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World - / Sep 9, 2026 - Toxic air after 9/11: Mamdani releases documents showing how New Yorkers were misled - In a significant move, New York City disclosed withheld documents on air quality after 9/11, suggesting that officials may have misrepresented the dangers present post-collapse of the Twin Towers. A memo warned of potential lawsuits for toxic exposure and city liability concerns. There were also fears about asbestos levels and negative public response. This revelation follows a legal challenge from the advocacy group 9/11 Health Watch.

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World - / Sep 9, 2026 - Roman cemetery dig reveals Stone Age man buried with 2 skulls, 42 teeth and an axe - In a startling archaeological find, researchers uncovered a burial site dating back to the Stone Age, predating nearby Roman graves by thousands of years. The grave contained a battle axe, striking amber beads, and a unique necklace fashioned from the teeth of 42 animals. Additionally, two human skulls were discovered alongside the skeleton, offering rare insights into the rituals and practices of ancient communities.

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Georgia O'Keeffe bought a small Ghost Ranch home in 1940 and spent decades painting the surrounding desert; a conservation plan is now protecting 6,000 acres from development

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A Napa art center is giving up development rights on 162 of its 217 acres; the deal protects 75% of the estate while directing up to $1.85 million back to the arts

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Iran Launches Big Attack On US Army Bases In Gulf State: Tensions Escalate In Hormuz

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BREAKING: Iran Missiles Storm US Airbase In Jordan; 'F-35 Shelters Hit, Patriot Crumbles...'

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'Russia's Drone Killer Unveiled': Putin Threatens Ukraine With Pantsir-SMD-E; 'Counters UAV Swarm...'

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Kareena Kapoor turns muse for Ritu Kumar: Bebo's couture comeback has a royal family connection

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Clove tea health benefits: Can this warming spice-infused drink really boost your health?

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'Riverdale' fame Lili Reinhart rewinds the clock in Kate Hudson's iconic yellow gown, and suddenly it's 2003 again

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Zeenat Aman's Mumbai home as quiet green feelings: Inside the actor's minimalist, nature-filled dwelling

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Why is conch pearl so rare? The story behind the world's most unusual pink pearl

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Watch: Trump shares edited clip of King Charles walking away from fainting worker

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Million-dollar question: OpenAI claims to have an answer to 90-year old maths problem

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Cox Enterprises gave up development rights on nearly 4,400 South Carolina acres worth hundreds of millions; the land is now protected forever, including 40 miles of river and marsh frontage

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Nicolas Cage's $10.5 million Malibu mansion hit by massive sinkhole as driveway collapses amid coastal erosion; photos show 30ft-wide crater outside his 4,000-square-foot beachfront home

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In 1971, a surfer cut a piece of foam with an electric carving knife; 55 years later, his invention is a household name

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Jack London bought 1,400 acres of exhausted California farmland and planted 65,000 eucalyptus trees; his experimental Beauty Ranch is now a state park

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US Democrat urges House Speaker to sue Trump admin over triumphal arch, says Congress never approved funds

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Meet Rachel Chen, the 18-year-old Los Angeles student who expanded a 1997 quantum-math idea to describe entire particle systems with simple diagrams; she won $100,000

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In 1973, Montana released a gall fly to control spotted knapweed; decades later, the biocontrol program was linked to over 3 times more hantavirus-positive deer mice

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She bought a Maine island to stop clear-cutting; 90 years after Audubon opened its first camp there, the 330-acre sanctuary still trains conservationists

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Lindsay Clancy murder case: Lawyer asks Trump to pardon Massachusetts mother after mistrial

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Trump takes trade war with Canada to ice

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'Break pattern of impunity': UN experts flag persecution of Pakistan's Ahmadiyya community

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Balochistan's Zehri under curfew: Civilian killings, detentions and disappearances; what we know

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'Growing differences between military, Asif Zardari': Self-exiled Pakistani politician Altaf Hussain makes big claim

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25 Pakistani military personnel killed in Balochistan attacks, BLA claims

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'6ft by 8ft cell, brown drinking water': What Imran Khan's jail cell is like

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Pakistan: Imran Khan's sister files fresh contempt plea over denied jail visits

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Pak pleads for dialogue after India stands firm on suspending Indus Water Treaty

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Leadership gaps cloud Pakistan's human rights oversight system

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Imran Khan, wife Bushra Bibi get slight relief as Pak HC bars solitary confinement

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Pakistan power crisis deepens as Karachi reels from 24-hour blackouts

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Pakistan court allows Hindu woman to return home after alleged forced conversion, marriage

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Watch: 'Driverless' car crashes into police van after internet outage in Islamabad

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Pak PM scrambles for damage control after his office edits leaders out of SCO summit photo

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100-year-old Hindu temple demolished in Pakistan's Punjab

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Lahore inflation squeezes household budgets as food, rent and utility costs rise

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Kabul, Kashmir, Mumbai, Pahalgam: Hafiz Saeed's deadly four-decade terror trail

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Bangladesh and India plan to resume train ops by October

