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World - / Aug 29, 2026 - Quote of the day by Michael Jordan: "You must expect great things of yourself before..." Michael Jordan's words speak to something a lot of people quietly wrestle with long before they ever attempt anything difficult, the question of whether they genuinely believe they are capable of achieving it in the first place. "You must expect

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World - / Aug 29, 2026 - Las Vegas Valley converted 250 million sq ft of lawn to save water, saving 203 billion gallons - Las Vegas is making headlines for its initiative to remove grass lawns, which has successfully conserved billions of gallons of water. Nevertheless, this environmental strategy has led to a concerning increase in local summer land-surface temperatures, soaring by around 20 degrees Celsius. As a response, water agencies are now promoting the use of water-efficient landscaping and shade trees, and new guidelines prevent grass installations in residential yards.

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Manchester weather forecast: Intermittent rain and cool temperatures expected Tuesday, August 28

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London weather forecast: Sunny intervals and mild temperatures expected August 28

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Liverpool weather forecast: Light showers expected August 28, with unsettled conditions to follow

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Leeds weather forecast: High chance of rain throughout Friday, unsettled conditions to continue

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Birmingham weather forecast: light showers expected August 28, with rain continuing into weekend

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Meet Neil Gilson, the Devon swimmer who became the first person to swim Switzerland's 10 largest lakes in a gruelling 230-mile challenge

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A London apartment burned down in 2024 and left more than 80 people homeless; two years later, one owner says she is still paying the mortgage on a home that no longer exists

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Cyberattack hits 3 UK airports, data of 8.7m customers leaked; spokesperson says 'no operational disruption'

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From today, households across Great Britain can plug solar panels into a standard socket; 800W kits could supply up to 20% of home electricity use and save £110 a year

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Humans stepped back from this UK dairy farm in 2023; three years later, wildlife returns as 27 more bird species appear and butterfly numbers more than double

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Liverpool weather forecast: Heavy rain and cool temperatures expected August 27

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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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In 1921, girl buried 3,500 years ago in Denmark was found with a strange drink, unusual clothes and a child's bones; archaeologists still wonder who she was

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Scientists found a 4-million-year-old baby tapir in Spain, the most complete juvenile skeleton of its kind ever found in Europe

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Archaeologists found two young horses buried beside a Bronze Age tomb in Germany; the 3,000-year-old ritual may reveal an ancient sacrifice

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A young German tourist stole a human skull from Vienna's cathedral catacombs and kept it for about 60 years; near the end of his life, he mailed it back with a confession

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Meet Cathal Sweeney, the 16-year-old Irish student who turned the frustration of losing hurling balls in winter darkness into a glow-in-the-dark ball that generated €40,000 in four months

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In 2016, a New Zealand ranger became the only human living on a predator-free island; he stayed to guard the last refuge of the world's heaviest parrot

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In 1999, a caretaker moved to an Australian island with a major little penguin colony; he spent 25 years maintaining its lighthouse and environment

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A Belgian farmer says he has not irrigated outdoor crops for 26 years; dig just 5 to 10 cm below the dry-looking surface and the soil is still moist

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In 2016, A refugee engineer filled discarded bottles with sand to build his grandmother a safer desert home; the experiment expanded into 25 houses

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For years, visitors left coins for luck in Giant's Causeway's ancient rocks. Years later, more than 10,000 coins have been removed to protect the World Heritage Site

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Tourists carved names into around 350 bamboo stalks in Kyoto's Arashiyama grove; the damage cannot be repaired, so officials began cutting bamboo and moving the grove beyond visitors' reach

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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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A Texas farmer's family has worked 6,000 acres for over a century; after his landlord sold 600 rented acres for a Google data center, he was given 60 days to leave

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In 2017, a wildfire advanced toward Roslyn, Washington; nine years later the town has deliberately burned 500+ acres of forest to build a protective shield against future fires

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An Oklahoma woman opened a $1,373 electric bill, including a $598 deposit after late payments; she says it topped her monthly rent and sparked a petition over soaring power costs

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A man searching a Polish scrapyard for car parts found an 1,800-year-old Roman-era shield containing cremated human bones

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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 1850, a California rancher brought 45 sheep to San Miguel Island; by 1862 there were 6,000, and after grazing denuded the island the last 148 were eliminated in 1966

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Japan killed more than 14,000 bears between April 2025 and January 2026 after record attacks on people; despite the cull, 6 people have been killed this year and the government plans to remove another 8,800 bears

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A Kansas cowboy put 50 wind turbines on his 7,000-acre ranch and turned the wind into his most reliable cash crop, selling electricity to thousands of homes

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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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In 1965, two Texas ranch families helped preserve 3,500 prairie acres for a vanishing bird; the effort grew into a refuge protecting more than 11,000 acres

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In 2024, a Colorado county paid $34 million for a 650-acre ranch privately owned for more than a century; 2 years later, 530 acres are being transferred into the Maroon Bells-Snowmass Wilderness

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Flock CEO Garrett Langley's address leaked online after he urged Americans to 'compromise' between privacy and safety

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In 1856, one of Northern California's oldest cattle ranches was established; 170 years later, its 14,177 acres are being bought for $15.5 million and opened to the public

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US judge blocks Trump admin's Anthropic sanctions, calls them unlawful

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Indian-origin US couple on group pilgrimage to Mount Kailash goes missing after Nepal-Tibet floods

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Indian-origin Miami developer Rishi Kapoor sentenced to over 11 years in $89 million fraud case

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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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In 1979, a Montana electrician promised to build a statue if his wife survived cancer: Six years later, a 90-foot figure stood above Butte

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A Missouri grandma started serving free breakfasts to neighbors in a town of fewer than 300; months later, health officials said she needed a permit to continue

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Meet Delaney Peterson, the Florida student who tested recycled foamed glass as a potential habitat for oysters

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In 1922, a Hawaiian family bought a remote Pacific atoll to harvest coconuts; they later fought the US Navy, rejected casino plans and sold it for conservation

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In 1930, John D. Rockefeller Jr. paid $115,000 for 267 acres at George Washington's birthplace; nearly half of today's 551-acre national monument was donated

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In 1887, Robert Lincoln transferred his family home to Illinois with conditions for its preservation; today it anchors Lincoln Home National Historic Site

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