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Optical illusion personality test: What you spot first says everything about your hidden desires

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US rejects China's Scarborough Reef measures, backs Philippines in South China Sea dispute

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World - / Aug 9, 2026 - Kash Patel plans Russia trip in October; Kremlin-friendly newspaper warns he better not come empty-handed if he has a favor to ask - FBI director Kash Patel is planning to visit Russia in mid-October at a time when Washington and Moscow continue to be at odds over the war in Ukraine, Politico reported, calling any such planned visit from the FBi chief as "unusual and sensitive".

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World - / Aug 8, 2026 - Quote of the day by Marco Polo: 'I did not write half of what I saw, for I knew I would not be believed', and how reality could be much larger than human imagination - Marco Polo was a Venetian merchant, traveler, and writer born in 1254. In the late thirteenth century, when most Europeans spent their entire lives inside a small cluster of neighboring villages, Marco Polo set out on an extraordinary 24-year journey

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Lionel Messi's Father Dies at 68: Jorge Messi's Death Confirmed in Emotional Tribute

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'Old Hag, Mad Gynaecologist': Russia's Medvedev Unleashes Vicious Attack On EU Chief Ursula

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Hiroshima Comes Back To Haunt Trump? Iran President Draws Explosive 1945 Comparison

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Israel Prepares For Solo Iran Operation As Washington Searches For An Exit Strategy | Report

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Lara Trump says she is working out for all Trumps as Donald Trump skips administration fitness push

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New Muslim Front Against Israel? Pakistan Calls For Unity After Saudi-Türkiye Defence Pact

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How Sridevi turned the chiffon saree into Bollywood's most iconic fashion statement

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From pig trotters to sprouting mushrooms: 5 bizarre luxury shoes breaking the internet

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10 UNIQUE BABY GIRL NAMES INSPIRED BY RARE AND LESSER-KNOWN FLOWERS

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Red or white patch in your mouth that won't go away? Doctor explains the warning signs you should not ignore

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From tiny forest jewels to giant river hunters: 12 kingfishers species to spot in India

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Quote of the day on love: 'Find what you love and let it kill you'

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'He did not make it': Death of PhD student Vikram Mubayi after California hike leaves family seeking answers

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ICE arrests at airports: Immigration lawyers share these 6 tips if you are stopped, questioned or detained

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Major US university to hide letter grades for first-semester students, cites 'mental health crisis'

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Donald Trump shoots from Senate shoulders to punish Russia, by making India and China pay

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Utah girl Emma Meline was diagnosed with severe aplastic anemia days before Christmas; her 2-year-old sister became her perfect bone marrow match

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Indian man on death row in the US for killing wife, in-laws in 2019 seeks retrial, says his previous lawyers were bad

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Teen dressed as clown stabs 78-year-old man to death near St. Louis bus stop

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ICE to provide body cameras, but policy allows footage release only in agency's 'best interests'

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Florida dumped millions of tyres into the ocean to build a reef. More than 50 years later, it is still cleaning them up

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China controls about 80% of the tungsten market; a Nevada company says it has found 1.78 million tonnes, but NASA is blocking mining on part of the site

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Trumpiana: Citius, altius, fortius, hyperboleus!

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In 1985, a Colorado hairdresser began rescuing entire beaver families; she later relocated more than 1,000 to streams where their dams could help rebuild wetlands

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In 2002, a Kansas landowner began restoring 320 neglected acres with winter burns; 20 years later, native tallgrass and wildflowers had returned

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'Shouldn't be exclusive club': Pak minister seeks Nato-like Islamic military alliance

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'There needs to be accountability': UN warns Pakistan over crackdown on peaceful PoK protesters

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'Exercise restraint, act according to law': US urges Pakistan amid PoK crackdown

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Unknown gunmen kill Pakistani policeman, abduct another in separate incidents

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Pakistan's crackdown in PoK: How Islamabad is tightening information chokehold amid global scrutiny

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Imran Khan's three years in jail spark protests across Pakistan; over 100 held

