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Iran threatens to strike US bases and 'blow up' the Middle East if Trump launches military action over nuclear deal - as American stealth bombers are deployed to Chagos Islands

Iran has threatened to strike American bases and 'blow up' the entire Middle East if Donald Trump follows through on his warning of military action in the absence of a new nuclear deal. President Trump earlier this month sent a letter to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei urging Tehran to reach a new nuclear deal. President Donald Trump earlier …

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20 hours, 23 minutes ago

Love Island's Amy Hart reveals what it was REALLY like to interview ex Curtis Pritchard after their roles were reversed on the show's podcast

Daily Mail

Love Island star Amy Hart has revealed the truth about her interview with ex Curtis Pritchard on the show's podcast, after fans called for her to be sacked. Amy and Curtis formed a memorable romance on Love Island in 2019, but she quit the show when he confessed his head had been turned in Casa Amor. Love Island star Amy …

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3 days, 15 hours ago

Coastal warning issued after magnitude 6.7 quake hits off New Zealand

Al Jazeera

Thousand of people felt the quake in New Zealand with local media reporting buildings swaying and items falling from shelves. People living in coastal areas have been warned to get out of the water and move away from beaches after a strong 6.7 magnitude earthquake struck off New Zealand’s South Island, authorities said. More than 4,700 people felt the quake, …

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1 week ago

Cruz Beckham, 20, gets first gig of his fledgling music career at a family dinner - as he sings Islands In The Stream while his father David cooks up a storm

Daily Mail

He's reportedly on the brink of launching his music career as he gets ready to release a debut single about wanting to be John Lennon. Wearing a navy sweater with thin vertical cream stripes, Cruz added black tracksuit bottoms and sported a tan cadet cap - not dissimilar to the one his hero John wore while performing the album Help …

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1 week ago

Dutch Destinations: Uitwaaien on the Wadden island of Vlieland

Dutch News

Looking for a quick getaway and to take in some sea air without a long journey or too many other people with the same idea? Vlieland is the second of the Wadden Sea island chain, located between Texel and Terschelling, and much less densely populated than either with a population of just 1,100. The island is popular with weekend visitors …

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1 week ago

Shandong's Yantai advances international zero-carbon island cooperation

China Daily

The China Yantai-Pacific Islands Zero-Carbon Cooperation Meeting was held in Beijing. BEIJING, March 20 – The China Yantai-Pacific Island Countries Conference on Zero-Carbon Cooperation was held in Beijing on Thursday, bringing together over 80 participants, including diplomatic envoys from Pacific Island nations, experts, and business representatives. Hosted by Yantai, a coastal city in East China's Shandong province, the event aimed …

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1 week, 1 day ago

Great Nicobar Mega Project Threatens Nicobar Long-Tailed Macaque, Say Experts

The Hindu

Published : Mar 20, 2025 13:04 IST - 6 MINS READ The mega infrastructure project, worth Rs.81,000 crore, proposed for the fragile Great Nicobar Island, has India’s leading primatologists concerned: the fate of the endemic Nicobar long-tailed macaque, found nowhere else in the world but in the three Nicobar islands, hangs in the balance. A press release from the Association …

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1 week, 1 day ago

1,000 park workers who were fired in DOGE cuts are reinstated

LA Times

Cris Graves, right, organized the “Protect the Parks” protest that attracted over 100 to the Anthony C. Beilenson Interagency Visitor Center at King Gillette Ranch in Calabasas on March 1. Park rangers fired from the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area and Channel Islands National Park heard Thursday that their jobs will soon be reinstated. said in a news release …

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1 week, 1 day ago

Spain adopts measure to transfer unaccompanied migrant minors from the Canary Islands

Associated Press

MADRID — Spain adopted a measure Wednesday to redistribute thousands of unaccompanied underage migrants currently sheltered on the Canary Islands, a Spanish archipelago off northwest Africa where thousands of people arrive by boat each year trying to reach Europe. The reform ends a months-long political stalemate between Spain’s regions and the central government and is aimed at easing pressure on …

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1 week, 3 days ago

CFTRI showcases its key technologies in Andaman to help address region-specific challenges

