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

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 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

The Independent

 Desperate hands clutched at Ali Elwan's arms, legs and neck, and screams misted his ears, as he spat out saltwater and fought for three hours to keep afloat in the night, dozens of miles from land.Although a poor swimmer, he lived — one of just 104 survivors from the wreck of a dilapidated old metal fishing boat smuggling up to 750 migrants from North Africa to Europe.“I was so, so lucky,” the 30-year-old Egyptian told The Associated Press in Athens, Greece, where he works odd jobs while he waits to hear the outcome of his asylum application. “I have...

One year later, migrants who cheated death off Greece seek justice and struggle to cope with life

Faced with financial pressures, Ruth Harrison and Dan Phillips moved from the US to Ecuador in hope of a peaceful retirement. Here’s what actually happened.

They left the US for Ecuador for a better life. Then the country was plunged into a state of emergency

At least 16 people have been killed in an air strike on a school in the Gaza Strip, Palestinian officials have said. Dozens more were injured in the attack on the building which was sheltering displaced people at Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, according to the Hamas-run health ministry.

Shock and horror at scene of Gaza blast

The chief organiser of a religious gathering in northern India where 121 people were killed in a crush has surrendered to police, his lawyer says. The incident in Uttar Pradesh state last week is one of the deadliest such disasters in the country in more than a decade. Nearly all...

India event organiser arrested after fatal crush

Anywhere else in South America, a nondescript house with buckets of coca leaves soaking in liquid could be mistaken for a clandestine cocaine lab.But this is La Paz, Bolivia, and the fruity aroma of coca steeping in barrels signals that you've arrived at the government-authorized El Viejo Roble distillery, which for years has been making liquor from coca leaves and is now gearing up to launch a new coca-infused beer.It remains questionable whether Bolivia can persuade the world to accept the hardy green leaf best known beyond its borders as the main ingredient of cocaine. But a recent landmark decision...

Beer made from the cocaine plant is creating a buzz in Bolivia. Will the rest of the world buy it?

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 Mirror US

Badajoz is the capital of the Province of Badajoz in Extremadura, Spain, and is located on the left bank of the river Guadiana, 3.7 miles from the Portuguese border

Beautiful Spanish city just 3.7 miles from the Portugal border with barely any tourists

Human bones dated to more than 1,000 years old have been discovered at The Old Bell Hotel.

Thousand-year-old skeletons found in hotel garden

TheDailyBeast

Two Italian men were arrested on Friday after they were accused of splitting up—and then raping—two American women, according to local media reports.Police told Corriere Del Mezzogiorno that the two men rode up to the women while on a scooter as the women tried to use a cigarette vending machine in Syracuse, a city in Sicily. As the men pretended to offer their help to the women, both of whom were in the country to study, they conspired to separate the two.Eventually, the two men succeeded, according to police. One woman was allegedly assaulted near a marina, while another was allegedly abducted to a home and raped there. Both women reported their attacks to police on Thursday, and the men were taken into custody on Friday.According to ANSA, the suspects were arrested on charges of aggravated sexual assault.The identities of those involved have not been released, though Rai claims the men are originally from Syracuse.The attack came months after a Canadian woman was raped in Palermo, Sicily’s largest city. U.S. State Department currently has a level two travel advisory for Italy, warning against potential terrorist attacks.  Read more at The Daily Beast.

Two U.S. Women Raped in Shocking Ordeal in Sicily: Reports

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The weather is heating up, and many Virginians enjoy a soft drink to cool off. If you will be drinking a glass of soda pop at a restaurant, you should know that there has been a recall.

Four soft drinks that are sold in restaurants have been recalled due to the ingredients

Assisted dying campaigner Antonya Cooper, has died, says her family after she admitted helping end her son's life.

Mum who ended life of terminally ill son dies

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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

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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexican security officials found the bodies of 19 men piled into the back of a truck, the local prosecutor's office said late on Monday, with the victims allegedly linked to a gunfight between a Guatemalan criminal gang and Mexico's powerful Sinaloa cartel.

In Mexico, 19 bodies found in truck as violence spreads in southern state

A twice-stolen painting by Italian Renaissance master Titian, which was once found in a plastic bag at a bus stop in London, sold for $22.3 million at auction on Tuesday.

Tiny Titian masterpiece once found at London bus stop sells for over $22 million

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

Bigger fines for parents over avoidable school absences

ROME (Reuters) - A rescue ship funded by British street artist Banksy has been grounded at port for 20 days for ignoring migrant disembarkation orders from Italian authorities, the charity running the vessel said on Wednesday. The Louise Michel ship had been told to take 37 people rescued at sea...

Banksy-Funded Migrant Rescue Ship Blocked by Italian Authorities

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How fetching water is holding back India's women

Fetching drinking water is a gruelling daily routine for millions of women in India. Even without enduring the scorching summer months or the freezing winters, they...

How fetching water is holding back India's women

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