World 30 lions and tigers spent years in cramped concrete cages at a notorious Argentine zoo; they are now beginning a journey to sanctuaries where they can finally roam freely August 17, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Members of the Four Paws animal welfare organization load a tiger onto a truck for its transfer Thirty lions and tigers that spent years in cramped concrete cages at a…
World In 2026, volunteers began planting 30,000 trees to rebuild the wetland forest that once shielded New Orleans from storms | World News August 17, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com 30,000 native trees near New Orleans and Lake Borgne, PC: AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel In the wetlands behind a pumping station near Lake Borgne in Meraux, Louisiana, hundreds of young…
World California Teachers Donation: 100 teachers walked into a meeting expecting an ordinary day; they walked out with over $9,000 each as a California woman offers life-changing bonuses to educators struggling with low salaries August 17, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Teachers at a California public school got their ‘life-changing’ bonuses this week after a woman donated $1 million. On Thursday, August 13, one hundred teachers in the Bay Area’s Ross…
World In 1815, cats arrived on Ascension Island; they drove huge seabird colonies away until conservationists launched a cat-eradication mission | World News August 17, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com A feral cat with a tipped ear, indicating it was neutered in a trap-neuter-return program. Images Credit: Brocken Inaglory/Wikipedia Ascension Island offers a striking example of how quickly an introduced…
World Wildfires came within metres of rescued orangutans in Indonesia; staff fought the blaze into the night and moved 60 animals to safer enclosures August 17, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Firefighters carry their equipment as they attempt to extinguish a wildfire on a peatland field in Palembang, South Sumatra, Indonesia, Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Muhammad Hatta) Orangutans rescued from…
World In 1987, Australian sailor Kay Cottee left Sydney alone in a 37-foot yacht after building a boat-charter business to fund her dream; 189 days later she became the first woman to sail solo, nonstop and unassisted around the world August 17, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Kay CotteePhoto credit: The Australian Museum Kay Cottee was born on 25 January 1954, the youngest of four daughters of Jim and Joy McLaren. She was introduced to a boating…
World Indian Jazz musician Pritesh Walia released from ICE custody after 14 days: ‘When you are sitting in a detention facility, the world feels very small’ August 17, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Indian musician Pritesh Walia shares his experience of ICE detention for 14 days and thanks the music fraternity for rallying behind his release. Jazz musician Pritesh Walia, who was arrested…
World Meet Ananya Nagendra, the 18-year-old Texas student who built an ant-based digester for landfill food waste; tests found her prototype was about 83% efficient August 17, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Ananya Nagendra, the 18-year-old Texas student (Image Credit: Society For Science) Food waste is usually thought of as a problem that begins in the kitchen and ends in a garbage…
World Archaeologists find earliest physical evidence of brass-making in East Asia in southern China | World News August 17, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Archaeologists find the earliest physical evidence of brass-making in East Asia in southern China (PC: Cambridge University Press) A set of ancient crucibles found in Guangzhou is giving archaeologists new…
World No fund for you if you have Islamic wudu washing facilities: Major row over Texas Governor’s warning to two airports August 17, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com A major row began after Greg Abbott warned two airports over Islamic wudu wash basins. Texas Governor Greg Abbott warned Dallas-Fort Worth Airport and George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston…
