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4 migrants die attempting to cross English Channel on overloaded ‘taxi boats’
French officials said the vessel had been operating as a “taxi boat”. Four migrants died in two separate attempts to…
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Quote of the day by Bhagat Singh: ‘Study so that you are able to meet the arguments of your opponents,’ and why knowledge is the strongest answer to disagreement | India News
Quote of the day by Bhagat Singh “Study so that you are able to meet the arguments of your opponents.”…
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Indian-American couple announces graduate fellowship for University of Texas students, says it’s ‘simply an open door’
Nishi Bhatia and her husband, Jyoti P. Bhatia, start fellowships for students at the University of Texas. Indian-American philanthropists made…
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For centuries, scientists couldn’t explain why flamingos aren’t born pink until a breakthrough in the 1960s revealed the answer |
For centuries, flamingos were recognised by their vivid pink feathers, yet the reason behind that striking colour remained uncertain. Early…
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Great Lakes: In America’s Great Lakes, invasive mussels made the water look cleaner but broke the food chain; native whitefish could now vanish from some areas within five years
A book published in 1888, Sandusky of To-Day, called lake whitefish Sandusky’s pride. For centuries, lake whitefish has beem more…
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Meet Ryder Williams: The 16-year-old lifeguard who saved a drowning boy from towering California waves and was invited to the White House by Donald Trump for a civilian honour | World News
Ryder Williams with his father, Shane Williams. What began as an ordinary summer shift on a California beach quickly turned…
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Josh Allen’s annual 117-hole golf event helped his children’s hospital fund reach $17 million; after becoming a father, he told parents he finally understood their pain | NFL News
Josh Allen (File picture, AP Photo/Ashley Landis) Josh Allen is opening up about how fatherhood has changed him in a…
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Archaeologists discovered the world’s oldest nearly complete Roman armour, and it may reveal the fate of one of Rome’s lost legionaries | World News
pc: ebekka Kuiter. Credit: © Varusschlacht im Osnabrücker Land. For generations, much of what historians understood about Roman legionaries came…
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Shon Barnes: Seattle police chief Shon Barnes fired over absence during mass shooting that killed 3
Seattle Police Chief was reportedly relieved of his duties Seattle Police Chief Shon Barnes was relieved of his duties by…
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Africa’s Lake Chad has shrunk by 90% since 1960, now the government is paying $50 billion to redirect water from the Congo River Basin into the lake
In 1823, British explorers Hugh Clapperton, Dixon Denham and Walter Oudney were some of the first Europeans to document the…
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