World South Korea planted more than 10 billion trees after the Korean War, and its forests made a remarkable comeback | World News August 9, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Image: Korea JoongAng Daily South Korea’s forests were in an exceptionally poor condition after decades of exploitation and the destruction caused by the Korean War. By 1960, the average growing…
World Punch The Baby Monkey: Punch, the baby monkey, turns 1: His childhood loneliness has turned him into a baby protector and he’s received 25000 birthday cards on his special day August 9, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Punch, the orphaned baby Japanese macaque at Ichikawa City Zoo, Tokyo, who conquered the hearts of millions while clinging to an orangutan plushie, has turned one. The monkey celebrated his…
World US scientists are tagging sharks with ocean sensors; every time they surface, data is sent by satellite to help forecast how strongly hurricanes may intensify August 9, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Aaron Carlisle grasps a white shark alongside a boat off the coast of Delaware (Reuters photo) Scientists in the US are testing an unusual way to collect ocean data that…
World ‘Situation in Ukraine difficult’: Zelensky in Moscow ally Serbia as Russian strikes kill 4 in Kyiv region August 9, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Volodymyr Zelensky and Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky described the situation in his war-torn country as “difficult” during a visit to Serbia, one of the few European…
World Budapest’s low Danube exposed two German soldiers and a DKW military motorcycle; mud mixed with gas oil preserved identity discs after around 80 years August 9, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com The most striking discovery was the German military motorbike recovered from the middle of the Danube (Photo-German War Graves Commission) The Danube River has dropped to unusually low levels in…
World In 2007, North Dakota biologists tagged an 87-pound paddlefish; 18 years later, an angler caught the same fish weighing 98 pounds August 9, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Representative Image (Canva) A paddlefish tagged by North Dakota fisheries biologists in 2007 has provided an extraordinary glimpse into the longevity and growth of one of North America’s oldest fish…
World Houthi attack suspected at Saudi gas facility in Jubail; Aramco Jazan fire extinguished August 9, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Fire broke out early Sunday at a Saudi Aramco facility in Jazan. (Photo: AP) Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi rebels were behind a reported attack on a gas facility in Saudi Arabia’s…
World In 2018, scientists found just 39 surviving clams in Florida’s Indian River Lagoon; they bred them and have since outplanted 65 million August 9, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com After decades of environmental decline, Florida’s Indian River Lagoon is beginning to show signs of recovery. With funding from NOAA Fisheries’ Office of Habitat Conservation, the Indian River Lagoon Council…
World Four killed in helicopter crash in Rio de Janeiro August 9, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Emergency personnel stand near the site where, according to fire department officials, a helicopter crashed killing the pilot and 3 tourists. (AP Photo) Four people were killed after a helicopter…
World Iran: Strait of Hormuz standoff: What conditions have US, Iran set to reopen waterway August 9, 2026 contact.newslyindia@gmail.com Iran says Hormuz will reopen only after US accepts its demands, while Washington seeks unrestricted commercial shipping. (Donald Trump, Iran President Masoud Pezeshkian) Iran has made clear that a deal…
