World The UK ‘PM-in-waiting’ just beat a guy wearing a trash can – and that sums up post-Brexit politics August 14, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Candidate Count Binface poses for the media during the Clacton by-election count at the Leisure Centre in Clacton on Sea, England, Friday, Aug. 14, 2026.(AP Photo/Richard Pelham) Ever since the…
World In 1974, Vietnam veteran Kenneth Deardorff moved to Alaska looking for work; 14 years later, he became the last person in US history to receive a homestead title August 14, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Vietnam veteran Kenneth Deardorff arrived in Alaska in 1974 with a geography degree and plans to find work with the US Geological Survey or another employer. Instead, the California native…
World In 1870, a former slave and Union soldier staked a homestead in Nebraska; drought and grasshoppers cost him the claim, but he eventually owned more than 2,000 acres August 14, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Homestead soddy in Box Butte County. Source: History Nebraska – Nebraska.gov In 1870, Robert Ball Anderson, a former slave and Union Army veteran, filed a claim for a 160-acre homestead…
World 79-year-old UK grandmother refuses to sell part of her garden for $60m road project to protect a 500-year-old oak tree and local wildlife August 14, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com A 79-year-old grandmother in Herefordshire, UK, is refusing to sell part of her garden for a major road project that could bring a 60mph route close to her home. Jean…
World In 1968, a California landowner demanded $100 an acre for land inside Pinnacles that officials valued at $17; a year later the Park Service paid more than $46 an acre and bought the parcel for $7,400 August 14, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com In 1968, a California landowner demanded $100 an acre for land inside Pinnacles that officials valued at $17; A long legal and property dispute between the US federal government and…
World Another Queen Elizabeth grandchild appears set to give up royal titles as Royal family reveals his future plans August 14, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Prince Edward and Sophie’s son James is set to begin university this autumn after receiving his A-level results. Buckingham Palace has seemingly confirmed that James, Earl of Wessex, the youngest…
World UK sets 24-week target for asylum appeals to speed up deportations August 14, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com UK sets 24-week target for asylum appeals. The UK is introducing a 24-week target for deciding certain asylum and immigration appeals, in a move aimed at speeding up the removal…
World Russia using WWII to plant discord between Ukraine and Poland? August 14, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Polish officials and researchers say Moscow has sharply increased online messaging around the Volhynia massacres. Russia is being accused of using a painful chapter in the history of Poland and…
World Nigel Farage beats ‘space warrior trashcan’ rival in UK bypoll he triggered August 14, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Nigel Farage, Leader of Britain’s Reform UK party stood against ‘Count Binface’ to fight for a seat as MP in UK Nigel Farage secured a confortable victory in the UK…
World Why experts say this is unusual August 14, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com UK heatwaves help bananas fruit, experts explain why it’s unusual In a quiet garden in Seaton, near Looe in Cornwall, something unusual is happening. A banana plant, once a tiny…
