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“PBS laid off 15% of its workforce.”
“he would put up as much as $250,000 of his own money to match listeners’ donations to FarmKind, a charity fighting factory farming... The $250,000 ceiling was met in under 2 days... By the end, the campaign had raised nearly $2.5 million.”
“In December 1988, Pan Am flight 103 exploded over the Scottish town of Lockerbie, killing all 259 people on board as well as 11 on the ground.”
“A total of 37 revenue circles, 856 villages and 7,05,148 people remain affected, while 56,606.77 hectares of crop land have been inundated.”
“Delhi would 'really push back' during her tenure as Home Secretary”
“The much anticipated, long awaited Avengers: Doomsday movie hits theaters on December 18, but in the meantime we have the first trailer to pore over and dissect.”
“NPR this year reduced the staff that produces news, podcasts and music by about 4%, mostly through buyouts of its journalists.”
“Bollard estimates that 80 to 90% of donors had never given to an anti-factory farming initiative.”
“later this year, a man suspected of making the bomb which blew up the plane, Abu Agila Masud, goes on trial in Washington DC.”
“Relief is normally distributed on a per-person basis. But in Sivasagar and Charaideo, we are providing family relief kits to save valuable time that would otherwise be spent packing individual packets, he said.”
“of 3,089 Indian nationals placed in immigration detention, fewer than a quarter, just 737, were actually sent home”
“We knew that Marvel was going to throw everything at this film, and that's evident in this 145-second clip, which packs in a whole host of significant scenes and star names from the series... There's Robert Downey Jr in his new role as Doc…”
“That rage- giving led to a record $8 million haul. The station hired Walsh back.”
“Bollard said he’s netted $40 million in donations to anti-factory farming initiatives this year already.”
“The bomb that brought down Pan Am 103 was in a radio cassette player hidden inside a samsonite briefcase.”
“Urban flooding continues to affect parts of Kamrup and Kamrup (Metro) districts, where 14,986 people in 10 localities remain impacted.”
“The Labour leader saw 881 people make the illegal crossing of the English Channel in small boats in his first week in No10, with hundreds more reaching British shores today.”
“In 'sign of the times' news, the government in China has taken steps to clamp down on AI apps that act like real people, and on romantic relationships with chatbots... Several of the biggest AI apps operating in China have simply shut down…”
“But the law passed by Congress last”
“as much as $300 billion could headed to philanthropic causes over the next few years and potentially be given away at a pace of about $30 billion a year.”
“In the 2001 trial, Giaka was to be a 'key' witness in the prosecution's case but the four judges described some of his evidence as 'at best grossly exagagerated and at worst simply untrue'.”
“Considering the ages of those requesting to join, we have now lowered the minimum age to 12 years old, because children aged 12–13 want to be involved.”
“This is exactly why we have signed a new deal with the French to prevent these perilous journeys by boosting enforcement action on beaches, building on the over 45,000 attempted crossings stopped since the election.”
“Anthropic is another biggie: its seven founders who are each worth some $15.5 billion say they plan to give away 80% of their wealth.”
“More than 250,000 people in France and Spain have fled fires which have been raging for days, as winds and high temperatures hamper efforts to contain them.”
“Images published by Iranian state news outlets on Saturday showed children receiving firearms training at a nighttime gathering at Tehran's Azadi Square.”
“Close to 900 small boat migrants have arrived in Prime Minister Andy Burnham's first week in Downing Street.”
“At $30 billion a year, AI-linked giving could account for 5% of the total $600 billion of annual giving in the U.S., according to the latest figures from the Giving USA annual report.”
“In France, around 200,000 people have been evacuated in south-western regions of Gironde and Landes regions.”
“Snap co-founder Evan Spiegel and his wife, supermodel Miranda Kerr, recently made a multimillion-dollar donation that will wipe out $550 million in medical debt for over 261,000 Californians.”
“This week a 'mega dinghy' was spotted in the Channel, carrying as many as 165 people”
“new pledged value rose from just over $400 million in 2023, to $600 million in 2024, then $1.2 billion last year and more than $4 billion in the first six months of this year, according to data the organization shared with Forbes.”
“France's Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez said 98,000 hectares have burned across the country since the beginning of 2026.”
“MacKenzie Scott, Jeff Bezos ex-wife, who has donated more than $26 billion to over 2,700 non-profit organisations through her platform, Yield Giving.”
“Almost 900 illegal migrants have crossed the English Channel in Andy Burnham’s first week in Downing Street, as hundreds more arrived today.”
“AI founders now account for more than a third of all pledged value, making them the group’s largest category.”
“Sánchez said 130,000 hectares of land had been burned in Spain so far this year, ahead of an annual average of 100,000 hectares for the country over the last decade.”
