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World - / Jul 7, 2026 - Finnish proverb of the day: "The forest answers in the same way one shouts at it" teaches us that we get what we do to others - Among the many proverbs that have emerged from Finland's forests, few capture the relationship between human behavior and consequence as beautifully as "The forest answers in the same way one shouts at it." In Finnish, the proverb is often expressed

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World - / Jul 7, 2026 - F1 visa rejected on 214(b)? Former visa officer explains what to do now, before applying for it again - Former visa officer Yvette Bansal explained that most of the F1 visa applicants in India are getting rejected on 214(b), and it means teh visa has been refused on either of the following grounds: whether you will use the visa class appropriately

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Green Card news: Last updated in 2004, PERM regulations may change soon; employers will face new test

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The United States in 1972 banned DDT after the pesticide thinned bald eagle eggshells and pushed the national bird toward extinction; decades later, eagle populations recovered enough to be removed from the endangered species list in 2007

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The United States launched a controversial mission in 2004 to exterminate every feral pig on California's Channel Islands after they attracted golden eagles that nearly wiped out endangered island foxes; by 2006, the pigs were gone, and the foxes began a remarkable recovery

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Vance or Rubio: Is Trump's 2028 heir already chosen?

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Indian tractor-trailer driver, busy with his phone, runs over 23-year-old man in Chicago who was changing tire

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Xi Jinping sends rare July 4 greeting to Trump days after he ranked communism above 9/11, world wars as a threat

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Archaeologists find another 190-year-old cannonball from the 1836 Battle of the Alamo, may have been used by Texan forces

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23,000-year-old footprints in White Sands are rewriting the story of the first humans in the Americas

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Next round of US-Iran talks likely in Islamabad: Report

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Pakistan air force captain gunned down in broad daylight while rescuing woman

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Pak bureaucrat, prime accused in Karachi bus project graft case, sent to judicial custody

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No salaries, drug shortages, harassment: Karachi doctors' protest lays bare Pakistan's deepening healthcare crisis

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Karachi shopping centre fire: 11-year-old named accused in chargesheet over blaze that killed 72

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PoK erupts as police open fire on protesters amid massive anti-Pakistan rallies, one killed - key points

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Workplace harassment in Pakistan: 521 men filed complaints, transgenders and women also seek redress

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'Demanded $100,000 for our release': Pakistan gang rape victim names deputy PM Ishaq Dar's kin

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BLA claims over 30 Pakistani security personnel killed in 'fidayee' attack in Balochistan's Gwadar

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'Madam is sleeping': Ex-Singapore diplomat explains why all Pakistan politicians are 'waste of time'

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How a Pakistan syndicate smuggled 200kg of human placentas every month

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Pakistan gang rape case: Deputy PM Ishaq Dar's relative among four arrested over assault on two foreign women

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'Teetering on the brink of failure': Ex-Singapore diplomat's blunt warning for Pakistan

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'Undermining freedom of belief': Speakers at UNHRC event call out Pakistan over safety of religious minority women

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Pakistan bus tragedy: 40 killed after vehicle loses control, plunges into ditch in Balochistan

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Unesco warns Pakistan over 'reconstructions' at Taxila, the Vedic-era city

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25 killed, hundreds wounded after clashes break out in Sri Lankan prison

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'Shortsighted leaders tend to repeat errors': Analyst warns Trump's Pakistan outreach may cost US dearly

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'Always ready to resolve border issue with India through talks': Nepal foreign minister

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'Closest neighbour': Jamaat chief says Bangladesh seeks trust-based ties with India

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Days after Pakistan's airstrikes, Afghanistan launches strikes on ISIS targets in Balochistan

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Don't broadcast Sheikh Hasina speeches: Bangladesh warns its media outlets

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'Stripped him, forced him to seek money from kin': Temple priest 'abducted, assaulted' in Bangladesh

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Jamaat ally wants India's apology for 'sheltering' those involved in 'killings'

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'Will implement Teesta project at any cost', says Bangladesh PM Tarique Rahman

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11:44 - Pakistani strikes in Afghanistan kill 36 civilians; Kabul vows retaliation

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Starmer likely to face criticism from US and Nato allies over Britain's defence spending plans at Ankara summit

