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Meet the Black Mambas: In one of South Africa’s regions hardest hit by poaching, 36 unarmed women patrol the frontline and protect endangered rhinos | World News

Across South Africa’s Greater Kruger landscape, a pioneering group of women is challenging conventional ideas about how endangered wildlife should be protected. Known as the Black Mambas, these unarmed female rangers patrol the bush looking for snares, damaged fences, footprints and other signs of illegal activity. Rather than confronting suspected poachers with guns, their approach…

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India’s U-19 World Cup-winning star arrested over alleged attempt to bribe player | Cricket News

NEW DELHI: Former India Under-19 World Cup winner Manjot Kalra was arrested by Sri Lanka’s sports anti-corruption investigators on Friday over allegations of attempting to bribe a player during the Lanka Premier League (LPL), according to news agency PTI.Kalra, who struck a match-winning century in the final of India’s victorious 2018 ICC Under-19 World Cup…

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Scientists studied 30 Sierra Nevada ponds that can swing 20°C in a day. Shrinking snowpack may make them smaller, warmer and more nutrient-rich

Sierra Nevada pond during low- and high-snowfall years, showing how snow levels change the landscape. ( Picture: Christine C. Bonadonna) High in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains, small ponds may look peaceful and unchanged. Surrounded by rocky peaks and open skies, they appear calm during summer. But beneath the surface, these shallow water bodies are constantly…

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Meet FIFA World Cup 2026 final referee Slavko Vincic who was once found at a raided ‘erotic party’ by police before reaching football’s biggest stage | International Sports News

The FIFA World Cup 2026 final will be officiated by Slovenian referee Slavko Vincic, who has built a strong reputation on football’s biggest stages. However, years before earning one of the sport’s highest honors, Vincic was unexpectedly caught up in a police raid that briefly put him in the headlines for reasons unrelated to football.The…

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Netizens dig out old video of Aamir Khan meeting Sonam Wangchuk in 2008, thus proving him wrong amid the actor’s recent comment that his ‘3 Idiots’ character wasn’t based on the educator | Hindi Movie News

Aamir Khan has found himself at the center of a social media controversy following his recent remarks about engineer and education reformer Sonam Wangchuk, who is currently on a prolonged hunger strike demanding constitutional safeguards for Ladakh.During a recent interaction with the media, Aamir was asked about Wangchuk’s ongoing fast. Since Aamir’s character Rancho in…

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A British island became known as the ‘island of death’ after a secret anthrax experiment and remained under quarantine for 48 years | World News

During the Second World War, a small, uninhabited island off Scotland’s north-west coast became the site of one of Britain’s most secret military experiments. In 1942, Gruinard Island was deliberately contaminated with anthrax spores as part of a classified biological warfare programme designed to test whether the deadly bacterium could be used against enemy livestock….

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Sold for $4.9 million, Pele’s 1958 FIFA World Cup final shirt becomes second-most expensive football jersey; which is first? | Off the field News

The No. 10 jersey worn by Brazil great Pelé in the 1958 FIFA World Cup final has been sold for $4.9 million, auction house Sotheby’s said on Thursday.Pelé, who died in 2022, was just 17 years old when he scored twice in Brazil’s 5-2 victory over hosts Sweden in the World Cup final at Rasunda…

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