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World - / Aug 2, 2026 - Israel, US military learnt Trump cancelled Iran strike through social media: Report - Israeli officials and US Central Command were not informed ahead of time about US President Donald Trump's decision to call off a major planned attack on Iran, according to an Israeli media report. The report states that they found about it through

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World - / Aug 2, 2026 - 9,000 discarded Christmas trees help restore New Orleans wetlands - New Orleans is giving used Christmas trees a second life by dropping them into coastal marshes to help slow land loss. The bundled trees trap sediment, reduce wave energy and support marsh grass growth. Scientists say the method helps restore wetlands in selected areas but is only one part of Louisiana's broader coastal protection efforts.

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New Report Details China's, Russia's Alleged Role In Expanding Iran's Air Defence Network

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Family to sue US government after Haitian woman froze to death following ICE release: Report

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In 2022, a Wisconsin retirement community began housing college students; they now pay about $500 monthly and volunteer eight hours each week with older residents

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Three Virginia students were attending golf-team tryouts when they saw a family struggling in Lake Culpeper; they jumped in and brought all three ashore

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California vineyards installed more than 500 owl boxes; fields with more barn owls had up to 52% fewer rodents without using additional poison

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36-year-old man stabbed to death inside luxury New York apartment high-rise

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In 2001, California began using helicopters to scatter poisoned grain across Anacapa Island after black rats devoured up to 70% of seabird eggs

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In 1943, a "Hellish Cloud" choked Los Angeles and burned residents' eyes; many feared an attack, but the pollution came from within

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California brought in ice plant in the early 1900s to hold soil in place; it now spreads 3 feet a year, smothering natives and reshaping coastal dunes

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Peace rally in Pakistan rocked by suicide blast; 14 killed, 20 injured

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'Double standards': Pakistan rejects UN report on civilian casualties in Afghanistan strikes

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'Dhurandhar' gangster's brother shot in Karachi

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Pakistan minister invokes 'cockroaches' analogy, says united Gen-Z can 'turn everything upside down'

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34 killed as methane explosion tears through coal mine in Pakistan's Balochistan

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11 police personnel, 15 militants killed in overnight attack in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

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'Frustration of their failure': Ex-envoy Vidya Bhushan Soni slams Pakistan over PoK unrest

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Is Pakistan facilitating Chinese missile shipments to Iran? Islamabad responds

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Security forces' crackdown, civil unrest continue in POK, 20 dead

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PoK on the boil: Polls, a deadly crackdown by Pakistani forces and a region in turmoil

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Ex-PM Imran Khan's sister charged under cybercrime law over remarks on Pakistan army, India conflict

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'They're enemies like India': Pakistan minister Khawaja Asif justifies killing of over 30 protesters in PoK

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One killed as violence, rigging claims rock first phase of PoJK polls

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Sheikh Hasina ouster anniversary: Bangladesh issues nationwide alert over attack on police

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Nirmal Purja — star climber, elite British officer & MBE — dead on PoK peak

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Mountaineer Nirmal Purja killed in avalanche on PoK peak, says his company

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Broad Peak avalanche: Three of 10 missing climbers found dead in PoK

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Nepal communal violence: Three killed, curfew widens; PM Balendra Shah appeals for calm

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10 climbers, including Nirmal Purja, missing after avalanche on Broad Peak in PoK's Gilgit-Baltistan

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Parliamentary committee seeks normalisation of visa operations in Bangladesh, govt says Hasina not allowed to undertake any political activity

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Need to address some irritations in Bangladesh-India relations: Dhaka

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Sri Lanka investigates Chinese triad angle in port city murder

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'Currently reviewing': Bangladesh on PM Modi's invitation to Tarique Rahman for India visit

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UK PM Burnham may exempt child rapists from early release scheme as Conservatives demand stricter action

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King Charles, Prince William pay tribute to ex-British soldier Nirmal Purja killed in Pakistan avalanche

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Birmingham weather forecast: Sunny intervals and moderate temperatures on August 2, 2026

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London weather today: Sunny skies, 28°C high, warm spell continues

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Leeds weather forecast: Sunny intervals and moderate temperatures on August 2nd, 2026

