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World - / Sep 24, 2026 - Did AI-'kill chain' lead to deadly Iran school strike? What report claims - A devastating missile strike by the US on a school in Minab, Iran, has led to the tragic loss of over 150 lives, including 123 innocent children. Investigations uncovered serious issues in the military's targeting tactics, pointing to outdated intelligence and a lack of comprehensive civilian harm evaluations. The AI-powered Maven Smart System was crucial in target assessments.

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World - / Sep 24, 2026 - In 2000, California packed 662,700 shredded waste tires beneath an I-880 on-ramp; they cut... Engineers faced challenges while upgrading a highway interchange in Milpitas due to unstable bay mud. They opted to use shredded waste tires as lightweight fill to prevent ground settlement. This choice reduced weight on the soft soil by 40 percent and saved significant project costs. Over two decades, the infrastructure has shown no maintenance issues or structural damage.

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A Wisconsin university campus closed in 2025 after roughly six decades of classes; one year later, its 76-acre property has been approved for sale and could be redeveloped into about 670 homes

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US launches online portal to report visa fraud, misuse; tips can be submitted anonymously

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A North Carolina fraud scheme used stolen identities to request replacement bank cards and spend more than $650,000; one man has now been sentenced to 15 months and ordered to pay $656,781 in restitution

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In 2025, donation platform Flipcause collapsed owing more than 3,200 nonprofits nearly $29 million; bankruptcy records later showed $3.8 million went to executives, relatives and related firms before liquidation

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Florida teacher accused of calling 8th-grader 'misogynist' over conservative views; Attorney General seeks her dismissal

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Pakistan appoints former army general Nauman Mahmood as first head of Mecca alliance

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Gunmen kill 2 cops during polio vaccination drive in Pakistan's Balochistan

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Pakistan airstrikes on Afghanistan: 3 killed, several injured as conflict fears grow

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Pakistan braces for protests as govt warns of $400 million daily loss

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Jailed former Pak PM Imran Khan undergoes medical check-up amid concerns over health

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Ex-Pakistan PM Imran Khan's sister Aleema arrested in Lahore ahead of Sept 27 PTI march

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Pakistan foreign minister dials Iranian counterpart, urges uninterrupted energy supplies and safe passage of ships

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Sri Lanka court convicts 15 men over 2019 Easter Sunday bombings

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Indian-origin climber Dhrubajyoti Guha, Nepalese guide killed in Manaslu avalanche

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Sheikh Hasina holds talks with party leaders

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Human-caused warming helped prime slope for deadly Nepal flood, first study finds

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An English artist paid £2,090 for a painting listed only as 'in the style of' Helen McNicoll; experts later proved it was her long-lost Bean Harvest, valued at £300,000 and sold for £174,000

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London residents are turning their food scraps into sauna fuel; the world's first community-powered sauna is being tested

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In 2013, a Maryland real estate developer and his wife paid $200,000 for a derelict firehouse and spent $800,000, then moved their family into a home that kept its siren

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In England, a retired man spent 30 years building a slate miniature Lake District village, then moved the handmade town to hotel grounds so the public could see it

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​At 90, former paratrooper Ian Winship runs 10K in about an hour with daughter and grandson, setting a world-best time for his age

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A 1934 British sports car spent 40 years hidden in a barn; in 2026 it sold for £62,000 after bids started at £500

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Watch: RAF Hawk T2 crashes and explodes near airbase in Wales

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In 2025, an British charity shop priced a Chinese plate at £2; expert identified it as Imperial porcelain, and it sold for £7,620

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UK judge refuses bail to Indian lawyer Vijay Aggarwal, accused of sexual assault and human trafficking

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Bollywood actor Sumeet Singh Sarao faces garden bulldozing at £900,000 home after six-year council row over 1.4m raised ground; lived there with parents for 14 years, spent £8,000-£9,000 on garden

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'No change in President Trump's position': UK to review Chagos Islands deal with Mauritius

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In 2024, a Welsh ecologist posted a moth on Instagram; museum experts found it was a Guyana species unknown to science, 4,300 miles from home

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In 2025, an Oxfam shop found a rare Chinese Bible in a donation pile; estimated at £800, it sold for £56,280

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Memoir alleges Charles was 'giddily elated' at Diana's death

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England released its first 6 white-tailed eagles in 2019 after a 240-year absence; by 2026, the project had produced 9 wild-born chicks, including 3 this summer

