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World - / Aug 28, 2026 - Nasa sent 20 balloons over Antarctica in 2013 to track particles from space - High above the ice in Antarctica, a group of enormous balloons was quietly tracking a phenomenon that could not be seen from the ground. In January 2013, Nasa's BARREL mission sent 20 balloons drifting through the polar winds, carrying instruments

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World - / Aug 28, 2026 - In 2017, wildfire neared Roslyn; 9 years later, the town burned 500+ acres to prevent future fires - Washington communities are increasingly implementing prescribed burns as a strategy to mitigate wildfire risks. By imitating natural fire cycles, this method effectively decreases fuel accumulation. Roslyn, a town previously devastated by a wildfire, has embraced this practice extensively, fostering collaboration among various agencies and private landowners. This innovative strategy provides a fresh perspective on coexisting with wildfire threats.

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In 1965, two Texas ranch families helped preserve 3,500 prairie acres for a vanishing bird; the effort grew into a refuge protecting more than 11,000 acres

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In 1999, a caretaker moved to an Australian island with a major little penguin colony; he spent 25 years maintaining its lighthouse and environment

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A Belgian farmer says he has not irrigated outdoor crops for 26 years; dig just 5 to 10 cm below the dry-looking surface and the soil is still moist

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Kremlin Threatens Legal War On EU As Brussels Revives Plan To Seize €200 Billion In Frozen Assets

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Nepal flash flood: 7 glacial hotspots around the world facing rising climate risks

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In 1978, Tony Amos began surveying a seven-mile Texas beach every other day; his ARK still rescues wildlife today

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In 1960, Turnbull refuge workers began reintroducing trumpeter swans; 37 cygnets arrived over four years, and 21 years after losing his mate, Solo fathered a new brood

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In 2016, A refugee engineer filled discarded bottles with sand to build his grandmother a safer desert home; the experiment expanded into 25 houses

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US Northeast floods: New Jersey gets up to 6 inches of rain, 'extreme flooding' near Newark airport

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In 1850, a California rancher brought 45 sheep to San Miguel Island; by 1862 there were 6,000, and after grazing denuded the island the last 148 were eliminated in 1966

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In 2005, carpenter Isaiah Robertson began covering his Niagara Falls home inside and out with brightly painted religious art; after his 2020 death, the house was preserved and is now open for guided tours

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Two vacant Connecticut office buildings built in 1980 and 1982 will become 286 apartments in a $120 million conversion, reusing 511,000 sq ft instead of tearing them down

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In 2023, San Antonio tested cool pavement at six sites; one coating cut afternoon road temperatures by about 3.6°F, while changes in air temperature remained small and inconclusive

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Anthropic gets legal shield against Pentagon blacklisting in AI safety fight

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'Name dates back 400 years': Canada's Carney rejects Trump's 'Lake Ontario' name change to 'Lake America'

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In 2022, researchers found just nine Poweshiek skipperlings in the US; three years later, more than 1,300 were released, and hundreds are now being seen at recovery sites

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Phoenix expanded heat relief in 2026 after dangerous gaps in 2024 pushed the city toward 24/7 cooling and overnight respite

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An Oklahoma woman opened a $1,373 electric bill, including a $598 deposit after late payments; she says it topped her monthly rent and sparked a petition over soaring power costs

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Death penalty sought for man who killed Indian-origin grocery store owner Suresh Patel in Tennessee; shot Bangladeshi immigrant Shahed Rana Mohsin at a gas station

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Pakistan: Three missing men found dead with alleged torture marks in Balochistan

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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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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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Second flood 'imminent'? Nepal halts rescue ops as China border lake begins overflowing

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High stakes in Nepal tragedy: Nationals of over 30 countries missing

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After viral video, two arrested in Nepal for stealing earrings from flood victim's body

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Before and after: Satellite images reveal how Himalayan flood erased Nepal-China border crossing

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'Don't need help': Nepal declines foreign rescue teams as flood death toll nears 500

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Nepal floods: Whistles, shouts warned Trishuli folks as river rose 30ft in 30 mins

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Nepal floods death toll rises to 469 as China warns of fresh washout threat

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A glacier collapse, flood, now a lake ready to burst: Fresh threat to Nepal

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Glacier sheared off, plunged 1.2km before 'liquid concrete' flood swamped Nepal

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Trump says US ready to help Nepal with 'anything' as 90 Americans remain unaccounted for