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Liverpool weather forecast: Sunny skies and 27°C high on August 2, 2026

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Manchester weather forecast: Sunny skies and mild temperatures today, August 2, 2026

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Newcastle weather: Cloudy skies and mild temperatures expected today, August 2

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UK finance minister John Healey to present first Budget on October 28

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Prince William and Kate Middleton make rare family appearance with Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis at Commonwealth Games 2026 in Glasgow

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Quote of the day by Winston Churchill: 'Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen'

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Liverpool weather August 1st: Sunny intervals, 23°C high, mild summer day ahead

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London weather forecast: Sunny skies and mild temperatures for August 1st

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Manchester weather forecast: Sunny intervals and moderate temperatures today, warming trend ahead

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Birmingham weather forecast: Sunny intervals and mild temperatures expected August 1

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Leeds weather forecast: Sunny intervals and 40% chance of rain on August 1

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Hungary shut its only nuclear plant for the first time in 44 years after the Danube fell too low to cool its reactors; nearly half its electricity supply is now affected

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Watch: Firefighting helicopters collide mid-air as Greece battles massive wildfire

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'Selfish, polarising, unlawful': Spain slams EU states over Ceuta migrant crisis

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Quote of the day by Sigmund Freud: 'The more perfect a person is on the outside, the more demons they have on the inside' and why absolute perfection is a facade

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Spain's 48-hour response: How authorities returned thousands of illegal migrants to Morocco

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Video shows inferno after Russian missile barrage leaves 9 dead in Ukraine

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Spain races to secure Ceuta border with floating barrier after mass crossings and 67 deaths

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'No food inside Ceuta': How Spain's migrant surge spiralled into big humanitarian crisis

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'Go that way': Illegal migrants say Moroccan authorities directed them towards Ceuta

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Italy suspends Schengen border rule after Ceuta migrant crisis — what it means

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Russia's overnight ballistic missile and drone attack on Ukraine capital Kyiv kills 9

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4.7-magnitude earthquake hits Italy; buildings damaged, four injured

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Spain says most migrants return to Morocco after border rush kills 57

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Quote of the day by Archimedes: 'Give me a place to stand, a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the World', and how to find your own fulcrum

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Russia hits Ukraine military cargo vessel near Odesa as Kyiv targets oil refinery

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China spent decades moving water across a continent. The world's largest diversion project now serves 185 million people

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Chinese man didn't invite his mother to his wedding because he was ashamed of her looks; boss fired him and gave her the job

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Shared beds, shrinking budgets: China's young workers feel economic squeeze

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In the 1960s, China sent hundreds of young foresters into a dying landscape. Today it is home to the world's largest man-made forest

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China built a futuristic city for 300,000 people. It soon became the world's most famous 'ghost city'

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Quote of the day by Lao Tzu: 'Truthful words are not beautiful; beautiful words are not truthful' and a philosophy that can't be lied to

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Once known as the 'Sea of Death', China's Taklamakan Desert is turning greener with drone technology

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Quote of the day by Sun Tzu: 'If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear...' and an evergreen battle strategy

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518 MILLION YEARS AGO, ONE TINY SEA CREATURE MAY HAVE STARTED THE EVOLUTION OF THE FANGS SEEN IN SPIDERS TODAY

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Can China's electric rocket launcher make Elon Musk's chemical rockets obsolete?

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'Don't think Iran has ever faced a President like Trump': US secretary of state Rubio

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Trump mimics 'bing, bing, bing,' calls Patriot transfers to Ukraine a 'big step'

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Quote of the day by Mohammed bin Salman: 'I fear that the day I die, I am going to die without accomplishing what I have in my mind'

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'Prepare to depart': US embassies issue alert across Middle East amid Iran tensions

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'Act of aggression against Iran': Araghchi warns UK over US access to British military bases

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'Extensive response plans': Iran threatens US energy sites after Trump warning

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Days after Trump's dismissal, report claims Russia shared military intelligence with Iran

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US, Israel weigh bombarding Iran's energy infrastructure through the weekend: Report

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Trump threatens to hit Iran 'very hard' as US weighs fresh attack