“Scott donated a combined $80 million to the organization between 2020 and 2022, helping the once-scrappy nonprofit abolish over $40 billion in medical debt across all 50 states.”
“The number who have made the illegal journey so far this year is now more than 13,500.”
“Toyota has grown from the seventh-most-common auto brand purchased with a Tesla trade-in during Q2 2021 (6.9%) to the number-one Tesla trade-in beneficiary in Q2 2026 (17.3%), according to Edmunds.”
“Since the wildfires broke out in Spain, nearly 60,000 people have been evacuated from the Madrid and Ávila regions, while more than 28,000 remain confined to their homes, according to Spain's Interior Ministry.”
“The scale of this gift to Californians is truly astonishing, unburdening over a quarter million families of over half a billion dollars of un-payable medical debt, said Allison Sesso, president and CEO of Undue Medical Debt.”
“On Thursday, 165 were sent across the Channel on one “mega dinghy”, smashing the record for the most migrants crammed into a single dinghy. The number breaks the previous record from July, when 128 crossed to the UK from France in one vess…”
“In the second quarter of 2026, the share of Tesla defectors buying another EV dropped to 22%, down from 40.2% a year prior, according to Edmunds.”
“Last year, one million hectares burned during the summer and so we are expecting to face another historical, sad record because the season has started earlier in the year.”
“An estimated 40% of Uganda’s oil reserves lie in and around the Murchison Falls area, and drilling activity has increased in recent months, including heavy machinery moving through parts of the park.”
“Home Office figures show 172 people arrived on Wednesday, and 366 on Thursday after crossing in just three boats - before another 103 yesterday.”
“Meanwhile, hybrid purchases among ex-Tesla owners reached a record 20.5%, with Toyota leading the pack as the number-one target for those trade-ins.”
“France has activated the civil protection mechanism and will receive water bombers, comprising three Canadairs planes from Croatia and two Air Tractors from Portugal, as well as Black Hawk helicopters from the Czech Republic and Slovakia, …”
“TotalEnergies started drilling in the Tilenga project area in June 2023.”
“A total of 240 illegal migrants have crossed the Channel again today, the fourth day of crossings, after windy weather had prevented dinghy launches for almost a fortnight.”
“The RAV4 tallied 479,288 units sold in the U.S. in 2025 compared to the Model Y at around 357,000 in the U.S. in 2025 (the latter according to Cox Automotive estimates).”
“EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said 11 planes and helicopters have also been sent to France and Spain from the EU's firefighting fleet.”
“The giraffes were transported over a distance of about 106 kilometers, or 65 miles, from Murchison Falls National Park to Ajai Wildlife Reserve.”
“Home Office data show that 366 people reached British shores after being bundled onto three boats over the past few days.”
“And let’s not forget the Toyota Camry hybrid. Sales jumped to 179,033 year-to-date in June from 155,289 in 2025, according to Toyota’s second quarter announcement.”
“Race organisers ASO announced during the stage that Sunday's finale will have its distance reduced from 133km to 89km after the redirection of emergency services to help tackle devastating wildfires in the south-west of the country.”
“Patrick Atimnedi, assistant commissioner for veterinary services at the Uganda Wildlife Authority, led the mission.”
“Then, on Thursday, a record 165 migrants made the crossing in a single boat. The number has surpassed the past July record when 128 made the crossing in just one boat.”
“Toyota EV growth in the U.S. exploded 225% over the second quarter of 2025, growing to 11,826 in sales from 3,639, according to Cox Automotive.”
“The fire broke out near the village of Glenmore on Wednesday last week, and led to residents and campsites being evacuated. It covered about six square kilometres of heather and small trees at its height, with more than 500 firefighters ta…”
“Ajai Wildlife Reserve, established in 1937, is now being rebuilt as part of an ecological restoration effort. [...] Once rich in wildlife, the reserve lost most of its animals in the early 1980s because of poaching and prolonged insecurity…”
“And the Toyota bZ – a pure electric – shot up to 7,524 in sales in the second quarter from 3,639 in Q2 2025, 106.8% growth.”
“It was only at 22:00 last night that that was decided.”
“Wilson Katamigwa, senior warden at Ajai Wildlife Reserve, said the animals are already doing well and multiplying. Many are pregnant, he noted, and they are spreading across the reserve, both inside and outside the electric fence.”
“In June, the U.S. and Canada each announced plans to build 10 new nuclear reactors, the biggest coordinated nuclear push North America has seen in decades, per Crypto Briefing.”
“He said there were about 20 fire appliances in the village, two helicopters in the skies above and 'bulldozers tearing the heart out of Abernethie Forest'”
“However, following three rounds of talks with the Centre, the CJP on Sunday announced that it was withdrawing its 36-day agitation at Jantar Mantar with immediate effect after the government accepted its remaining demands, while also agree…”
“Global electricity demand is projected to grow by more than 10,000 terawatt-hours by 2035 — equivalent to re-adding the entire current consumption of every advanced economy on earth—with data centers driving more than a fifth of that growt…”
“The evacuation plan didn't really start until about 20:00 and then my doorbell didn't ring until near 00:00 at night to then request for people to evacuate.”
