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World - / Aug 31, 2026 - 'This well is not to be built over': A California ranch was warned 20 years ago; young teens are now suffering from a rare cancer - Ladera Ranch is a 4,000-acre planned community in southern Orange County, California. As per the 2020 census, this ranch had a population of 26,170. The residents of the ranch have now raised a cancer concern with the California Department of Public

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World - / Aug 31, 2026 - Meet the 19-year-old who built a $600,000 investment house from scratch - 19-year-old Olivia Shone has achieved what many Australians spend decades trying to get: ownership of a four-bedroom investment house. The Warragul, Victoria, native started saving for property at age 16 after discussions with her father Luke, who

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An Oregon farmer grew tomatoes, potatoes, squash, garlic and beans for 40 years without irrigation; careful soil preparation kept stored moisture in the root zone

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A man spent his life's earnings buying a 130-acre abandoned gravel pit, he planted 50,000 trees, and years later, the barren land had become a thriving wildlife oasis

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Iran Launches Cruise Missiles At US Navy Warships Off Oman After Larak Island Strike?

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New OTT releases this week (August 31-September 6): 'Gandhari', 'Dhamaal 4', 'The Gentlemen' Season 2, 'Untold Raygun: Breaking Badly' and more

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US treasury excludes several reporters from covering G20 finance meet

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A Minnesota mother escaped a burning home, realised her toddler was still inside and went back; firefighters found her shielding the child with her body

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A man who grew up poor and fatherless and barely finished high school went on to open 54 Burger King restaurants across three US states; his foundation has since donated more than $2 million

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In 2014, an American town was known as the 'food desert', but one man turned a college football field into a farm that generates 60,000 pounds of produce

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In 1985, CNN founder Ted Turner bought thousands of acres in Florida; the former plantation became a major private wildlife landscape

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In 2025, Texas engineers mixed 4.5 tons of recycled plastic into a highway, replacing part of the bitumen to test how it handles extreme heat

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Maine buried 20,000 discarded tyres beneath a road to fight frost and spring mud, while turning a growing waste problem into an engineering solution

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A San Antonio storm knocked out power and damaged homes; one barber simply moved his chair outside and kept cutting customers' hair

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15 newborns killed in fire at Islamabad hospital's gynaecology ward in Pakistan

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Bangladesh says no risk in joining Mecca defence pact with Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Turkiye

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Nepal begins burials after preserving DNA; only 29 flood victims identified so far

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Nepal floods: Stranger ran past school screaming 'Run, water'. It saved 370 kids, teachers

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'River rises, we run uphill; it falls, we return — then Trishuli sends us fleeing again'

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Rebuilt with India aid, flood-erased Nepal school seeks help to rebuild on higher ground

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Nepal floods expose stark contrast as China keeps tight lid on information

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3,000 years ago, 12 Bronze Age houses stood where a Scottish suburb is rising; archaeologists found graves, pottery kilns and food stores

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Birmingham weather forecast: Sunny intervals with a chance of rain today, August 31, 2026

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London weather forecast: Sunny intervals and moderate temperatures expected August 31, 2026

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Liverpool weather forecast: Sunny intervals and 70% chance of rain on August 31

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Manchester weather: light showers and mild temperatures expected today

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Leeds weather forecast: Sunny intervals, mild temperatures, and a chance of rain on August 31

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A UK collector paid £62,000 for a mounted 'fox' head; X-rays revealed the skull of an extinct thylacine hidden inside

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Workers restoring a medieval English house found 800 years of hidden history, including rare wall paintings, sealed doorways and mysterious protective marks

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British woman fatally stabbed at railway station in southern Germany; one arrested

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Harry and Meghan are back in Britain: Tracing their journey from royal fairytale to rupture

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NHS pension system declared a retired worker dead and stopped paying her; she borrowed money to fly to Britain to prove she was alive

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Leeds weather forecast: Heavy rain and high humidity expected Saturday, August 30, 2026

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London weather forecast: Sunny intervals and mild temperatures expected August 30

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Birmingham weather: Heavy showers and cooler temperatures expected for autumn's first full day

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Liverpool weather forecast: Heavy showers expected Saturday, August 30, 2026

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Russia-Ukraine war: Kyiv strike on Belgorod kills two, injures 16

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In 1342, Europe suffered its worst flood year in 700 years; scientists now say 16 major floods struck the continent within just three years

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Iceland rejects EU membership talks, puts fishing rights and sovereignty first

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Russia prepares for 'massive strikes' against Ukraine's energy facilities

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Fontana, Italian master of colour photography, dies

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37 killed, 50 homes damaged in Russian attack near Ukraine's Kyiv

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Ukrainian drone attacks kill 4, injure 12 in Russia's Belgorod region and Crimea

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Construction workers in Belgium dig up mysterious gold worth $10 million while building sewer under former brewery: 'Our first reaction was actually disbelief and surprise'

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Baltics downplay threat after CIA chief's 'warning to Russia' on Nato