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In 2018, Welsh adventurer Ash Dykes walked 4,000 miles along China's Yangtze; 352 days, 8 million steps, wolves and bears later, he reached Shanghai

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Trump-Putin December summit? Kremlin says no decision yet

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Zelenskyy, at UN, urges leaders to keep choking Russia's revenues and impede its war efforts

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'People of Russia support our efforts': Putin says record turnout shows Russians back his military agenda in Ukraine

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Zelenskyy, after meeting Trump, says Ukraine ready for 'energy ceasefire' with Russia

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Swedish woman digging for fishing bait near Stockholm uncovered 24,100 silver coins, making it the country's largest medieval coin hoard

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Danish-led team maps 186,000 miles of Roman roads, tests how straight they really were, and finds Rome wasn't even the best-connected city by road

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Military plane crashes near US air base in Germany's Spangdahlem, 1 injured

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Russia planning 'grey zone operations'? Why is Europe intuitively spooked

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Archaeologists found 500 Iron Age iron bars in Austria's Danube, revealing a 1-tonne cargo transported 2,000 years ago

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Pro-Putin party wins big, sweeps Russian elections

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Meloni plans burqa, niqab ban in Italian schools; how it compares to rest of Europe

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How China helped arm Iran before Trump rolled out the red carpet for Xi

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'Eliminated major political danger': PLA mouthpiece hails removal of two top generals from CCP and Chinese military

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Trump-Xi summit: $14 billion Taiwan arms deal hangs over Washington talks

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Xi-Trump summit: China puts Taiwan 'red line' at centre of US ties

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China expanded planted forests by about 35,000 sq km; 20 years of data show carbon uptake began declining within 15 years in 80% of areas

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Xi's 'anti-graft' crackdown continues: Two senior generals expelled from CCP, Chinese military

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US, China launch 'AI dialogue' ahead of Trump-Xi summit amid race to control AI risks

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Taiwan minister makes rare China visit for APEC amid tensions with Beijing

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Straitcraft: How geography gives Iran leverage and could do the same for India

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'Needs a miracle': Son of Israeli ambassador to US injured in West Bank ramming attack

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'Indian Ocean and beyond': Iran warns war can spread further if US launches fresh attacks

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Israel kills Hamas finance chief in Gaza strike, Netanyahu says 'won't stop' until group no longer exists

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66 projects, $2.45 billion: Trump's Board of Peace to unveil six-month Gaza recovery plan, says report

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'Strategic desperation': Iran on Trump's 'annihilate Islamic Republic' remark

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Trump backs India-Middle East-Europe corridor, calls for shift away from Iranian checkpoints

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'Kashmir issue should be addressed through dialogue': Turkey's Erdogan at UNGA

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Turkey, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Pakistan affirm Riyadh's right to self-defence amid Houthi attacks

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'I'm going to tell the truth': Netanyahu hits back at Mamdani ahead of UN speech

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19-year-old lost his lamp in an Australian cave in 1953, survived three days, became a NASA scientist; 68 years later, students found the lamp still hanging

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More than 800,000 bees stolen from hives across northern Australia; thieves left the honey behind and took bee colonies worth tens of thousands

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Ontario mother of 10 says she received only C$6,300 from a C$19,000 GoFundMe set up by her sister; police later charged the family member with fraud over C$5,000

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In 1956, a German doctor paddled and sailed a folding kayak across the Atlantic to test his mind under isolation; he reached St. Martin after 72 days alone at sea

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For 20 years, a Western Australia teacher has paddled a kayak to school; his daily route across Albany Harbour ends at the classroom door

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In 2016, a California contractor and his wife spent three years rebuilding an abandoned Oakland church; then they moved their family into its 3,845-square-foot home

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In 2009, a British filmmaker left home to visit 201 countries without a flight; four years later, he had reached them by road, rail and sea

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In 1952, a French doctor deliberately crossed the Atlantic alone in an inflatable life raft with no provisions; 65 days later, he reached the Caribbean alive and published an account of his voyage

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Australian homeowner blamed six neighbouring trees for damage to her 130-year-old heritage home and sought $23,650.86 for repairs; NSW court rejected the claim after finding no proven link to the trees

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'Unrealistic delusion': North Korea rejects denuclearisation; weapons will stay 'forever'

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In 1998, David Mason walked 5,500 km across Australia with three camels; 236 days later, he reached the coast and won Adventurer of the Year

