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Saturday, October 17, 2026 12:22 PM ET

Times of India - World

Pope Leo discharged after lung cancer surgery, returns to Vatican after 4 days

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Jaya Bachchan And Shweta Bachchan Offer Prayers To Maa Durga At Pandal

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Houthis Strike Deep Inside Aden, Claims Saudi Officers And Military Command Centre Were Targeted

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Sudarsan Pattnaik Creates 10-Ft Maa Durga Installation Using Sand And 32 Varieties Of Produce

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Neha Bora Released From Detention, Demands Abhijeet Dipke's Release

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Yogi Adityanath Targets SP Over Law And Order Before 2017

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Himanta Biswa Sarma And Wife Congratulate Son On Completing Law Degree

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Buddhist Monk's Kind Gesture Towards Aloka Wins Hearts Online

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Bombay Sport Exchange: Mustafa Ghouse Explains Why India Struggles To Produce Top Tennis Players

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'CAN REALLY SEE BRACES': Trump's STUMBLE Sparks Internet MELTDOWN, Users Mock 'BIONIC LEGS'

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Houthis Strike Again? 2 Ships Bombed Off Saudi Coast As Missiles, Drones Hit Kingdom

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Susie Wiles' 'Hit Job'; Katie Zacharia's Five-Day White House Wipeout Decoded?

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INS Samarthak: India's Drone Warfare Game-Changer?

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ED files money-laundering case linked with illegal egg extraction and sale racket, raids multiple locations in Mumbai Metropolitan Region

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Nadige campaign sets target to donate 15,000 pairs of footwear to needy

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Govt clears draft policy for paid data access

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IMD forecasts isolated rain, thunderstorms in southern Jharkhand

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Rebel leaders skip AIADMK foundation day event; EPS says party will rise like a phoenix

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'Frothing at mouth': Did noodles cause deaths of 5 family members in Greater Noida?

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Saif Ali Khan proposed to Kareena Kapoor Khan in Paris, Greece after Mumbai, that's when she said yes: 'I would have saved a lot of money'

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Human patient with Neuralink brain chip gets reply from Elon Musk after he says: I am connected to mine from the second I wake up to the second I go to sleep, it has become an ...

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Bus conductor found hanging inside parked bus at Raipur stand

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Patna airport installs reflective tapes, ribbons to deter birds

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NCB busts two synthetic drug labs in Greater Noida, seizes drugs worth Rs 50 crore

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Manav Suthar hopes to bank on adaptability in alien conditions

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SRFTI Students Defy 24-Hour Eviction Order, Refuse to Vacate Campus

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Rahul, CJP team working for foreign powers: Nitin

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Bhavina Patel replaced by Simran Sharma as India's flag bearer for Asian Para Games opening ceremony

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Man gets 13 years rigorous imprisonment in Pocso case

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Purnia gets EV charging station, work on in 4 districts

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World - / Oct 17, 2026 - Wyoming landowner rejects reservoir deal; $80 million project considers eminent domain for final land - In Wyoming, the Alkali Creek Reservoir project encounters significant hurdles as landowners resist easement agreements. Local landowner Paul Hughes has rejected an offer of $3,600 per acre, leading to discussions about eminent domain. While the project seeks to supply irrigation water to families, concerns about equitable benefit sharing arise, with landowners feeling they will endure construction impacts without receiving direct advantages.

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World - / Oct 17, 2026 - Over 1,000 residents oppose A$15bn data centre planned near Wagga Wagga - A proposed A$15 billion data-centre campus near Wagga Wagga has ignited a heated community conversation. Local residents express concerns about the impact on agricultural land, increased energy requirements, and ripple effects on the environment. Conversely, advocates highlight the prospects of enhanced economic growth and job opportunities for the area. The state government will assess these implications before making a final decision, with residents urging thorough evaluations to address their worries.