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Peace talks abroad, protests at home: The many contradictions shaping Pakistan today

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Hand grenade explosion kills 3 in northwest Pakistan

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NOC to travel outside Islamabad, Lahore, Karachi - Pakistan restricts foreign journalists amid PoK crackdown

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Over 30 operatives killed by 'Indian agents' since 2020: LeT commander

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'How do you explain US, China?' Former India envoy counters Pakistan army's 'kaafir' remark

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'Long history of unlawful violence': Global watchdogs condemn Pakistan's crackdown in PoK

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Indian agents killed over 30 LeT operatives in Pakistan since 2020, claims Lashkar leader

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'They'll arrest us at hospitals': PoK protesters risk death over electricity, flour demands

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'15-year-olds shot, only asked for basic rights': Inside the deadly PoK crackdown

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'Do not befriend Kaafirs': Pakistani general levels terror allegations against India

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Exiled Bangladeshi cricket star Shakib Al Hasan willing to return, face murder trial if safety assured

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Clarify Dhaka policy: Bangladesh to India after Hasina's presser

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B'desh student party leaders accuse Hasina of trying to create unrest from Indian soil

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Bangladesh Chalo: Defiant Hasina says will return, not afraid of jail or death

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'Why December? She should come now': Bangladesh PM Tarique Rahman's aide challenges Sheikh Hasina

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Video shows petrol bomb attack on Shakib Al Hasan's home after Hasina's Delhi presser

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Indian-origin trans MSP Q Manivannan under fire after calling rape a 'spectrum' in viral podcast clip

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Jason Arday denies plagiarism and lying about his achievements; Cambridge is now reviewing the process that led to his appointment

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Who is Sunder Katwala? Indian-origin writer appointed to UK community funding body

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An English farming couple dug 11 forgotten 'Zombie' ponds out of their fields; the returning plants, newts, and dragonflies inspired nearby farmers to restore about 80 more

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Leeds weather forecast: Sunny skies and warm temperatures expected August 8, 2026

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Manchester weather forecast: Sunny skies and 27°C high on August 8, 2026

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Birmingham weather forecast: Sunshine and 26°C high expected Saturday, August 8, 2026

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London weather today: Sunny skies and 28°C highs expected August 8

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Liverpool weather forecast: Sunny skies and warm temperatures expected August 8-14

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Newcastle weather forecast: Sunny skies and 21°C highs today, August 8

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Divers find 162-year-old Guinness bottle off UK coast, scientists hope to recreate historic beer

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In 2013, England loaded 2.8 million living moss capsules into a helicopter and then flew them over a peat bog too remote to restore by hand

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'Several soldires raped me, felt like meat': Grave allegations rock UK's teen army school

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London weather forecast: Sunny intervals today, temperatures to climb next week

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Leeds weather forecast: Sunny intervals and 20°C today, warming trend ahead

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Manchester weather forecast: Sunny intervals and 21°C on August 7, 2026

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Spain replaces its India ambassador after controversy over use of funds for cultural events: Report

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Inside Portugal's 19th-century goat tower, where dwarf goats climb a spiral ramp to a three-storey home

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Eggs thrown at Kosovo PM in parliament; House suspended amid political crisis

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Greenland issues 'strong warning' as Trump-linked US oil firm pushes ahead with Arctic drilling

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Child among three killed as Russian missiles hit areas near Ukraine capital Kyiv

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Spain's blood-red Río Tinto river is as acidic as vinegar, and Nasa says it could help scientists find life on Mars

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'To test their resolve': Putin could launch limited attack on Nato, US intel warns

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Sanchez vs Meloni: Spain imposes Italy border checks as Ceuta migrant row escalates

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Quote of the day by Thomas Aquinas: 'Better to illuminate than merely to shine, to deliver to others...' and the case for sharing what you know before it dies with you

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Quote of the day by Blaise Pascal: 'All of humanity's problems stem from man's inability to sit quietly in a room alone' and the $100 billion industry built to keep you from doing it