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In 2024, a 57-year-old man ran from Cape Town to Cairo in 301 days; gunmen in Ethiopia nearly kidnapped him during his 6,706-mile long journey

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'Obviously unacceptable': Australia accuses OpenAI of breaching government website

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A 1915 Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost spent 100 years with one Australian family; it emerged from storage for a 2026 auction

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Australia turns Sydney's food waste into biogas and electricity; a 62,500-tonne facility can power around 4,000 homes

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Indian-origin man in Canada, a permanent resident, jailed for sexually assaulting 15-year-old loses bid to avoid deportation

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An Oklahoma man says he bought five acres from his grandfather in 1994; 32 years later, the county says it owns a 40-foot strip inches from his house and plans to auction it with a $29,000 starting bid

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Kentucky man won $167.3 million Powerball jackpot in 2025; now arrested for fifth time after being found intoxicated in Walmart car park

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In 2020, George Floyd's memorial GoFundMe raised $14.7 million; six years later, three of his siblings are asking brother Philonise for a full accounting of the fundraiser and its distributions

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100-foot-long red carpet and B-1 bombers: How Trump welcomed Xi to US

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A 67-year-old Idaho teacher retired and drove across the US to Delaware after her daughter's daycare bill matched the mortgage; she now provides about 30 hours of childcare every week for her granddaughter

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US visa: Immigration lawyer says Green Card lottery, visa processing for 75 banned countries did not resume despite court order

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A weathered Wyoming cabin used as a storage shed turned out to be a 140-year-old Chinese laundry; after an eight-year rescue effort, the building has been moved to a museum for restoration

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In 2023, a charity shelter found gold Nike Air Jordans in a donation bin; the one-of-four-or-five pair sold for $50,800

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Pakistan wants to be the Muslim world's security guard. Can its economy pay the bill?

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In 1988, Ohio attorney Neil McKown secretly bought 155 neglected acres; 38 years later, the family farms nearly 500 acres and he declined a $400,000-$500,000 timber cut to keep the woods

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Kabul-Islamabad tensions soar: Pakistan strikes 10 sites in Afghanistan after drone attacks

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In 2013, Pink paid nearly $9 million for a 200-acre California ranch with a 10,000-sq-ft home; 13 years later, the estate has become a working organic vineyard producing her Two Wolves wine

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A gold-domed New York City penthouse first listed for $25 million has sold for $9 million after 530 days on the market, with owner Greg Carr directing the sale proceeds to his conservation project

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Putin's party wins again as expected. So why does Russia still hold elections?

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In 2016, a Florida businessman began buying four Siesta Key beach lots; a decade and multiple lawsuits later, a county land swap will make them public and let him build a 5,000-sq-ft home on another parcel

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Florida wildlife crew found a female python curled around a huge nest of eggs; the snake and clutch were removed

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A Buddhist deity sculpture bought for about $75 at a garage sale later sold for $2.06 million at auction

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In 1901, a Croatian farmer chose the world on foot; after three decades, he had crossed 33 countries and filled a book with 60,000 autographs

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An MIT student and his wife gave up electricity, phones, running water and motorised tools for 18 months; then concluded that less technology made life harder but more meaningful

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Louisville carved this cavern for limestone; now visitors ride underground zip lines and bike through miles of former mine tunnels

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US tightens birth tourism crackdown: Rubio announces visa curbs as judge blocks Trump's latest birthright citizenship bid

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In 1907, an American performer strapped on water shoes and walked 1,600 miles down two rivers; 40 days later, he stepped ashore in New Orleans

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This former Portland school now has a hotel, brewery, movie theater and soaking pool, without losing its classrooms' old character

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'Global system is failing to addess crisis', says Rubio citing 'potential conflict' between India, Pakistan

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In 2015, a Minnesota couple entered the Boundary Waters to oppose a proposed mine; 366 days and 2,000 miles later, they emerged without crossing a road or entering a building

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Rikishi had spent everything on his new Florida home when Yokozuna gave him a blank cheque to fix its broken heating system

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California shoppers with disabilities say mall skincare stores pressured them into spending thousands; one man says he spent more than $50,000, and a congressman is now seeking state scrutiny

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Kristin Cavallari bought a secluded 130-acre Tennessee estate in 2024 and spent two years reshaping it, turning a barn into an indoor basketball court and a guesthouse into her podcast studio

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