“"We will provide them with copies of the FIRs, and no action will be taken. The second thing that has been said is that regarding compensation, the government has clearly stated that we also sympathize. We all have said that there will be …”
“The 'President Donald J. Trump Highway' stretches 1,055 kilometers (over 655 miles) down Morocco’s coastline, according to the announcement video shared by Trump, connecting the city of Tiznit to Laayoune and Dakhla, both in the Moroccan-c…”
“Twenty firefighters were taken to hospital after a blaze ripped through an industrial unit and spread to a fertiliser store, triggering a major explosion.”
“"Cockroach Janta Party declares that we withdraw the agitation in good faith, with the understanding that the agreed-upon terms will be executed within the agreed-upon timelines," Das said.”
“Morocco has been building a $1 billion deepwater port in the territory’s city of Dakhla, which featured in the video Trump shared Sunday.”
“The fire service declared a major incident on Friday, as more than 100 firefighters tackled the flames at Highlands Farm, near the village of Rettendon, Essex.”
“The lawsuit, filed in June 2026 by Imperial Valley Computer Manufacturing, says the company needs access to 287 million gallons of water for the data centre.”
“During his second term in office, the Trump administration reaffirmed U.S. support for Morocco’s claim and agreed to encourage U.S. investors to fund infrastructure projects in the territory in 2025.”
“Three fire engines and two fire service cars were destroyed in the blaze.”
“He said the proposal would have 'zero impact' because the data center would not require any additional allocation from the Colorado River, adding that its water demand would be similar to that of a 160-acre farm.”
“Most notably, Palm Beach International Airport was officially renamed 'President Donald J. Trump International Airport' in July.”
“He said the incident was 'one of the most challenging and complex incidents Essex County Fire and Rescue Service has responded to in recent years'.”
“Canva billionaires and couple Melanie Perkins and Cliff Obrecht have made a move challenging conventional aid by putting cash directly into the hands of an East African country's poorest households. The cofounders of the Australian design …”
“Brussels was looking at something narrower again. Its conditional clearance on July 22 is not addressed to streaming scale or theatrical share. It requires Paramount to exit United International Pictures, the European film distribution ven…”
“At 17:46 a unit housing fertiliser exploded.”
“So far, more than $52.5 million has reached recipients, with the remainder scheduled for distribution over the next four years.”
“On June 30, Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy told Parliament she was minded to intervene under the Enterprise Act 2002 on two public interest grounds. One is conventional, covering plurality of views in news media, which here means CNN Interna…”
“On Saturday, about 25 firefighters remained at the scene dampening down.”
“In Malawi's Khongoni sub-district, where every adult received cash, 90% of recipients rose above the extreme poverty line within three months, according to GiveDirectly.”
“Comic-Con draws over 135,000- 160,000 badge attendees, but even more for the outside activations that do not require a badge.”
“He said he received four different evacuation alerts from the authorities - the most recent at 5pm on Friday”
“More than 139,000 people have benefited from the program.”
“We literally threw everything into our suitcases and within 15 minutes were in the hire car. He said they came within 500m of the main fire. "The flames were higher than full-size forest pine trees, so five or six storeys high, and it was …”
“Recently, the couple announced the launch of a new philanthropic initiative called the Global Goals Platform. The effort, funded by their Canva Foundation, will survey citizens across the globe about the changes they’d most like to see in …”
“But the flames have already shut down a facility for US space agency Nasa 37 miles (65km) west of the city.”
“According to the latest live estimates from Sacnilk, 'Jana Nayagan' has collected Rs 1.94 crore net in India so far on Day 3. ... India net collection reaches Rs 65.79 crore”
“The film opened with an impressive Rs 42.70 crore net on its first day. It followed that performance with Rs 21.15 crore net on Day 2. Those collections helped the film comfortably cross the Rs 50 crore India net milestone within just two …”
“By the end of Day 2, the film had collected Rs 37.50 crore gross internationally. The overseas total includes Rs 10 crore gross earned on the second day alone. Combined with its domestic performance, the film's worldwide gross collection r…”
“According to Sacnilk, the film earned Rs 21.15 crore net on Day 2 compared to Rs 42.70 crore net on its opening day. This represented a 50.5 per cent drop in daily collections.”
“At the time of reporting, the film was running across 2,687 shows nationwide. ... The Tamil version has contributed Rs 1.86 crore net from 1,574 shows in the live tally. The Telugu version has earned Rs 3 lakhs from 332 shows so far.”
