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World - / Oct 14, 2026 - 17-year-old Virginia student builds safer walking app; 14 schools pilot it - For most students, getting home from school is a routine journey. For Daniil Prokofev, an eight-mile run home turned into something far more consequential. A route generated by Google Maps sent the 17-year-old along a stretch of Braddock Road without

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World - / Oct 14, 2026 - US judge allows CNN, MS NOW and Politico reporters to keep White House access - A US federal judge on Tuesday ordered the Trump administration to allow CNN, MS NOW and Politico to access the White House while their lawsuit against US president Donald Trump's press ban proceeds, ruling that the restrictions likely violated the

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In 2025, France put eight wheeled solar panels directly on unused railway rails near Paris, testing whether the reversible setup could power maintenance sites without permanent construction

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William Shatner underwent kidney stone removal; the stone was later auctioned for $75,000, with the money helping a Louisiana family get home

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In 2023, a Los Angeles man paid $50 for an old leather chair on Facebook Marketplace; months later, experts identified the rare 1930s design, and it sold for $107,950

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In 2008, Michael Phelps used his $1 million Olympic bonus to start a foundation; by 2020, its programmes had reached more than 100,000 young people

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In 1972, three siblings gave Washington 590 acres on Squak Mountain instead of developing it; the land became the foundation of a state park

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

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

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Pakistan forces accused of quadcopter blast that killed 2 children in Balochistan

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Pakistan successfully test-fires extended version of Fatah-4 cruise missile

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Yunus called 'terrorist' by Awami backers at US airport

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'Massive rock avalanche likely caused Nepal flood'

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Flash flood sweeps away 40 houses, 6 bridges in Nepal; up to 10 missing

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Bangladesh party backs CJP stir, ex-Yunus aide seeks Modi's fall

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'Our seas, our land': Sri Lanka assures India against hostile acts from its territory

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'Army is the rule, army is the law': India tears into Pakistan at UN over minority rights

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Nepal floods: 10 missing as Budhi Gandaki River washes away 6 bridges in Gorkha

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A UK charity started a book club in 2018 with one simple idea, that reading could help families after disasters; eight years later more than 10,000 readers have received 160,169 books and raised £2 million

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In 1998, Jeremy Irons bought a ruined 15th-century Irish castle and spent over five years restoring it; he later bought a tiny island beside it

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15% increase in hate crimes against Hindus in UK, home office data shows

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King Charles and Queen Camilla's royal beehives produce hundreds of jars of honey; the Queen's own honey is sold to raise money for charity

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In 2013, tech billionaire Koos Bekker bought a 16-acre Somerset estate; his company now controls more than 2,700 acres nearby and says it employs over 650 locals, as residents debate its expansion

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William Chapman: Man who was killed by a tiger at zoo in South Yorkshire has been identified; he was pacing around enclousre with headphones

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A UK shopper paid £5 for a car boot sale ring; experts later valued its 3.02-carat natural diamond worth £15,000

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A hidden air-raid shelter behind a garden hedge held decades-old wine worth £3.56 million, and 11 bottles of Romanee-Conti alone sold for £269,500 at Christie's London wine auction

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Argentina moves to stop first commercial oil project on disputed Falkland Islands, escalating row with UK

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A shopper paid just £15 for an old ring in a Leicester charity shop, then experts traced it to the British royal family; the rare Princess Amelia mourning ring later sold at auction for £5,500

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Princess Diana walked into an Angolan minefield in 1997; decades later, the landmine campaign she helped popularise is still clearing deadly remnants

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Britain built a 70-foot water tower disguised as a house in 1923; its 50,000-gallon tank was damaged by a wartime shell before the landmark became a holiday home

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EU proposes one-year delay to methane rules for oil and gas imports

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Germany's Nuremberg Airport suspends flights after suspected aviation emergency

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Greta Thunberg joins Paris demonstration as French students continue protests over school conditions

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'Ukraine has not attacked Russian oil refineries for 2 days': Zelenskyy on Trump's 'energy ceasefire'

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Fridges heated to 50°C, food destroyed: Hundreds of supermarkets in France hit by cyberattack

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Drone attack sinks ship off Bulgaria coast, second strike in a week

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'Made right choice, America first': Trump defends Russia diesel deal amid bipartisan backlash

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US threatens to cut Ukraine intelligence, weapons supplies over Russian energy strikes

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Russia offers one-day ceasefire if Ukraine holds elections, rejects Zelenskyy's 60-day truce bid

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Zelenskyy sounds alarm as Russia hits Ukraine's energy sites despite Trump's ceasefire announcement

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In 2006, the primary school on the island of Stromboli was closed due to a lack of students; in 2026, it opened for just one student whose family would otherwise have to break up their lives

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Poland deploys 20,000 cops in schools, inspects 80k educational institutions amid rising youth violence

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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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China's Zijinshan gold mine turned its own waste into haul-road material; test roads carried 100-ton trucks and resisted deformation

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Xi Jinping unwell? Chinese officials sought unusual long breaks during the US visit

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China's gold-copper mine built a road from mining waste; one section showed 97% lower deflection after 28 days

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China tests 800-passenger flying-wing aircraft model with 85-metre span, showing how new aerodynamics could improve range and efficiency