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Ancient Greek elites wore jewellery made from metal that fell from space; scientists identified meteorite iron in 3,000-year-old rings

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Who is King Haakon VIII? Norway's new king who once wanted to escape royal life

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Norway's King Harald dies after more than three decades on throne; Prince Haakon takes over

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Invasive blue crabs cost Italy's shellfish industry tens of millions of euros; scientists release 130,000 octopuses into Adriatic Sea to keep them in check

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Galwan, Doklam general axed by Xi: Zhao Zongqi removed from China's top advisory body

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Chinese rescuers manage to reach core disaster zone 50 hrs after flood

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Dam burst, lake overflow, earthquake: Nepal faces fresh crisis as rescue operations halted

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5.1 magnitude earthquake strikes China' s Sichuan province

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Barrier lake near Nepal border could breach in 3 days, China warns as hundreds dead in flash floods

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'Accusation helps nothing': China rejects Nepal's 'dam collapse' claim over floods

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China warns US of retaliation if Trump's 'Economic D-Day' sanctions hit their Iran oil trade

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Ajit Doval's China visit: NSA, Chinese VP Han Zheng discuss border peace, bilateral ties

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UAE fuel prices rise from September 1: Check new rates for petrol, diesel

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A wooden relic that survived the sack of Jerusalem's First Temple was unearthed by archaeologists, now they are finding shocking answers

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Iranian assassination plot against Netanyahu's son Yair foiled in Florida: Report

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Donald Trump sends Saudi civil nuclear deal to Congress, keeps Israel normalisation as condition

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'Jailed or killed': How Iran is silencing citizens as internal tensions mount

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Iran used mosques to surveil, shoot at January protesters: Report

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In 1864, an Indian Maharaja built a 368-foot well in a drought-hit English village; the story behind Stoke Row's 'Maharaja's Well'

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In 2022, Melbourne's M80 became Victoria's first major road project with recycled content in every pavement layer, reusing 35.5 million plastic bags and 22 million bottles

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In 1973, Christopher Cadbury funded the £40,000 purchase of a Seychelles island stripped for coconuts and seabird eggs; today over 1 million seabirds breed there each year

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Just 41-46ft: Airlink jets' dangerously low flypast over Cape Town stadium - Watch

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In 2015, Queensland began turning end-of-life tyres into road material; over the next decade 2.4 million tyres were kept out of landfill as crumb rubber was blended into asphalt and road seals

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New Zealand opens five marine reserves with groundbreaking Maori co-management model to protect Otago's coastal ecosystems

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Two Canadian builders turned 612,000 recycled plastic bottles into a 2,000-sq-ft home; its panels were tested to withstand sustained winds of 326 mph, twice Category 5 hurricane strength

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He worked as the green ranger in 'Power Rangers', then used the experience to rob 43 homes as the 'Spider-Man thief'

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In the 1600s, people in Osaka ate dozens of species of fish, mammals and plants; 400 years later scientists found the evidence trapped in their teeth

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Maldives' Muizzu hails Greater Male Connectivity Project, says will prioritise projects with India

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Meet Kim Ji-on, a 12-year-old South Korean student who invented a life-saving device that helps people escape deadly fires

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A Norwegian farmer went to inspect an old mound in 1903 and uncovered a Viking ship buried with two women and hundreds of ancient objects

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A small ceramic jug in Russia held 2,600 silver coins for nearly 600 years; its owner's fate remains a mystery

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Ferry carrying nearly 270 capsizes off northern Cyprus; 7 dead, 24 missing

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In 1966, Marlon Brando bought a private Polynesian atoll after filming 'Mutiny on the Bounty'; it is now a wildlife sanctuary where 15,614 green turtle hatchlings emerged in one season

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In 1978, Richard Branson bought a bare 74-acre Caribbean island for $180,000; it now shelters more than 140 animal species, including breeding lemurs and giant tortoises

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A West Texas rancher rejected wind turbines twice before agreeing to 7 on his family ranch; the royalties now help pay for feed and workers and keep the operation running

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In 2005, a couple bought a 2,300-acre Napa ranch for $8 million; after a 17-year battle over plans for vineyards, the land was bought for $24 million and is becoming a public preserve

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A Mexican entrepreneur began melting discarded plastic into wall and roof panels; within three years his startup had built 500 rooms and secured contracts for 300 homes

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He died at 23 after fighting in the Korean War; nearly 74 years later Willie Estrada's family is still pushing for him to receive the Medal of Honor

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A New Zealand sailor spent years living alone on a remote Cook Islands atoll across three separate stays; a year after his final stay ended, Suwarrow was declared a national park

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In 1992, Congress ordered the removal of 2 dams blocking the Elwha River; 24 years later the river finally ran free to the Sea

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Alaska used rotenone to eliminate invasive pike from an entire lake; the pike vanished, and 6,836 Arctic char were later stocked to rebuild the native fishery

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