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…
World Trump admin urges Supreme Court to lift block on mail-voting order ahead of midterms election August 13, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Trump administration again asks Supreme Court to intervene and allow mail-voting restrictions. A federal court has blocked President Donald Trump’s executive order on mail-in voting. The administration has again asked…
World Meet Carmela Chillery-Watson, the UK girl who began fundraising after a rare diagnosis at 4 and became the youngest person ever awarded an MBE at 11 August 13, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Carmela Chillery-Watson (Image Credit: Guinness World Records) Carmela Chillery-Watson made history at the age of 11 as the youngest person ever to receive a Member of the Order of the…
World In 2022, Buffalo completed the first emerald shiner passage on the Niagara River; four years later, baffles are being extended along another 700 feet of seawall August 13, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Niagara River AOC Habitat Restoration and Sediment Remediation Work Four years after Buffalo completed a groundbreaking fish ladder along the Niagara River to help native emerald shiners migrate, environmental crews…
World Washington began a two-year project to restore 270 acres in the South Fork Skagit estuary, reconnecting two islands to natural tidal habitat August 13, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com South Fork Skagit River estuary (Image Credit: Instagram/ @thewdfw) Washington has begun a major restoration project aimed at returning 270 acres in the South Fork Skagit River estuary to natural…
World In 1881, silver turned California’s Calico into a 3,000-person desert boomtown. By 1907, falling prices had turned it into a ghost town August 13, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com In California’s Mojave Desert, Calico now appears as a quiet collection of weathered buildings surrounded by dry hills and open scrubland. Its setting gives little indication that the settlement once…
World Amazon tribe Amondawa does not use weeks, months or years to describe time. Their language links it to events and life stages August 13, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Deep in the Brazilian Amazon, the Amondawa have offered linguists an unusual glimpse of what life looks like when time is not treated as something that can be counted. In…
