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100-year-old Royal Air Force veteran will join UK memorial service for the first time.
Michael Woods will join thousands of veterans as they march past Cenotaph war memorial in London .
Woods, a mechanic who kept Lancaster bombers flying during World War II , left RAF in 1947 .
He changed his mind after he connected with other ex-service members through Blind Veterans UK .
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The 74-foot Norway spruce was driven into Manhattan 's Center Plaza , where it was hoisted in place by a crane.
It will take 5 miles of light strands with more than 50,000 multicolored LED bulbs to wrap the tree.
The towering conifer, donated by the Albert family in West Stockbridge , Massachusetts , was cut down Thursday morning and loaded onto a flatbed truck.
It is the first Rockefeller Center Christmas tree to come from Massachusetts since 1959 .
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The Elizabeth Emblem will be given to the next of kin of more than 30 deceased firefighters, police officers and public servants.
Among those honoured are PC Fiona Bone and PC Nicola Hughes , who were killed in an ambush in 2012 .
The award was announced earlier this year following a two year campaign by Nicola 's father, Bryn Hughes .
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Harvard University scientists say Mars ' magnetic field may have survived 200 million years longer than thought.
Without its global magnetic field, Mars could not ward off the solar wind that began stripping away its atmosphere, including the Red Planet's water, and shield the surface from harmful cosmic rays.
This had significant repercussions for the potential life on ancient Mars , which overlaps into the era when the surface became covered in water.
If the magnetic field didn't disappear until later, then atmospheric loss also began later, which could mean that scientists' timeline of the changing conditions on Mars might need a slight revamp. The new findings were published in August in the journal Nature Communications . Originally posted on Space.com ..
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Bo, an 18-month-old bloodhound, has won the American Humane Hero Dog Awards for 2024 .
Bo is a K-9 officer with the Gastonia Police Department in North Carolina .
The bloodhound uses his powerful nose to track down missing people, including children and seniors.
Bo and four other finalists will be honored at the 14th Annual Hero Dogs Awards and Gala in Palm Beach , Florida .
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Queen Camilla has a chest infection and will miss the UK ’s annual Remembrance Sunday events.
The wife of King Charles III was due to join the royal family at a Festival of Remembrance’ at London ’s Royal Albert Hall on Saturday night .
The 77-year-old was also scheduled to honor the war dead at the Remembrance .
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The Lil’wat Nation, near Mount Currie , north of Whistler , killed two grizzly bears.
The bears were born in February 2023 in the Upper Lillooet River Basin.
The Conservation Officer Service had previously recommended killing the male bear and relocating the female bear with a collar, but both bears were ultimately killed.
The Lilwat Nation hopes to continue to work together with Coast to Cascade .
The First Nation said it is working on finding a way to move forward.
“We all have a responsibility to recreating a balance in our relationship to the bears of our area,” Nelson said.
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Russia has destroyed over 1,000 cultural heritage sites in Ukraine , including those under the protection of UNESCO .
UNESCO confirmed the damage to 457 sites, including 143 religious sites, 231 buildings of historical or artistic interest, 32 museums, 33 monuments, 17 libraries, and one archive.
Russia has partially destroyed the city of Chersonesus , an ancient Greek colony founded over 2,500 years ago .
Bakhchysarai Palace or Khan 's Palace , listed on UNESCO Tentative World Heritage List , is the only preserved example of Crimean Tatar palace architecture worldwide.
Russian forces had been destroying the Khan 's palace, calling it "repair and restoration work" Russia has blocked attempts by Ukrainian authorities and activists to allow specialists and UNESCO monitoring mission to participate in the restoration.
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A Tennessee woman shot a vervet monkey she said tried to attack her.
The monkey later died from its wounds at the Chattanooga Zoo .
The woman said she recently had hip surgery and tried to get away from the monkey.
Ownership of exotic pets has jumped in recent years , according to research conducted by the International Fund for Animal Welfare .
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Apple 's iOS 18.1 update adds Siri -powered editing tools to the iPhone .
The Clean Up tool in Photos lets you remove distracting objects or stray people from a photo with a tap.
Photos is an easier app to navigate with Apple Intelligence , and Photos is vastly improved.
iOS 182 introduces a new organization to your inbox, splitting your inbox into different categories.
Apple has big plans for Siri , as it uses Apple Intelligence to make its digital assistant smarter.
Eventually, the plan is for Siri to be aware of what's on your iPhone screen, put that information in context and form responses based on that information.
iOS 18.2 looks like a crucial step forward by adding ChatGPT integration to Apple 's digital assistant.