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World - / Aug 19, 2026 - 15,000 years ago, humans in Israel were eating snakes and lizards - At a cave on the slopes of Mount Carmel, thousands of small reptile bones accumulated alongside the remains of animals hunted and gathered by people more than 11,000 years ago. For years, their presence raised a straightforward but difficult

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World - / Aug 19, 2026 - US vs ICC row escalates: Trump administration sanctions international court president, senior lawyer - In a significant escalation against the International Criminal Court (ICC), the United States has imposed sanctions on two prominent officials, including the ICC president and a senior trial lawyer. This move marks a continuation of the Trump administration's contentious stance towards the internationally recognized tribunal. The ICC criticized these sanctions as detrimental to the global legal framework, while several European allies voiced their concern over the U.S. actions.

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In 1910, an Ohio seamstress answered an ad for "plain sewing" and ended up helping build the Wright brothers' aeroplanes

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Prove you won't take government benefits: US issues details of new Green Card rules coming into effect on September 18

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In 1944, a Vermont woman used money meant for a fur coat to buy a 150-acre farm; 20 years later she gave it to Audubon for wildlife conservation

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Pakistani minister in Balochistan province escapes armed attack on convoy

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After weeks of violent protests, PoK votes in final election phase amid PTI, JAAC boycott calls

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LeT man dies in Pakistan after meal, speculation of poisoning

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From 'enemies' to 'patriotic brothers': Pakistan changes stance on PoK protesters ahead of polls

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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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Break Agnipath deadlock, Gorkha veterans press Balen govt as Indian Army chief visits Pokhara

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Dhaka terms UN's report on al-Qaida presence in B'desh 'assumption-driven'

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Bangladesh sets tough riders for PM Tarique Rahman's visit to India

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Bangladesh PM's proposed India visit conditional on Hasina extradition, officials say

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'Both sides interested': Bangladesh PM Tarique Rahman's first India visit likely in August 20-25 window

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Bangladesh PM likely to visit India as Dhaka presses for Sheikh Hasina's extradition

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BNP nominates stalwart Mirza Fakhrul for Bangladesh presidential poll

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Close malls by 8pm, turn off billboards: Bangladesh reels under power crisis, 12-hr outages

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Liverpool weather forecast: Sunny intervals with chance of light showers today, August 19

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London weather forecast: Sunny intervals with a 50% chance of rain on Wednesday, August 19, 2026

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Leeds weather forecast: light showers expected Wednesday, temperatures to rise

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Birmingham weather: Light showers expected Tuesday with mild temperatures

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Manchester weather forecast: Rain and cooler temperatures expected August 19, 2026

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British Gas customer claimed £300 for solar power but received £38,611.59 by mistake; she spent seven weeks trying to give it back

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RANDOM MUSING | Who 'killed' Jason Arday? The absurd tragedy of Cambridge's 'youngest black professor'

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One dead, over 200 ill in UK Salmonella outbreak: Symptoms, cause and all you need to know

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Quote of the day by Kate Middleton: "It is lonely at times and you do feel quite isolated. But actually..." - a lesson on motherhood and loneliness

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Ex-Cambridge scholar Nathan Cofnas who exposed Jason Arday plagiarism claims says he could be murdered after thousands rally at Trafalgar Square

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James Dacombe: The Gen Z founder who left school at 17 and built a $3.3 billion AI chip company, becoming Europe's youngest self-made billionaire at 25

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London weather forecast: Cloudy skies and light showers expected August 18

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Birmingham weather forecast: Rain expected Tuesday, clearing by week's end

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Liverpool weather forecast: Cloudy with a chance of rain today, August 18

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Leeds weather forecast: Cloudy skies, mild temperatures, and a chance of rain on August 18

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Manchester weather forecast: Light rain and cool temperatures expected August 18th

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British couple on honeymoon die in helicopter crash on Greek island; pilot also killed

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Russia warns UK over Ukraine drone supplies, says Britain will face 'consequences'

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Women were excluded from Liechtenstein's throne for more than 400 years; a new royal rule now gives the firstborn child, regardless of gender, the right to inherit, and know who'll now own the throne

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Belgian student in construction job uncovers €9m gold treasure while digging sewer trench

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An 18-year-old construction worker in Belgium uncovered a €9 million gold hoard hidden inside a former brewery cellar

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Two pairs of North American raccoons were released in Germany's Kassel, today it is called the 'raccoon capital of Europe' with a population of around 30,000 animals and a disturbed public life

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Europe wildfires: 2 dead, 500 evacuated as twin blazes hit Greek island near Athens

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09:34 - Lakshmi Mittal's Ukraine steel plant hit by Russian missile; 2 killed

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Watch: Plumes of smoke billow over Moscow as Ukraine unleashes one of its biggest drone attacks

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Four Renaissance masterpieces stolen from Sicily museum in art heist

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Hungary bus crash: 12 killed, 10 injured after Polish bus overturns on M3 motorway

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One week of extreme heat in Europe linked to 16,000 excess deaths: Report

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Magnitude-5 earthquake strikes near Spain's Granada, damages homes and cars

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Quote of the day by Plato: "The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is..." — the ancient lesson about choosing who leads

