World Record-low water levels are exposing the World War II wrecks near Serbia August 13, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Wreckage of a WWII German warship, emerged from the Danube river. Image Credit: Darko Vojinovic/AP The Danube River has fallen to exceptionally low levels this summer, exposing the remains of…
World Meet Scarlett Tiani, the Connecticut student whose dog-safety invention reached US Nationals and earned a national award plus patent-application support August 13, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Scarlett Tiani and her amazing journey from a 5th-grade Invention Convention project at Tracey Magnet School to the national stage A pet safety system created by a Connecticut middle school…
World North America’s longest cable-stayed bridge is now open with a massive 853-metre crossing linking US and Canada August 13, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Gordie Howe International Bridge days before its opening, July 2026. Image Credit: Wikipedia The Gordie Howe International Bridge has opened between Windsor, Ontario, and Detroit, Michigan, creating a new six-lane…
World Michigan’s historic Ford House is replacing concrete shoreline with natural habitat; the $7 million project will restore 1 mile of shore and 17.5 acres of aquatic and wetland habitat August 13, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com View of Ford Cove where shoreline restoration is underway. Credit: InSite Design Studios, Inc. A major environmental restoration project is removing decades of artificial concrete shoreline defences along Michigan’s Lake…
World A 112-acre New Jersey restoration project is planting about 50,000 native trees and shrubs, creating vernal pools and rebuilding Raritan River floodplain habitat August 13, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Trees laid out at the site for planting (FWS photos) A 112-acre restoration project has begun along the Raritan River in New Jersey, with the aim of bringing back forest…
World In 1964, Elizabeth Hird and her husband bought Connecticut’s Outer Island; in 1995 she donated it in his memory so it could remain protected for wildlife, research and education August 13, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Connecticut’s Outer Island (Image Credit: outerisland.org) In 1964, Elizabeth Hird and her husband, Basil Rauch, purchased Outer Island as a summer retreat in Connecticut’s Thimble Islands. More than three decades…
World Where is Bashar al-Assad? Ousted Syrian dictator sentenced to death in absentia August 13, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Synrian Ex-president Bashar Assad (2019 photo) A Syrian criminal court in Damascus has sentenced ousted president Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia after finding him guilty of killings, torture, arbitrary…
World Why are streamers calling out Twitch after ExtraEmily is named Ambassador despite backlash? August 13, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Twitch has named ExtraEmily as one of its newest Ambassadors, but the decision has quickly caused a new wave of criticism from streamers. The platform announced its latest group of…
World 57-year-old English handyman clearing gardens for free after one Facebook post sparked a wave of requests for help August 13, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Stephen Jalland, a 57-year-old handyman from March, Cambridgeshire, began clearing overgrown gardens for free in June 2026 after coming across a Facebook post about an untidy garden. What started as…
World In 2000, drought began gripping the American West. By 2021, tree rings showed its driest 22-year period in 1,200 years August 13, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com The American West did not suddenly run out of water, the crisis built slowly. Around 2000, a prolonged drought began spreading across the region, with dry conditions returning year after…
