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World - / Jul 28, 2026 - Costa Rica covered a dead pasture with 12,000 tonnes of orange peel. Sixteen years later, scientists found a thriving forest - For most people, discarded orange peel is little more than food-processing waste. In Costa Rica, one abandoned environmental experiment showed it could become something very different. During the late 1990s, around 12,000 tonnes of leftover citrus

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World - / Jul 28, 2026 - US base in South Korea reports white phosphorus leak; residents urged to evacuate - A white phosphorus leak has been reported at Osan Air Base, a US military installation in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province, prompting authorities to urge nearby residents to evacuate. The leak occurred around 4.54 pm at the base in Seotan-myeon

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5 longest urban beaches in the world: The second one is in India

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Sharmila Dhankar's inspiring journey from hardship to historic win at Commonwealth Games

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From Zendaya to Shakira, Drake and Cher: REASON why THESE celebrities use their FIRST NAME

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In 1901, conservationists began buying land to protect Mount Desert Island; their first 6,000 acres helped create Acadia National Park

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Three underwater drones located WWII's "Ghost Ship of the Pacific" after nearly 80 years, upright 1,067 metres beneath the ocean

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Quote of the day by Kobe Bryant: "I don't want to be the next Michael Jordan, I only want to be..." - a timeless lesson on authenticity, self-belief and creating your own legacy

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California eradicated these 20-pound rodents decades ago; DNA suggests someone deliberately brought them back

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For decades, zinc smelters polluted Pennsylvania's Blue Mountain; crews later used mushroom compost and aircraft seeding to help vegetation return

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From the 1940s, multiflora rose was widely planted as a living fence; the thorny shrub now infests millions of acres across the eastern US

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A San Francisco resident kept hearing strange noises behind the wall, days later a racoon broke into the bedroom with her newborn babies

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A 400-year-old Native American pot lay buried beneath a Spanish mission in Florida until archaeologists found it completely intact

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08:15 - Pakistan asks US for $10bn lifeline to shore up struggling economy: Report

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Govt school bombed in northwest Pakistan; no casualties reported

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'Weaponisation of water': Pakistan seeks Canada's help to revive Indus Waters Treaty with India

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'Failed, inhumane policy': Baloch activist raises alarm over spike in student disappearances in region

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HIV outbreak in Pakistan: How deadly safety lapses at Sindh hospital put children at risk

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Pakistan's fifth province? Gilgit-Baltistan assembly passes key resolution amid PoK unrest

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'Take off uniform and contest elections': Pakistani MP's open challenge to its military

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One killed in communal clash near India-Nepal border, indefinite restrictions imposed

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'Crimes against humanity' complaints filed against Bangladesh ex-president

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Bangladesh orders corruption probe against former president Shahabuddin, a Sheikh Hasina ally

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'We will mint it': Nepal central bank confirms one-rupee coin with disputed map after government U-turn

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Bangladesh president quits citing deteriorating health

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Bangladesh President Mohammad Shahabuddin resigns ahead of Sheikh Hasina's planned return, reports of rift with govt

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Bangladesh President Mohammad Shahabuddin likely to resign soon: Reports

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Balen ends envoy snub amid protests, to meet India & China ambassadors

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World's 'happiest' nation facing youth exodus crisis: Gelephu Mindfulness City is Bhutan's unique solution

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Bangladesh to try retired army major under military law in ex-president Ziaur Rahman assassination case

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Andy Burnham unveils technical subjects in UK schools to prepare students for AI-era jobs

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A couple gave up on a failing 3,500-acre Sussex farm. Nearly 25 years later, it became Britain's most famous rewilding success

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London weather forecast: Sunny intervals and 24°C average temperature on July 28

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Birmingham weather forecast: Sunny intervals and mild temperatures expected July 28

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Manchester weather forecast: Overcast skies, 26°C high, and high humidity on July 28

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Liverpool weather forecast: Sunny intervals and moderate rain chance on July 28, 2026

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Leeds weather forecast: Sunny intervals and mild temperatures on Tuesday, July 28, 2026

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India refused to take illegal migrants back as UK didn't extradite Nirav Modi, claims former UK home secretary Priti Patel

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UK couple discovers hidden room behind cellar wall in century-old home, opens rusty tin and finds old cash worth over £1,000

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Paramount-Warner Bros. $111 billion merger: Benedict Cumberbatch, Alan Cumming and Benedict Wong urge UK to block deal, warn of job losses and fewer films

