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Vladimir Tolstoy, ancestor of the famous Russian writer and philosopher, talked to the media ahead of the Leo Tolstoy International Peace Prize award ceremony and explained why the ideas of his predecessor are still relevant today.

This organization helps young people heal through outdoor experiences. It's working around the sweltering Texas summer.

The tropical storm’s meandering off the South Carolina coast will come to an end as it makes another landfall and a quick dash through the Northeast.

Passengers on the Thai Airways flight were allegedly not provided with food or water until, after two hours, a flight attendant eventually offered water and opened the door to let in some fresh air

1. Who is Gwen Walz? Meet the teacher and wife of Harris's VP pick  BBC
2. Tim Walz: from weird to the White House?  The Guardian
3. Kamala Harris rally at Detroit airport to include Whitmer, top Michigan Democrats  MLive.com
4. Kamala Harris’s happy blue-collar warrior  Financial Times
5. Talking Politics USA: Why Kamala Harris chose a 'folksy' former teacher as her running mate  ITVX

A educator and prison reform advocate, Gwen Walz advises her husband from an office in the Minnesota capitol.

Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) is a type of remote sensing from satellites that uses the reflection of radio waves to relay information about the surface of the earth. This reflection, or backscatter, is responsive to physical properties, such as roughness, vertical structure, and moisture. SAR is widely used for different types of mapping and monitoring, but signal interference in urban environments can cause distortions that make SAR data difficult to interpret.

Not long ago a couple of publishers asked about my memoirs. I told them I had no interest. Memoirs are an enormous undertaking, especially when your files haven’t been organized for the purpose.

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TEAM GB’s artistic swimmer Kate Shortman has stressed just how hard the sport is ahead of her bid for Olympic gold.

Looks like Caleb Williams won't be walking away with a Grammy anytime soon.

A new study from WCS reveals that community capacity-building interventions, even those with only indirect environmental links, significantly improved perceptions of fisheries management and conservation in coastal fishing villages in East Africa. The most notable positive changes were observed among women, youth, and initially skeptical communities.

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A WOMAN in her 50s had been queuing for a fairground ride with two children when she plunged 30ft from Blackpool Central Pier.

The strategic objective in the next phase of growth is to scale up the new energy and new materials business

YOU may think you need a garden or large outdoor space to make the most of the summer – but one woman has proven this isn’t true.

Charles Kim, a young investor and philanthropist, and his wife Jean bought the two-parcel, 4-acre estate at an hours-long auction at Sotheby's in January.

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He didn’t ‘call Balmforth out’ he got fed up of being asked why Balmforth wasn’t playing and in the end acquiesced, and said he was great at the moments, but it was the other stuff that he wasn’t good at and we’ve all seen this since. it would not be great management to call any players out in public or any employees from any another institution. Those fans who think they should be called out do not coach for a reason. that said we are second from the bottom in performance... Читать дальше...

From the defining photo of the Games so far to the anonymous lifeguard sending the internet into a frenzy, Alexandra Neagen rounds up the most unforgettable and unlikely happenings at this year’s Olympics

White adults are three times more likely to survive cardiac arrest after receiving bystander CPR than Black adults are, a new study found. Likewise, men are twice as likely to survive after bystander CPR than women.