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World - / Oct 19, 2026 - Meet Niv Agaram, the Indian-origin woman who made JD Vance concede that his rhetoric against H-1B, calling them 'indentured servants' was imperfect - Nivriti Agaram, a graduate of George Washington University, told Vice President JD Vance that her first vote after she became a US citizen was for Trump-Vance. At a CBS News Town Hall, Niv Agaram told Vance that she voted for him because of border

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World - / Oct 19, 2026 - Buildings ablaze, petrol bombs hurled at parliament: 10 visuals show chaos of Albania protests - Protests in Tirana against Prime Minister Rama have escalated, marked by violent confrontations between crowds and law enforcement. Frustrated by rampant corruption and expensive university tuition, protesters have hurled stones and petrol bombs. In reaction, police have unleashed water cannons and tear gas to control the situation, resulting in multiple injuries on both sides. International organizations are urging for an immediate peaceful resolution to the mounting tensions.

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

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In 2021, a car with two flat tires blocked a County Durham farmer's gate; he flipped it with a telehandler, then a jury cleared him in 2022

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A heart-shaped mourning pendant depicted in a 1635 painting resurfaced nearly 400 years later; it contains a tassel made from a dead child's hair

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In 2022, a Russian Orthodox priest bought a £470,000 home beside a woman who paid £260,000 for hers; their fight over a one-metre strip of land has led to CCTV, criminal charges and a holy-water blessing at the fence

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In 1850, a 7-year-old African girl was presented to Queen Victoria as a 'gift'; 176 years later, her great-great-grandson is revisiting her remarkable life through a newly published biography

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In 1940, a Jewish family's Kandinsky painting was sold under Nazi occupation; 83 years later, their heirs recovered it, and it has now fetched £31.56 million at a London auction after decades of dispute

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A British man who moved to Sweden in 2017 says officials told him no action was needed after Brexit; nine years later, the 60-year-old and his wife are hiding in a caravan as he fights a deportation order

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Villagers raised more than £311,000 to save a Cheshire pub shut for 12 years, combining community shares with £360,000 in government grants

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Kate Winslet gave £17,000 to a mother facing soaring bills for her daughter's life-support equipment; a year later, the mother launched a fundraiser to help other families with energy costs

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Villagers raised £241,000 to save a historic Yorkshire pub closed since 2019, then secured another £241,000 in government funding to buy it

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London woman bought a £600,000 semi-detached home in 2021; a year later she challenged her neighbours' kitchen for crossing the boundary by 48cm, but a tribunal has now ruled the tiny strip belongs to them

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An anonymous donation of nearly 160 rare banknotes to a British Heart Foundation charity shop in Edinburgh has raised £85,860 at auction; one note features a young Queen Elizabeth II, and the proceeds fund medical research

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Norwegian teen recruited online by Swedish gang jailed for 20 years over UK murder plot

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In 2008, a woman bought a glass vase for £1 at a Scottish car-boot sale and used it as a plant pot; after experts identified it as a 1929 René Lalique piece, Christie's sold it for £32,450

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A 1862 diamond tiara gifted for a French royal wedding disappeared after 1957; nearly 69 years later, the jewel that doubles as a necklace heads to Sotheby's Geneva to be auctioned for up to $1.3 million

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France unrest: Paris' Louvre Museum shut after student protesters block access

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Russia's finance minister Anton Siluanov named deputy PM in Putin's reshuffle

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Austrian Airlines finds no threat after bomb alert diverts Tel Aviv-Vienna flight to Sofia

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94 civilians killed in Mali drone strikes by army, Russian forces: Report

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France counts cost of worst unrest in years as tensions flare again in Paris

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Woman killed, 3 injured as Russian attack hits Kyiv residential building, subway station

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Milan on edge: Protesters clash with cops, smash windows; videos show chaos

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'Those who destroyed must pay': Macron's warning to France rioters; 2,400 arrested

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China's economy gains pace on exports as domestic demand falters

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China's ageing crisis: Beijing to become 'super-aged' city by 2035

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China, Pakistan hold high-altitude army drills with Beijing-supplied arms

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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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Over 30 Yemeni fighters killed, 70 injured as Houthis target military camp with ballistic missiles

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Israel arrests 10 suspects over attacks on journalist, European diplomats in West Bank

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UN agency World Food Programme to cut food aid to Gaza as funding crisis threatens millions

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After losing their home in Gaza, a Palestinian potter turned clay into dome-shaped shelter for his parents as shortages of cement and steel stall reconstruction

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US officials visit Palestinian Christian town after settler attacks on foreign diplomats

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Trump endorses Bibi for re-election, warns Israel against choosing 'wrong leader'

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Saudi Arabia arrests more than 13,800 in week-long crackdown on residency, labour and border law violations

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Egypt pledges support for Saudi Arabia as Houthi attacks escalate

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'Our proposal is still on table': Iran offers to reopen Strait of Hormuz in seven days if US accepts conditions

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Egypt looks to help defend Saudi if asked

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A tiny green pottery shard links Great Zimbabwe to China; glass beads reveal the medieval African city's far-reaching trade networks

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In 2025, UAE researchers placed two solar panels back to back with mist cooling between them; outdoor tests produced 26% more energy than a standard uncooled panel

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Rwandan dissident, former army officer, found beheaded in Uganda

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In 1983, South Korea's planned two-hour TV search for war-split families drew endless calls, so the show kept running for 138 days, leading to 10,189 reunions

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China's rice fields have a duck workforce: The birds help control weeds and pests as farmers grow rice and fish

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Around 1990, Zwolle clothing-rental owner Gregorius Halman pitched a castle; two years later, he won permission, then built four stories alone with recycled bricks.

