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Ancient tree with strong smell wins Tree of the Year
A 167-year old example of an ancient species of tree in Geelong's Botanic Gardens takes top honours in the Victorian Tree of the Year competition.
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Dutch zookeeper dies after being mauled in leopard enclosure
The woman began her career at the park when she was 17 and had worked there on-and-off for four decades.
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Are coronary stents necessary?
There is a crucial distinction between stenting as a life-saving measure to medical treatment via stenting because a narrowing of blood vessels is seen on an angiogram
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Women protests force Ladakh administration to discuss ‘declaring region a dry UT'
Officials disclosed that this year, only one retail vendor was functional and the number of functional bars attached to restaurants offering retail sale of liquor had increased by 17 newly issued licences, taking the total to 40
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US’s RFK Jr claims Arabs ‘don’t produce science’: Why he’s very, very wrong
US Health Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr has claimed Arabs have not made contributions to math, science or literature.
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England’s Nations Championship plans hit by Pepper and Van Rensburg double blow
Bath flanker Pepper injured ankle at Gloucester on Friday Bristol’s Van Rensburg advised to rest after two concussions England’s head coach, Steve Borthwick, said he will be monitoring this weekend’s domestic Prem games with some trepidation. Already he has lost at least two potentially key squad members for the entire autumn period in the form of Guy Pepper and Benhard van Rensburg, with doubts still hanging over his first-choice fly-half Fin Smith and fresh injury uncertainty emerging on virtually a daily basis.
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Man held for stealing cars near Katpadi railway station
Special teams analysed CCTV camera footage and nabbed Stephen Raj from his hideout in Vellore
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Cyclone Arnab: Civil Aviation Ministry reviews situation to ensure safety of flight operations
Cyclone' Arnab' is forecast to intensify into a very severe cyclone and make landfall on the Andhra Pradesh coast on Wednesday (October 28, 2026), with wind speeds of 125–135 km/h
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Deaths in detention cells in Nigeria were entirely preventable, inquiry finds
Overcrowding and poor ventilation caused the deaths of 33 detainees in a prison cell in Minna state.
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State Highways to lay concrete-paved shoulders on Yelagiri Hills Road for safety of motorists
Highways officials have also identified the need to build a parapet wall at five spots on the stretch for safety of motorists
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Three girls missing in Tiruvannamalai
The police said that as the girls’ parents stayed in Kerala for work as wage labourers, they visited home occasionally
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Highways Dept. calls for consultants to prepare DPR on linking OMR, ECR
The DPR has to be prepared in three months
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Cyclone Arnab: heavy rain brings Vizag to standstill; civic agencies on high alert
Fallen trees, waterlogged roads and power interruptions add to disruption; bus services cancelled while beaches remain closed; Visakhapatnam district receives 147.9 mm of rain between 8.30 a.m. and 9 p.m.
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Ghanaian twin brothers and US woman plead guilty to $9m romance scam
The group targeted elderly people across US and Europe, luring them into romantic relationship before persuading them to transfer large sums of money.
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Harry Kane: How the ‘runt of the litter’ conquered a historic Ballon d’Or
Once mocked for being the most famous player never to win a trophy, Kane now has the most prestigious individual honour.
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Controversial Islamic cleric shot dead in northern Nigeria
Yahaya Masussuka had posted videos in which he rejected some elements of mainstream Islam.
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Opposition leader María Machado returns from exile to a Venezuela reshaped by Trump
Machado returns with Trump's blessing, even if Washington is happy with Venezuela's existing leader - at least for the time being.
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Jain seer gives Karnataka govt. 10-day deadline to meet demands; threatens sallekhana in December if demands remain unmet
Jain seer gives Karnataka govt. Acharya Gunadharanandi Maharaj of Varur Navagraha Teertha Kshetra has given the State government 10 days to provide written assurances on five demands of the Jain community, including the establishment of a Jain Development Corporation.
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Cyclone Arnab: very heavy rainfall batters northern districts of A.P., one dead
Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu says 290 cyclone shelters set up and 84,396 people evacuated to safer locations; 65-year-old man dies at Mangalapalem after coming in contact with snapped live electrical wires; landfall likely near Yanam-Kakinada region between 2 a.m. to 4 a.m.
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Flavio Bolsonaro flees Brazil for US amid investigation — reports
Flavio Bolsonaro is reportedly on the way to the US, according to reports citing people close to the senator. Bolsonaro's passports were canceled earlier Tuesday.