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How Iran's military ran a $4bn gambling network as part of a sanctions-dodging op: Report

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How a giant iceberg travelled from Alaska to Iowa in 1977 for Saudi Arabia's ambitious plan to turn Antarctic icebergs into a freshwater source

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'Monumental step toward lasting peace': Donald Trump announces 'historic' Gaza deal as Board of Peace agrees on Hamas disarmament

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Saudi Arabia's one-year multiple-entry Umrah visa explained: 90-day stay, eligibility and how to apply

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$300 million up in smoke? Iran claims it destroyed three US F-35 fighter jets in Jordan

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'Cruel terrorist act': Moscow mayor on restaurant blast that killed 3, injured 21

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Wildfires burned 42,000 hectares and forced 220,000 evacuations near Bordeaux; now France's wine country fears damage that may only emerge in the bottle

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6-7 and the First World War: How Internet absurdism became Dada's unlikely heir

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Quote of the day by Barack Obama: "Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones..."

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Bordeaux vineyards escaped the immediate wildfires, but repeated heatwaves and nearly two months without sufficient rain are shrinking grapes and accelerating the 2026 harvest

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Quote of the day by Elon Musk: Some people don't like change, but you need to embrace change if the alternative is disaster

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Quote of the day by Selena Gomez: You have to be uncomfortable sometimes in order to move forward

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5 dead, 41 missing after ferry catches fire off Indonesia's Madura Island

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In 2021, Kyrgyzstan's water crisis forced officials to watch mountain glaciers melt as farms ran short of water

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150-year-overdue library book returned in Australia; racks up Rs 16 lakh 'late fee'

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In 1850, Britain received Japanese knotweed as an exotic garden ornament; its rapid growth later turned the Victorian prize into a national menace

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Meet Maddy Murphy, the 16-year-old outback dancer travelling 15,000km to join a prestigious Swiss ballet academy

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In 1921, a vampire-like sea lamprey appeared above Niagara Falls; by the late 1930s, it had spread through the Great Lakes and devastated native lake trout

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Japan earthquake aftermath: Woman dies of heat stroke in parked car; toll rises to 36

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13 killed as tourist plane crashes near Peru's Nazca Lines

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Bomb blast outside Moscow restaurant kills 3, injures 21

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Singapore student Siti Aishah Siregar left home saying she was going to college; hours later her family found her passport missing and a Cambodia flight ticket in her email

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Mushroom hunters entered a Nepal forest and found a nest built by the only snake known to make one. Officials have now restricted access while conservationists monitor the site

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His grandfather paid $2,200 for an Allis-Chalmers tractor in 1953; 62 years later, Kevin Klahn bought it back and restored it

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In 2010, workers painted part of a Peruvian mountain white to regrow its lost glacier; the World Bank selected the idea for a $200,000 grant

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A Michigan woman owns 19 acres between two planned Toll Brothers communities; she is suing over her only access route and a proposed wastewater discharge

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Quote of the day by Jeff Bezos' ex-wife MacKenzie Scott: "There are lots of resources each of us can pull from our safes to share with others..."

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In 2003, a retired man planted trees on forgotten land alone; 20 years later, it had become one of Sao Paulo's largest urban forests

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Trump 'cancels' Iran strikes as rapid deal aims to reopen Hormuz, curb nuclear threat

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Saudi Arabia arrests over 14,000 in week-long crackdown on residency, labour violations

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Quote of the day by Clint Eastwood: "You have to steal a lot. You have to have a criminal mentality to be a..." - a fascinating lesson on creativity, influence and originality

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Ceuta migrant crisis explained: Why 60,000 people risked everything to reach Spain from Morocco

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'Returned to the US 3 days before visa expiry': Indian H-1B holder shares what happened next

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Quote of the day by Pablo Picasso: "When I was as old as these children, I could draw like Raphael, but it took me a lifetime to learn to..." - a profound lesson on creativity, simplicity and rediscovering the fearless artist within

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In 2000, an aquarium plant escaped into California waters; removing the 'killer algae' took six years and over $7 million

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Washington wildfires scorch over 2,50,000 acres of land; trigger mass evacuations

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