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“By the FSI's 2021 assessment, 35.47% of India's forest cover is now fire-prone, with 4.89% falling into the 'extremely fire-prone' category”
“which normally carries around one‑fifth of global oil and liquefied natural gas supplies.”
“157 people have been rescued and are being taken to port in Boulogne-sur-Mer.”
“The Belt and Road Initiative, launched by Chinese president Xi Jinping in 2013”
“Homelessness in the U.S. has increased by 27% from 2013 to 2025, according to data from the Department of Housing and Urban Development. Last year, about 746,000 people were homeless.”
“Since the start of Trump’s second term in office in January 2025, the Institute for the Study of War has found that Russian offensives in the spring and summer of 2026 “failed to achieve operationally significant gains thus far.””
“Machine-learning-based mapping has found that as much as 20.14% of parts of Odisha now fall under 'Very High Fire' risk zones”
“Almost 60,000 illegal migrants flooded into Spain's African enclave last week”
“Three other people were also injured.”
“Since last weekend, the wildfires have displaced 65,000 people, destroyed some 700 buildings and burned through 7,000 acres of land.”
“In July, Reuters noted that the “Russian gasoline output fell to a level equivalent to only around 65% of the season average.””
“nearly half the area is now classified as fire-prone”
“At least 88 are confirmed to have died - either by drowning or being crushed in the crowd - in what is being described as a 'mass invasion'”
“Russia has controlled Ukraine's Crimean peninsula since 2014.”
“the city of 230,000 people faced 'an unprecedented situation.'”
“the Center for Strategic and International Studies reported in July that the monthly casualty rate for Russians in 2026 has been between 30,000 and 34,000.”
“Over the last 15-20 years, Haryana is the state which has brought home over 50 per cent of India's medals in major competitions.”
“Miguel Ángel Pérez, the Spanish Government’s delegate in Ceuta, shared that 2,500 were estimated to have remained in Ceuta”
“The upper stage (section) of one of SpaceX's Falcon 9 rockets will 'impact' the Moon on 5 August, according to Nasa's Centre for Near-Earth Object Studies (CNEOS).”
“FanGraphs has them with a 99.9% chance of winning the National League West.”
“India finished fourth in the medal standings at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, winning 39 medals, including 13 gold, 17 silver and nine bronze.”
“Juan Jesús Vivas, the enclave's most senior official, said the figure was much higher and could be up to 5,000”
“drifting SpaceX rocket that has been travelling at around 2.43 kilometres per second, or about 5,400mph.”
“Ahmedabad was confirmed as the host city for the 2030 Commonwealth Games by Commonwealth Sport in November last year.”
“St Seraphim is known as the 'miracle-maker of Sarov,' where he reportedly lived as a hermit for 25 years.”
“the upper stage of the rocket, and is about the size of a five-storey building, with a weight on Earth of at least 4,000kg (8,800 lbs).”
“After nine matches in the current WTC cycle, India occupy fifth place in the standings with four wins and four defeats, giving them a points percentage (PCT) of 48.15.”
“He was canonised in 1903”
“he predicts it will create a crater more than 17m (56ft) in diameter.”
“Sri Lanka, meanwhile, sit just below them in sixth place. They have registered one win, one loss and two draws so far, with a PCT of 41.67.”
“The town's cathedral was demolished by Soviet authorities in 1951”
“predicted to happen at about 02:35 EDT (06:35 GMT) on Wednesday.”
“If we lose 2-0, we will remain at only 39 percentage points, and Sri Lanka will jump to 61 percentage points, and they will be No. 4.”
“Believers claim he once prayed on a boulder for a thousand days and nights.”
“send up a huge plume of dust, maybe 50km into the air or more.”
“If we win this series 2-0, we will reach 57.58 percentage points. If we do a clean sweep, we will gain a little. If we draw the series 1-1, we won't gain anything because we will be at 48.48 and Sri Lanka will be at 44.44, and the position…”
“nothing will prevent the estimated million kilograms in debris from rocketing up into space.”
“India have not won a Test series in New Zealand since the 2008-09 tour under MS Dhoni and have managed just two series victories there overall.”
“According to the European Space Agency (ESA), there are around 54,000 objects floating in space that measure larger than 10cm.”
“India were whitewashed by New Zealand and South Africa in successive home series, with the defeat to South Africa marking their first home Test series loss to the Proteas since 1999-2000.”
“In total, humans have launched about 17,000 tonnes of objects into space since the Space Age began in 1957.”
“saw him suspended for one Test after breaching team curfew during England's series against New Zealand.”
“Moses Itauma, 21, has been widely tipped as the next star of heavyweight boxing, with 12 knockouts in 14 professional victories.”
“The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) stood down both Stokes and teammate Gus Atkinson for the second Test following a late-night outing.”
“the IBF belt, vacated by Oleksandr Usyk in June”
“Although an investigation later cleared both players of further wrongdoing and they returned for the third Test.”
“The Chatham fighter will be 21 years and 244 days old when the fight takes place.”
“Greg Brockman, OpenAI's co-founder and president, and his wife Anna wrote a $5.5 million cheque”
“British heavyweight Moses Itauma's fight against Filip Hrgovic on 29 August will be for the vacant IBF title.”
