An Ohio park covered just 43 acres; a land transfer involving the city and a homebuilder is adding 333 conservation acres, making the park nearly nine times its former size

Homestead Metro Park in Hilliard, Ohio, is set for a dramatic expansion, with 333 acres of conservation land being added to the 43-acre park, according to the City of Hilliard and Columbus & Franklin County Metro Parks. Columbus Business First also reported on the land transfer, which involves the city and homebuilder M/I Homes. Once…

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Mohammad Rizwan: Mohammad Rizwan approaches ICC Anti-Corruption Unit over mobile phone seizure by Pakistan’s cyber crime agency | Cricket News

Mohammed Rizwan approaches ICC ACU (Agency Image) Mohammad Rizwan’s troubles following Pakistan’s England tour have taken another turn, with the wicketkeeper-batter approaching the ICC’s Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) for clarity over the seizure of his mobile phone by the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA). The move comes days after the Lahore High Court dismissed his…

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Human-caused warming helped prime slope for deadly Nepal-Tibet flood, first study finds

Nepal now hopes to seek around $20 million (£15 million) from UN Fund for Responding to Loss and Damage. Human-caused climate change likely helped destabilise rock-and-ice slope whose collapse triggered the Aug 26 Nepal-Tibet disaster, first scientific assessment of the deadly event released Thursday found, linking decades of warming to thinning glaciers, thawing permafrost and…

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Rival TMC factions fight over control: Mamata submits three preferred names, symbols to EC | India News

NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee registered her “strongest protest” after the Election Commission barred the rival factions from using party’s name and reserved election symbol in the upcoming West Bengal Assembly bypolls, news agency PTI reported, citing sources.“Mamata submitted response to EC’s interim order seeking three preferred names, symbols “under strongest protest”, at…

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Chess Olympiad Round 2: How Nihal Sarin saved India’s day amid Gukesh’s historic drop in rating points | Chess News

Nihal Sarin (on right) saves India’s day at Round 2 of Chess Olympiad (Photo by Rafal Oleksiewicz for FIDE) NEW DELHI: The current world champion, Dommaraju Gukesh, was on Board 1 facing all the top-rated opponents during India’s gold-clinching campaign in Budapest at the 2024 Chess Olympiad. Besides the team, Gukesh won an individual gold…

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Air India Express suspends 8 crew members for missing post-flight declaration deadline | India News

NEW DELHI: Air India Express suspended eight crew members for three months for failing to complete the mandatory post-flight declaration, news agency ANI reported, citing sources.The incident took place on August 2 after the flight landed in Amritsar from Dubai.According to ANI, the crew was required to undergo the post-flight declaration within two hours of…

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The peaks are higher, the floor is rising: How India’s Asian Games medal story has changed over two decades | Asian Games 2026 News

India at the Asian Games (AI generated representative image) “Abki baar, sau paar” was the rallying cry when India arrived at the Hangzhou Asian Games in September 2023.By the time the Games ended, it had become more than a slogan. India had crossed the 100-medal barrier for the first time in its Asian Games history,…

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While most Americans may hate datacenters, UAE minister calls them ‘more important than roads’; and has a new ‘hiding rule’ for them after war destroyed many

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will overhaul its regulatory framework for data centres and halt public disclosure of their physical locations to shield them from military threats, according to comments reported by The Next Web of a session from Salesforce’s annual event Dreamforce 2026. Speaking alongside Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff at the Dreamforce conference in…

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