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Times of India

2026-03-29 01:44:39 (21 hours ago)

Saudi Arabia restores 1 million hectares of land, plants over 159 million trees under green initiative

Saudi Arabia has achieved a significant environmental milestone, restoring one million hectares of degraded land and planting over 159 million trees as part of the Saudi Green Initiative. This progress, driven by national coordination and modern techniques, strengthens biodiversity and ecosystem resilience, setting the stage for future ambitious targets.

Times of Israel - World News

2026-03-29 01:38:06 (21 hours ago)

As Iran war grinds on, rising toll on global economy has many worried about recovery

'Largest supply disruption in the history of the global oil market' forces countries to impose energy restrictions and is likely to increase food prices in poorer regions

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Al Jazeera - Top Stories

2026-03-29 01:25:00 (21 hours ago)

Sabalenka defeats Gauff to win second straight Miami Open title

World number one Aryna Sabalenka edges Coco Gauff in a tense three-set final to claim the 'Sunshine Double' in Florida.

France 24 - World News

2026-03-29 01:09:11 (21 hours ago)

North Korea's Kim oversees test of high-thrust engine: state media

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the ground test of an upgraded rocket engine, state media reported on Sunday, marking another key step in its weapons programme.

France 24 - World News

2026-03-29 01:09:11 (21 hours ago)

North Korea tests high-thrust engine for missile capable of striking US mainland

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un oversaw a test of a high-thrust, solid-fuel engine for weapons and hailed it as a development to boost the country’s strategic military capability, state media reported Sunday. Analysts said the test signalled efforts to place multiple warheads on a single missile capable of reaching the United States mainland.

The Guardian - World News

2026-03-29 01:00:48 (21 hours ago)

My mom, the cult leader: ‘She told us what to wear, when to pray, how we would have sex. We were prisoners’

Deborah Green was a charismatic woman who established a ‘free love ministry’ in California, claiming to be a vessel for God. She was also a controlling, cruel sadist. Her daughter Sarah talks about her terrifying upbringing – and dramatic escape

Sarah Green realised things weren’t right in the religious community where she was raised when her mother forced three of its members to live in a locked shed. All three were women, disowned by their husbands, and forced to live off scraps of food. Her mother, Deborah Green, said they had been judged by God and this was their punishment. One of the women, an old family friend called Maura, was made to wear a white sackcloth dress and renamed Forsaken. The other two women were renamed Barren and Despised.

Sarah is a strong, striking woman with a keen sense of irony and a joyous cackle of a laugh. But now she’s in tears. “I felt sickened to my gut. Even though I’d been groomed and my mom told me, ‘I’m God’s oracle, so therefore I hear what God wants for everybody, and this is what they have to go through because they’re sinning’, it didn’t make sense to me.” She sniffs back her tears. “Sorry, I’m getting emotional. So when they locked the people in the shed, I’d sneak them food. I just didn’t understand why Maura, who was part of our membership, had kids, all of a sudden was being forced to live like an animal and do the most degrading things. I didn’t understand why.” Sarah is wailing, as if she’s been transported back to the little girl she was at the time. “What had she done? I didn’t see anything, and I grew up around them. So from that moment you lived in fear, because you could be the next person on the chopping block.” Sarah eventually discovered that Maura’s sin was that she had refused to beat her children.

The Guardian - World News

2026-03-29 01:00:47 (21 hours ago)

The OnlyFans inheritance: how its owner’s death could reshape the porn money-making machine

Leonid Radvinsky’s widow has been left with a crucial role in deciding what happens to the business that made her husband a billionaire

Yekaterina Chudnovsky, online biographies say, is a mother-of-four who “enjoys spending time with her family and teaching them the importance of giving back and helping others”. They add that Ukrainian-born Chudnovsky, known as Katie, finds sanctuary in walks on the beach.

In interviews, Chudnovsky has spoken warmly about her commitment to philanthropy, her dedication to support cancer research and her work as a lawyer for an unnamed global technology firm. Pornography is never mentioned.

The Guardian - World News

2026-03-29 01:00:47 (21 hours ago)

A new Austen drama made me wonder: is the fate of bookish young women really so different today? | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

The Other Bennett Sister reminded me of my own self-consciousness – and worry that girls still have to play down their cleverness

To be a clever, bookish teenage girl is to spend a certain amount of time standing on the sidelines, feeling invisible to boys. When I was at school, there seemed to be a natural division: you could be smart or pretty, but you could not be both. Of course, there were girls who were indeed both, but they either intentionally dumbed themselves down or spent an inordinate amount of time trying to make themselves beautiful. (Perhaps other schools and other early-2000s teenagehoods were different, but that was the reality of mine.)

The Other Bennet Sister – a new BBC costume adaptation of Janice Hadlow’s 2020 novel telling the story of Mary, the intelligent, bespectacled, painfully shy sister to Pride and Prejudice heroine Lizzy – sent me right back to that awkward age. That’s how vividly it conjures the extreme lack of confidence that can come from being sidelined, whether by one’s peers or, as in Mary’s case, one’s own mother. Watching Ella Bruccoleri’s excellent performance reunited me with those awful feelings of shyness and exclusion, of walking with your head down in the hope that no one notices you. “Why do you walk like that?” I remember a popular, vivacious girl in my year asking me, not unkindly. She couldn’t comprehend what it meant to walk with such a lack of confidence. I wished I could borrow even a pinch of hers.

Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett is a Guardian columnist and author of Female, Nude

ABC News - International News

2026-03-29 00:47:56 (21 hours ago)

North Korea conducts engine test for missile capable of targeting US mainland

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has observed a test of a high-thrust, solid-fuel engine for weapons

RT News - World News

2026-03-29 00:39:55 (22 hours ago)

US prepares for ‘weeks‘ of ground raids in Iran – WaPo

The US is reportedly preparing options for limited ground operations in Iran, including raids on Kharg Island and near the Strait of Hormuz
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Times of India

2026-03-29 00:39:39 (22 hours ago)

Saudi Arabia issues unified helpline '992' for expired visa queries of stranded visitors unable to exit amid regional crisis

Saudi Arabia's passport directorate now offers a single helpline, 992, for visa status queries, especially for those expiring by February 25, 2026. This comes as a relief measure for stranded visitors, with an April 18, 2026 deadline for extensions or departure. Act now to avoid penalties.

Al Jazeera - Top Stories

2026-03-29 00:34:31 (22 hours ago)

What happens in the occupied West Bank under the shadow of the Iran war

Since Israel went to war with Iran, settler violence in the occupied West Bank has surged.