Hoboken: In 2023, Hoboken opened a 5.4-acre park on a former industrial site; its playgrounds and lawns can hold up to 2 million gallons of stormwater

City of Hoboken opens New Jersey’s largest resiliency park In 2023, Hoboken opened a 5.4-acre park on a former industrial site. Its playgrounds and lawns can hold up to 2 million gallons of stormwater. Located at 12th and Madison Streets, ResilienCity Park is New Jersey’s largest resiliency park. It has turned a once-blighted site into…

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‘We know how to stand up to American ideas’: Israeli PM Netanyahu rejects Trump’s 15-point Gaza plan

Netanyahu said that, “As long as I am prime minister, no Palestinian state will be established.” Israel has rejected the latest US proposal to move to the next stage of the Gaza peace process, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisting that Hamas must be fully disarmed before Israeli forces withdraw.“Israel rejects the 15-point document,” Netanyahu…

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From ‘enemies’ to ‘patriotic brothers’: Pakistan changes stance on PoK protesters ahead of polls

Pakistan PML-N has softened its stance on PoK protesters, calling them “patriotic brothers”, as the party prepares to form a government in the region. Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s led PML-N appears to be softening its position towards protesters in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), with a senior government adviser now describing the vast majority of demonstrators…

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Indian man accused of strangling US girlfriend after she planned to end relationship; arrested in Germany

Varun Batchigari is suspected of first-degree murder in the death of University of Arizona student Julissa Rubi Salazar. (Screengrab from YT video) An Indian man accused of killing his 19-year-old girlfriend in Tucson, Arizona, was arrested in Germany after allegedly fleeing the US.Varun Batchigari, 20, is suspected of first-degree murder in the death of University…

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Tinian: In 1944, Japanese shore guns hit USS Colorado 22 times off Tinian, killing 43 and wounding 198; the battleship stayed in action and fired back

USS Colorado (BB-45). (Photo: Dyer Collection/Naval History and Heritage Command, NH 77074) As American forces moved to capture Tinian in the Mariana Islands during the Second World War, hidden Japanese coastal batteries opened fire on USS Colorado. The battleship was hit 22 times in quick succession, killing 43 crew members and wounding 198 others. Despite…

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‘Situation in Ukraine difficult’: Zelensky in Moscow ally Serbia as Russian strikes kill 4 in Kyiv region

Volodymyr Zelensky and Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky described the situation in his war-torn country as “difficult” during a visit to Serbia, one of the few European countries to have maintained close ties with Russia throughout Moscow’s ongoing war against Kyiv, now in its fifth year.“The situation in Ukraine is difficult,” Zelensky…

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Four killed in helicopter crash in Rio de Janeiro

Emergency personnel stand near the site where, according to fire department officials, a helicopter crashed killing the pilot and 3 tourists. (AP Photo) Four people were killed after a helicopter crashed in Rio de Janeiro’s Tijuca National Park on Saturday, Brazilian fire officials said. Brazilian media reported that three of those killed were Colombian tourists.The…

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South Korea planted more than 10 billion trees after the Korean War, and its forests made a remarkable comeback | World News

Image: Korea JoongAng Daily South Korea’s forests were in an exceptionally poor condition after decades of exploitation and the destruction caused by the Korean War. By 1960, the average growing stock had fallen to just 10.6 cubic metres per hectare, compared with about 100 cubic metres per hectare in the early 1900s. Large areas had…

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Budapest’s low Danube exposed two German soldiers and a DKW military motorcycle; mud mixed with gas oil preserved identity discs after around 80 years

The most striking discovery was the German military motorbike recovered from the middle of the Danube (Photo-German War Graves Commission) The Danube River has dropped to unusually low levels in Budapest, exposing long-hidden remains from the Second World War. This has revealed the bodies of two Wehrmacht soldiers, a German military motorbike and several wartime…

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In 2007, North Dakota biologists tagged an 87-pound paddlefish; 18 years later, an angler caught the same fish weighing 98 pounds

Representative Image (Canva) A paddlefish tagged by North Dakota fisheries biologists in 2007 has provided an extraordinary glimpse into the longevity and growth of one of North America’s oldest fish species. As detailed in the North Dakota Outdoors magazine published by the North Dakota Game and Fish Department, the fish was originally recorded at 87…

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