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'Drought conditions' put Falkland on Stage 2 water restrictions
Salmon Arm Observer
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The Columbia Shuswap Regional District (CSRD) is asking Falkland residents to be water wise amidst "drought conditions." In a July 25 media release, the CSRD urged residents on the Falkland Water System in Electoral Area D, now under Stage 2 water...
Seabourn to set sail on first-ever “Pole-to-Pole” expedition voyage in 2027
Travel Press
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August 18, 2025
Seabourn has unveiled the details of its first-ever expedition Grand Voyage – the 94-day “Pole to Pole: Grand Expedition” on the purpose-built Seabourn Venture. Departing on Aug. 17 and concluding Nov. 19, 2027, the voyage will span more than...
Former Farage adviser claims Britain should not have fought in WW2
The Independent
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August 17, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
UPSC Essentials | Daily subject-wise quiz : International Relations MCQs on ‘Axis of Resistance’, EU, Equator Prize 2025 and more (Week 123)
The Indian Express
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August 17, 2025
UPSC Essentials brings to you its initiative of subject-wise quizzes. These quizzes are designed to help you revise some of the most important topics from the static part of the syllabus. Attempt today’s subject quiz on International Relations to...
Would you spend four months on a cruise? These super-long cruises let you visit dozens of cities
Euronews
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August 17, 2025
Cruise companies have been launching progressively longer and more extreme cruises in the last few years. These journeys often last months, visiting dozens of destinations across several countries, and can cost tens of thousands of euros. The rise...
Festivals, foliage and road trips: How to celebrate fall in Pennsylvania
The Pennsylvania Independent
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The season of football, pumpkin festivals, and fall foliage is just around the corner, with most schools starting in a matter of weeks and autumn’s official debut arriving not long after that. To celebrate the impending arrival of cooler weather,...
Seabourn launches 100+ voyages across all continents for 2027-2028
Seatrade Cruise News
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August 15, 2025
Seabourn announced its 2027 summer ocean and 2027-2028 expedition itineraries, comprising 111 departures across 72 itineraries visiting 369 destinations in 71 countries on all seven continents. New 'pole-to-pole' expedition and solar eclipse...
Top Adventure Activities In Antarctica (2025 Guide)
NOMADasaurus
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August 14, 2025
Fuel your passion for exploring the Earth’s most incredible wonders with our list of the top adventure activities in Antarctica! Antarctica cruises are on many travellers’ bucket lists. You can explore the vast, icy, and remote Polar regions in a...
The Guide #204: The local dystopian TV shows captivating global audiences
The Guardian
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August 16, 2025
I’m scandalously late to The Eternaut (El Eternauta), the Argentinian dystopian thriller that was released way back in April on Netflix. I inhaled all six episodes of the show’s first season only a few weeks ago, after a glowing review on the...
What South Atlantic Cruise Lines Are Offering This Season
MercoPress
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Friday, August 15th 2025 - 00:05 UTC Photo: Freepik For the passionate adventurer, a South Atlantic luxury cruise is an opportunity to explore some of the most pristine locations in the world. Cruise lines that travel this route take guests on a...
Saved from Sunday lunch, the coloured sheep loved by the craft world
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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August 16, 2025
In 1971, Wendy Dennis had an epiphany while under the shower. "I thought, 'Why don't I breed coloured sheep?' Because it's already got a colour, you don't have to dye it, no chemicals. Breed them." Wendy was newly married to a farmer in south-west...
Argentina’s 30 MMtpa LNG Ambition by 2030 – Is It feasible?
Offshore Engineer News
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August 15, 2025
by Melissa Lucio, Analyst, Latin America, Welligence Energy Analytics Aug 15, 2025 The development Argentina’s vast Vaca Muerta share is transforming the nation into a rising energy exporter, with oil and pipeline gas already flowing abroad and an...
No Nukes for Power, Posturing or Destruction
The Sentinel Newspapers - Maryland
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(This is a presentation, titled "No Nukes for Power, Posturing or Destruction," that I gave at the 2025 Hiroshima-Nagasaki Commemorative Event on Long Island this week organized by the South Country Peace Group and cosponsored by other peace...
British Explorer Dennis Bell, Lost In Antarctica Since 1959, Found In Glacier
Zee News
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The body of British explorer Dennis Bell, aged 25, who went missing in Antarctica 65 years ago, was found inside a melting glacier, ending an incredible mystery that had lasted for decades. Bell, a meteorologist with the Falkland Islands...
Voices: No, Kemi Badenoch – housing asylum seekers in tents won’t solve our immigration problem
The Independent
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August 12, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Youth employment continues to fall as StatsCan records lowest rates since 1998
CBC/Radio-Canada
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August 15, 2025
Tia Shaw, 15, has applied for five jobs in Kamloops, B.C., over the past week. Her friend, 16-year-old Spade Luce, has applied for seven. Neither have heard anything back. "You show up and go with a resume and then ask to talk to the manager,"...
Viral livestream of Argentina’s deep-sea creatures stirs pride and protest over science cuts
Euronews
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August 6, 2025
By ISABEL DEBRE and VICTOR R. CAVIANO with AP Published on 06/08/2025 - 8:00 GMT+2 Transparent-faced fish drift through dusky waters. Snow-like flecks of dead plants sift down from the world above. Soft sponges peek through the soot of...
Gorgeous 'British island' with pink beaches and loads of shipwrecks
The Mirror
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August 12, 2025
Across the world, there are 14 British Overseas Territories. These areas fall under UK sovereignty whilst remaining separate from the United Kingdom itself. Nine such destinations are permanently inhabited and include places like the Cayman...
Lt General Sir Robin Ross obituary: Royal Marines commander in Iraq
The Times
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When the US-led coalition forces liberated Kuwait in 1991 after the Iraqi invasion, Saddam Hussein took vengeance on the Kurds in the north of Iraq (and on the Marsh Arabs in the south). It precipitated a huge flow of Kurdish refugees into the...
Remains of British man who died in Antarctica found in melting glacier 66 years later
The Independent
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August 11, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...