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Manchester weather forecast: Intermittent rain and cool temperatures expected Tuesday, August 28

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London weather forecast: Sunny intervals and mild temperatures expected August 28

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Liverpool weather forecast: Light showers expected August 28, with unsettled conditions to follow

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Leeds weather forecast: High chance of rain throughout Friday, unsettled conditions to continue

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Birmingham weather forecast: light showers expected August 28, with rain continuing into weekend

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Meet Neil Gilson, the Devon swimmer who became the first person to swim Switzerland's 10 largest lakes in a gruelling 230-mile challenge

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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle hit out at Meta after £13 billion child harm settlement, slam 'data-extraction business model': 'The company paid to avoid yet another trial'

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A London apartment burned down in 2024 and left more than 80 people homeless; two years later, one owner says she is still paying the mortgage on a home that no longer exists

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Mystery Iron Age fort in Shropshire excavated after 40 years as archaeologists investigate its strange wetlands, huge earthworks and unexplained causeways

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Cyberattack hits 3 UK airports, data of 8.7m customers leaked; spokesperson says 'no operational disruption'

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From today, households across Great Britain can plug solar panels into a standard socket; 800W kits could supply up to 20% of home electricity use and save £110 a year

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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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Who is King Haakon VIII? Norway's new king who once wanted to escape royal life

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Norway's King Harald dies after more than three decades on throne; Prince Haakon takes over

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Invasive blue crabs cost Italy's shellfish industry tens of millions of euros; scientists release 130,000 octopuses into Adriatic Sea to keep them in check

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In 1921, girl buried 3,500 years ago in Denmark was found with a strange drink, unusual clothes and a child's bones; archaeologists still wonder who she was

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Why did Elon Musk get Ukraine's Order of Freedom honour?

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From Tokyo to London, heatwaves send men to work in shorts

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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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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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Dam burst, lake overflow, earthquake: Nepal faces fresh crisis as rescue operations halted

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5.1 magnitude earthquake strikes China' s Sichuan province

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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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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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Israeli military sent US universities millions for weapons research: Report

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

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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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Archaeologists Solve Dorset's 7-Year Mystery After Discovering a Medieval Farmstead Beneath Walls That Once Had No Explanation

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Australia's ancient red desert rocks may be hiding a natural hydrogen secret; scientists find magnetite produces 5 times more hydrogen than solid rock

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Archaeologists are investigating a 400-year-old Polish grave where a young woman was buried in a way meant to prevent her return

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'I stopped all my internet accounts': 70-year-old Australian man falls in love with six-fingered deepfake, transfers $180,000

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Malaysian university fires professor who claimed Malays could fly; they taught Romans shipbuilding

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Thieves stole 400,000 juvenile oysters worth about $350,000 from an Australian farm; the grower says a third of his stock is gone and the theft has set him back two to three years

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Spanish baby started making abstract drawings at 5 months, had paintings sold in Marbella and set a Guinness record at 10 months

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Meet Daniel Janzen: The ecologist who turned 169,000 hectares of Costa Rica into a giant forest filled with biodiversity

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Tourists carved names into around 350 bamboo stalks in Kyoto's Arashiyama grove; the damage cannot be repaired, so officials began cutting bamboo and moving the grove beyond visitors' reach

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Russian military lieutenant colonel killed in St Petersburg car blast, wife injured

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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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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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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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An Ohio couple spent 30 years scouring the country for pieces of an amusement park that closed in 1984; after donating the collection, an $11.5 million museum is being built to give it a permanent home

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In 1776, a Gettysburg minister built his stone home; 200 years later a young couple saved it from demolition, and today the city's oldest building is marking its 250th birthday

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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 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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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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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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Yellowstone visitors once used Handkerchief Pool like a natural washing machine; after a log stopped its activity in 1926, a 1929 cleanup removed 1.5 bushels of debris, including 100-plus hairpins and a horseshoe

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Donald Trump changes Lake Ontario's name to 'Lake America' amid tensions with Canada

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Texas police officer indicted on 100 felony counts after Flock investigation; records show over 45,000 searches, including nearly 3,500 for one licence plate

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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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America's first MD-granting medical school branch on tribal land will open in Arizona in 2027; 10 students a year will enter a 3-year programme on full tuition scholarships

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In 2020, Albany brought 1,500 feet of Patroon Creek back above ground after decades in a pipe; three of the next five years saw peak flows exceed the old pipe's capacity

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