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Kajol's dual-tone saree is the Saptami showstopper, with Nysa and Yug nailing the coordinated festive fashion

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Optical illusion personality test: What you see first reveals if you talk too much, interrupt, or trust strangers too easily

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10 BABY NAMES THAT MEAN MIRACLE, BLESSING AND DIVINE GIFT

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Dating red flags that often appear only after the honeymoon phase

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Sara Arjun's powder-blue Anushree Reddy gown served modern princess energy on the ramp

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From a lush garden to a massive living room and stunning paintings and more: Inside Smriti Irani's lavish mansion

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Trump aide Susie Wiles helped set up 'sanctioned hit' on fired White House press secy Katie Zacharia: Report

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'Trillions pouring into America': White House lists over $330 billion investments from India

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In 2015, US engineers added blade deflectors to help turbines capture more wind; a wind-tunnel model's power coefficient rose 10%, while a separate prototype test measured a 7.7% gain

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In the mid-1990s, a New Mexico business owner bought 50 eroded acres; she planted more than 5,000 trees and shrubs to help restore its wetlands

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In 2022, California launched a floating salmon-collection experiment in Shasta Reservoir; redesigns reduced predator encounters and increased the number of endangered fish collected

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In Ohio, engineers repaired a failed State Route 271 embankment with recycled foundry sand; ODOT said proper moisture control helped achieve adequate compaction

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A plan for 11 geothermal test wells split a California valley and left one farm with a reported $70,000 asking-price cut

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'Cheap foreign labour': US Congressman claims H-1B visa holders from India, China replacing American graduates

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Texas landlord kept a couple's $2,600 security deposit and sued them for more money after they moved out; the tenants counterclaimed, won damages and legal fees, and the appeals court largely upheld it

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Strong 6.0-magnitude quake strikes Balochistan in Pakistan

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Imran Khan facing Nawaz, Benazir-style exile deal? Pakistan opposition leader's big claim

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Pakistan to chair IMF, World Bank boards in 2027; first time in over 70 years

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Pakistan ranks lowest in South Asia on hunger index amid rising food prices

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33 children, teacher killed as school roof collapses in Pakistan's Peshawar

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Pakistan regulator warns TV channels against live coverage of blasts and terror attacks

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Why Asim Munir's plan to 'split' up Pakistan may spell the end of civilian govt

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Pak police fire tear gas, live rounds at protesters in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa; 50 detained

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6 killed, several injured as passenger train derails in Pakistan's Punjab

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2 Pakistan army pilots killed as training aircraft crashes near Balochistan's Quetta

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Laiba Ijaz suicide: Pakistan gold medalist commits suicide after visa scam; suspect on 5-day remand

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Imran Khan's stronghold in crisis: What's happening after emergency rule in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

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Why did Pakistan declare Emergency in Imran Khan's bastion Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

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Pak crisis: Shehbaz govt declares emergency, ends Imran Khan's party's rule in KPK

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'No contact, no update': Imran Khan's son says father silent for 6 months, aunts remain 'abducted'

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Pak army chief Munir bypasses PM Sharif, moves to deploy more military assets to Saudi Arabia

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Nepal PM, president stress unity and social harmony in Dashain messages

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Locked out, shut in, left hungry: Afghanistan after Taliban takeover

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Sri Lanka hit by nationwide power blackout as grid failure disrupts electricity

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10 charred to death in fire at seaside resort in Bangladesh

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202,000 cases, 1,147 deaths: Bangladesh battles deadly measles outbreak amid warning to other nations

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What is causing the haze in Southeast Asia? Key facts explained

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'Deep sense of insecurity': Sheikh Hasina flags minority safety in Bangladesh

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Nepal PM Balendra Shah likely to visit India in November-end; what's on agenda

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'Ties can't hinge on one individual': Hasina criticises Bangladesh's Brics boycott

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Yunus called 'terrorist' by Awami backers at US airport

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In 2021, musician Warren Ellis bought and donated 5,000 square metres of land in Sumatra, creating an extension to a wildlife rescue centre for animals that cannot return to the wild

