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Quote of the day by Serena Williams: “I really think a champion is defined not by their wins, but by…” – a powerful lesson on resilience and rising after failure | World News

Serena Williams (Image: Wikipedia) Victories are easy to celebrate. What usually gets forgotten is everything that had to be survived first to get there. Serena Williams put that gap into words directly. “I really think a champion is defined not by their wins, but by how they can recover when they fall,” she said. Across…

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Kevin Smith paid £5 after dropping off his son and another £5 when collecting him; East Midlands Airport still sent two £100 fines

East Midlands Airport. (Image: Joseph Raynor/ Reach PLC) Kevin Smith paid £5 after dropping off his son and another £5 when picking him up, but East Midlands Airport still sent him two £100 parking fines. The 68-year-old from Clifton was confused when the penalty notices arrived, even though the money for both visits had already…

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An 82-year-old Australian grandfather and his 18-year-old grandson cycled 5,300km through deserts and headwinds, raising $65,000 for MND support

Bob Montgomery and Tom Malcolm crossed the finish line on Sunday (Picture: MND NSW) An 82-year-old grandfather and his 18-year-old grandson have completed a nearly 5,300-kilometre cycling journey across Australia to raise money and awareness for motor neurone disease (MND), a condition that has deeply affected their family.Bob Montgomery and Tom Malcolm crossed the finish…

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A man spent 52 winters recording snowfall by hand in Colorado. His notebooks now help scientists track climate change |

Representative Image of a man recording snowfall measurements in Colorado by hand (AI-generated image) In a remote patch of Colorado’s Gunnison National Forest, four miles from the nearest ploughed road, a man known simply as Billy Barr has spent 52 consecutive winters recording daily snowfall, temperature and weather observations from his off-grid cabin at roughly…

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cats went mad birds fell from the sky and a disease caused by poisoned seafood devastated an entire

Cats went mad, birds fell from the sky, and a disease caused by poisoned seafood devastated an entire Japanese coastal community | World News

Image(s): Left/Taner Yildirim/Right/Aileen M. Smith/European Environment Agency For decades, the quiet fishing city of Minamata on Japan’s southern coast appeared to be thriving. Families depended on the sea for food and livelihoods, unaware that an invisible poison was steadily moving through the marine ecosystem. The first signs did not appear in people but in animals….

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US military asks troops for ‘creative’ ways to bring Iran to the negotiating table as airstrikes fail

President Donald Trump speaks to reporters onboard Air Force One while returning to the White House, Sunday, Aug. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) The US Central Command has asked military analysts for “new creative and unconventional ways to pressure and punish Iran” as Washington considers alternatives to bring Tehran to the negotiating table, CNN reported.A…

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the black mamba is the fastest snake on earth but its incredible speed isnt its only weapon heres ho

The black mamba is the fastest snake on Earth, but its incredible speed isn’t its only weapon; here’s how it hunts, strikes and captures prey with remarkable efficiency

They are fast, lethally venomous and highly aggressive. But most important of all, they have been blamed for more human deaths than you could count. Being mentioned here are the Black Mambas, the fastest and deadliest snakes on Earth. They have a slithering speed of up to 12.5 miles per hour, but that is not…

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how j robert oppenheimer brought together thousands of scientists to build the world39s first atomic

How J. Robert Oppenheimer brought together thousands of scientists to build the world’s first atomic bomb |

Image(s): J. Robert Oppenheimer/Wikipedia Prior to 1945, nuclear weapons were just an idea that could be discussed in theoretical physics literature. This changed when J. Robert Oppenheimer, the American theoretical physicist from America, who was responsible for directing the scientific work of the Manhattan Project in the Second World War, took command of the project….

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