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World - / Aug 27, 2026 - Tourists carved 350 bamboo stalks in Japan; officials now want the grove out of reach - Kyoto's famous Arashiyama Bamboo Grove is facing growing damage from tourists carving names and other writing into bamboo stalks. A city inspection found around 350 damaged plants since spring 2025. In response, Kyoto officials plan to cut about 30 sq m of bamboo as a special preservation measure and move the grove further away from the path to prevent visitors from reaching the stalks.

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World - / Aug 27, 2026 - Russian military lieutenant colonel killed in St Petersburg car blast, wife injured - A Russian military lieutenant colonel was killed after a car exploded in St Petersburg on Thursday, while his wife, who was also in the vehicle, was seriously injured, Russian media reported. The blast took place at around 10 am local time near a

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Artemis II astronauts are set to receive America's highest spaceflight honour on August 28

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In 1933, Herbert Hoover donated Rapidan Camp to the federal government for Shenandoah National Park; today, the former presidential retreat sits less than 90 miles from Washington, DC

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In 2007, Texas sank the retired 473-foot Texas Clipper off South Padre Island; it now brings in over $1 million from anglers and up to $2 million from divers

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In 1793, goats were introduced to Hawaii's Kahoʻolawe; their population later reached about 50,000, and 200 years later the last feral goat was removed after severe vegetation loss and erosion

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In 2016, a family donated its 42-acre Pennsylvania estate as a free public garden; after surviving an eminent-domain threat, Stoneleigh has now expanded by 10 acres to 52

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Nepal floods: No contact with 288 Indians in Nepal, another 200 stranded on China side - key points

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Nepal floods: Aerial views reveal trail of destruction after powerful surge of ice, mud and boulders

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Before and after: Satellite images show how Nepal's green mountainside turned into debris field

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Bangladesh: Hindu businessman, 4 family members go missing amid threats

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'Like a bomb exploded': How a 2,000-foot-wide glacier triggered deadly Nepal floods

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2015 Kathmandu earthquake, 2026 flash floods: Why Nepal is so susceptible to natural disasters

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Ice-rock avalanche likely triggered Bhotekoshi flood; quake link under probe

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Humans stepped back from this UK dairy farm in 2023; three years later, wildlife returns as 27 more bird species appear and butterfly numbers more than double

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Leeds weather: Overcast skies and 97% humidity expected Tuesday, rain later in week

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Liverpool weather forecast: Heavy rain and cool temperatures expected August 27

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London weather forecast: Heavy rain and cooler temperatures expected Tuesday, August 27

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Manchester weather: Heavy rain expected Tuesday, August 27, with mild temperatures

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Birmingham weather forecast: Heavy rain expected August 27, 2026

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In 1952, one of England's rarest moths was last recorded at a Northumberland estate; more than 70 years later, conservationists returned after the landscape was restored and found a hidden population within 10 minutes

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In 2022, bird flu caused an entire Sandwich tern colony in England to be abandoned; four breeding seasons later, the birds have returned in record numbers, creating one of the country's largest colonies

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Mystery Turkish firm ordered by council to tear down holiday homes built without planning permission after hundreds of trees cut down in 500-year-old woodland, 100 ordered to replace those lost

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In 1902, edible dormice were released at an English estate; by 2018 Britain had an estimated 23,000, and the government now pays £40 per hectare a year to control damage to trees, crops and nesting birds

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Beauty therapist Chantelle Van Vliet was fired after asking for flexible hours over severe menopause symptoms, wins £32,237 in compensation after tribunal finds she was denied reasonable workplace support

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Watch: Buckingham Palace pays tribute to music legend Dolly Parton with surprise '9 to 5' performance

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UK heatwave exposes 300-year-old hidden gardens as drought reveals forgotten historic landscapes across Europe

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Prince Harry, Meghan and children arrive in UK after 6 years

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In the 1970s, Britain imported North American signal crayfish for farms; they escaped, bred in huge numbers and now infest rivers across England, Wales and Scotland, carrying a plague deadly to native crayfish

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Russia planning to use nukes? Why CIA chief made 'emergency' visit to Moscow; report

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Scientists found a 4-million-year-old baby tapir in Spain, the most complete juvenile skeleton of its kind ever found in Europe

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Archaeologists found two young horses buried beside a Bronze Age tomb in Germany; the 3,000-year-old ritual may reveal an ancient sacrifice

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Who was aboard mystery US aircraft that landed in Russia? Report reveals

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Archaeologists found a 7,000-year-old pit packed with beaver bones; it reveals how Europe's first farmers used animal fur

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Record heatwaves kill more than 35,000 across Europe, toll expected to rise: Report

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One key opens hundreds of cabins stocked with food across Norway, where no roads, staff or reception exist, only trust

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The Danube has fallen so low that a 1,600-year-old Roman bridge is emerging from the river, revealing a piece of history hidden underwater for centuries

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Hungarian Gripen fighter jet crashes: Pilot ejects safely, probe launched

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Quote of the day by Plato: "Wonder is the feeling of a philosopher, and philosophy begins in..."

