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Bride-to-be Anshula Kapoor's stunning blue Patola lehenga for mehendi celebrations is a look rooted in Indian craftsmanship

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World - / Jul 5, 2026 - Chants, tears & prayers: Massive crowd gathers in Tehran for Ali Khamenei funeral - watch - Millions of Iranians are participating in extensive funeral ceremonies for Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in Tehran, following his death in an airstrike. The Grand Mosalla complex is overwhelmed with mourners paying respects, with prayers held for Khamenei and family members killed alongside him. Chants of "Death to America!" and "Death to Israel!" echoed, reflecting regional tensions. The ongoing events are being closely monitored amid a sensitive geopolitical climate.

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World - / Jul 5, 2026 - Why did Kai Cenat disappear from streaming? Everything ahead of his July 6 return stream - Kai Cenat will return to streaming on July 6 at 8 PM EST after spending months away from live content. During the break, he focused on his fashion brand Vivet, personal growth and creative projects. His comeback stream is expected to reveal key Streamer University 2026 details and will likely be his first simultaneous broadcast on Twitch and YouTube.

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UK Hindus lose land bid to church and Muslim group

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Queen Elizabeth I's hidden portrait reappears inside a fingertip-sized amber pendant after more than 400 years

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Donald Trump offers to help end Ukraine war during 90-minute call with Putin, Zelenskyy

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Ukraine hits Russian oil terminal; smoke rises over St Petersburg facility - watch

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Russia says it has taken five villages in Ukraine

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Indian student drowns in Germany; four questioned

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Bulgarian proverb of the day: "If you don't patch your old cloth, you will not wear a new one", an age-old wisdom on management, moderation and sustainability

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Too hot for a cold one: How European heatwave is impacting alcohol consumption?

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'We are the new people's party': Far-right AfD re-elects leaders as mass protests rock Germany

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'Lift sanctions, we're ready to ... ': Iran's 'AC suggestion' to Europe amid deadly heatwave

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'France, Belgium & The Netherlands saw 3,700 excess deaths in heatwave'

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France records 2,025 deaths amid record-breaking heatwave, toll may rise further

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'Disguised as a man': Ukrainian woman on Interpol wanted list for Monaco bombing

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Russia planning armed incursion into Poland to test Nato's response: Report

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Nato set to declare Russia a 'long-term threat' amid Putin's fresh assault on Ukraine: Report

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NATO commander says Europe has backfilled most gaps from US cutbacks on military equipment

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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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Chinese proverb of the day on the passing of time: 'Light travels like an arrow, and time like a shuttle'

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Chinese proverb of the day: 'Be not afraid of growing slowly. Be afraid only of ... ' — a lesson on why slow progress always beats no progress

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Father 'forgives' girlfriend who kicked his 18-month-old toddler to death, sparks outrage in China

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'One shot can take them all out': Trump says Iran leaders are within reach

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Where is Mojtaba Khamenei? Iran Supreme Leader missing from father's funeral ceremonies

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Mass grief at funeral projects hardline grip on post-war Iran

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'Divine retribution against US, Israel not far off': Iran fires new warning as Khamenei funeral begins

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'Iran mourns 40,000 killed by Khamenei, not him': Exiled crown prince calls funeral 'propaganda'

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'Up to 3,000 dead would be okay': Iran braces for mass casualties at Khamenei's funeral - report

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'Crisis-makers to be accountable': Iran warns UK, France against military presence in Strait of Hormuz

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Did Iran force people to attend Khamenei's funeral in large numbers? What report claims

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Tiny coffin beside Ali Khamenei's: 14-month-old granddaughter honoured at Iran Supreme Leader's funeral

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Netanyahu, Donald Trump agree to meet in US soon after phone call

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'Fake news': Israel denies report it planned to assassinate Iranian negotiators

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Watch: 'Death to America, Israel' chants echo as Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's funeral begins

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Watch: Top Iranian leaders, including Ghalibaf, break down as Ayatollah Khamenei's week-long funeral begins

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Overnight lines to pay respects to Khamenei

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Spain has an island where people speak entirely through whistles, full sentences travel across kilometres of mountain valleys, and every child still learns the language in school

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McDonald's, bus station turn quake clinics in Venezuela

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Russian proverb of the day 'Don't look a gift horse in the mouth' teaches us how to accept a gift with gratitude, humility instead of finding fault in it

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'He did it to himself': Girlfriend high on drugs stabs weed farmer boyfriend to death in Thailand

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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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China's grasslands don't adapt to drought gradually; scientists found that they reach a point where perennial plants give way to fast-growing annual species

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China's forests with the greatest tree diversity were better at keeping carbon in the soil as temperatures rose, scientists found, because soil microbes released less carbon and stored more in biomass

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A 1,700-year-old Roman shipwreck has been lifted from the sea off Spain, and its preserved cargo could reveal lost trade routes

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Why Singapore's skyscrapers are covered with gardens instead of bare concrete

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Why Stephens Island in New Zealand is forever linked to one of history's most famous cat stories

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Proverb of the day: 'The proof of the pudding is in the eating' - a lesson on judgement, experience and the limits of appearance

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Why Romania's 'walking forests' seem to move without anyone noticing

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Why houses in the Philippines stand on wooden stilts to survive floods, typhoons and extreme heat

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Ethiopia's Danakil Depression looks like another planet and scientists know exactly why

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Switzerland began planting black locust trees around 1750 to stabilise eroded hillsides and railway embankments, but today scientists say the invasive trees are replacing species-rich grasslands and changing their soil chemistry

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'Why should we not kill the man who killed my Imam?' Angry slogans against Trump at Khamenei's funeral

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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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China spent decades planting 66 billion trees; scientists found they now outgrow natural forests by 66%

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The United States in the 1800s planted thousands of tamarisk trees to stabilise riverbanks, but scientists now say they have spread across the American West, replacing native cottonwood forests and reshaping entire river ecosystems

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How South Koreans donated 227 tonnes of gold to rescue their economy after the 1997 IMF bailout

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Australian officials ask fans to respect privacy of Neil, a 1000kg seal, who respects nothing

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Cops in Canada stopped a car for dangerous driving, found a gun, drugs and Indian-origin criminal inside

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Watch: New York's Brooklyn Bridge catches fire during July 4 fireworks display

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'Lets have some fun': Trump says he'll deliver July 4 speech 'no matter what' despite storms

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'We are heroic people with heroic spirit': Donald Trump marks America's 250th Independence Day

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"Erika is a true psychopath": Candace Owens claims Charlie Kirk's assassination was 'ritualistic' in explosive new interview

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Candace Owens accuses Andrew Kolvet of 'lying' over Charlie Kirk claim in X dispute

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Who is FaZe Temperrr? Why was the FaZe Clan co-founder arrested in Indiana?

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'Ended the same war so many times': Biden Jr. mocks Trump, names him for Peace Prize

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'I want this on Donald's desk by August recess': Melania Trump gives Congress private deadline to pass her bill

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Hawaii in the late 1800s planted fast-growing leucaena trees for cattle fodder and erosion control, but scientists now say they have spread across the islands, replacing native dry forests with dense invasive stands

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America's Yellowstone ravens don't follow wolves to find food; scientists found they navigate to places where wolves are most likely to leave fresh carcasses, even when no wolves are present

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