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A tiny painting bought for about $37 disappeared into a cupboard for years; after it resurfaced during a home renovation, experts authenticated it as a John Constable work worth roughly $315,000

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Meet Nathan Davies, the UK father who won £98,000 on a quiz show and set a world record by eating 15 fish fingers in 60 seconds

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Indian man sentenced to life in jail for murder of Chinese woman he met at brothel in UK

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UK hospital team travelled 180 miles by kayak, bicycle and on foot in six days; the challenge raised £660,000 for children's spinal imaging

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In 1834, Edinburgh's oldest Palm House was built; 192 years later, it reopened with its Victorian neighbour after a five-year, £23.5 million restoration that replaced all 5,750 glass panes and returned nearly 600 plants

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Indian-origin Met Police officer charged with attempted rape, sexual assault in London

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A 500-year-old Suffolk pub was partly destroyed by fire in 2013; 450 community shareholders helped raise over £400,000 to bring it back

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Ricky Hatton's £40 million net worth questioned after death; parents Ray and Carol, son Campbell seek answers; £18.7 million in company funds, 20 firms and children's inheritance under scrutiny amid no will

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Henry Nowak murder case: Sikh man's mother may be released early under new UK prison rules

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A shopper paid just £1 at a UK car boot sale for a 1953 first-edition Casino Royale in its original dust jacket; after experts recognised the rare James Bond book, it sold at auction for £10,000

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Indian student Deepak Sandhu convicted of murdering woman at London Airbnb after she confronted him over stolen £500

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At 11, Aneeshwar Kunchala is set to receive the Junior Jane Goodall Earth Medal for his wildlife-conservation work; he began campaigning against plastic pollution at four

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A UK collector paid £20 for a box of comics at a car boot sale and left it in his loft; years later, 47 rare Superman issues inside sold for £63,440

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UK dad spent £80,000 building an 80-square-metre tropical garden hideout with an 8,000-litre fish tank, 14 koi fish and 15 geckos

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England transformed an unused wastewater tank into a floating wetland with 3,296 plants, while scientists prepare to test its water-cleaning ability

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Watch: Masked protesters briefly storm Marseille city hall as protests turn violent in France

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Albania sees fresh clashes as student-led movement targets PM Rama

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Starlink speed cap cripples Ukraine's drone interceptors against Russian threats, Kyiv turns to US for help

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Russia rains over 300 drones, missiles on Ukraine, hits 15-plus energy facilities

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Tear gas fired as thousands protest rising cost of living across France

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Pope Leo XIV to be discharged from hospital after successful lung cancer surgery on Saturday

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A Scottish family ran an Oregon ranch for decades; after their deaths, the 878-acre property became part of a national monument

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Zelenskyy terms Russian peace moves a 'parody', slams Trump deal

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Pope Leo urges Putin to allow humanitarian aid into Russian-occupied Ukrainian town

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Russia strikes 9 Ukrainian regions as new report shows spike in civilian casualties

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Russia building 'security zone' in Ukraine that won't be part of future peace talks: Putin

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'Cash will start flowing back': Zelenskyy slams Trump's diesel deal, says will help fund Putin's war in Ukraine

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'Steady improvement in condition': Vatican releases first pictures of Pope Leo XIV after lung surgery

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Russian officer helped Ukraine kill over 300 troops by leaking military secrets: Report

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Watch: China-North Korea bridge opens after 12-years delay

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China, Pakistan hold high-altitude army drills with Beijing-supplied arms

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How Chinese parts are fuelling Houthi ambitions to strike Israel and Saudi Arabia

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Research ships & seabed surveys: Inside China's grey-zone tactics against Taiwan

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China sanctions Paraguay, Belize ministers over diplomatic ties with Taiwan

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China opens military base at former CIA airfield in Laos

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From fishing nets to grey-zone tactics: Chinese militia boat enter Taiwan's sensitive east coast - report

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K-8 attack jets, military vehicles spotted at new China-Laos air base: Report