The Hindu

CSIR-Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysuru, was among the CSIR labs that took part in the stakeholders’ meet held recently at Port Blair for dissemination of CSIR technologies in Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Dr. Sridevi Annapurna Singh, in a press release, stated that CSIR-CFTRI technologies shall be of great importance for uplifting the quality of value-added food products in this …

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1 week, 3 days ago

Did Iguanas really cross the Pacific on a Natural Raft? Experts explain

India Today

Researchers have long wondered how iguanas got to Fiji, a collection of remote islands in the South Pacific. But new research suggests that millions of years ago, iguanas pulled off the 5,000 mile odyssey on a raft of floating vegetation masses of uprooted trees and small plants. Initially they thought Fiji might be a bit too far for such a …

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1 week, 3 days ago

Illusions of deterrence: The structural flaws in military alliance and the South China Sea trap

China Daily

This photo taken on May 16, 2024 shows a view at dusk in the South China Sea. The recent article The South China Sea: Making the Philippines-US Alliance Work Under Trump 2.0 published in The Diplomat reveals more about Manila’s strategic insecurities than it does about crafting a viable path to regional stability. While framing deterrence and “strategic communications” as …

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1 week, 3 days ago

Illusions of deterrence: The structural flaws in military alliance and the South China Sea trap

China Daily

This photo taken on May 16, 2024 shows a view at dusk in the South China Sea. The recent article The South China Sea: Making the Philippines-US Alliance Work Under Trump 2.0 published in The Diplomat reveals more about Manila’s strategic insecurities than it does about crafting a viable path to regional stability. While framing deterrence and “strategic communications” as …

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1 week, 3 days ago

Iguanas likely crossed the Pacific millions of years ago on a record-setting rafting trip

Associated Press

NEW YORK — Researchers have long wondered how iguanas got to Fiji, a collection of remote islands in the South Pacific. But new research suggests that millions of years ago, iguanas pulled off the 5,000 mile odyssey on a raft of floating vegetation — masses of uprooted trees and small plants. Initially they thought Fiji might be a bit too …

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1 week, 4 days ago

Five underrated Greek islands with Santorini's jaw-dropping beauty - but none of the crowds

Daily Mail

Over-tourism is a hot topic in Greece with throngs of selfie-takers choking holiday hotspots like Santorini, Mykonos and Corfu. Chios Travel guide website Greeka notes: ‘Chios is a very beautiful island that is still quite untouched by tourism' Greeka says Chios, shown here, is 'an excellent holiday destination’ Chios, the fifth largest Greek island situated in the northern Aegean Sea …

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1 week, 4 days ago

Spanish anti-tourism protesters promise a summer of misery for holidaymakers - and it has already started

Daily Mail

Anti-tourism protesters have promised to wreck havoc across Spain this summer as demonstrations aimed at keeping holidaymakers out have already begun escalating. Furious activists reportedly torched and smashed a fleet of hire cars in a shocking act of protest in Tenerife last week Graffiti reading 'kill a tourist' has been spotted on a wall in Tenerife amid Spain's anti-protest movement …

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1 week, 4 days ago

‘Explore tourism in uninhabited islands of A&N’

Hindustan Times

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1 week, 4 days ago

Ameland and Terschelling may regain nighttime watertaxi service under proposed trial

NL Times

Minister of Infrastructure and Water Management Barry Madlener has proposed a pilot program to allow watertaxis to operate at higher speeds during nighttime crossings between Ameland, Terschelling, and the mainland, according to NOS. However, watertaxi operators ceased nighttime operations due to the strict enforcement of a long-standing speed limit of 20 kilometers per hour on the Waddenzee for safety reasons. …

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1 week, 5 days ago

Andaman and Nicobar Islands | Sustaining the Andamans

India Today

The India Today Conclave served as the platform for unveiling a report titled ‘Towards a Climate Resilient Future: Strategies for Andaman and Nicobar Islands’, published by PwC India. Released by Dr Keshav Chandra, former chief secretary of A&N Islands, the report highlights three key areas: the need to balance development goals with environmental safeguards; essential adaptation and mitigation strategies; and …

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1 week, 6 days ago

The most unlikely celebrity couples EVER as Love Island's Zara McDermott is linked to One Direction superstar Louis Tomlinson

