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Times of India - World

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World - / Aug 27, 2026 - In 1952, one of England's rarest moths was last recorded at a Northumberland estate - Conservationists have triumphantly rediscovered a rare moth population that had been missing for seventy years at the National Trust's Wallington Estate in Northumberland. Thanks to extensive habitat restoration efforts, this elusive species, once threatened by extinction in England, has made a hopeful return, inspiring optimism for uncovering other hidden insect populations.

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World - / Aug 27, 2026 - Yale researchers find a new way to make PFAS easier to remove and destroy - Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are often called "forever chemicals" because their ultra-strong carbon–fluorine bonds make them stubbornly resistant to breakdown in the environment. They're prized in industry for repelling water, oil and

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'Trump Betrayed Us!': Massive Military Exodus After Iran Twist; 'Lincoln Crisis & Minab Strikes...'

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'Putin Kills US Troops And You...?': John Ratcliffe Grilled About Russia's Secrets; CIA Boss Stunned

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Patrick Clancy's Money Mystery: $1M GoFundMe, Lawsuit And A Shocking Online Theory

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From working in Bhojpuri cinema, signing random films to pay his rent to earning Rs 1.5 lakh for one episode of Comedy Circus; When Krushna Abhishek opened up about his journey

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Loro Piana to Zegna: Lesser-known luxury sneaker brands the old-money tribe knows by heart

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Intuition or fear? 5 ways to tell what your gut is really telling you

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Princess Diana's 'Last Ring' from Dodi Al-Fayed: The mystery behind the 'Dis-moi Oui' ring

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10 BABY BOY NAMES WITH POWERFUL MEANINGS AND FASCINATING ANCIENT ROOTS

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Biological parents reveal why they asked surrogate to terminate pregnancy after baby was diagnosed with serious heart condition, as surrogate refuses and seeks custody of critically ill newborn

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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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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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ICE arrests nearly 50,000 immigrants in July, highest monthly tally under Trump's second term

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This 240-mile stretch on Dalton highway in Alaska with no petrol stations, restaurants or hotels is one of America's remotest roadways that tests every driver to the limits

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Meta-morphosis: FB puts kids on digital detox after coughing up $ 17.1 billion in settlement

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New York mayor Mamdani makes a stink over RSS event, stirs up row among Indian diaspora

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American Airlines tightened its 24-hour cancellation rule; passengers booking less than 7 days before departure can now lose the full-refund option

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California man arrested with guillotine in pickup truck near US Capitol building

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Meet Ashka Shah, the 17-year-old New York student who studied how a cancer-driving protein enters the cell nucleus and found a way to block its harmful signalling while preserving its normal function

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Brooklyn newlyweds spent $30,000 on wedding reception; days later, they were bedridden with norovirus as 30+ guests fell ill after food contamination

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3 teenagers killed, 4 injured in Brooklyn highway crash

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Meet Kinley Rasmus, the 12-year-old Alabama girl who became only the 25th girl to play in the Little League World Series and struck out six batters in a win

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Quote of the day by John F. Kennedy: "Change is the law of life. And those who ..."

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3 Telangana students killed in Florida road accident, one identified as Nizamabad native

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In 1976, Michigan created a conservation fund from oil, gas and mineral revenues; 50 years later it has awarded nearly $1.4 billion and is putting $6.5 million toward almost 22,650 Keweenaw acres

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15 newborns killed in fire at Islamabad hospital's gynaecology ward in Pakistan

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Five labourers gunned down at construction site in Pakistan's Balochistan

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Pakistan army officer pulls gun, fires in air amid student protest at Peshawar university- video

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'CTA intentionally prevented': PTI alleges negligence over Imran Khan's hospital visit

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'You are powerful, but remember 1971?' Pakistani politician takes fresh swipe at Army

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Pakistan: Security official killed by unidentified gunmen; 5 cops injured in separate grenade blast

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09:02 - Destroyed in Operation Sindoor, JeM's Bahawalpur terror base fully operational again

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Pakistan power crisis: Karachi residents riot amid outages lasting hours, block major roads

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'India could use water as weapon': Pakistan minister as Indus Waters Treaty remains in abeyance

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'In contempt for gathering people': Pak blames ex PM Imran Khan's party for hospital transfer

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Big crisis brewing in Rawalpindi? Pakistan deploys army for 'sensitive duties'

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'Repeatedly tortured': Imran Khan's sister alleges abuse in jail as ex-Pakistan PM returns to prison

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Imran Khan's kin say Pak govt violated court order for not taking ex-PM to private hospital

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Ex-Pakistan PM Imran Khan returns to Adiala Jail after medical examination at Islamabad hospital

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Ex-Pak PM Imran Khan moved to private hospital from prison after SC order

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Red-faced Pakistan summons top diplomat over US envoy Gor's J&K remark in Srinagar

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For centuries, flood-hit corridor was key route of Himalayan trade

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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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'No information of whereabouts': Kailash group caught in Nepal flood, fate of 77 pilgrims unknown, says Sadhguru

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Gone in seconds: Devastating footage from Nepal-China border shows doomsday-like scenes

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Nepal floods: Terrifying videos show homes, buildings and bridges swallowed by raging waters

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Ice avalanche, glacial lake or earthquake? What triggered Nepal's deadly floods

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

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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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'Putin set to target UK': Britain on alert after PM Burnham's Ukraine visit, missile tech transfer