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Jeff Bezos, Eduardo Saverin to invest in Liverpool? Amazon founder, Facebook co-founder approached to join Amit Bhatia-led consortium

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UK's largest girls' organisation Girlguiding unveils first uniform redesign since 1990 — focused on 'self-expression and confidence'

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Manchester weather: Light rain and cool temperatures expected July 27, 2026

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Leeds weather July 27: Sunny intervals and mild temperatures expected

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London weather forecast: Sunny intervals and comfortable temperatures today, July 27

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Birmingham weather: Light showers expected Sunday, July 27, 2026, with sunny intervals returning midweek

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A single cow on a Swedish island has split her neighbours in two; she is grazing anyway, and ecologists say she is exactly what Amundön needs

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Sweden's spruce plantations are collapsing under bark beetles and drought; one forest owner tore up the industry playbook and planted broadleaves years before the crisis

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'Most severe since World War II': Macron as France's wildfires rage across thousands of hectares

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When he is not serving as the President, he works as a professional photographer: Why the Czech Republic President is making headlines

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'Allah commanded me': Knife-wielding man attacks 3 women on Paris street - video

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France, Spain race against time as wildfires force 320,000 evacuations

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French wildfire created a monster cloud, unleashing lightning that ignited more fires

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Europe is becoming too hot for some cold-blooded snakes, but one region could become their last major refuge

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For nearly 250 years, a small notebook kept unnoticed in a French library until archivists realised it contained lost music written by Mozart

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This ancient rock shelter in Spain preserves the story of how people moved from hunting to farming around 8,000 years ago

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Pregnant woman among three stabbed in Paris knife attack; suspect detained

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Wildfires in Spain and France force nearly three lakh to evacuate

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Unesco adds Mount Olympus, France's D-Day landing beaches to World Heritage List

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Quote of the day by Slavoj Žižek: 'The problem for us is not are our desires satisfied or not. The problem is...' and the reason why getting everything you want still leaves you feeling completely empty

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Quote of the day by Thucydides: 'Self-control is the chief element in self-respect, and self-respect is...' and the ancient wisdom that proves your hardest enemy will always be yourself

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Berlin Pride attack suspect shot, killed during police operation

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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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Watch: China issues highest red alert as Typhoon Noul heads for Guangdong province

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Girl died after gene-editing treatment in China: Report

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This 90-year-old woman in China unknowingly kept using a live grenade as a kitchen hammer for over 20 years

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China's Moonshot AI 'stole' from Anthropic's LLM model, alleges US

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China launches Gravity-1 rocket from sea, places nine satellites into orbit

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Quote of the day by Laozi: 'A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving' and how the best parts of life happen on the detours you never planned

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'Nobody tells me what we should be selling': Trump rejects Netanyahu's objections to F-35 sale to Turkey

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'Can't bribe them': Trump's 'will beat them' warning to Iran despite talks

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Iran's shadow oil billions vanish as trusties flee, Interpol red notices issued

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Saudi Arabia planted 159 million trees and restored one million hectares of degraded land in less than five years

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Trump rejects munitions shortage claims, says US has 'far more than we need'

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'Con job': Netanyahu celebrates ICC prosecutor's dismissal after arrest warrant battle

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Kuwait denies military role in Iran strikes, rejects claims of fighter jet deployment

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Zelenskyy says Russia supplied satellite intelligence that aided Iran's Gulf attacks

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Iran-backed Houthis fire missiles at Saudi Arabia in response to airstrikes in Yemen

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UAE man who killed woman with scissors gets fresh hearing as top court overturns death sentence

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Children with guns: 12-year-olds trained, armed to man Tehran checkpoints

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US-Iran conflict expands beyond battlefield as Red Sea attacks open new front

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'Xi, Putin assured they won't arm Iran': Trump says China, Russia keeping promise

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Trump confirms Netanyahu's US visit next week amid regional tensions

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'Credible threat' from Iran proxies forced Trump to switch planes mid-trip: Report

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Pakistan, Iran explore fresh talks with US in China-initiated push: Report

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A tiny footbridge between Spain and Portugal crosses a border and a one-hour time-zone gap

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Since the 1950s, China has restored vegetation across the Loess Plateau; some studies have found that forestation could reduce water yield in drier areas

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In 1897, Western Australia began releasing hundreds of eastern kookaburras to control snakes; they spread across the south-west and began hunting native birds, lizards and frogs