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Israel election paradox as parties winning no seats could decide who forms government

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Is Netanyahu urging Trump to strike Iran before US, Israel elections? What new report reveals

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'They didn't wake me up': Netanyahu says security chiefs mistook Hamas' Oct 7 attack for drill

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Iran shifts tactics, steps up Gulf shipping attacks to pressure Trump before US midterms

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Houthis target Saudi Aramco compound, limited fire reported

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'Don't post videos, stay indoors': Embassy issues fresh advisory for Indians in Saudi Arabia

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Flydubai mid-air stabbing: 2 Maldivian pilots detained in UAE over links with accused Omani copilot - report

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Nuclear sites fortified, loyalists rallied: Iran braces for possible US attacks after midterms

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No warning before impact: Saudi Arabia's alert system went silent amid Houthi attacks

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Netanyahu seeks Saudi nod for Israel to join strikes on Houthis: Report

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Why Saudi Arabia's $83 billion military fails to deter Houthis despite advanced arsenal

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Bunkers, handpicked guards: How Saudi Prince MBS moves between palaces amid Houthi threat

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How did Houthi missiles slip past Saudi defences? Riyadh probes deadly airport attack that killed 13

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Hezbollah-linked device explodes in student's bag during Israel school trip, 1 killed

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Meet Illumi Maeda: 6-year-old Japanese girl who becomes the world's youngest female club DJ

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Russia detains Japanese journalist for spying on strategic island

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Woman spends up to $380,000 to move her great-great-grandparents' 112-year-old house to her husband's family farm

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Pakistani student killed while 'praying' on road, driver avoids jail in Australia

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In 1990, Wisconsin built a test embankment for a gravel road over shredded waste tyres; after a year, inspectors rated its drainage excellent and called it among the better gravel roads

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Argentina moves to stop first commercial oil project on disputed Falkland Islands, escalating row with UK

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Claude Lalanne's bronze armchair with monkeys, vines, and an ostrich-leather seat sold for $1.079 million after reaching Sotheby's through its online consignment portal

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Japanese farmer spent decades planting thousands of pink flowers after his wife went blind due to diabetes; this is why he wanted visitors to come to their home

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In 2010, Ben Affleck co-founded Eastern Congo Initiative; by 2024, programmes it supported were delivering over 100 million litres of clean water across 10 service zones in eastern Congo

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Conor Shea sets a Guinness World Record by assembling Mr Potato Head blindfolded in 7.91 seconds to raise awareness of Usher Syndrome

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In 2005, two Ohio brothers bought a flooded quarry for $330,000 and spent 15 years improving it; 21 years later, the village abandoned its bid to seize the 72.5-acre site and now has a $206,000 judgment lien against it

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A Jordanian princess recognised her custom-made engagement ring on an auction catalogue cover, leading to a court case over jewellery allegedly stolen from her London residence

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Meet Harrison Nott, 16, from Essex, England, who skipped college after his GCSEs to grow the towel business he started in his bedroom in 2023, now generating over £750,000 in annual revenue

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In 2010, a California man paid $2 for three old photographs at a junk shop; five years later, experts said one showed Billy the Kid playing croquet and had it insured for $5 million

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A Kentucky man died without a will with about $2.33 million in transfer-on-death investment accounts left to his children; an appeals court has upheld his widow's right to half the accounts plus part of earlier gifts

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A billionaire who bought Tasmania's Woolnorth dairy for A$280 million in 2016 has won a tax reversal: a full court overturned the case that had left his companies facing A$23.4 million including penalties and interest

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In 2022, Ryan Reynolds and Blake Lively gave $500,000 to Water First; four years later, the Canadian charity's latest graduating class included eight newly certified Indigenous water operators

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In 2012, Taylor Swift pledged $4 million for a Nashville education centre; 14 years later, the space is showcasing artwork by local schoolchildren and artists with developmental disabilities

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New rule for H-1B again? Visa extensions will be treated as fresh cases; asylum seekers and H-4 visa holders will also be affected

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'Massive' oil, gas exploration to begin in 'our beautiful Greenland': Donald Trump

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In 2020, Alex Trebek and Jean Trebek donated $500,000 to Hope of the Valley; two years later, the lead gift had helped turn a shuttered 60-year-old roller rink into the 23,000-square-foot, 107-bed Trebek Center

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A couple started a coffee cart using a $1,500 credit-card limit; their business now generates $4.5 million a year

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A 67-year-old Maryland school bus driver was removed from her route after allowing a 10-year-old boy to step off and rescue a kitten; a petition seeking her reinstatement have 800 plus signatures

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George Washington spent much of his childhood at Ferry Farm; after Walmart bought the Virginia property in 1996, locals raised $2.2 million to save it and donated it to a nonprofit foundation

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Former RHOP star Mia Thornton faces felony theft charge over alleged $11,000 furniture, TV removal from Atlanta condo with Jared McGriff in October 2025, months before airport arrest

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A Washington family seated a Victorian doll named Michael at dinner whenever 13 guests arrived; today, the house is a museum preserving their unusual tradition

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Selma Blair's lawyers call her 'gold standard' after she assaulted Delta staff and then a cop; Judge Indira Khan says no special treatment for a celebrity

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