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Australian woman lawmaker critically injured in vehicle attack; driver arrested

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An 18-year-old solved a mathematical problem named after Chicken McNuggets and won €7,000 at a European science contest

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NBA coach Tyronn Lue turns a former segregated school in his hometown into a community centre as part of his $10 million commitment

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Indian-origin couple invested over $100,000 of their life savings into opening their dream vegan cafe in Australia; an arson attack against tobacconists has left them raising funds for repairs

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Japan's MMX moon mission to launch on Oct 20, bring Phobos samples back by 2031

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World's oldest shipwreck discovered off Turkey with nearly 4,700-year-old pottery revealing clues to ancient Mediterranean trade

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First 'Survivor' winner Richard Hatch won $1 million in 2000; now, 26 years later, court orders him to pay $3.29 million in unpaid taxes

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Indiana father left his entire estate to his fiancee; his daughter challenged the will, lost in court, was ordered to pay $22,208 in legal fees and now faces additional appellate fees

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In 1993, a rancher donated 300 American bison that were released on an Oklahoma prairie; today, more than 2,000 roam the preserve, helping restore one of Earth's most threatened ecosystems

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People paid to clear their criminal records but allegedly received forged court orders; after a three-year investigation, an Indiana law firm employee faces 42 felony charges and three misdemeanors

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New York's Plaza Hotel opened in 1907 and last shut for a $450 million overhaul; 119 years later, the 282-room landmark will close again for at least four years to restore its historic facade

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A Utah couple wanted a place to scuba without travelling, so they built a $2 million, 360,000-gallon backyard pool with a 90-foot mountain, five waterfalls, a 300-foot lazy river and a 26-foot-deep diving tunnel

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Russia sold Alaska for peanuts. Now it guards America against Moscow

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In 2007, a couple gave $1.5 million to revive UNLV's dead debate programme; 11 years later, it was ranked No. 5 in America

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John Oliver's show bought nearly $15 million in medical debt for $60,000 in 2016; instead of collecting it from around 9,000 people, it worked with a charity to wipe their outstanding bills

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In 1968, Cassandra Henderson graduated from a North Carolina school; nearly 60 years later, she moved back into the same building after it was restored from 20 years of vacancy into 53 senior apartments

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'Want to try your luck again?': Iran's Araghchi warning to Trump against renewed war

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John Legend gave $500,000 to help restore a school auditorium in his Ohio hometown; a decade after opening, the 680-seat theatre hosts youth concerts and is home to Springfield's jazz orchestra

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A Georgia father signed a deed giving property to his son, then signed another two days later naming his daughter as the recipient; the court upheld the earlier transfer

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In 2024, Brad Paisley and Kimberly Williams-Paisley put $1 million toward a second free grocery store; two years later, the Nashville site opened so families could choose food without paying

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In 2020, scientists poured dye into an Arkansas creek that ran into a dry stretch; they found the missing water resurfacing 2.9 miles farther downstream

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In 1928, A.A. Milne wrote letters about Pooh; in 2023, Simon Smith found his father's attic papers, and rare drafts and drawings sold for £95,000 in 2025

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In 1993, DuPage County began converting an old quarry in Illinois into a reservoir for Salt Creek floodwater threatening communities; the facility can hold 8,300 acre-feet, or about 2.7 billion gallons

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In 2015, Chicago-area communities needed protection from flooding and sewer overflows, so officials turned part of Thornton Quarry into a reservoir that can hold 7.9 billion gallons of water

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In 2001, Wisconsin mixed fly ash into a reclaimed asphalt road base; its measured stiffness rose 49% by 2002 and 83% by 2003

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In 2004, Missouri rebuilt 2.36 miles of deteriorating roads with recycled asphalt and fly ash; an EPA estimate put the project's cost at about one-third less than full replacement

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In 1994, a Mississippi woman bought a 432-acre farm later valued at $1.2 million; after marrying in 2004 and using the land to help finance their home, a divorce court ruled her husband had no ownership claim to it

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In 2018, scientists GPS-tagged 13 Burmese pythons but found that the devices recorded locations only 18.1% of the time

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Canada elections 2026: 2 Indo-Canadians elected mayors in British Columbia

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Shaquille O'Neal's $24 million Las Vegas youth complex nears completion; 87,000-square-foot centre will feature sports and education facilities

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In 2005, scientists used dye to follow water disappearing beneath Yellowstone; it traveled 1.45 miles underground and reached a spring in less than 24 hours

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In 1976, Minnesota rebuilt a four-lane highway using 50% recycled asphalt; when engineers examined it 15 years later, its lifespan matched ordinary pavement

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In 1908, Henry Mercer began building Fonthill Castle with hand-mixed concrete; the 44-room Pennsylvania home is now a museum

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In 2019, Katy Perry and her sister started a three-day arts camp for underserved California children; seven years later, nearly 1,000 youngsters have attended 12 camps, and a permanent site is being planned

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2 killed, 3 hurt in late-night shooting at Baltimore gas station in US

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A former St. Louis department-store warehouse is slated to become a 525,000-square-foot data centre as part of a $3.1 billion district; residents are fighting the 120-megawatt project in court

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