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China's Fuman Oilfield, largest desert oilfield, extracts 26.86 million tons of oil and gas from below 6,000 metres; engineers recover 500-million-year-old rock core from record 8,080-metre depth in Xinjiang

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'Blatant lie': China slams US panel's 'genocide' claim after Starbucks opens first Xinjiang stores

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Saudi Arabia's Prince Sultan became the first Arab in space in 1985, observed Ramadan aboard Nasa's Discovery and returned to a ticker-tape parade

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US claims Iran unable to fund 'proxy militia' after losing $25 billion in oil exports to naval blockade

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Iran helping Houthis: How Tehran is hitting Saudi Arabia without fighting directly

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Air India flights to Saudi cities suspended till October 24 amid Houthi threat

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Houthis close in on key Yemen city of Taiz: Why a global trade route is at risk

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Iran broke? $25 billion oil loss, $350 million crypto frozen as militias send money back to IRGC, says US

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Israeli settlers attack Palestinian villages, torch cars and trees during olive harvest

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UAE visa fraud alert: Indian embassy warns nationals against agencies promising jobs, residency

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Explosion, fuel leak: Two Syrian pipelines damaged in fresh blow to war-hit energy network

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Israeli firm used online ads to run vast spy operation, researchers say

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New Israeli rule bars crew from some nations: Reports

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Qatar painted sections of its roads blue to fight extreme heat; the 2019 pilot tested a coating designed to reflect 50% of sunlight

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Yemen says 1,250 strikes rained on Houthis within 24 hours, claims over 700 Houthis killed

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From Tehran's pupils to missile makers: Why Houthis are a bigger threat now

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Video: Loud booms rock Yemen presidential palace as Houthis fire several missiles

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France begins implementing agreement to protect Saudi oil facilities; what it means

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Imagine Sisyphus posting: The absurd economics of India's creator boom

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In 2021, an investigation reported that Amazon's Scottish warehouse sent millions of unsold or returned items, including TVs, laptops and books, to be destroyed each year

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Divers find unopened wooden chest on 320-year-old English warship; wreck at high risk of deterioration as more of it emerges

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At 85 and 82, Ken and Jill Hooper are still restoring Australian bushland; after more than 20 years of conservation work, they have helped protect 970 hectares and bring native wildlife back

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Across 20 Spanish wind farms, stopping turbines when birds neared coincided with a 92.8% drop in recorded griffon vulture deaths over 13 years, with estimated power losses below 0.51%

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In South Africa, researchers painted two red stripes on one turbine blade; a preprint suggests bird fatalities fell by a median 83% at four treated turbines

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In Wyoming, AI cameras detected approaching eagles and slowed nearby turbines; a field study reported an 82% lower eagle-fatality rate than at a control wind farm

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Three men sentenced to 158 years in Mexico for killing Australian brothers, American surfer

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'Truly historic moment': Putin's envoy hails Trump's move to suspend Russia sanctions

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In Portugal, radar and observers shut turbines down during migration; over five autumns, no soaring birds died, though 5,000 crossed the wind farm each year

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Brazil's Amazon deforestation hits record low: Why it matters amid election battle

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Australian designer Joost Bakker built a three-storey urban farm home at Melbourne's Federation Square that produced its own food and power

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Takaichi says chores, makeup add hours to her workday, sparks debate on gender roles

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Alberta separation vote: Why the oil-rich province wants to break away from Canada

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'Racism isn't welcome': Australian MP condemns anti-Indian stickers with 'Remigration now' message

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A collector paid about $25 for two colourful jars at a London thrift shop; experts later identified them as rare 18th-century Qing Dynasty porcelain and the pair sold for more than $74,000

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In 1899, Indianapolis built a dam to create a boating lake on the White River; 127 years later, crews are removing it after the structure altered more than four miles of river and blocked aquatic wildlife

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A Pennsylvania woman lived on a 60-acre family farm for 22 years, then agreed to sell it for $250,000 with a proposed 99-year lease letting her stay; an appeals court kept the sale blocked after her siblings objected