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People stealing valuables from dead bodies in Nepal floods; police issue warning

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Nepal marks the 13th day of mourning after deadly flash floods

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Climate justice tops agenda as Nepal PM Balen flies to UN office

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Need good working ties with India: Bangladesh

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10 days after Nepal flash floods, woman, Chinese man rescued

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Volunteers from multiple countries join Nepal animal rescue effort

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Nepal's mint-green house survivor recounts a life that's washed away

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Nepal floods: Chinese national rescued alive from hydropower tunnel on Day 10

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True Samaritans: Indian volunteers take up grim task of cleaning decomposed bodies in Kathmandu

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More delays expected across UK after air traffic glitch cancels over 1,000 flights

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Just 1% of asylum seekers in UK genuine, insider says, as UN blasts Britain for allowing bogus claims

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Mother of twin girls given less than 10% chance of survival after TTTS at 16 weeks; after surgery, premature birth and 300 days in hospital, twins now prepare for first day of school

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Glowworms return to a North Yorkshire reserve after more than 100 years; larvae raised in a Bristol garden shed have produced the first glowing females

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British-Indian councillor Rishi Madlani in race to succeed Keir Starmer as Labour MP

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'Settler terrorists': UK bans trade with Israeli settlements as 12 nations back sanctions

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Why Harry and Meghan were caught off guard by King Charles' latest letter

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In 2024, Wales used fibres recovered from about 80,000 used nappies to resurface a road, diverting four tonnes of waste from landfill at no extra material cost

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Shakespeare's Globe needs a new roof after nearly 30 years, but workers will not use modern roofing; 14,000 bundles of reed are being prepared for the £10 million project

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Liverpool weather: Heavy rain and cooler temperatures expected Tuesday, September 8, 2026

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Birmingham weather forecast: Light showers expected today, September 8th, with cooler temperatures

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Leeds weather forecast: Light showers and wind expected Tuesday, sunny intervals later in the week

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Manchester weather forecast: light showers today, sunny spells ahead

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London weather forecast: Rain expected Tuesday, improving later in the week

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India's carbon credit scheme gets UK recognition under its carbon tax mechanism

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No royal duties: King Charles clarifies Harry and Meghan remain private citizens after UK return

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Thousands protest in Germany as far-right AfD eyes first state government since the Nazi Party

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Not just Nepal: How climate change puts European Alps under threat of glacial retreat and rock fall

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Copenhagen's £200m underground Natural History Museum, under construction since 2019, to open in 2027 with eight galleries, 14m specimens, dinosaur skeletons, 3D exhibits and Ocean Hall

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DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE: What AfD's big win in German state election says about 'far right' uprising in Europe

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Moscow threatens 'harsh and painful' retaliation after Hungary expels 10 Russian diplomats

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'The moment US left, attacks resumed': Russia launches fresh assault on Ukraine, 3 killed

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Another French heist: Thieves steal 4 paintings worth Rs 98 cr from Renoir museum; drop one while fleeing

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EU debate takes shape as Macron backs under-15 social media ban

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'Defend workplaces': Protesting robots take to Warsaw streets to demand AI regulation

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AfD's victory tests Germany's 'firewall' against the far right

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'Russia ready to negotiate': Zelenskyy after meeting US envoys Witkoff and Kushner

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Eiffel Tower shuts after female staff allegedly sidelined during Hindu group's visit

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Alice Weidel: The Banker Behind the Firewall

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A 3,000-year-old ship-shaped stone grave was discovered in Sweden; four urns inside contained burnt human bones and a metal object

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Shifting right? What AfD's victory in Germany means for Europe, Russia & US

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5.3-magnitude quake hits Tibet as region reels from deadly flash floods

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PLA report warns Chinese cities of potential nuclear attacks, flags Japan as 'threat'

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China's 'chemical trap' targets hidden nuclear fuel in seawater, beats US benchmark 8 times over

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China mudslide: One missing person found dead as death toll rises to two; 10 remain missing

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Nearly 'eight vessels per day': Taiwan faces alarming Chinese presence around its territory

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China silences flood victims to spotlight Xi Jinping's rescue efforts

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One dead, 11 missing after deadly landslide hits China's Jiangxi; Typhoon Saudel batters region

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From grasslands to GPUs: Why China is building its AI engine in Inner Mongolia - explained in 5 charts

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Watch: Flash floods in China destroys 3-storey building in an instant; 2500 stranded inside school

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Magnitude 5 quake hits Tibet amid ongoing search for hundreds missing after deadly floods

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Watch: Multiple explosions seen over US airbase in Jordan after Iran's ballistic missile strike

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Iran claims 'punitive strike' damaged US air base in Jordan as Middle East tensions escalate - top developments

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Watch: US strikes 5 Iranian oil tankers near Kharg Island after IRGC targeted American navy ship

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US strikes Iranian tankers near Kharg Island; Tehran threatens Gulf oil vessels

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US sanctions all remaining Iranian airlines, with 27 carriers hit in fresh action

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Iran launched another attack on US navy ships Monday, with fears of China, Russia aid: Report

