': Trump's Nato U-turn as chief backs US strikes on Iran

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Ukraine says drones hit three Russian oil refineries, tankers in major overnight strikes: watch

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'Wasted cause': Why Trump wants to cut off trade with Spain

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2 killed as Russia bombs Ukraine ahead of Zelenskyy-Trump Nato meet

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Nato showcases big arms deals as Trump sulks

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Quote of the day by Giorgia Meloni: 'If I were fascist, I would say that I am fascist. I never hide'

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Trump announces Turkey sanctions lift at Nato summit, signals possible F-35 fighter jet sale

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Super Typhoon Bavi: Taiwan, China and Japan brace for giant storm as wide as France

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China eyes new corridor near India: How Bangladesh, Myanmar fit into Beijing's plan

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The Indo-Pacific is heating up, and the reason isn't just super El Niño, but also gunpowder

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China battered by extreme weather: Floods, tornadoes & landslides kills over 20, videos capture destruction

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Watch: Typhoon Maysak breaks dam wall in China, kills 2 and forces thousands to evacuate

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East China Sea tensions flare: Japan, China clash in high-stakes maritime standoff near disputed Senkaku Islands

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Monsoon batters China: 16 buried in landslide, 8 killed in central region

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China sentences former official to death in $325 million bribery case

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China test fires missile into Pacific, sparks alarm

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Xi Jinping sends rare July 4 greeting to Trump days after he ranked communism above 9/11, world wars as a threat

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US-Iran trade intense fire; Hormuz shipping grinds to 'near halt' as Middle East caught in spiral again: Key points

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Meet the Emirati stunt performer behind the action in 'Dune: Part Three'

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UAE approves new law: Damaging heritage sites could cost up to Rs 26 crore fine, jail

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Watch: Iran shares video showing Khamenei's battered compound after US-Israeli strikes

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'Days, weeks or months': US gearing up for prolonged military campaign against Iran

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Watch: US launches fresh strikes on Iran after ships targeted in Hormuz - 10 videos show devastation

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Concerned over West Asia flare-up risks, says India

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'It will get much worse': Donald Trump warns Iran as US launches fresh strikes over Tehran's Hormuz 'aggression'

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'Will hit even deeper': Trump warns Iran as Tehran vows 'no American soldier will return alive'

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Trump's Board of Peace planning pilot 'humanitarian zone' in south Gaza: Official

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'On every single one of their list': Trump claims Iran is plotting to assassinate him

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Saudi Arabia executes man for burning wife alive after luring her to desert

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Nato chief defends US strikes on Iran, calls them 'absolutely necessary'

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The war that won't end: Why Iran ceasefire was always destined to fail

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US military ignored warnings, relied on outdated intelligence before Minab school strike: Report

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Quote of the day by Albus Dumbledore: 'Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light'

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Turkey spent eight months and $120 million rebuilding an entire airport to land Donald Trump's Boeing 747 gifted by Qatar

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Long before bricks and timber, Ice Age humans built homes from mammoth bones in Ukraine 18,000 years ago

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An aboriginal Australian community in northern Queensland speaks a language with no words for left or right, only north, south, east and west

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In a remote corner of Italy, men reach 100 almost as often as women. Scientists say the reason is not as simple as diet or exercise

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A Japanese soldier stayed hidden in a Philippine jungle for 29 years because he believed World War II never ended

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Man built a $15 million solar-powered floating mansion with a swimming pool, five king suites and a rooftop covered in solar panels

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Why do California's beaches glow blue at night and what causes this stunning bioluminescent phenomenon

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In 1788, cats were brought to Australia after more than 200 years later, the country's native wildlife is still paying the price

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Argentina pilot told his student, 'You know what to do,' then jumped mid-air without a parachute. The student landed the plane safely, but the pilot didn't survive

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The fish that changed Lake Victoria forever: How Nile perch triggered one of history's biggest ecosystem disruptions in the 1950s

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Canada province preparing lawsuit against OpenAI over school shooting

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A 2,300-year-old Chinese tomb held a sealed bronze bottle, and scientists found beer still preserved inside

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Canada says Bishnoi & gang directed Nijjar hit, adds nothing to link Indian govt; India hopes blame game will end

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Northern Norway's coastal towns face storms, erosion and energy stress: And scientists say climate plans must cut emissions and protect livelihoods at once

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'They called a little while ago': Trump claims Iran wants to 'make deal badly' after fresh US strikes

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Soviet scientists released red king crabs into the Barents Sea in the 1960s to build a new fishing industry, but decades later, the giant crabs have spread across Russian and Norwegian waters, altering seafloor communities as they feed on native marine life

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The United States in 1906 planted Australian melaleuca trees to drain Florida's wetlands, but scientists now say they spread across nearly 500,000 acres, replacing native sawgrass marshes with dense invasive forests that alter fire and water cycles

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In 1971, 17-year-old Juliane Koepcke fell nearly 10,000 feet from a plane struck by lightning over the Amazon, survived still strapped to her seat, then wandered alone through the rainforest for 11 days before loggers found her

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‎Mother who publicly claimed vaccines killed her 18-month-old twins is now accused of murdering them, with prosecutors alleging she suffocated both children

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Hawaii introduced strawberry guava from Brazil in the 1800s for its edible fruit, but scientists now say the invasive tree has spread across the islands, forming dense forests that crowd out native plants, block seedling growth and transform native rainforest understories

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Sweden planted colourful garden lupins across roadsides and disturbed land to control erosion, but after more than 100 years, scientists say the fast-spreading flowers now dominate native meadows, leaving fewer native plants for bees, butterflies, and other pollinators

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Trump promised to fix America's most famous Reflecting Pool for under $2 million. It ended up costing $14.7 million, and the problems started within days‎

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In 1987, the United States decided to capture every remaining wild California condor after lead poisoning, habitat loss, and poaching left just 27 birds alive; today, hundreds once again soar across western skies

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In 1995, the United States released 31 grey wolves from Canada into Yellowstone after the predators had been exterminated for nearly 70 years, hoping to rebuild a collapsing ecosystem; today, wolves have helped restore elk numbers, willow forests and beaver populations

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Chilling new images reveal condition of Connor Murphy's Thailand home before drowning death

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Powerball winning numbers for Wednesday, July 8, 2026: Check your tickets for the $434 million jackpot

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Connor Murphy's final hours: Unused syringes and unidentified pills found as investigators piece together YouTuber's death

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"While Charlie was DYING.....": Candace Owens raises fresh questions over Charlie Kirk shooting timeline, points to Ben Shapiro's comments

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