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A Scottish scholar and his American wife bought the remote island of Canna; 43 years later they gifted it, their home and their life's work preserving Gaelic culture to the National Trust for Scotland

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Birmingham weather forecast: Rain expected Tuesday with high humidity and moderate temperatures

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Manchester weather forecast: light rain and mild temperatures today, August 26

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London weather forecast: Sunny intervals with 70% chance of rain on August 26

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Liverpool weather forecast: Sunny intervals and showers expected August 26, 2026

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Leeds weather forecast: Cloudy skies, mild temperatures today, rain expected later in the week

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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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'UK participating in Ukraine war': What triggered Russia's 'outrageous threat' to Britain

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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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'Misguided actions', Trump episode: Zelenskyy breaks silence on rift with sacked defence minister

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Despite contactless payments, euro banknotes in circulation have risen from about €1 trillion in 2016 to €1.6 trillion as Europeans keep emergency cash ready for crises and cyber outages

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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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China's 16.18-km undersea high-speed rail tunnel completes 21-day cutter replacement under extreme pressure

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In China's Nizhuhe village, a 945-foot cliffside elevator has cut a dangerous 3-hour school journey to about 30 minutes

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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 removes Syria from terrorism list after 46 years - what it means for the Middle East country

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Mojtaba Khamenei seen, heard in rare video amid health concerns

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

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'Must correct its tone': Iran's Pezeshkian warns US against 'coercion and bullying' in Munir meet

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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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Cafes, shops shut over 'violation of norms': Iran's hijab crackdown returns as women defy veiling rules

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A man searching a Polish scrapyard for car parts found an 1,800-year-old Roman-era shield containing cremated human bones

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Nuclear fallout to flowerbeds: Japan to reuse Fukushima's nuclear cleanup soil in flowerbeds and public works before 2045 deadline

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Quote of the day by Confucius: "The good man does not grieve that other people do not recognize his merits. His only anxiety is..."

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14 fossilised teeth found in Egypt's ancient shark graveyard reveal five extinct species from the age of dinosaurs

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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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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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Singapore will pay about $55,000 in support for each child; why the country is paying parents to have babies

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Indian-origin Toronto man found dead at home; homicide angle being probed

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Raids & kidnapping drills: How Chinese students are preparing for college in Trump's USA

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Australia to hand-vaccinate 5,000 wild penguins against bird flu spreading across wildlife; the birds' nightly routine will make the daunting task possible

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In 1968, the Netherlands reclaimed land from the sea for factories; when the development was abandoned, birds colonised it and the accidental wetland became a 56-square-kilometre nature reserve

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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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In 1978, Seoul began dumping its rubbish on a river island; 15 years and 92 million cubic metres of waste later, two 98-metre garbage mountains were sealed beneath five ecological parks

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Japanese engineer's anime-inspired hair was meant to save time, but it ended up testing a driver safety camera; and now holds more than 250 patents

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In 2002, Lundy began removing invasive rats; 11 years later, Manx shearwater pairs had risen from 300 to 3,000

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In the 1960s, Takao Shito's family refused to surrender its farm for Japan's Narita Airport; over 50 years later, a runway still bends around his fields

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Nepal floods: PM Balen Shah appeals for unity; Bihar, UP on high alert - key points

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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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A couple built a four-bedroom home in Wiltshire for their disabled daughter in 2022, now face council demolition order after planning row over basement and Green Belt rules

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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 1925, New Yorker Gayer Dominick bought Bulls Island as a private hunting preserve; 11 years later he gave it to Cape Romain refuge for seabirds and shorebirds

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

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Georgia sheriff's office arrested a second deputy in one month over alleged Flock misuse; latest case involved someone he had a personal relationship with

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A Kentucky county closed a 225-acre golf course after it averaged only 9,000 to 10,000 rounds a year; the site is now becoming one of the county's largest new public parks, with 70% preserved as greenspace

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Les Paul's 7-acre New Jersey home, studio and workshop sold for $990,000 in July; weeks later the property where he pioneered multitrack recording was demolished, and his son says the family got no warning

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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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N3on gifts Nitro Camden a $400K Lamborghini after viral family dispute, fueling 'stability' concerns despite creator support

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FaZe Clan: How three teenagers posting Call of Duty trick shots in 2010 built a gaming brand worth over $1 billion

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In 2025, Kai Cenat opened a free Streamer University; within hours, its website received over 6 million requests and crashed

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FaZe Adapt and Maya Higa's Alaska trip takes terrifying turn as massive coastal brown bear charges toward them

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In 2017, MrBeast spent more than 40 hours counting to 100,000 on camera; years later, his video productions employ over 1,000 people

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Who was Andreethegirl? TikToker Andree Greig Baudoin dies at 39 after cancer battle

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3 US Secret Service officials placed on leave amid potential misconduct probe

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New York City restaurants are saving 800 pounds of oyster shells from landfills every day and sending them to rebuild reefs, with 19 acres of reef habitat already restored

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In 2018, Florida opened America's first permanent underwater sculpture garden 58 feet below the Gulf; it has grown into a living reef where more than 100 species have been documented

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In 1967, Emily Frew Oliver sold her family's Wyoming dude ranch to Grand Teton National Park but kept a life estate; 39 years later she gave it up, ending her family's 79-year stewardship of the historic ranch

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