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Europe wildfires: 2 dead, 500 evacuated as twin blazes hit Greek island near Athens

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World - / Aug 17, 2026 - Lakshmi Mittal's Ukraine steel plant hit by Russian missile; 2 killed - Russian attacks on Ukraine on Sunday struck a site at ArcelorMittal Kryvyi Rih, the country's largest steel producer owned by Indian billionaire Lakshmi Mittal, killing two people and injuring over 10 workers and contractors, the company told Kyiv

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World - / Aug 17, 2026 - Breakup Status Unclear: Suki Mellow addresses Kanel Joseph on stream; fans speculate - Suki Mellow's recent comments about Kanel Joseph have sparked fresh breakup rumors among fans. The Twitch streamer praised Kanel as a great person while admitting she wished she had handled her emotions better. She also suggested they may be at different stages of life with different priorities. Although Suki has not confirmed a breakup, her emotional remarks and fans' reactions have fueled speculation about the status of their relationship.

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Iran's IRGC Threatens Major Military Shift, Warns Enemies They Must Expect 'Strategic Surprises'

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'WE F*CKED UP': Hegseth FINALLY Admits USS Lincoln Mess; Pentagon Still Refuses To Apologize | WATCH

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BIG! U.S. War Chief Hegseth Ordered To Wage Another WAR After 'Defeats' To Iran & China | DETAILS

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'Bring U.S. Soldiers DEAD Or ALIVE': Iran's CHILLING Bounty Offer To Civilians ROCKS Washington

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Ukraine Opens Africa Front? Expert Alleges Secret Recruitment Against Russia

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'CREWS TIRED & WORN OUT': Trump-Hegseth Face USS Lincoln REVOLT; No Apology For Sailors | WATCH

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Hollywood couples who chose not to have children: Dolly Parton and Carl Dean to John Cena and Shay Shariatzadeh

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From Banarasi to Patola: 5 GI-tagged Indian textiles every fashion lover should know

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6 SIGNS YOUR SPICES HAVE LOST THEIR FRESHNESS AND HOW TO REVIVE THEM

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Dengue fever is finally coming down, but why can this be the most dangerous phase of the illness? Doctor explains

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Can too much exercise harm the heart? How extreme workouts, overtraining and poor recovery may turn fitness into a cardiovascular risk

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How did samosa become an Indian favourite despite not originating in India?

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Tropical Storm Lala moves away from Hawaii, leaves trail of damage and lakhs without power

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Ferrari's first all-electric car sells for $40 million at charity auction, nearly 40 times initial estimate of $1.1 million; buyer won't receive it until 2027

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'They were Indian, so we didn't count them': US cleaning business owner faces scrutiny over racial profiling

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In 1953, Emma Gatewood tried hiking the Appalachian Trail, got lost and was rescued; two years later, at 67, she walked all 2,190 miles alone and made history

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In 1933, Lincoln's Crooked House was marked for demolition; work revealed a hidden timber-framed building behind its brick façade and saved it; today it is one of the Cathedral Quarter's most photographed buildings

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A Maine oyster farm is testing a solar-powered floating conveyor that moves oyster baskets through water and air; one raft is designed for 125,000 oysters a year

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Meet Connor Hill, the 17-year-old Pennsylvania student who wrote a computer program to classify noble polyhedra; he proved there are 146 isolated examples and won $250,000

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Virginia installed 46 water-control structures across 150 miles of old drainage ditches to re-wet a swamp; restored peat now traps 200,000 metric tons of carbon a year

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At 20, Finnish immigrant Maggie Walz arrived in Michigan with just $7; in 1903 she claimed 160 acres on a Lake Huron island and the colony she founded grew to five settlements with around 1,000 people

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Manhattan's got a hairy situation! Giant 10-foot hairball 'Tumblehair' takes over the streets of NYC

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In 1905, a 13-year-old crawled through a tiny Tennessee cave passage and found a hidden underground lake

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Hawaii's 34,000 acres of managed eucalyptus plantations could become a local source of lumber for homes and infrastructure

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In 1956, Howard Zahniser began drafting America's wilderness law; after 66 drafts and eight years of campaigning, he died months before it protected 9.1 million acres

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'30 civilans killed': Baloch activist shares video of 'Pakistani war crime', seeks US intervention

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Pakistani minister in Balochistan province escapes armed attack on convoy

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'Water is our red line': Shehbaz Sharif threatens India with 'direct response' over Indus Treaty

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'False': In rare move, Pak army reacts after rumours swirl of Imran Khan's death

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Why US is questioning Pakistan's Rs 3 trillion defence spending

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PML-N set to form 'government' in PoK after two former 'premiers' lose strongholds in third phase

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'Discontent answered with bullets': MEA slams Pakistan over PoK crackdown

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After weeks of violent protests, PoK votes in final election phase amid PTI, JAAC boycott calls

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LeT man dies in Pakistan after meal, speculation of poisoning

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From 'enemies' to 'patriotic brothers': Pakistan changes stance on PoK protesters ahead of polls

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'Shouldn't be exclusive club': Pak minister seeks Nato-like Islamic military alliance

