‘Incredibly encouraging’: healing the scars of traditional anchors in Dorset’s seagrass meadows
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‘Incredibly encouraging’: healing the scars of traditional anchors in Dorset’s seagrass meadows

Eco-moorings help to restore seagrass in just five years, boosting sealife such as seahorses, eels and crabsOne of the UK’s most precious underwater habitats – Dorset’s seagrass meadows – is recovering thanks to “eco moorings” designed to prevent the seabed being ripped up, a study has revealed.Scars caused by traditional anchors in some areas of seagrass in Studland Bay have almost entirely vanis...

Starbucks baristas reel from surges in health insurance costs: ‘I’m considering a second job’
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Starbucks baristas reel from surges in health insurance costs: ‘I’m considering a second job’

Several workers say they’re opting to go without health coverage due to premium costs soaring this yearStarbucks workers say their health insurance premiums have soared this year, in some cases more than doubling, according to a recent survey conducted by Starbucks Workers United.The survey of more than 130 Starbucks workers in both unionized and non-unionized stores, shared exclusively with the G...

‘Inredibly enouraging’: healing the scars of traditional anchors in Dorset’s seagrass meadows
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‘Inredibly enouraging’: healing the scars of traditional anchors in Dorset’s seagrass meadows

Eco-moorings help to restore seagrass in just five years, boosting sealife such as seahorses, eels and crabsOne of the UK’s most precious underwater habitats – Dorset’s seagrass meadows – is recovering thanks to “eco moorings” designed to prevent the seabed being ripped up, a study has revealed.Scars caused by traditional anchors in some areas of seagrass in Studland Bay have almost entirely vanis...

Google fined more than €400m by Irish regulator over its use of location data
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Google fined more than €400m by Irish regulator over its use of location data

Watchdog says users may have been unaware their information was used to target adverts or infer their interestsGoogle has been fined more than €400m (£345m) over the way it processed users’ location data, following claims that the tech giant had manipulated users into agreeing to be constantly tracked on their mobile phones.The fine, by Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC), comes after compl...

Google is fined more than €400m by Irish regulator over its use of location data

Google is fined more than €400m by Irish regulator over its use of location data

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Watchdog says users may have been unaware their information was used to target adverts or infer their interestsGoogle has been fined more than €400m (£345m) over the way it processed users’ location data.The fine, by Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC), comes after complaints from multiple European consumer organisations that Google was following every step users took. Continue reading...

Trump accused of ‘manufacturing a national security justification’ to push arch plan – US politics live

Trump accused of ‘manufacturing a national security justification’ to push arch plan – US politics live

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President had said the triumphal arch he plans to build near Washington would double as a ‘military complex’Sign up for US Breaking News emailsHello and welcome to the US politics live blog.Donald Trump was accused of “manufacturing a national security justification” to push forward his plans for a triumphal arch.Trump refused to ​say whether he would attempt to demolish the John F Kennedy Center ...

Flights axed, over 1 million urged to evacuate as Typhoon Dujuan hits Japan

Flights axed, over 1 million urged to evacuate as Typhoon Dujuan hits Japan

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More than 1 million people were under evacuation advisories in Japan early on Tuesday and hundreds of flights have been cancelled as Typhoon Dujuan brushed past Tokyo, bringing torrential rain, flooding and landslides to the region. Two people have been confirmed dead as heavy rainfall triggered landslides in Chiba and Kanagawa prefectures near Tokyo, local governments reported according to Japane...

2 dead in Japan, over 1.6 million urged to evacuate as Typhoon Dujuan nears Tokyo

2 dead in Japan, over 1.6 million urged to evacuate as Typhoon Dujuan nears Tokyo

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A large typhoon was moving closer to eastern Japan’s Pacific coast on Monday, bringing heavy rain to the Tokyo area and triggering landslides in Chiba and Kanagawa prefectures, with two people confirmed dead, according to local governments. In Sodegaura, Chiba, a 51-year-old man working to restore a damaged road died in hospital after a landslide engulfed him and the hydraulic excavator he was ope...