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'Text your boss you're not coming': England fans flood social media with 'no work' memes after epic World Cup win over Mexico

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Prince Harry to stay at Buckingham Palace during UK visit as Meghan, children skip London trip

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Forgotten Punjabi soldiers of British Indian Army finally get WWI recognition after a century: Report

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Manchester weather forecast: Overcast skies, 22°C high, 85% humidity today, July 6

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London heatwave: 34°C forecast for July 6 with sunny skies

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Birmingham weather forecast: Sunny intervals and mild temperatures expected

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Liverpool weather forecast: Sunny skies and warm temperatures expected this week

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Leeds weather forecast: Sunny intervals and mild temperatures expected July 6

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Quote of the day by King Charles: "Whatever may be your background or beliefs, I shall..."

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Massive anti-Pakistan protests erupt in London over crackdown on PoK activists - Watch

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Quote of the day by Winston Churchill: "I am prepared to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter."

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YouTube alerts UK creators over govt's proposed algorithm changes; Nigel Farage calls it 'state censorship'

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Cargo ship under attack 'by unknown armed assailants' in Red Sea, says British military

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'We have no stake in it': Pakistan refuses to take back grooming gang leader Shabir Ahmed as UK seeks deportation

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Three acquitted of 2019 murder of Irish journalist Lyra McKee; family vows to keep fighting for justice

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Life lesson from proverb of the day: "One does not change a winning team" -- French wisdom teaches us why change is not always the answer

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'We have ways': Nato chief warns allies to present credible defence plans or face consequences

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'People come and go but relationships remain': Italy minister plays down Trump's Meloni jibe

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Britain in 2011 launched a mission to poison every rat on South Georgia Island after invasive rodents devastated seabird colonies; by 2018, native birds were nesting in places they had abandoned for centuries

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Russia fires 68 missiles, 351 drones at Ukraine; at least 18 killed as Patriot shortage exposed

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Irish proverb of the day: 'He who brings a bone brings a dog' - life lessons on consequences, responsibility and why every action has its own outcome

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Serbian proverb of the day: "Do not mix frogs with grandmas"- A funny way to say stop comparing things that don't belong together

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Nearly all of Russia's 83 regions face fuel supply disruptions amid Ukrainian strikes

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Russia strikes Kyiv with 68 missiles, 351 drones; 11 killed ahead of Nato summit

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Watch: Man arrested for climbing Eiffel tower to hang US flag

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Nato 3.0: From security club to wartime coalition that can take on Russia - can the bloc pull off its biggest reset since Cold War?

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'Restraining order needed': Donald Trump shares meme on his feud with Italy PM Meloni ahead of Nato summit

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Jewellery likely to be worth €4m stolen from French museum, probe on

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Putin & Zelenskyy hold separate calls with Trump

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Russia launches fresh missile, drone attack on Kyiv ahead of Nato summit in Turkey

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Xi Jinping sends rare July 4 greeting to Trump days after he ranked communism above 9/11, world wars as a threat

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Chinese proverb of the day: 'Experience is a comb which nature gives us when we are bald' - life lessons on wisdom, learning and why hindsight is life's greatest teacher

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Uyghur groups escalate global campaign against China's Ethnic Unity Law

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Xi Jinping says ready to work with Kim Jong Un for 'long-term, sound and stable' China-North Korea ties

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China's Xi Jinping promotes two PLA generals after anti-corruption purge thins top military ranks

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Singing so bad that China cancelled her concert - who is Xie Na?

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Beijing pushes for a China-Pakistan-style economic corridor with Bangladesh and Myanmar

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'Wrote about ending his life': Pilot who hit Beijing's tallest building suffered from anxiety, say Chinese authorities

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Accident or attack: What's behind Beijing's 'unprecedented' plane crash?