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'There needs to be accountability': UN warns Pakistan over crackdown on peaceful PoK protesters

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'Exercise restraint, act according to law': US urges Pakistan amid PoK crackdown

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Unknown gunmen kill Pakistani policeman, abduct another in separate incidents

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Pakistan's crackdown in PoK: How Islamabad is tightening information chokehold amid global scrutiny

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Imran Khan's three years in jail spark protests across Pakistan; over 100 held

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Bangladesh PM's proposed India visit conditional on Hasina extradition, officials say

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'Both sides interested': Bangladesh PM Tarique Rahman's first India visit likely in August 20-25 window

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Bangladesh PM likely to visit India as Dhaka presses for Sheikh Hasina's extradition

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BNP nominates stalwart Mirza Fakhrul for Bangladesh presidential poll

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Close malls by 8pm, turn off billboards: Bangladesh reels under power crisis, 12-hr outages

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'Hasina will get full security if she returns': Bangladesh PM Tarique Rahman's adviser

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Bangladesh PM Tarique Rahman raises Hasina extradition with Indian envoy

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Balen ends 'envoy snub' with India-first reset; meets China envoy within hours

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'Need conducive environment': Bangladesh PM on India ties as Hasina eyes return to Dhaka

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Former Swansea City ballboy Charlie Morgan, kicked by Eden Hazard in 2013, set to sell £500 million Au Vodka empire for reported £100 million payout

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Lens on Cambridge after Black professor's death amid scrutiny of his credentials

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In 1988, an English farmer stopped cultivating his entire 377-acre wheat farm; 35 years later, it became one of central England's biggest refuges for scrub, woodland and rare wildlife

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Petition for public inquiry into Jason Arday's media harassment gathers 31,000 signatures

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UK man,55, dies after dog bite during footpath altercation; owner arrested on murder suspicion

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British student George Smyth, 18, found dead in Romania months after going missing during hike

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Liverpool weather forecast: Sunny skies and mild temperatures for August 16, 2026

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Leeds weather forecast: Cloudy skies and mild temperatures expected August 16, 2026

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London weather forecast: Sunny intervals and mild temperatures expected August 16, 2026

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Birmingham weather today: Sunny intervals and mild temperatures expected, 20°C high

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Manchester weather forecast: Cloudy skies and chance of rain today, August 16

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After facing accusations of being DEI hire, black former Cambridge professor found dead at home

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Amit Bhatia-led consortium buys minority stake in Liverpool FC

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Meet Jamie Bell, the 18-year-old London teen who started selling old Lego at 13 and generated over $400,000 in annual sales, with nearly $68,000 profit

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24-year-old archaeology enthusiast helps uncover a 3,700-year-old stone circle hidden in an English forest

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3,000 hectares up in flames: Belgium battles its biggest wildfire on record

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Watch: Plumes of smoke billow over Moscow as Ukraine unleashes one of its biggest drone attacks

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Four Renaissance masterpieces stolen from Sicily museum in art heist

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Hungary bus crash: 12 killed, 10 injured after Polish bus overturns on M3 motorway

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One week of extreme heat in Europe linked to 16,000 excess deaths: Report

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Magnitude-5 earthquake strikes near Spain's Granada, damages homes and cars

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Quote of the day by Plato: "The heaviest penalty for declining to rule is..." — the ancient lesson about choosing who leads

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'I don't feel rooted here': Indian couple in Ireland to return to Pune after 11 years, citing AI pressure and job stress

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Ukraine offers Black Sea shipping truce; Russia yet to respond : Report

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Jellyfish turned into an unexpected threat to France's Gravelines nuclear plant after a huge swarm clogged its cooling system

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Ukraine strikes Russian aerospace facility and MiG-31 base in overnight attacks

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The ground beneath 394-foot wind turbines in Poland became unexpected nesting and feeding grounds for wild bees in farmland

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Europe is racing to eradicate a crayfish that can reproduce without mating; in the Czech Republic, two newly detected populations are being targeted before they spread

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France's top court blocks under-15 social media ban, cites constitutional concerns

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From hospitals to schools: China expands scrutiny of religious beliefs in Chengdu

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China launches 24th batch of low-orbit internet satellites from Hainan site

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China completes installation of 15,927 mirrors concentrating heat at 1,040 °F at world's highest solar thermal plant; will power 50,000 homes while saving 60,000 tons of coal annually

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Ex-Chinese Premier Zhu Rongji, who drove economic reforms and led China into the WTO, dies at 97

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Zhu Rongji, former premier who changed China's economic fate passes away at 97

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Typhoon Dolphin batters China: Hundreds of flights cancelled, lakhs evacuated as floods hit east

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'I still miss him': China's AI crackdown leaves users mourning lost virtual boyfriends

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Watch: Chinese rocket explodes shortly after liftoff from Wenchang spaceport

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Over 1 million evacuated as Typhoon Dolphin hits eastern China; 1,400 Shanghai flights cancelled

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Women's public role shrinks in China as official rhetoric shift towards family: Study

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Iran offers $30,000 bounty for killing, capturing US soldiers; $60,000 if done by women

