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Retired Gen. Frank McKenzie, the former commander of U.S. Central Command, predicted on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" Sunday that Lebanese Hezbollah could soon be involved in the border conflict with Israel. "I think we are hours, maybe days — not weeks — away from Lebanese Hezbollah entering this fight." "The are the largest non-state military entity in the world," McKenzie told Brennan. Tensions have been rising in the Middle East, where fears of an expanding regional war have been growing a week after Israel killed a top Hamas leader in Iran and two Hezbollah commanders.

Retired Gen. Frank McKenzie believes Lebanese Hezbollah close to entering Middle East conflict

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 A charity working with homeless people in Auckland, New Zealand unknowingly distributed candies filled with a potentially lethal dose of methamphetamine in its food parcels after the sweets were donated by a member of the public. Auckland City Mission told reporters on Wednesday that staff had started to contact up to 400 people to track down parcels that could contain the sweets — which were solid blocks of methamphetamine enclosed in candy wrappers. New Zealand's police have opened a criminal investigation. The amount of methamphetamine in each candy was up to 300 times the level someone would usually take...

Food bank unknowingly distributes candy made from meth

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Some beachgoers were in for a surprise this week when a bizarre looking prehistoric fish washed ashore in Colleton County along Edisto Beach at Edisto Beach State Park. It turned out to be an atlantic sturgeon.

Rare Atlantic sturgeon washes ashore on South Carolina beach

Robert F Kennedy Jr’s son, Conor Kennedy, has revealed he is engaged to Brazilian singer Guilia Be.The couple shared a joint post on Instagram on August 12 to officially announce their engagement. The first photo in the post showed the pair hugging, as Guilia wore a diamond ring on her finger. The third picture showed them kissing, as Kennedy held a blue Tiffany & Co ring box in his hand.The post also included a video of Kennedy’s romantic proposal, as he and his now-fiancée were captured hugging in a room surrounded by candles. “I literally can’t believe this,” Guilia told...

RFK Jr’s son Conor Kennedy reveals he’s engaged to singer Giulia Be

 Remarkable new scientific research at Stonehenge has revealed an extraordinary new mystery. Mineralogical tests on the massive six-tonne stone at the heart of the monument show that this central rock, known as the altar stone, was brought to Stonehenge from the far north of Scotland.The altar stone is arguably the most ritually important stone in Stonehenge, because it is the rock that marks the intersection of the prehistoric temple’s two most important celestial alignments – the winter solstice sunrise to summer solstice sunset alignment, and the summer solstice sunrise to winter solstice sunset alignment. It’s already known that some...

Mystery of Stonehenge deepens after ‘jaw-dropping’ discovery

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A lady is cautioning others about purchasing budget earrings from Amazon, Shein, and H&M, after she experienced keloid formations on her earlobes due to wearing them. On a TikTok post that has garnered more than 334,000 likes, Sailor Rozema (@sailor.rozema), a content creator, shares a warning with her community of "dangly earring girls": the inexpensive jewelry found in fast fashion can have negative impacts on your well-being.

‘I’ll never be wearing earrings for the rest of my life’: Customer warns against buying from Shein

 Sea lions strapped with cameras have helped scientists map the ocean floor for the first time.Australian researchers enlisted endangered sea lions to help identify their previously unmapped ocean habitats.Eight adult female sea lions had small, lightweight cameras glued to their fur.Using 89 hours of recordings taken by the sea lions, the researchers identified six seabed habitats covering 5,000 square km of seabed in southern Australia.The incredible footage has been shared by the South Australian Research and Development Institute (SARDI).Author Nathan Angelaki said: “Using animal-borne video and movement data from a predator is a really effective way of mapping diverse habitats across large areas of the seabed.”      Read More               Bluey coins theft suspect arrested after allegedly stealing £309,000 worthDuke and Duchess of Sussex arrive in ColombiaNew snow leopard cubs play with mother at Metro Richmond Zoo in Virginia      

Sea lions carry cameras to help scientists map ocean floor for first time

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Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are two of the biggest celebrities in modern times. While much of the happenings between the two involved their marriage and divorce, there are bigger things for them to focus on. Most notably their children.

Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s Son Diagnosed With Rare Skin Condition

 A police officer cries as he recalls how he thought he would die from his injuries following a savage attack on duty.PC Ashley Aspinall suffered a horrific brain injury when he was attacked by Ian Scott, 50, as he tried to apprehend him outside a bar in Blackpool on 7 April, last year.PC Aspinall, of Lancashire Police, lay injured on the ground as Scott continued his assault.The police officer feared he would never see his daughter again as he lay critically injured.Scott appeared at Preston Crown Court on 30 April, and was given a 24-month suspended sentence after pleading guilty to wounding of an emergency worker.

Police officer cries recalling savage attack outside seaside bar

She insisted on keeping Louis Vuitton bag next to her on seat

Woman kicked off flight for refusing to stow designer handbag under seat

 Watch live as doctors protest in Mumbai in solidarity with the trainee doctor who was raped and murdered in Kolkata.The 31-year-old postgraduate trainee was found dead in a seminar hall of the RG Kar Medical College and Hospital in state capital Kolkata on 9 August. An autopsy confirmed sexual assault.A suspect has been arrested, a civil volunteer named Sanjay Roy, who is associated with the Kolkata police.The incident sparked protests in several cities and an attack on a medical college campus as doctors and paramedics in several cities across India demand better and safer working conditions.Scores of people went...

Live: Protests in India after trainee doctor raped and murdered in Kolkata

Hurricane Ernesto is charging toward Bermuda as officials on the tiny island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean prepare to open shelters and close government offices

Hurricane Ernesto barrels toward Bermuda as wealthy British territory preps for storm

The lawyer representing the family has said this is ‘absurd’ and ‘preposterous’

Disney says husband can’t sue over wife’s wrongful death – because he signed up to Disney+ trial

"They accidentally gave us 2 washers and a dryer when we only ordered 1 of each". Last month, Lowe’s experienced a glitch that lowered the price of its $2,300 Midea jumbo capacity refrigerator to just $169.

‘Lowe’s messed up’: Shopper says they got $2,300 fridge at Lowe’s for just $169

Greece, NY

Investigators zero down on wooden electricity pole with loose cable as point of origin

Faulty power cable likely sparked Greece’s deadliest wildfire this year

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JERUSALEM — Israel will respond forcefully to any attack on it, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday, after the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran and of a senior Hezbollah leader in Beirut. Netanyahu said Israel had delivered crushing blows to Iran’s proxies over the past...

Netanyahu says Israel will exact heavy price for attacks in response to its strikes in Iran and Beirut

Health officials have warned travellers visiting South America to be “vigilant” after cases of a virus originating in sloths were reported in tourists returning to Europe for the first time.The imported cases of Oropouche virus (OROV), most commonly found in South America and the Caribbean, were diagnosed in travellers who had recently visited Cuba, with one Italian patient diagnosed after visiting northern Brazil.As of 1 August 2024, there were 8,078 confirmed cases of Oropouche fever in the region – reported in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, and Peru, according to The Lancet.Travel-associated cases of imported OROV disease in Europe reached 19 at the...

Travellers to South America and the Caribbean warned to take protective measures against sloth borne virus

Indonesia’s outgoing President Joko Widodo highlighted advances in the economy and infrastructure during his final State of the Nation address

Indonesia's leader highlights economic and infrastructure developments in his final state of nation

 The mother of a nine-year-old girl shot dead by a burglar in her own home has called for an end to gang violence, two years on from her daughter’s death.Olivia Pratt-Korbel was killed when a masked gunman opened fire as he chased a convicted burglar through the door of her home in Liverpool on 22 August 2022.Olivia’s mother Cheryl cried as she called for an end to the “no-grass” culture associated with gang violence.Appearing on Good Morning Britain on Friday (16 August), she said: “Anything that you know. You need to speak up.”

Gang violence: Olivia Pratt-Korbel’s mother cries as she calls for an end to ‘no grass’ culture

A section of the Walsall Canal remains closed and anglers are being warned not to eat fish caught in the affected area.

Stretches of canal affected by cyanide spill reopen after safety tests

As conflict casts a shadow across the Middle East, people are getting rich in Dubai

As the Middle East frets about conflict, Dubai booms with an influx of anxious wealth

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