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Why Europe is turning against immigration

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Archaeologists uncover ancient Roman structure near the Colosseum with mosaics resembling firefighters' barracks

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A 2,400-year-old shipwreck found off Greece is still carrying hundreds of ancient amphorae beneath the sea

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Germany's oldest known tree identified as a 1,100-year-old yew growing in the Bavarian Alps

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Italian woman accidentally throws away her $1.1 million winning lottery ticket, then waste workers find it after searching more than 6 tons of garbage

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Typhoon Dolphin nears China: Flights disrupted, ports shut as storm strengthens

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For centuries, China's hanging coffins had no known builders. Ancient DNA now points to the Bo people

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China planted trees the Taklamakan Desert for nearly 50 years. Satellites now show the landscape is capturing more carbon than it releases

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Patient dies in China biotech company's gene editing trial

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'Baseless accusations': Beijing protests Japan's assessment of China as 'greatest strategic challenge'

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Quote of the day by Jackie Chan: 'You don't get to do over parts or go back and change your path. Your life is decided by...' and how split-second choices reveal who you really are when there's no safety net

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China develops world's first tunnel boring and blasting machine

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World's oldest amber has been found in China, and it is 65 million years older than expected

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China spent decades moving water across a continent. The world's largest diversion project now serves 185 million people

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Chinese man didn't invite his mother to his wedding because he was ashamed of her looks; boss fired him and gave her the job

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'End this war': Senate Democrats turn up heat on Donald Trump, seek end to 'unauthorised' Iran hostilities

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Syrian spy chief accused of 2015 'Children's Massacre' hiding in Moscow: Report

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Iran hails Saudi-Pak-Turkey defence pact, calls for Muslim unity amid West Asia tensions

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Gravely injured, 'a voice in the dark', not in Iran: Where is Mojtaba Khamenei?

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'Airpower has its limits': Top US General looking for a way out from Iran

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Iran wants to bar US, Israeli ships from Hormuz in deal

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'Paper agreement will not bring security': Iranian lawmaker attacks Saudi-Turkey-Pakistan pact

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Saudi Arabia, Pakistan & Turkey sign 'Mecca' pact for mutual defence; India reacts

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10:17 - 30 Yemen troops killed in Houthi attacks as tensions rise amid Strait of Hormuz talks

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Trump's Gaza Board moves ahead with first project - military base for Moroccan troops

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Iran President met a 'voice in the dark', isn't sure it was Mojtaba Khamenei: Report

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Tell Trump to desist or we hit you hard: Iran warns Gulf countries

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'It will end pretty soon': Trump hints at peace in US-Iran war; Tehran mocks 'theatre diplomacy'

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Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif arrives in Saudi Arabia, pushes defence ties amid West Asia escalation

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30 Yemeni soldiers killed by Iran-backed Houthis amid heightened West Asia tensions

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Flight to Toronto canceled as child refuses seatbelt, stands on seat; passengers stranded for 24 hours: 'Parents should be fined'

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Quote of the day by Neymar: "Messi is a great player. Playing against him is not good, it is..." - a candid lesson that teaches about competition, pressure and respect

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Chinese grandmother Liu Defang, 71, learnt to swim only after retiring; years later, she rescued a man in his 30s from a river

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Korean proverb of the day and its lessons: 'If you don't walk today, you must run tomorrow'

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In 1998, a photographer and his wife returned to their family's barren cattle farm: 2.7 million native trees later, a 600-hectare forest had returned

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In the late 1960s, a Zimbabwean farmer transformed a dry hillside with rainwater-harvesting earthworks; his wells stayed productive through droughts

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At nine, a Florida island girl rowed alone across St. Joseph Sound to school; decades later, her family's 156-acre homestead became part of a state park

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In 2024, a Canadian study found salvaged boreal forest topsoil supported 61 plant species on reclaimed oil sands sites within three years

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Antarctica is covered in ice, yet its dry desert climate makes fire so dangerous that the US maintains a full-time professional fire department