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'Not worthy of life': Israel minister Ben-Gvir calls for killing '30 to 40' people daily in Gaza

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'Anticipate strategic surprises': Iran signals possible shift from defensive to offensive military posture

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US backs 'Islamic Nato': Trump calls Saudi-Turkey-Pakistan pact 'big, bold and important step'

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Trump's envoys in West Asia to push for Gaza peace plan

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Iranian parliament advances bill to curb foreign influence

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Israel surprised by speed of Iran's missile recovery despite strikes: Report

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Gaza peace plan: 8 nations condemn Israel's rejection of US roadmap

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Iran moves to criminalise interviews with US, Israeli media, with prison terms up to 30 years

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Gulf states becoming 'increasingly sceptical' of Trump's ability to secure peace deal with Iran: Report

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'Worry about your own security': Iranian lawmaker jabs Trump over 'secret' Turkey flight

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Is Netanyahu headed for setback in Israel election? No Trump endorsement raises eyebrows

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Qatar calls Iran's claim 'misleading', denies capturing 3 pilots after March strike

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Iran President Masoud Pezeshkian likely to visit India for Brics meet

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'First Islamic republic with nuclear weapons': Netanyahu lashes out at UK

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US rushes new carrier to Middle East amid reports of mental health crisis on USS Lincoln

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Indonesia hit by 5.7 magnitude quake days after deadly 7.7 tremor

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In 1993, Chile adopted an Indigenous Law that enabled land restitution; by 2023 more than 510,000 acres had been returned to Mapuche communities, but native forest cover had barely changed

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Princess Iman welcomes twin daughters Talia and Rania with husband Jameel Alexander Thermiotis, names newborns after Queen Rania; Jordanian royal family celebrates

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In 1913, engineers built Troy Federal Dam to improve Hudson River navigation, and 113 years later it still serves New York's canal system

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South Africa is mining lithium for the green-energy transition; prospecting rights now cover 73,000 hectares, 117 farms and land supporting 30,000 jobs

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Rolex sues Canadian jewellery store Bijoux Medusa over customized watches, claims trademark infringement

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Over 100 arrested in Morocco over fresh Ceuta migrant crossing attempt

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In 1979, an Australian couple moved to a 10,000-acre island with two babies; 46 years later, their family helped remove three feral pests and completely destock livestock

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Quote of the day by Friedrich Nietzsche: "The higher we soar, the smaller we appear to those who cannot fly"

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7.7 quake hits Indonesia, at least 47 dead, buildings topple

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'Always proud': Kim Jong Un hails North Korea-Russia ties in message to Putin

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In 2011, Myanmar suspended a giant China-backed dam after public outrage; it now plans to restart a project that could flood an area the size of Singapore

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'If I leave, I lose everything': Indian student in Canada seeks discharge to avoid deportation after supermarket fraud conviction

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Indonesia rocked by 3 major quakes and more than 230 aftershocks in 24 hours

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Quote of the day by Khalil Gibran: "Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding"

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In 1975, Chantal Doecke was evacuated from Vietnam to Australia as a newborn; 49 years later, a DNA test revealed the twin brother she never knew existed

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In 1905, Hawaii introduced mosquitofish to control mosquitoes; the tiny fish later became linked to declines of native damselflies and other threatened species

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Meet Vera Wang, the Hawaii high school senior who built a coconut-based ocean filter as a sophomore; two years later, she found fungi in coconut husks that can biodegrade plastic and sunscreen

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In 1973, a Wisconsin teenager moved to Alaska; 12 years later, she drove into a storm her rivals avoided and became the first woman to win the Iditarod

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At 15, Lynne Cox broke the English Channel record for men and women; at 30, after an 11-year wait for permission, she swam through 38°F water from Alaska to the Soviet Union

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'Very good' ties with Kim: Trump orders 'substantial' cut in military drills with South Korea

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In 1980, a New Zealand lighthouse keeper stayed after automation ended his job; he later helped lead a restoration effort that planted 283,000 native trees

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In 1940, the Walker sisters sold their 122-acre Tennessee homestead for $4,750; a lifetime lease let them keep living there inside Great Smoky Mountains National Park

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Couple in their 70s buy abandoned 160-year-old Cotswolds church for £175,000 as retirement project after leaving London, spend £370,000 renovating and now it's worth £700,000

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Indian-origin man rejected for H-1B visa three times compiled 700 pages of evidence and spent $13,000 to secure another way to stay in US

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Bangladesh sets tough riders for PM Tarique Rahman's visit to India

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Amazon tribe Amondawa does not use weeks, months or years to describe time. Their language links it to events and life stages

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"I can fix her": Clavicular makes a shocking move on AOC after Riley Roberts split rumors explode online

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"The painful Erika white-knighting": Candace Owens accuses Andrew Wilson of wasting viewers' time in explosive Tyler Robinson debate

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Is Clavicular really trying for a baby with Lily Snyder? Influencer reveals plans despite past infertility claims

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From streaming to landing one of Marvel's biggest roles: Inde Navarrette's journey from Twitch to Marvel's Rogue

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