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Meet Anvith Yalamanchili, the 17-year-old Dubai student who watched his brother's school commute triple to 45 minutes and built a free carpool service that drew 1,000 sign-ups

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UK-Israel spat gets ugly: Tel Aviv to close British consulate in Jerusalem over sanctions on settlers

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'Settler terrorists': UK bans trade with Israeli settlements as 12 nations back sanctions

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UAE leader warned Netanyahu of Hamas attack days before Oct 7, PM dismissed warning: Report

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At 10, she lost her grandmother to breast cancer; at 17, Dubai teen Saiyette Aima built an AI platform and took cancer awareness to India

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Iran to announce new restricted zone in Gulf in the coming days

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Watch: Houthis strike oil facilities in Saudi Arabia, target airport & base; Yemen conflict widens

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'Strike our assets & you get struck': Iran threatens US energy assets in Gulf after latest clashes

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'Committing massacres': Houthis accuse Saudi of Yemen prison strike that killed 7, including child

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'Lost decade of US economy coming': Iran's big warning as tensions flare

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World's highest-paid Prime Minister gets salary hike of 9%; pledges to donate difference to charity

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A woman fleeing the Palisades Fire got her car stuck on a boulder as flames closed in; the same boulder may have stopped her from driving into the fire

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A critically endangered green sawfish swimming beside sea turtles wins Australia's top nature-photo prize; photographer captured it with only 3% drone battery left

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A ship that sank in the Baltic Sea in the 1850s may have been carrying luxury gifts for a Russian king, including champagne bottles and mineral water

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Earthquake of magnitude 5.0 hits flood-ravaged Nepal

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Nelson Mandela grew up in this tiny South African village; his childhood landscape is now being preserved as a heritage centre

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Quote of the day by Bruce Lee: "If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will..." - timeless advice on breaking through the limits we place on ourselves

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A UK boy started selling plants outside his father's office at 6; at 13, his small business helps pay his £4,000-a-term school fees

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The American couple who restored 'The African Queen' have now bought a Scottish castle for £3.9 million

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15 Indian-origin men charged in Canada extortion probe; police release photos

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Maldives president seeks talks with UK PM on Chagos sovereignty

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In 2011, marine scientist Nick Hill helped launch a programme turning abandoned fishing nets into carpet yarn; 300 tonnes recycled and other conservation efforts helped protect 5,700 hectares of ocean

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Quote of the day by Fyodor Dostoevsky: "Your worst sin is that you have destroyed and..." - a powerful reminder to ask what you are really gaining from every sacrifice

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Since 2013, tourists have tossed coins into Japan's Mount Fuji Oshino Hakkai ponds; about 50,000 were recovered amid concerns that corroding metal could affect the spring water

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In 2019, two Bolivian sisters began floating native totora reeds on rafts made from discarded bottles; the Uru Uru Team later planted about 3,000 to restore the polluted lake

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Robin Williams built a 640-acre Napa estate with a 20,000-sq-ft mansion; after years on the market, it sold for $18.1 million after being listed for $35 million

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Anne LaBastille built a 12-by-12-foot cabin deep in New York's Adirondacks with no electricity, plumbing or road; she spent decades living in the wilderness and her 32-acre home is now protected forever

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In 2017, a 14-year-old Virginia girl dug a backyard pond for a school project; 9 years later, it has become a thriving wildlife ecosystem

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In 1993, Barbra Streisand gave her $15 million Malibu estate to conservation; the 24-acre property was planned as an environmental research centre

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In 1989, a Canadian couple bought 187 acres on Ontario's Wilson Island as a family sanctuary; 36 years later, they donated it so its forests, wetlands and wildlife would stay protected

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A North Florida family permanently protected 816.46 acres with a $2.665 million easement; farming can continue while the land stays undeveloped inside a 1.6-million-acre wildlife corridor

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Parents came to US for 5 months, officer allowed only 2 months as father has a job in India: NRI shares parents' entry experience, seeks advice

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An Australian woman bought cleared sugarcane land and planted trees; 10 years later, 119,000 trees transformed it into a rainforest home to flying-foxes

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Over 1,000 flights cancelled as air traffic control glitch disrupts UK airports

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In 2010, Thailand sank 25 retired army tanks off Narathiwat to create artificial reefs; later research found 53 fish species thriving there

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La Piquiña's Colombia livestream takes a terrifying turn as motorcyclist suddenly approaches his street setup

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N3on vs. Sneako explained as AI streamer controversy leads to accusations of betrayal, clout chasing and fake friendship

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Asmongold breaks silence on viral 'peak gamer physique' picture, says body-shaming pushes him to work out

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An 81-year-old Illinois homeowner faced a $17,827.96 lien after a burst-pipe insurance claim was denied; Tyler Perry offered to clear it and provide another $25,000

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Putin, Trump hold 1-hour call after visit by US envoys to broker Russia-Ukraine peace

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Panama City's 1914 grammar school survived more than a century and Hurricane Michael; its empty classrooms are now set to become homes

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4 members of Florida family missing after plane vanishes en route from Bahamas to Miami

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