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Balloons in the shapes of animals, rockets, the Earth will fly above the region’s iconic rock formations Cappadocia’s skies fill with balloons, as annual festival approaches. PHOTO: Anadolu Agency Thirty special-shaped hot air balloons from 10 countries will take to the skies over Cappadocia, the UNESCO World Heritage region in central Türkiye known for its … Read more
File Photo: Vessels at the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, July 21, 2026. REUTERS The United Nations on Friday called for the safe evacuation and repatriation of some 6,000 sailors stuck in a “dire humanitarian and human rights crisis” in the Strait of Hormuz. UN human rights chief Volker Turk called for … Read more
Devastated by cycles of violence and economic crisis, many are giving up on work and their futures as the United States batters Iran again.
[Cecilia Vega described what she said was pressure from executives to insert bias into several segments that aired earlier this year.
News of the meeting, the leaders’ first in five months, came after U.S. forces conducted the 13th consecutive night of attacks on Iran. Iran launched drone strikes at U.S. targets in the Gulf.
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: Land record gaps, disputes and outdated surveys create challenges for property transactions The government had made the Green Property Certificate mandatory from July 1 for property sales, transfers, and other land transactions. PHOTO: PEXELS LAHORE: Just days after making the Green Property Certificate mandatory for property transactions, the Punjab government has relaxed the policy … Read more
French officials ordered the evacuation of the Cap Ferret peninsula, a popular holiday destination. Fires west of Madrid were closing in on populated areas.
Illinois, Kansas, Oklahoma and Pennsylvania now join Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and West Virginia in cyclospora outbreak linked to iceberg lettuce.
[Households and businesses were already contending with an affordability crunch. A new round of tariffs could inflict more pain.