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• Can you repeat that? Hearing trouble more obvious with masks

  24-11-2020 18:27 via article.wn.com
  Read full article 1/8 Virus Outbreak-Trouble Hearing Nurse Teri Wheat poses for a photo in Fort Worth, Texas, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020. As Wheat recently made her rounds at a Texas maternity ward, she began to realize she was having a hard time understanding the new mothers who were wearing masks due to the coronavirus pandemic. Hearing specialists across the U.S. say they have seen an uptick in visits from people like Wheat, who only realized how much they relied on lip reading and facial expres
  
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• Cyprus ferry survivors describe terror on sinking ship as others drowned around them

  31-08-2026 11:15 via independent.co.uk
  
  ‘We saw and witnessed a family’s children, boys and girls, very young children, drowning’
  
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• Headline Newds: Meet the OnlyFans stars taking on climate change

  31-08-2026 11:13 via independent.co.uk
  
  As extreme temperatures of 40C or more appear to become the norm, a group of filmmakers have taken an unorthodox approach to raising awareness
  
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• Trump says ‘Canada thinks they’re a state’ as he defends bitter trade war with US neighbor

  31-08-2026 10:43 via independent.co.uk
  
  President Donald Trump argues northern ally should not expect favorable treatment after tariff hikes
  
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• Trump claims Iran’s key Kharg Island is being ‘blown to smithereens’ in AI video post

  31-08-2026 10:15 via independent.co.uk
  
  The strategically-important Kharg Island handles around 90 per cent of Iran’s oil exports
  
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• Thailand issues prostitution warning as 5,000 US sailors arrive in tourist town after 200 days at sea

  31-08-2026 09:56 via independent.co.uk
  
  The USS Abraham Lincoln will dock at Thailand's resort city of Pattaya where prostitution is legal
  
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• Sydney shark attack survivor says punching great white saved her life: ‘It was like fighting a dinosaur’

  31-08-2026 09:46 via independent.co.uk
  
  Leah Stewart, who lost her arm in attack at Coogee Beach in June, said thoughts of her daughter drove her to fight the animal
  
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• Another town falls on Ukraine’s ‘fortress belt’ as Russia creeps closer

  31-08-2026 09:19 via independent.co.uk
  
  Druzhkivka lies on the road linking strategic towns and cities known as the ‘fortress belt’
  
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• Donald Trump issues chilling 4-word threat as WW3 fears soar

  31-08-2026 09:15 via express.co.uk
  The US leader says Iran should never develop nuclear weapons.
  
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• Forecasters give update on Tropical Storm Karina as it strengthens into a hurricane in the Pacific

  31-08-2026 09:07 via independent.co.uk
  
  Karina could causes swells likely to cause dangerous surf and rip current conditions along parts of southwest Mexico and the Baja California Peninsula
  
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• Gruesome new details emerge as couple found dead in jacuzzi in Valencia

  31-08-2026 09:04 via express.co.uk
  They were discovered by their two children.
  
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• Family who won £42m EuroMillions jackpot change 3,000 people's lives

  31-08-2026 08:55 via express.co.uk
  A family who won a whopping €50 million on the EuroMillions lottery in 2009 have generously been spending their fortune on their entire town ever since
  
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• Brave mum recalls punching 'monster' shark in face during horror attack

  31-08-2026 08:28 via express.co.uk
  The mum-of-one said she doesn't want to be remembered as that girl who got mauled at the beach, but instead as the woman who punched a shark in the face.
  
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• Body of 46-year-old man recovered as 15 people remain missing after Grand Canyon flash floods

  31-08-2026 08:18 via independent.co.uk
  
  Helicopter teams have searched the area for missing people after dozens rescued
  
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• Mount Everest isn't world's tallest mountain - it's a hidden peak in USA

  31-08-2026 08:00 via express.co.uk
  Most of us have been taught that Mt Everest in Nepal is the world's tallest mountain - but there's a hidden mountain in Hawaii, USA, that's 1.4km taller.
  
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• Donald Trump posts strange video of Iran's Kharg Island 'being blown to smithereens'

  31-08-2026 07:56 via express.co.uk
  US President Donald Trump has shared an AI-generated video depicting Iran's Kharg Island oil export hub being detonated
  
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• Kyrenia ferry LIVE: Cyprus horror as ferry carrying 270 people capsizes - eight dead

  31-08-2026 07:53 via express.co.uk
  A rescue operation is underway.
  
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• Ukraine-Russia war latest: Moscow vows ‘massive strikes’ as missile attack on Belgorod kills two

  31-08-2026 07:22 via independent.co.uk
  
  The Kremlin accused Ukraine of pursuing a ‘path of escalation’ and vowed retaliation
  
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• Bessent heads to the G20 to rally allies on Iran as tariffs strain ties

  31-08-2026 06:18 via independent.co.uk
  
  U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent wants to rally the world's largest economies this week
  
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• Iran-US war latest: Tehran strikes US bases in Jordan after Trump hits Larak Island in first attack in weeks

  31-08-2026 05:53 via independent.co.uk
  
  Trump shares AI footage of what he claims is Iran’s Kharg Island ‘being blown to smithereens’
  
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• Putin’s ‘walls are closing in’ as inner cicle turns on Russia leader over Ukraine war

  31-08-2026 04:33 via express.co.uk
  "Russia is in a very bad place at the moment," Director General of the Estonian Foreign Intelligence Service, Kaupo Rosin, said.
  
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• Survivor of Nepal flood disaster speaks out as 48 Britons missing at Tibet border

  31-08-2026 04:21 via express.co.uk
  Cara Severino, 26, is the only one of the few missing foreign nationals found alive after floodwaters ravaged the Nepal-Tibet border
  
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• Trump returns from golf club to gripe on Truth Social about Kennedy Center judge and ‘VANDALS’

  31-08-2026 03:05 via independent.co.uk
  
  Two of the president’s signature renovation projects are in a state of limbo
  
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• Dubai residents sent 'security threat' warning as Iran launches attack

  31-08-2026 01:24 via express.co.uk
  Explosions were also heard in neighbouring in Qatar as the IRGC launches a wave of ballistic missiles, according to reports
  
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• 15 people may be missing after ‘significant’ Grand Canyon flash flooding

  31-08-2026 01:05 via independent.co.uk
  
  Helicopter teams have searched the area for missing people after dozens rescued
  
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• Trump demands all Canadian companies doing business with the US move to America ‘immediately’

  31-08-2026 00:00 via independent.co.uk
  
  Trump’s rebranding of Lake Ontario was just the beginning of multi-day effort to provoke Canada
  
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• Lake Ontario now called Lake America on Google Maps for US users after Trump ordered name change

  31-08-2026 00:00 via independent.co.uk
  
  Google says it has updated its maps application to rename Lake Ontario as “Lake America” for users in the United States
  
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• Nicolás Maduro’s jail cell photos have everyone asking the same question

  30-08-2026 23:47 via independent.co.uk
  
  Maduro and his wife were charged with conspiracy to commit narco-terrorism and import cocaine into the US
  
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• Eight killed after ferry capsizes off northern Cyprus, as captain and crew members ‘taken into custody’

  30-08-2026 23:08 via independent.co.uk
  
  Ferry left the port of Kyrenia, a popular tourist destination, on Sunday morning - but capsized within minutes
  
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• Parkgoers flee in terror as mass shooting leaves one dead and 13 wounded

  30-08-2026 22:39 via independent.co.uk
  
  Police were trying to break up a large gathering when the shooting began
  
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