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JD Vance sure does take a lot of vacations
Daily Kos
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August 10, 2025
Considering he’s President Donald Trump’s right-hand man, Vice President JD Vance sure does have a lot of downtime to travel the world and go on luxurious vacations. On Friday, the vice president hopped across the pond with his family in tow to...
British holidaymakers in Spain or Italy face £5K fine on return for one thing
Chronicle Live
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August 10, 2025
British holidaymakers returning from popular European destinations such as Spain, Italy, and Greece could face significant fines or even prosecution for making a simple mistake. The new laws that have been introduced impact many common items...
Greenland’s ice sheet split open by massive hidden flood
Muser Press
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August 9, 2025
Summary: A massive subglacial flood beneath Greenland’s ice sheet burst to the surface with enough force to fracture the ice – a rare event that scientists say could change how we model ice sheet dynamics. Detailed in Nature Geoscience, the study...
British tourists returning from Spain and Italy risk £5k fine over one surprising thing
Daily Express
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August 9, 2025
British holidaymakers returning from European holiday hotspots like Spain, Italy, and Greece, could face huge fines or even prosecution for making a simple mistake. The UK Government previously introduced a temporary restriction on bringing meat...
From Newark to Nuuk
Times Leader - Pennsylvania
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August 9, 2025
Kingston man aboard inaugural U.S. to Greenland flight Colorfully painted houses add a bright element to the landscape in Greenland. Photo Courtesy Richard Yelen A person costumed as a polar bear playfully ‘attacks’ Richard Yelen as he is about to...
JD Vance's UK vacation risks turning tourist hotspot into ‘Disneyland’ as locals divided
Irish Star
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August 9, 2025
Donald Trump's vice-president, JD Vance, is gearing up for a swanky holiday among the elite "Chipping Norton Set" in the Cotswolds, where he and his family will nestle into a Grade II-listed manor house for a few weeks. Vance is slated to spend...
JD Vance's Cotswolds summer holiday has turned local area into 'Disneyland'
Gloucestershire Live
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August 9, 2025
14:00, 09 Aug 2025Updated 14:56, 09 Aug 2025 The latest holiday for Donald Trump's vice-president JD Vance, will see him rubbing shoulders with the so-called "Chipping Norton Set". The politician and his family are settling down for a couple of...
The exact location of every mobile speed camera in Wales this month
SwanseaOnline
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August 9, 2025
GoSafe operates marked vans and motorcycles spread throughout towns and cities all year round. Wales' road casualty reduction partnership, the vehicles are manned by fully-trained police staff or police officers who monitor the speed of vehicles...
Hidden lake explodes under the Greenland ice sheet, creating a massive crater
Earth.com
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A hidden lake beneath the Greenland ice sheet at Harder Glacier suddenly burst from deep beneath the ice. The water exploded upwards, cracked the thick ice above, and shot out across the surface. In just ten days, the lake released 23.8 billion...
Premier pushing for national holiday for 250-year anniversary of freedom in EE/LL
Virgin Islands News Online
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GREENLAND, Tortola, VI- Premier and Minister of Finance Dr the Honourable Natalio D. Wheatley (R7) has said that the 250-year anniversary of the manumission of the people of Nothingham Estate will be celebrated in grand style, including with a...
UK travellers warned not to buy these items in duty free or face £5,000 fines
Daily Mail
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August 6, 2025
By HAYLEY MINN, DEPUTY TRAVEL EDITOR Published: 07:03 EDT, 6 August 2025 | Updated: 07:28 EDT, 6 August 2025 Many Brits will be heading off to the likes of Spain, France, Italy and Greece this summer. But those who are planning to travel to Europe...
Greenland Ice Shattered as Subglacial Flood Unleashes “Explosive Force” in Terrifying Global Climate Crisis Affecting Millions
Sustainability Times
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August 3, 2025
IN A NUTSHELL 🌊 A massive subglacial flood in Greenland erupted in 2014, fracturing the ice sheet and challenging traditional models of ice dynamics. 🛰️ Researchers used satellite data to track the event, revealing the power of subglacial water to...
23 Billion Gallons of Water Burst Through Greenland’s Melting Ice Sheet
VICE
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August 4, 2025
A recently published study describes a 2014 event in which scientists observed something they had not even known was possible: a massive flood from a subglacial lake bursting through Greenland’s ice sheet. This icy geyser wasn’t supposed to exist....
The after-vacation blues: How to get through the slump
Anchorage Daily News - Alaska
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(iStock / Getty Images) Question: Three hours after my red-eye landed Monday morning, I arrived at the office and booted up my computer. Unfortunately, my brain didn’t boot up with it. I’m just not ready for my inbox to glare at me with 247 unread...
Business Travel+Leisure August Has 7 Major Astronomical Events Including Meteor Showers and a Mercury Sighting
Yahoo News
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August 2025 Astronomical Calendar Aug. 7-8: ETA Eridanids peaks Aug. 9: Full Sturgeon Moon Aug. 11: The Moon and Saturn Tango Aug. 11-13: Venus Joins Jupiter Aug. 12-13: Perseid Meteor Shower Peaks Aug. 19: Optimal Mercury Viewing Aug. 26:...
More People Given Summonses For Camping On City, Private Property Around Concord: Police Log
Patch
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August 1, 2025
CONCORD, NH — Cassie L. Marcoux, born in 1981, of Concord, received a summons at 3:51 a.m. on July 21, 2025, on a camping restricted violation. Also cited was Kenneth D. Sarpi Jr., born in 1998, of Concord, on a camping restricted violation. They...
How to spend a five-day holiday in the beautifully isolated Faroe Islands
The Independent (U.S.)
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August 1, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Cryolite: Greenland's forgotten icy mineral
North of 60 Mining News
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July 31, 2025
Carved into the granite shores of southwest Greenland, a now-silent pit once supplied the world's only commercial source of a mineral that advanced chemistry and revolutionized aluminum production – and would later shape the outcome of both World...
Huge hidden flood bursts through Greenland ice sheet surface
Geographical
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July 31, 2025
The terminus of Hisinger Glacier, Dickson Fiord, Northeast Greenland National Park. Image: Jane Rix/Shutterstock By Victoria Heath For the first time, a huge flood, triggered by the rapid draining of a lake beneath the Greenland ice sheet,...
How the ‘center of Oregon’ turned a rural cattle pasture into a tourist attraction
OregonLive.com
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July 31, 2025
In a remote part of Crook County, Bonnieview Ranch manager Lonny Carter unlocked a gate and led me to the middle of a pasture. There, he pointed to a metal disk, just a few inches across, embedded in a concrete block on the ground. “This is a...