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In Norway, painting the bottom 10 metres of wind turbines black was linked to 48% fewer willow ptarmigan carcasses; evidence birds may hit the tower, not blades

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Washington parents built a hidden fairy garden between bookshelves for their daughters, filled with miniature trees and glowing stars

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A Georgia father signed a deed giving property to his son, then signed another two days later naming his daughter as the recipient; the court upheld the earlier transfer

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In 2015, Tyler Perry acquired 330 acres of Atlanta's former Fort McPherson Army base; 11 years later, the site has 12 sound stages, 40 historic buildings and 200 acres of green space

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In 2006, an Oregon woman sold her $398,000 home to her son-in-law for $270,000 and says she was promised she could stay for life; 20 years later, an appeals court rejected that claimed life estate

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'Prioritize rights & freedoms when you meet Indian officials': US lawmakers urge Marco Rubio amid anti-SIR stir

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Black ink on Tagore: The fight over Bangladesh's identity

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Order to limit satellite system used by Ukraine came from White House: Report

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'American workers should come first in their own country': Republicans bring new bill to make H-1B visa salary threshold $140,000

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An Iowa couple bought 40 acres choked with invasive plants; after discovering rare ecosystems beneath the overgrowth, they restored the land into wetlands attracting sandhill cranes

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In 2025, Pennsylvania's 308-acre Crebilly Farm was preserved after five years of local campaigning and a $24 million conservation effort

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In 1966, an Alaska dairy farm went up for sale; the community helped keep it off the open market, and it later became a 1,790-acre refuge visited by about 150 bird species

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In the late 1800s, Grand Teton homesteaders planted smooth brome for winter cattle feed; about 4,500 acres remain, forcing a restoration effort that began in 2007

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In the 1930s, the West seeded crested wheatgrass to restore damaged land and feed livestock; the introduced grass now dominates roughly 20 million acres

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In 1987, a Queens mother transferred a Ridgewood property but tried to reserve life estates for herself and her daughter; 39 years later, a New York appeals court ruled the daughter never received a valid life estate

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In 2024, Brad Paisley and Kimberly Williams-Paisley put $1 million toward a second free grocery store; two years later, the Nashville site opened so families could choose food without paying

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In 2022, a Norwegian man cycled toward India for nine months, then kept riding until 55,000 km across 46 countries brought him home nearly four years later

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'JD wanted to chat with us real quick': How Trump's press secretary was fired mid-interview

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A California homeowner discovered that a utility pole stood on her property for years without her knowledge; the pole company claimed rights on her land

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In 2014, Washington State researchers developed an asphalt binder from restaurant fryer oil; they estimated it could cost as little as $200 per ton and reported that road trials were underway

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North Dakota ranchers fought a pipeline company over compensation for easements across their land; after spending about $300,000 in legal costs, their fight over who pays those fees is heading to the US Supreme Court

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In 2013, Stephen King and his wife pledged $3 million to save their hometown library; by 2016, the renovation had grown into a $9.6 million project with modern facilities

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In Canada, researchers tried owl decoys and predator calls near wind turbines; a pilot study found neither significantly deterred birds from the site

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Agnes Ryan Singer owned an 840-acre Colorado ranch; her push to protect its fossil beds helped create a national monument

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Iran's Secret Role In Houthi Offensive, IRGC Officers Help Drones And Ground Attacks?

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'THESE TWO LOSERS': Macron's Céline Dion Night Sparks Outrage, Internet Slams 'UTTER CONTEMPT'

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Russia Exploits Ukraine's Air-Defence Gap, Ballistic Missiles Punch Through Massive Barrage

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Trump Seeks Iran's Permission To Drop 'Mother Of All Bombs'? Big Reveal

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'SHE LIT UP THE ROOM': Oregon Mourns Slain Teacher Who SACRIFICED Pay For 'Dream Job'

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Houthi Strikes On Riyadh Expose Gaps In Saudi's Billion-Dollar THAAD & Patriot Air Defences

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