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Chinese proverb of the day: 'The toad wants to eat the swan' delivers a blunt reality check on overreaching ambition

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How much did Khamenei's funeral cost? State spending draws scrutiny amid economic hardship

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Hamas announces plan to dissolve Gaza government, transfer power to technocrats

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1,000 targets a day: Israel's digital army detected 850,000 entries during Gaza, Lebanon wars

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'Will never forget this gesture of friendship': Iran thanks India for attending Ayatollah Khamenei's funeral

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UAE Central Bank fines foreign bank Dh1.82 million over customer liability letter delay

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UAE announces midday break rules for outdoor workers; employers face fines of up to Dh50,000

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Iran says MoU with US an achievement for 'Axis of Resistance' — what does it mean

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'We have some other friends, like India': Netanyahu pushes back after Vance calls US 'only ally' of Israel

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US pressured countries to skip Khamenei funeral, at least 13 withdrew or reduced participation: Reports

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Indian missions in UAE launch online appointment system for passport, visa services amid transition

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'Under attack by unknown assailants': British military reports fresh cargo ship attack off Yemen

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16 Yemen troops killed as Houthis unleash 'deadliest attack in years' on government forces

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'Directly attacking people': Rat infestation, sewage worsen Gaza's humanitarian crisis

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Indian expats rush for passport renewals in UAE amid consular services transition; here's what applicants need to know

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Quote of the day by Chinese philosopher Confucius: "Attack the evil that is within yourself, rather than attacking..."

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Rare Neanderthal baby fossil reveals our ancient relatives may have begun life much like modern humans

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Italy's rice bowl is baking in drought, and Pavia farmers say weeds are taking over parched paddies as rivers and reservoirs run low

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Japan's 2011 tsunami turned out deadlier because a hidden clay layer let the quake rupture all the way to the seafloor, scientists say

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Britain has lost up to 92% of its historic seagrass meadows, but after scientists asked island residents to map old coastal memories, they discovered two hidden meadows and identified three priority sites for large-scale restoration

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Australian PM Albanese issues 'unequivocal' apology after inappropriate remarks about Kylie Minogue

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Australian PM Albanese issues 'unequivocal' apology after inappropriate remarks about Kylie Minogue

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In 1994, Italian ultramarathon runner Mauro Prosperi disappeared during the 155-mile Marathon des Sables after a massive Sahara sandstorm blew him off course; he survived nine days alone by eating bats and drinking his own urine before stumbling into Algeria

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In 1971, 17-year-old Juliane Koepcke fell nearly 10,000 feet from a plane struck by lightning over the Amazon, survived still strapped to her seat, then wandered alone through the rainforest for 11 days before loggers found her

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Nepal deployed armed soldiers, military patrols, and community intelligence networks in 2010 to save its rhinos; years later, the country recorded multiple years without a single rhino being poached

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Philanthropy quote of the day by Melinda French Gates: "It's important to acknowledge that giving away money your family will never..."

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Archaeologists discover 2,000-year-old Roman bone container with a 'drug stash' hidden inside

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'Strategically aligned': Singapore, Indonesia pledge to keep Strait of Malacca open and free

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Bermuda has no rivers or freshwater lakes, yet a 400-year-old roof design supplies water to 65,000 people

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The United States in 1906 planted Australian melaleuca trees to drain Florida's wetlands, but scientists now say they spread across nearly 500,000 acres, replacing native sawgrass marshes with dense invasive forests that alter fire and water cycles

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After building a tech empire, Mark Zuckerberg is feeding his cows beer and macadamia nuts, and the goal is to create world's highest-quality beef

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Israel in the early 1900s planted millions of pine trees to green barren hills, but ecologists later found many native Mediterranean habitats had disappeared beneath them

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A US county welcomed 37 data centres. Now its schools are being told to dim lights as power bills jump 25%

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For thousands of years, this giant tortoise has been digging burrows across the Sahara, and scientists now think those tunnels may play a bigger ecological role than anyone realised

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America's snake capital: This US state has the most venomous snakes in the country (and it's not Texas)

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The son who never appears: Iran buries a Supreme Leader — and inherits a ghost

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Thailand in the 1950s planted millions of leucaena trees for fodder and reforestation, but scientists now say they have spread into natural forests, replacing native vegetation with dense single-species stands

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Cuba's national grid completely collapses, nearly 10 million in darkness

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In 1987, the United States decided to capture every remaining wild California condor after lead poisoning, habitat loss, and poaching left just 27 birds alive; today, hundreds once again soar across western skies

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