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Divers once believed the Great Blue Hole was bottomless; then explorers discovered human remains deep inside

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Quote of the day by James Baldwin: 'Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced,' and how confronting reality is the beginning of every meaningful change

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The pig that almost started a war: How a pig shot in 1859 turned a San Juan Island farm dispute into a 12-year Britain-America standoff

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Denmark's protected geese can cut winter wheat yields by about 7% to 10% when grazing continues into late spring, field data shows

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Australian brown snakes change their venom as they age, shifting from lizard-targeting neurotoxins to mammal-targeting blood-clotting toxins

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Burkina Faso tightened control over industrial and artisanal mining; 55 tonnes of gold worth around $6 billion entered official channels in six months

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Watch: Parts of Japan's Kumamoto Castle walls collapse after 7.1-magnitude quake

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For years, Mediterranean farmers defended prickly pear against removal; a study suggests the cactus can help native plants recover on degraded drylands

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In June 2026, Charlie Verco rescued a woman from a great white shark; weeks later, he broke a world paddleboarding record

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Since 1901, Canada distributed 618 million trees across its prairies to shield farms from wind and erosion, then ended the century-old programme in 2013

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In 1967, Dian Fossey built a camp among Rwanda's gorillas and spent almost 18 years there; the population she fought for now exceeds 1,000

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Meet Baba Lena: At 83, this Siberian grandmother finally chased her lifelong dream, travelling to around 20 countries after waiting a lifetime for the right moment

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A diamond mining operation uncovered a 500-year-old Portuguese shipwreck filled with gold and ancient secrets

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Meet Nehemiah Turner: The 11-year-old Florida boy who spent more than 100 hours reading to shelter animals and changed countless lives by helping anxious pets find forever homes

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Quote of the day by Alexander the Great: "I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of..." - a timeless lesson on leadership, courage and the power of inspiring others

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This 71-year-old US mayor goes to a homeless shelter every Friday night, sleeps, serves breakfast Saturday morning. In 2021, he called 'homelessness' a choice

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Quote of the day by Queen Elizabeth: "When life seems hard, the courageous do not lie down and accept defeat; instead, they..." - a timeless lesson on courage, perseverance and hope in difficult times

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A pangolin collected in 1836 sat unnoticed in a museum for nearly 190 years until its DNA revealed a new species

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Powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake hits southern Japan; tsunami warning issued

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Quote of the day by Dave Bautista: "I'm a poor kid from the streets. What I've been able to achieve has really just been through hard work and..." - an inspiring lesson on resilience, self-belief and turning adversity into achievement

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In 1929, Hawaii introduced Japanese white-eyes to control insects; they became its most abundant land bird and began competing with native birds for food

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Poachers killed their mothers and left six young rhinos orphaned; after up to five years of rehabilitation, every one has now given birth in the wild

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Morgan Freeman brought 26 beehives to his Mississippi ranch and created a sanctuary where the bees can live undisturbed

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In 1851, New York released house sparrows to eat caterpillars damaging city trees; within 50 years, the birds had colonised nearly the entire continental US

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In the 1930s, America planted 220 million trees across Dust Bowl farmland; decades later, thousands of km of shelterbelts still protected farms and wildlife

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In 1990, Congress created a cap-and-trade programme to cut acid-rain pollution from power plants; over decades, SO₂ emissions fell by more than 95%

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In 1982, Missouri discovered an entire town had been sprayed with dioxin-contaminated oil; 265,354 tons were incinerated, and the abandoned town became a state park

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In 1914, Hawaii introduced fountain grass as an ornamental plant; the invasive species now covers around 200,000 acres across Hawaiian Islands and can help wildfires spread across dry land

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In 1861, an English lord sent three red deer to New Zealand for sport; the animals later multiplied into a costly pest

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More than 4,000 Kenyan students came together to plant mangroves in a bid to set a Guinness World Record

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In 1971, Biruté Galdikas entered Borneo's rainforest to study orangutans; more than 50 years later, her foundation has helped return over 1,000 to the wild

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Meet Miranda Gibson: The woman who lived in a tree for 449 days to save Tasmania's ancient forests in one of Australia's longest tree protests

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For nearly 100 years, two giant dams trapped this American river. Then one historic decision brought it back to life

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New York spent 8 years planting one million trees. Now the city is aiming for 30% tree cover by 2040 to transform its fight against rising heat

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