“The 63 acres of shoreline forest below Jackie and Shadow's nest was supposed to become 50 luxury homes and a marina.”
“Ben Stokes played 122 Tests, 114 one-day internationals and 43 T20s for England”
“More than 25,000 donations arrived over six months, most of them modest, and together they covered a little under half the target.”
“Stokes, who had been England's Test captain since 2022, announced his shock retirement from international cricket in June - during the third and final Test of the series against New Zealand.”
“the couple let their kids play with knives at the age of four and with power tools since the age of 7 or 8.”
“England were beaten 2-1 by New Zealand and the series defeat followed the 4-1 Ashes loss in Australia, meaning they have not won a Test series since late 2024.”
“Back in 2017, Bezos was speaking at the SummitLA panel with his brother Mark Bezos, when he said that being resourceful is a skill he learned as a kid and one he and his wife had instilled in their children, ages 12 to 17.”
“At that time, England had won just one of their past 17 Tests, including a 4-0 Ashes humbling in Australia, while also navigating Covid restrictions”
“His wife's rationale, as per Bezos was that she 'would much rather have a kid with nine fingers than a resourceless kid,' which he said is a 'fantastic attitude about life.'”
“I would love to be coach of England one day? Absolutely.”
“Pathirage heads to Lausanne in red-hot form after winning the Commonwealth Games title with a throw of 89.75m.”
“I'm doing my level three coaching now while I'm still playing”
“Chopra, meanwhile, claimed silver with a season-best 85.83m in only his second competition since returning from a lower-back injury.”
“Stokes had backed Brook, who leads the white-ball sides, to succeed him in the role.”
“The Sri Lankan has already produced a personal best of 92.62m in Rome this season, making him the only javelin thrower to cross the 90-metre mark in 2026.”
“Stokes has rejected suggestions he could reverse his England retirement for the 2027 Ashes”
“He opened his season with an 85.69m effort to finish fourth at the Doha Diamond League before improving to 85.83m in Glasgow.”
“Stokes said: 'Definitely'”
“Lausanne will be Chopra's third competition since returning from the injury that sidelined him last September.”
“Having been absent from major tournaments for 58 years, Wales went on to qualify for a second successive European Championship”
“India exported 1.53 million barrels per day (bpd) of refined fuels during July.”
“A forest fire in the south of France has revealed a cache of 400 historic shells and munitions in the village of Le Porge, according to local authorities.”
“India’s crude oil imports from Russia also hit an all-time high of 2.8 million barrels per day in July.”
“More than 100 explosions were heard on the second night of the fire, Mayor Martial Zaninetti told French news outlet France Info, likening it to 'the sound of war'.”
“This is about 27% higher than the average monthly volume over the previous 12 months.”
“More than 180 houses in the area were destroyed by the wildfire.”
“Reliance Industries accounts for nearly three-fourths of India's refined fuel exports.”
“Their discovery comes after a forest fire ravaged the Gironde area, which has now been brought under control after burning for about 10 days.”
“six deaths, nine injuries”
“Wildfires have raged across Europe over the two weeks, primarily in France and Spain, where more than 330,000 people were evacuated.”
“five died in the Moscow region, where six others were injured”
“France was one of the worst affected regions, with an area of 42,000 hectares burnt in the south-west, making it one of the largest forest fires since World War Two.”
“a woman was killed and two people were wounded”
“a warehouse caught fire during the attack”
“struck a warehouse facility, regional governor Alexander Drozdenko said on Telegram, while one person was injured”
“warehouse near St Petersburg caught fire, but there were no casualties”
“lifted a temporary aviation restriction area that had briefly been established in the eastern Gulf of Finland”
“killed two children and an elderly woman, while four people sought medical aid”
“the roll‑on/roll‑off cargo ship Nadezhda was struck by a drone about 20 nautical miles off Russia’s Black Sea port of Novorossiysk”
“Three crew members were seriously injured, and all 22 crew members, including the three who were seriously injured, were evacuated to Russia”
“We were set to strike three sites in Ukraine, but canceled the attack following Ukraine's apology," Rezaei said, according to PressTV.”
“According to his findings, around 70% of the adult butterflies avoided the lavender scent, suggesting they had retained memories formed before metamorphosis.”
“within 30 days”
“over the past week”
“about 20 nautical miles northeast of Al Khasab, Oman”
“CPJ is deeply concerned by reports that independent journalist Razi Tahir and his colleague Muhammad Saif have been missing since August 1.”
“Kashmiri journalist Raja Ikram, who was reportedly detained in Islamabad on August 1, was later released.”
“In the last four years, 30 of our people were killed by Indian intelligence agents—someone in Peshawar, someone in Karachi, someone in Rawalpindi, someone in Muzaffarabad, someone in Rawalakot.”
“Gavit clocked 10.71 seconds — a Games record — to become India’s first male para athlete to win a Commonwealth Games athletics gold medal.”
“Basil followed with a season-best of 10.83 seconds to claim silver as India completed a historic 1-2 finish in the men’s T47 100m final.”
“Kedia was among the 14 IOA officials accompanying India’s combined able-bodied and para athletes’ contingent.”
