When Masoom Ali Shaikh arrived in Mumbai in 1974 as a young man from northern India, the patch of land where he set up shop was “just a creek with no proper road and garbage all around,” he said.

One of the world’s richest men wants to transform India’s biggest slum

The Atlantic

It could bring water to parched land—but scientists aren’t sure it’s worth the risk.

India Is Building a Mega-River

Torrential rains and surging rivers across northeast India and neighbouring Bangladesh have killed at least nine people, disaster officials said Thursday, with more than three million people affected. In low-lying Bangladesh, downstream from India, the disaster management agency said floods had impacted around 1.8 million people.

Floods kill nine in India and Bangladesh, millions affected

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The FBI has seen a rise in scams targeting timeshare owners. In this kind of scam, criminals con these part-time property owners into shelling out hefty sums of cash, all under false pretenses related to their timeshare properties.

FBI warns that Mexican cartels are targeting Americans with timeshare scams

The Associated Press

ROME (AP) — Sixty-four people were missing at sea after a shipwreck off the Italian southern coast on Monday, while 11 were rescued and taken ashore to a Calabrian town, United Nations’ agencies said in a statement. In a separate shipwreck, rescue workers found 10 bodies of suspected...

At least 11 people died and 64 are missing after 2 ships sink off the coast of southern Italy

The former nurse, 34, attempted to murder the premature baby by dislodging her breathing tube.

Lucy Letby sentenced to 15th whole life term

The vehicle careered off the road in a 40mph zone, broke through a fence and crashed into a gym.

Fatal 100mph crash dad was 'begged to stop'

Gray to Sunny Day was founded in 2022 by Darina Gray to build memories and experiences for families.

Cancer charity is mother's 'lasting legacy'

The US-Mexico water crisis is highlighting the immense difficulties of navigating how to share shrinking water resources in a hotter, drier world.

A water war is looming between Mexico and the US. Neither side will win

The Independent

 A landslide triggered by torrential rains crashed onto an unauthorized gold mining operation on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island, killing at least 11 people, officials said Monday. Nineteen others were reported missing.About 35 villagers were digging for grains of gold on Sunday in a pit at the small traditional gold mine in remote Bone Bolango district in Gorontalo province when tons of mud plunged down the surrounding hills and buried them, said Afifuddin Ilahude, Gorontalo’s Search and Rescue Agency spokesperson.He said rescuers saved five injured people on Sunday and had recovered 11 bodies by Monday. Rescuers are still searching for 19...

Landslide triggered by torrential rain kills 11 people at illegal gold mine in Indonesia; 19 missing

New York Post

A Chilean actor was found dead inside his Airbnb vacation rental in Colombia and his family is looking for answers after he was last seen alive with two women he met on Tinder.

The naked body of Alex Araya, 42, was discovered lying face down in bed inside the Medellín rental by a cleaner on June 7, according to the Chilean news publication La Tercera. 

The actor’s family later learned of his death in the news and have been trying to piece together what happened since then, his brother Eduardo Araya told the outlet. 



The night before he was found dead, Alex...

Chilean actor Alex Araya found dead in Colombia after Tinder date with two women

The US Sun

A BRITISH woman gang-raped on the streets of Paris after a music festival may have been filmed by her attackers, investigators fear. The tourist was found sobbing in the street in the early hours of Saturday morning after she was assaulted by a gang of hooded men. It follows similar attacks at the event in […]

Brit tourist ‘gang-raped in street by hooded men who filmed attack on their phones as she walked home’ in lawless Paris

Two teenagers have died after the motorbike they were on crashed, police have said. Durham Police said it happened on Middridge Road close to the Rushyford roundabout near Newton Aycliffe at about noon on Friday. A force spokeswoman said it was "believed" the pair, who a local councillor said were...

Two teenagers killed in motorbike crash

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Every year, new laws that were passed the prior year go into effect on July 1. In 2024, a number of new laws will begin this Monday. Among them include higher wages for tipped employees, a gas tax increase, and driver's licenses for undocumented immigrants.

New Laws July 1: Driver's Licenses for Undocumented Migrants, Raises for Tipped Workers, and More

A man is in hospital with “critical” injuries after a car crash in West Sussex. Surrey Police said the driver of a Vauxhall Astra was taken to hospital after the single-vehicle crash in Copthorne Bank, Copthorne, at about 20:15 BST on Saturday. Copthorne sits close to the border...

Man in critical condition after car crash

Two friends from Kent say they are traumatised after witnessing the death of a Romanian tourist during a mountain safari in Turkey. Faith O'Neill and Cheryl Morris, from Northfleet, near Gravesend, say they were offered no support after the incident on a tour in Alanya. Contstantin Butnarescu, 32, a Romanian...

Tourists traumatised after witnessing safari death

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NEWARK, N.J. – Eight individuals associated with the "793 Bloods" street gang, a subset of the national Bloods gang, have been charged for their roles in a Newark-based drug trafficking organization, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced.

Eight '793 Bloods' Gang Members Charged in Newark Drug Network

Derby City Council said the "financial picture has improved" at Ashgate Nursery School.

Discussions planned to ensure nursery remains open

A Kenyan coastal region has seen a spate of murders, supposedly over witchcraft but really over land.

Accused of witchcraft then murdered for land

The increased fines are part of a new England-wide policy, Barnsley Council says.

Bigger fines for parents over avoidable school absences

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How fetching water is holding back India's women

Indian women and girls nearly always collect water for families - leaving them no time to...

How fetching water is holding back India's women

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