Israel police operation takes unexpected turn when officers stumble upon ancient burial cave – New York Post

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  1. Israel police operation takes unexpected turn when officers stumble upon ancient burial cave  New York Post
  2. Police operation takes unexpected turn when officers stumble upon ancient burial cave  Fox News
  3. How archaeology became another fault line in East Jerusalem’s Silwan neighborhood  arabnews.jp
  4. Ancient Burial Cave Discovered Beneath Jerusalem Opens Window Into Time of Jesus  Charisma Magazine Online
  5. Police were searching for suspects in Jerusalem. They found a 2,000-year-old burial cave instead  Unpacked
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US campaign to isolate Iran closes in on Dubai – Financial Times

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  1. US campaign to isolate Iran closes in on Dubai  Financial Times
  2. A Walk Around Dubai Shows No Signs of Trump’s ‘D-Day’ for Iran  WSJ
  3. Washington’s economic war on Iran starts in Dubai, not Beijing  Iran International
  4. Why Trump is pushing the UAE to cut off Iran’s dirty money  The Times
  5. Retaliating Without Becoming an Open Belligerent: The UAE’s Calibrated Response to Iran  Small Wars Journal
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6 months on, Iran’s leaders are defying the US and signaling no tolerance for dissent – AP News

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  1. 6 months on, Iran’s leaders are defying the US and signaling no tolerance for dissent  AP News
  2. After 6 months of war, Iran's battered regime remains entrenched  NPR
  3. 6 months in, Iran's leaders are defying the U.S. and signaling no tolerance for dissent  PBS
  4. For Trump, the Iran War Is Stuck Between Combat and Genuine Peace  The New York Times
  5. Six months into the Iran war, Iranian Americans remain divided over what comes next  CNN
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Statins can safely cut risk of heart attacks or strokes in healthy people aged over 70, world-first clinical trial shows

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Australian-led trial finds low risk of side effects from common cholesterol-lowering medication for otherwise healthy older people

Taking a common cholesterol-lowering medication can reduce the risk of a heart attack or stroke for people aged over 70, with a low risk of serious side effects, a world-first clinical trial led by Australian researchers has found.

Statins are already commonly prescribed to people under the age of 75 who meet certain risk criteria, such as having diabetes and high cholesterol, to prevent them from having a major heart event such as a heart attack, stroke, or from requiring heart surgery.

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Risk of lake burst near China-Nepal disaster site wanes – Reuters

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  1. Risk of lake burst near China-Nepal disaster site wanes  Reuters
  2. Tibet Mudslide Engulfs Complex at China’s Gateway to Nepal  Bloomberg.com
  3. Chinese rescue workers reach border crossing destroyed by Himalayan flood  Financial Times
  4. China Offers Condolences to Nepal While Emphasizing Disaster Began There  The New York Times
  5. China-Nepal floods: police officer filmed guiding people away from border post  South China Morning Post
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Plug-in solar panels could save households up to $370 a year – if Australia made them legal as in the UK

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A plug-in solar kit that costs about $1,000 ‘pays for itself in three years’, one expert says

Millions of Australians could be saving up to $370 a year on energy bills and doing their bit for the climate crisis if Labor followed the UK’s lead in legalising plug-in solar panels, an advocacy group has said.

Plug-in solar refers to small standalone solar units that could be attached to balconies or used in back yards and plugged into power points, offsetting the energy used by household appliances.

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‘Winter panic’: EU gas stores at their lowest level in 13 years

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As one of Europe’s biggest consumers of gas the UK may be particularly exposed to heightened price volatility

Europe is on course to enter the cooler months with gas stores at their lowest level in 13 years, which has triggered “winter panic” among energy traders, experts have warned.

The EU’s gas stocks were 63% full in the last week of August, well below the 80% average for late August over recent years and among the lowest levels ever recorded for this time of year.

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