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In 1969, an Australian pilot leased a coral island left barren by guano mining; he flew in drums of water for early plantings, helping begin a 50-year ecological recovery

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Kinshasa is growing faster than almost any city in Africa, but its population boom is not making people richer

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In 2008, Spain began filling a 300-metre-deep coal mine with 547 billion litres of water; four years later, it became one of the country's largest artificial lakes

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Thai teen kills 7 in rampage at home & school

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Viva con Agua helping in funding global water, sanitation, hygiene projects through sustainable business models

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Indian-origin hiker found alive after 3 nights stranded on Vancouver Island

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Toronto gets its own 'Moo Deng'; pygmy hippo calf born to 20-year-old mother, took first steps within minutes of birth

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In 2006, 84-year-old Seattle homeowner Edith Macefield reportedly rejected a $1 million offer, so developers built a five-story complex around three sides of her house

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One Houston man began clearing illegally dumped trash alone; his daily cleanups grew into a 100-volunteer movement

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In 1972, a millionaire built an artificial island in the Pacific to create a tax-free country, but it disappeared before becoming a nation

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In 1857, Napoleon III ordered French towns to drain a swamp and plant pine trees; the result became a 10,000-square-kilometre forest

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Billionaire Michael Moritz and Harriet Heyman are offering up to $150 million for ideas that could make San Francisco a better place to live

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Quote of the day by Michael Jackson: "You never know how long you have with someone, so don't forget to say..." - a heartfelt lesson on love, gratitude and cherishing every moment

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North Carolina man worked 100-hour weeks for 58 years to save a bankrupt boat company, rejected a $400 million offer and gave it to charity

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Meet Jo Nagai: 10-year-old Japanese student who discovered butterflies can remember their time as caterpillars

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Beginning in 2003, Arizona biologists flew endangered humpback chub in a 55-gallon drum beneath a helicopter, moving them above a waterfall to warmer habitat beyond non-native trout

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Iran officials 'would not be surprised' if Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei dies soon: Report

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In 2012, South Africa began airlifting black rhinos upside down from remote terrain to expand their range; the conservation program has since helped establish 17 new populations

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In 1971, a Kenyan cement company tested 26 tree species in a barren limestone quarry; only three survived and became the foundation of a 200-hectare restoration project

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Quote of the day by Jackie Chan: "I never wanted to be the next Bruce Lee. I just wanted to be..." - an inspiring lesson on finding your own path

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Kai Cenat challenges Minecraft Hardcore doubters as IShowSpeed duo faces one rule that could change everything

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Flesh-eating bacteria kill 5 in Louisiana, health officials warn beachgoers as all cases are linked to seawater

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In 1982, an Arizona couple began building what became about 20,000 small rock dams across their desert ranch; one study found stream water increased 28% and flowed four weeks longer

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US Democrats eye probes into Trump-linked firms over impeachment if they regain House control: Report

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'End this war': Senate Democrats turn up heat on Donald Trump, seek end to 'unauthorised' Iran hostilities

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Utah wildfire: Helicopter carrying 2 crashes while fighting massive blaze, sparks new fire

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American entrepreneur says 'I'm shocked but honestly not surprised' as US plans to remove 60-day grace period for H-1Bs

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56 decomposing bodies found at Chicago funeral home; owner's licence suspended

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Senate confirms Trump's ex-lawyer Todd Blanche as US Attorney General

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Colorado teen Jude Kofie taught himself piano by ear at 10; a stranger bought him a $15,000 grand piano, and now he has released his debut album

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US Senate passes stopgap funding bill to avert government shutdown ahead of midterms

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In 2011, Mississippi sank a retired NASA hydrogen tank as an artificial reef during post-Katrina restoration efforts

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BirdReturns helped expand temporary wetland habitat for migrating shorebirds in California's Central Valley

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Inside the US town where cell phones barely work because scientists are listening to the universe

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In 1934, the U.S. Navy took over a California island and inherited a feral goat population; 73 years later, their DNA surprised scientists

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