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Cash, gold bars by drone: China's PLA stages 'wartime' Taiwan drill

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Archaeologists find earliest physical evidence of brass-making in East Asia in southern China

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Meet Ni Jingchen: The 12-year-old Beijing student who posted a strange fossil online and helped reveal Asia's first Jurassic amphibian footprint

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From hospitals to schools: China expands scrutiny of religious beliefs in Chengdu

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China launches 24th batch of low-orbit internet satellites from Hainan site

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Ex-Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji, who drove economic reforms and led China into the WTO, dies at 97

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Zhu Rongji, former premier who changed China's economic fate passes away at 97

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Trump threatens to bomb Oman, tells Iran to surrender

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'Lies, Trump suffering from delusions': Iran military denies direct backchannel talks with US

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How Trump bypassed Iran's negotiators and used Kurdistan's Barzani to contact IRGC

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Iran offers $30,000 bounty for killing, capturing US soldiers; $60,000 if done by women

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'Not worthy of life': Israel minister Ben-Gvir calls for killing '30 to 40' people daily in Gaza

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'Anticipate strategic surprises': Iran signals possible shift from defensive to offensive military posture

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US backs 'Islamic Nato': Trump calls Saudi-Turkey-Pakistan pact 'big, bold and important step'

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Trump's envoys in West Asia to push for Gaza peace plan

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Iranian parliament advances bill to curb foreign influence

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Israel surprised by speed of Iran's missile recovery despite strikes: Report

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Indian-origin man arrested for sexually assaulting woman in Canada's Surrey

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In 1831, Thornton and Lucie Blackburn escaped slavery in Kentucky and fled to Canada; 154 years later, archaeologists uncovered their lost home

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Japan's Kyu-Shirataki station became famous for one schoolgirl who used the remote stop daily before it closed on her graduation day

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Indonesian woman gives birth under torchlight during magnitude 7.7 earthquake

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South Africa's wildlife corridor was broken for decades, but one female elephant is now helping reconnect a 400-km route through the forest

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In 1919, German crews sank 52 warships at Scotland's Scapa Flow; decades later their pre-nuclear steel became valuable for radiation-sensitive equipment

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Moroccan women once walked hours to collect water; now giant nets harvest drinking water from mountain fog

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Indian students' protest in Canada: Cops identify 12 individuals who have no legal status and could be deported

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In 1951, France released two cats on Kerguelen Island to control rodents and their Feral population reached about 7,000 and began hunting Albatross chicks

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In 1919, German sailors secretly sank 52 warships at Scapa Flow; the wrecks later became valuable for an unexpected reason

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Canadian mom gets a complete keyboard tattooed on her arm so her autistic son can always 'talk' to her when his communication device fails

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A grape variety from Cyprus is helping Australian vineyards survive extreme heat; growers using Xynisteri have cut water consumption by 75%, while the vines have survived temperatures above 45°C

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In the 1960s, a 17-year-old rancher nearly died burning a Colombian forest; he later lived in a cave and turned 7,400 acres into a wildlife refuge

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In 1909, Jens Wand became Norderoog's only summer resident and guarded its nesting terns for 41 years

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A Costa Rican mother saved for 9 years to buy land, then built her home with 7 tonnes of recycled plastic

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In 1960, Chicago gave Japan's future emperor 18 bluegill as a friendship gift, and their descendants spread in Japan and reached an estimated 25 million in Lake Biwa

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A Florida couple bought a 45-acre swamp to protect it from development; 15 years later, 275 wood storks were nesting there in a thriving ecosystem filled with wildlife

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In 1951, a New Jersey couple bought 185-acres of land as a summer retreat after which an injured owl turned their property into a wildlife refuge

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In 1905, Hawaii introduced mosquitofish to control mosquitoes; the tiny fish later became linked to declines of native damselflies and other threatened species

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In 1988, an English farmer stopped cultivating his entire 377-acre wheat farm; 35 years later, it became one of central England's biggest refuges for scrub, woodland and rare wildlife

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'They knew': US states accuse Meta of hiding Instagram's impact on teenagers

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Meet Ritu Narayan: Indian-origin mom whose $1.7 billion school transportation startup is transforming the lives of American students one bus at a time

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In 1977, Japan fell in love with a cartoon raccoon, and the resulting pet craze was followed by the spread of raccoons and damage across much of the country

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Russia sent explosives, drone parts to Iran via secret route to rebuild arsenal

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In the 1980s, ferrets were released on Northern Ireland's Rathlin Island to control rabbits; decades later, they threatened seabirds at a colony of more than 250,000 birds

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In 1917, a South Dakota schoolteacher became America's first woman park ranger after being hired to guide visitors through a cave

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In 1980, Miles Boekeloo sold his 365-acre Michigan wilderness retreat to the National Park Service; the deal let his family keep its cabin and 5 acres for another 25 years

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Fake Iran nuclear post: How a fabricated X claim by Indian account created panic in Israel, US

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Trump tests Iran with new map; Tehran warns it will 'correct his delusion'

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Lawsuit filed challenging Trump admin's final rule ending 'duration of status' for international students

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Trump's new election guru? India

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Washington's suburbs spread across Maryland, but a NASA image shows green corridors still woven through the urban landscape

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