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World - / Aug 24, 2026 - Wildfires stretch Europe as Serbia deploys Russian, EU help; Ankara blaze contained - Wildfires are stretching firefighting capacity across Europe, forcing countries to move aircraft, helicopters and crews across borders as several blazes burn at the same time. Serbia is using both Russian and EU assistance, while crews in Ankara

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World - / Aug 24, 2026 - Pay €25,000 for Schengen visa: Indian company BLS under probe after Spain's Algerian migration crisis - Indian company BLS International has been drawn into a Spanish National Court investigation with links to alleged visa fraud network at Spain's consulate in Algiers. The probe, led by Judge María Tardón, was expanded to examine the role of companies

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A 175-year-old New Jersey family farm faced a 130-home housing plan; after six years of fighting, the owners kept the land

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Nevada wildfire: 90,000 people face evacuation as state of emergency declared

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In 1959, a California teenager began building a castle from bottles, car parts and scrap metal; decades later, it had towers and a giant clock

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Alaska eradicated rats from a 6,869-acre Aleutian island more than two centuries after they arrived in a shipwreck; within two years some native bird populations had increased 200% or more and missing seabirds began returning

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In 2021, Alabama students began placing discarded Christmas trees along Gulf Coast dunes to trap sand; each year about 200 students now add roughly 3,000 native plants around them

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Ohio mother was in Costa Rica when 18-year-old son died in car crash; hospital never contacted her, she later learned his body parts were removed as 'anatomical gifts' without consent

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A Detroit couple bought a vacant 1925 bank and neighboring bar for $66,000; 13 years later, one old bank vault is a den and another is a wine cellar

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In 1967, Henry Pigott sold his North Carolina island home to help create Cape Lookout National Seashore; a life estate let him stay until his death as Portsmouth Village's last male resident

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Texas police sergeant accused of using Flock cameras to stalk female coworker; he surrendered his law-enforcement licence and avoided prosecution

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50 years ago, this California sanctuary began saving some of the world's rarest gibbons, today, their morning songs are a remarkable story of survival

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Massive Burmese python seized at Coney Island after man showed illegal pet snake to crowd

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Pakistan: Security official killed by unidentified gunmen; 5 cops injured in separate grenade blast

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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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Red-faced Pakistan summons top diplomat over US envoy Gor's J&K remark in Srinagar

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Pakistan govt to challenge SC order to move jailed ex-PM Imran Khan to hospital

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Imran Khan's sister meets him after 9 months as Pakistan SC orders hospital transfer for jailed ex-PM

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'Move Imran Khan to hospital': Pakistan Supreme Court directs govt amid ex-PM's health concerns

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'30 civilans killed': Baloch activist shares video of 'Pakistani war crime', seeks US intervention

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Will not compromise national interest for PM's India visit: Bangladesh

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'Attackers took bath, ate dates': Chilling details in Bangladesh Hindu family case

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Hindu family of four found dead in locked home in Bangladesh's Rangpur; strangulation suspected

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'Positive approach': Bangladesh ministers on possibility of joining Mecca pact

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Gas runs dry: Bangladesh factories shut, homes go dark

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Angry at fireworks in mountains, China shuts down its 8000-ders to foreign climbers

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Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir sworn in as Bangladesh's 23rd President

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BNP leader Mirza Fakhrul Alamgir wins Bangladesh presidential election with 255 votes

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Nepal Speaker orders PM Balen to face House on Aug 26; attended just 5 of 39 sittings

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Manchester weather forecast: Sunny intervals and light showers expected August 24

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Birmingham weather forecast: Sunny intervals today, showers expected later in the week

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London weather forecast: Sunny intervals and mild temperatures today, August 24, 2026

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Leeds weather forecast: Sunny intervals today, chance of showers later in the week

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Liverpool weather forecast: Sunny skies and 24°C on August 24

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A British artist collected more than 100,000 plastic bottles and built an artificial island with a house, ponds and a waterfall