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Planes, helicopters, crews: How Europe is scrambling to contain a record wildfire season

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Pay €25,000 for Schengen visa: Indian company BLS under probe after Spain's Algerian migration crisis

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Ukraine drone attack kills 2 children in Russia's Krasnodar, sets logistics hub ablaze

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Barrier lake near Nepal border could breach in 3 days, China warns as hundreds dead in flash floods

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'Accusation helps nothing': China rejects Nepal's 'dam collapse' claim over floods

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How a family reunion in China ended in a 3-year prison term for artist Gao Zhen

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China warns US of retaliation if Trump's 'Economic D-Day' sanctions hit their Iran oil trade

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Ajit Doval's China visit: NSA, Chinese VP Han Zheng discuss border peace, bilateral ties

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'Did not meet launch conditions': China's unmanned moon mission delayed last minute

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In 1953, a Hong Kong imam brought eight date palms from Mecca; one survived and later officials changed a road route rather than cut it down

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NSA Doval to visit Beijing for 25th round of India-China border talks

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Before Xi-Trump talks, US Navy flies through Taiwan Strait, puts China on notice

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Residents in China found three king cobra nests; scientists saw two cobras guarding one with 72 eggs

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Iranian assassination plot against Netanyahu's son Yair foiled in Florida: Report

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Donald Trump sends Saudi civil nuclear deal to Congress, keeps Israel normalisation as condition

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Israeli military sent US universities millions for weapons research: Report

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'Jailed or killed': How Iran is silencing citizens as internal tensions mount

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Iran used mosques to surveil, shoot at January protesters: Report

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'US not in economic position to further restrict, no one buys their bombast': Iran

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'Iran tried to murder my son': Netanyahu makes big claim against Tehran

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Trump tightens Iran squeeze, hurting China and India in the process

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Pakistan Army chief Asim Munir spoke to Donald Trump ahead of Tehran visit: Report

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Israel accuses Gaza of launching drones, balloons and kites; responds with two airstrikes killing four-year old

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'Entering endgame': US turns to 'economic D-Day' against Iran; Tehran raises Gulf oil blockade threat

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Iran invited to join Mecca pact by Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Pakistan: Report

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Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama sold 1,500 mirrored balls for $2 each at Venice in 1966, decades later one of her paintings fetched $10.5 million

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'Saw several bodies, animals in river': Nepal flood survivors narrate 'earthquake-like' experience

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Quote of the day by Plutarch: "The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled"

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Hindu priest arrested in Canada for sexually assaulting woman under guise of healing

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Influencer shot dead in Mexico while livestreaming: Suspect arrested in cartel-hit Sinaloa

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What is Lakshmi maxxing? The new wellness trend drawing on India's ancient traditions is facing backlash; why Indians are questioning it

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A severe drought forced Australian scientists to rescue platypuses and keep them in captivity for five months; after being returned to the wild, they rebuilt their home ranges and resumed normal movements within days

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France heatwave: 10 Nile crocodiles hatch on their own for the first time

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In 2019, A Tasmanian couple used a $1.6m bequest to buy Prosser River Reserve near Orford; years later, it held 11 at-risk species and 14 vegetation communities

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How burying straw helped China stabilise shifting desert sand and restore vegetation

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Brazil's polluted Rio mangroves were disappearing under waste; then local fishers restored 18.2 hectares and more than 60 animal species returned

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11,000-year-old sculpture of human seated on leopard found on a stone bench at Karahantepe in Türkiye reveals unique Neolithic art

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Japan's Yayoi Kusama, global polka-dot art icon, dies at 97

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What triggered Nepal's catastrophic flash floods? USGS rules out earthquake

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A New Zealand sailor spent years living alone on a remote Cook Islands atoll across three separate stays; a year after his final stay ended, Suwarrow was declared a national park

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A San Francisco woman hires a humanoid robot for $30 an hour to clean her apartment while controlling it remotely from her sofa

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A Kansas cowboy put 50 wind turbines on his 7,000-acre ranch and turned the wind into his most reliable cash crop, selling electricity to thousands of homes

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In 1994, Steve and Terri Irwin bought 3,500 acres to restore dwindling koala habitat, then planted 44,000 eucalyptus trees and added 1,630 more acres

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For nearly a decade, a California town fought to seize its privately owned water utility; now the state Supreme Court has ruled 7-0 against its takeover argument

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Singapore sends 70 tonnes of unwanted clothes to Malaysia every week in major textile recycling partnership

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In 1998, Israel closed the Hiriya landfill after decades of waste had formed a 60-metre mound; years later, methane wells, trees and trails helped transform the site into the centrepiece of a 2,000-acre park

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This prehistoric Czech sanctuary is 1,000 years older than Stonehenge; reveals how farmers tracked the movements of the Sun and the Moon 6,500 years ago

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In 1964, a 27-year-old woman bought an abandoned 18 acre island off Maine and built a small house to live there alone; 22 years later the island was donated to become a wildlife sanctuary

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Qatar PM to visit Tehran as Iran-US tensions persist over Hormuz Strait and sanctions

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Nepal floods: Over 100 Indians missing; MEA issues helpline numbers

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Scientists discover a huge freshwater reservoir beneath the Great Salt Lake in Utah with the help of air drones

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A Rhode Island woman bought her family's coastal farm in 1908, spent decades painting and birdwatching there, then left the land to become a sanctuary that now protects 300 acres

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In 1927, John D Rockefeller Jr secretly used a shell company to buy over 35,000 Wyoming acres for $1.4 million; NPS says acquiring the same amount of Jackson Hole land today would cost over $1 billion

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Another Alaska plane crash: Four dead as aircraft falls into water

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For years, visitors left coins for luck in Giant's Causeway's ancient rocks. Years later, more than 10,000 coins have been removed to protect the World Heritage Site

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After invasive rainbow trout threaten to erase Yellowstone's native cutthroat fish, officials shut Buffalo Creek to wipe them out

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D4vd's alleged murder home slashes rent by $2,450 as Hollywood Hills property struggles to find a tenant

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