Over 1.6 million in Japan urged to evacuate as Typhoon Dujuan nears Tokyo

Over 1.6 million in Japan urged to evacuate as Typhoon Dujuan nears Tokyo

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Hundreds of flights were cancelled and more than one million people were under evacuation advisories in Japan on Monday as Typhoon Dujuan approached the capital Tokyo, potentially bringing record rainfall. In Sodegaura, Chiba, a woman in her 40s sustained minor injuries after driving into debris from a landslide. In Yokosuka, Kanagawa, rescue operations were underway for a female resident of a hou...

Former Shenzhen mayor Qin Weizhong under corruption probe by China’s discipline watchdog

Former Shenzhen mayor Qin Weizhong under corruption probe by China’s discipline watchdog

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Qin Weizhong, former mayor of the southern technology hub of Shenzhen, is under investigation for corruption, the country’s top watchdog has confirmed. According to a statement by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection on Monday, Qin is “suspected of grave disciplinary and law violations and is currently undergoing review”, which usually means a corruption probe. Qin was appointed deputy...

Former Shenzhen mayor Qin Weizhong under graft probe by China’s discipline body

Former Shenzhen mayor Qin Weizhong under graft probe by China’s discipline body

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Qin Weizhong, former mayor of the southern technology hub of Shenzhen, is under investigation for corruption, the country’s top watchdog has confirmed. According to a statement by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection on Monday, Qin is “suspected of grave disciplinary and law violations and is currently undergoing review”, which usually means a corruption probe. Qin was appointed deputy...

Hong Kong woman, 80, loses HK$6 million to fake online investment expert

Hong Kong woman, 80, loses HK$6 million to fake online investment expert

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An 80‑year‑old woman has lost HK$6 million (US$764,772) to a fake investment expert she met online, Hong Kong police have disclosed. The case was among more than 50 investment scams reported over the past week, with total losses approaching HK$30 million, according to a post on the force’s CyberDefender social media page. The victim, a retiree, first met the fraudster posing as an investment exper...

Banished to alien lands – Trump’s secret deportation deals | First Thing

Banished to alien lands – Trump’s secret deportation deals | First Thing

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Thousands of people deported from the US to countries where they have no connections. Plus, European spy chiefs warn of Moscow action against NatoGood morning.After a plane journey in shackles, an Iranian woman found herself in the middle of Africa in a country she did not know existed. She is one of thousands of people deported from the US on the back of shadowy deals made with dozens of countrie...

Flights delayed and cancelled in parts of UK after latest air traffic issue

Flights delayed and cancelled in parts of UK after latest air traffic issue

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Nats says fault at Prestwick has been ‘fixed’ after airports in Scotland, northern England and Northern Ireland are hitBusiness live – latest updatesFlights have been disrupted in parts of the UK after National Air Traffic Services was hit by its second technical issue in a fortnight.A number of departing and arriving flights were severely delayed and dozens cancelled on Monday with disruption aff...

Family farmed Wisconsin land for 179 years; now bulldozers make way for homes

Family farmed Wisconsin land for 179 years; now bulldozers make way for homes

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A Wisconsin family farmed the same West Bend land since 1847, with George Muth the fifth generation to work the fields. On 18 September 2026, bulldozers demolished the old barn as the site, at Paradise Drive and River Road, was cleared for a new housing development. The project is expected to bring about 400 multifamily residences, ending nearly 180 years of Muth family farming and altering a once...

South Korea beats foreign student target, but struggles to keep them

South Korea beats foreign student target, but struggles to keep them

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South Korea has surpassed its 2027 target of attracting 300,000 international students a year ahead of schedule, and universities must now find ways to retain and develop them, a new rankings assessment has shown. First launched last year and described as the country’s most internationalisation-focused assessment to date, The Korea Times University Rankings assess institutions on seven indicators,...

Inside Rick Ross’ Georgia estate, bought from Evander Holyfield for $5.8 million

Inside Rick Ross’ Georgia estate, bought from Evander Holyfield for $5.8 million

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Rick Ross bought Evander Holyfield’s 235-acre Georgia estate for $5.8 million in 2014 and later added 87 acres for $1 million. He renamed the roughly 322-acre property the Promise Land. The estate has a 45,000-square-foot, 109-room mansion, a 350,000-gallon pool and has also featured in the filmComing 2 America.