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UK PM Burnham to visit Kyiv as Ukraine turns 35, Britain to boost long-range strike capability

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A businessman bought a 23,000-acre Scottish sporting estate and spent two decades rewilding it; one million native trees later, red squirrels have been reintroduced

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A British couple bought a derelict 85-foot, seven-storey Victorian water tower at auction; after years of painstaking work, the former asylum water supply became their family home

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Wash rice twice, not 7 times: Drought-hit England targets faith, cultural habits

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Iran hackers shut UK power facility for 4 days

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Meghan Markle's estranged father Thomas Markle 'hurt and upset' as she and Harry return to UK without meeting Archie and Lilibet: 'She doesn't give a damn about me'

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Meet the world's highest-ranking penguin Sir Nils Olav III, set to become a father after partner lays egg; Edinburgh Zoo welcomes first king penguin egg in 17 years

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Russia withdraws ambassador to UK amid tensions over Britain's support for Ukraine

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UK train disruption: CrossCountry cancels services on key routes after power cut in Birmingham city centre

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'Devastated': Andy Burnham leads tributes after 2 police officers among 7 killed in northeast England

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Ukraine drone attack kills 2 children in Russia's Krasnodar, sets logistics hub ablaze

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'Misguided actions', Trump episode: Zelenskyy breaks silence on rift with sacked defence minister

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Despite contactless payments, euro banknotes in circulation have risen from about €1 trillion in 2016 to €1.6 trillion as Europeans keep emergency cash ready for crises and cyber outages

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'Could destroy Ukraine': Zelenskyy's big warning as calls grow for fresh elections amid ongoing war

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A tiny owl flew 70 miles out to sea and collapsed on a yacht, exhausted and too weak to fly, she found an unlikely group of rescuers who refused to leave her behind

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'Wrong-side' driving trend: 12 deaths in Britain, Ireland linked to social media buzz

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Sweden probes cyber networks after girl dies in school sword attack

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Slow boat to Amsterdam ships cargo using sail power

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'Opened Pandora's box': Putin's big warning after Ukraine hits Russian economic infrastructure

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10 dead as Russia, Ukraine trade fresh strikes after Moscow's deadly shopping centre attack

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European wildfires expose hidden threat of buried WWI, WWII bombs and mines

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2 killed after small plane crashes in Croatia

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'Double-tap' attack: 14 killed as Russian drones ravage Zelenskyy's hometown

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France issues warning over 300,000 unsafe condoms, at risk of bursting or leaking

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'Did not meet launch conditions': China's unmanned moon mission delayed last minute

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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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NSA Doval to visit Beijing for 25th round of India-China border talks

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Before Xi-Trump talks, US Navy flies through Taiwan Strait, puts China on notice

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China's 16.18-km undersea high-speed rail tunnel completes 21-day cutter replacement under extreme pressure

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In China's Nizhuhe village, a 945-foot cliffside elevator has cut a dangerous 3-hour school journey to about 30 minutes

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China puts AI 'robocops' on traffic duty; one 'Superman' robot claims to be faster than Usain Bolt

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China sentences Evergrande founder Hui Ka Yan to life in prison for financial crimes

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10 dead as torrential rain lashes southwest China; over 21,000 evacuated

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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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Iran invited to join Mecca pact by Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Pakistan: Report

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Cafes, shops shut over 'violation of norms': Iran's hijab crackdown returns as women defy veiling rules

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Iran discovers over 7.5 trillion cubic feet of gas reserves as US blockade squeezes energy sector

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Pakistan army chief Asim Munir to visit Iran amid push to revive stalled US talks

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Trump's 'D-Day' economic war on Iran: Why Gulf states are most worried

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Pezeshkian admits 'many problems', says Iran is in 'full-scale war' as US sanctions loom

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'Will target their interests': Iran warns neighbours against supporting US economic pressure tactics

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'Conveyed our concerns to US': Israel on Trump's proposed Hamas disarmament plan