Daily Mail

This week newly-single Zara McDermott hit headlines when she was linked to One Direction superstar Louis Tomlinson - after her split from Sam Thompson late last year. This week newly-single Zara McDermott hit headlines when she was linked to One Direction superstar Louis Tomlinson - after her split from Sam Thompson late last year Cher and Tom Cruise Veteran singer …

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Love Island's Gabby Allen reveals her decision to freeze her eggs as she discusses baby plans with Casey O'Gorman following horrific health battle

Daily Mail

It's been a whirlwind since Gabby Allen left the villa after being crowned Love Island All Stars winner alongside Casey O'Gorman. Love Island's Gabby Allen has revealed her decision to freeze her eggs as she discussed baby plans with Casey O'Gorman following her horrific health battle The reality star, 33, has revealed motherhood is on her mind and she plans …

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1 week, 6 days ago

Turkish Cypriot group fears that local leader is Ankara’s man who wants to partition Cyprus

Associated Press

NICOSIA, Cyprus — The Turkish Cypriot leader in the breakaway north of the ethnically divided island of Cyprus is toeing Ankara’s line and doesn’t really speak for the local community there, an activist group said. The accusations came after Sener Elcil of the newly formed Patriotic Turkish Cypriot Movement, a network of nongovernmental organizations and leftist parties, met with the …

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2 weeks ago

Shocking moment anti-tourism activists torch and smash up TWENTY hire cars as protests against mass visitor numbers turn violent on Canary Islands

Daily Mail

Anti-tourism activists in the Canary Islands have started torching and smashing the windows of hire cars as backlash against mass tourism in the Spanish archipelago turns violent. In the shocking video a group of vandals can be seen prowling around a car park where multiple rental cars are kept before they start smashing up the cars One person then pours …

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Trump tells NATO chief he wants Greenland, the island's PM & his successor say 'no'

Firstpost

‘I think it will happen,’ the POTUS said when asked by a reporter about US’s plan of taking over Greenland. “I think it will happen,” the POTUS said when asked by a reporter about US’s plan of taking over Greenland. “I’m sitting with a man that could be very instrumental — you know, Mark, we need that for international security,” …

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Iran threatens to strike US bases and 'blow up' the Middle East if Trump launches military action over nuclear deal - as American stealth bombers are deployed to Chagos Islands

Love Island's Amy Hart reveals what it was REALLY like to interview ex Curtis Pritchard after their roles were reversed on the show's podcast

Coastal warning issued after magnitude 6.7 quake hits off New Zealand

Cruz Beckham, 20, gets first gig of his fledgling music career at a family dinner - as he sings Islands In The Stream while his father David cooks up a storm

Dutch Destinations: Uitwaaien on the Wadden island of Vlieland

Shandong's Yantai advances international zero-carbon island cooperation

Great Nicobar Mega Project Threatens Nicobar Long-Tailed Macaque, Say Experts

1,000 park workers who were fired in DOGE cuts are reinstated

Spain adopts measure to transfer unaccompanied migrant minors from the Canary Islands

CFTRI showcases its key technologies in Andaman to help address region-specific challenges

Did Iguanas really cross the Pacific on a Natural Raft? Experts explain

Illusions of deterrence: The structural flaws in military alliance and the South China Sea trap

Illusions of deterrence: The structural flaws in military alliance and the South China Sea trap

Iguanas likely crossed the Pacific millions of years ago on a record-setting rafting trip

Five underrated Greek islands with Santorini's jaw-dropping beauty - but none of the crowds

Spanish anti-tourism protesters promise a summer of misery for holidaymakers - and it has already started

‘Explore tourism in uninhabited islands of A&N’

Ameland and Terschelling may regain nighttime watertaxi service under proposed trial

Andaman and Nicobar Islands | Sustaining the Andamans

The most unlikely celebrity couples EVER as Love Island's Zara McDermott is linked to One Direction superstar Louis Tomlinson

Love Island's Gabby Allen reveals her decision to freeze her eggs as she discusses baby plans with Casey O'Gorman following horrific health battle

Turkish Cypriot group fears that local leader is Ankara’s man who wants to partition Cyprus

Shocking moment anti-tourism activists torch and smash up TWENTY hire cars as protests against mass visitor numbers turn violent on Canary Islands

Trump tells NATO chief he wants Greenland, the island's PM & his successor say 'no'