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'From defence to offence': Iran warns of pre-emptive strikes as Trump ramps up threats

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'Antisemitic dictator': Netanyahu slams Turkey's Erdogan, vows not to tolerate aggression in Syria

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'We are in a position of power': Iran's Pezeshkian seeks end to US war, claims victory

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'Should end war now': Iran prez claims world 'acknowledges' Tehran's victory over US

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The invisible war: Iran's evolving cyberattacks bring battlefront to small-town America

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UAE is turning desert sand into eco-friendly bricks, and the method cuts cement needed for construction to nearly half

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New York's $95 million flood plan will turn parks, schoolyards and streets into hidden stormwater storage, an underground defence against extreme rainfall

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A German pigeon began life as a WWI messenger, was captured in France, crossed the Atlantic and became a US military hero

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In 2022, black rats reached a Great Barrier Reef island; four years later Australia declared it rat-free after an intensive eradication mission

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In 1908, HMS Tiger sank off the Isle of Wight after a collision; 118 years later, divers finally found its wreck

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Heavy rain triggers deadly landfill collapse in Guinea, over 20 killed

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Over 50 coordinated arson attacks rock Southern Thailand, 2 injured

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Indonesia arrests 72 over forest fires as choking haze spreads to Malaysia

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Vancouver captures heat that normally disappears down showers, sinks and toilets and sends it back into buildings; sewage now supplies most of one district's renewable heat

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In 2021, scientists reported that Sydney cockatoos had learned to pry open garbage bins; by the end of 2019, the trick had spread across 44 suburbs

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Quote of the day by Seneca: "The greatest obstacle to living is expectancy, which depends on tomorrow and wastes today"

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In 1995, a retired British bus driver began covering his modest home with empty beer containers; around 75,000 cans later, it was known as the Can House

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In 1942, the federal government moved Coldwater for Arkabutla Dam; 84 years later the Mississippi lake is managed for outdoor recreation and conservation

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In 1980, a Spanish factory worker began weaving riverside saplings together; by 2001, they formed a roughly 1.5-kilometre labyrinth beneath seven 100-foot towers

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In 1993, ecologist Diane Firestone bought a worn-out Costa Rica cattle ranch; decades later, it held 20% primary forest and 69% secondary forest

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A South African couple combined 11 former livestock farms into a 67,000-acre reserve, restored the land and brought cheetahs back to the Great Karoo after 130 years

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Mexican governor seeks leave again amid backlash after return following US drug charges indictment

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In 2020, Phoenix coated 36 miles of roads to fight extreme heat; surfaces became 12°F cooler at noon, but heat exposure for pedestrians rose 5.5°F

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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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Canada lowered a retired Boeing 737 onto the seabed off Vancouver Island; the 100-foot jet now sits nearly 90 feet underwater as an artificial reef for marine life

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An Iowa couple bought an abandoned fire station for $90,000; nearly 10 years later, they had turned the black-mold-covered 1960 building into their family dream home

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In 2020, a Brazilian mother and daughter began collecting discarded bottles; years later, more than 8,000 glass bottles had become the walls of their seven-bedroom home that glows during sunrise

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In 2022, MacKenzie Scott donated two Beverly Hills homes valued at $55 million; their sale supported affordable housing in Los Angeles

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In 2019, Florida began sinking mermaid-shaped reef sculptures; the project now has more than 300 habitat and art modules in South Florida

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Residents in China found three king cobra nests; scientists saw two cobras guarding one with 72 eggs

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In 1931, a bankrupt farmer abandoned 4,000 sheep on a sub-Antarctic island: Decades of isolation produced a flock with rare inherited traits

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In 2016, the Burt's Bees co-founder gave the US 87,500 acres and backed it with $40 million; 10 years later the Maine wilderness is a national monument

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In 1987, Fort Peck tribes returned over 100 bison to 5,800 acres; decades later they stopped hunting their own herd to restore the original cultural purpose

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