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Donald Trump’s US-Mexico wall will spell disaster for local wildlife
Donald Trump's proposed US-Mexico border wall could devastate surroundings wildlife, according to experts. Conservation biologists at The University of Texas at Austin found that a border wall could harm endangered plants and animals - and destroy the region's growing ecotourism industry. The scientists examined what would happen if more of Texas' roughly 1,200 miles of border with Mexico were to be walled off. Many miles of new barriers are set to be built on federal lands, most of which are...
Journalist crushed to death as “deliberately” mowed down by truck after exposing alleged political and mafia links to mining
The family of tragic Sandeep Sharma, 35, claim he asked police for protection
Hero drives a blazing fuel tanker away from a petrol station to save a town, leaving a river of flames in his wake.
Sajid Khan, 38, initially ran away but RETURNED to the truck and jumped into the cab.
Watch: moving scenes as hundreds of thousands of students protest gun lobby influence in March For Our Lives
Hundreds of thousands of students marched across the US and in cities across the world to demand an end to school shootings that have occurred on average once a week this year in the United States. 500,000 students were expected in the main march on Washington DC led by pupils of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, Florida, where 17 were shot dead, with sister marches in over 830 cities across the globe. President Trump was not in Washington to hear the...
Historic vote stops internet companies using loophole to sell women and children online for sex
The US Senate just passed an important bill to tackle the loopholes used by internet companies that facilitate ads for sex trafficking. Senators voted yesterday to pass the historic FOSTA-SESTA (Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act). This bill establishes criminal and civil liability for websites that knowingly facilitate sex trafficking, such as by hosting ads and other content linked to a sex-trafficking enterprise. Now it has been passed by both the House of Representatives and the Senate,...
Austin serial bombing suspect blows himself up as police close in
A suspected serial bomber blew himself up in his car as police surrounded him. Texas police have identified the man suspected of being behind a wave of bombings in Austin Texas identified as Mark Anthony Conditt. Detectives are still investigating if the man behind the manhhunt acted alone. Two people have died and five have been injured in teh boimbing spree which started on March 2. “This is the culmination of three very long weeks for our community,” Austin Police...
These shocking burns suffered by Indian woman allegedly doused in acid by husband for giving birth to a baby girl
The victim, Farah Biwi, 25, suffered burns injuries to her face, hands and stomach after her husband Siraj allegedly threw acid over her on March 7
Help these fifty mums and their children with Down’s Syndrome make their touching video go viral:
The mums, part of the Facebook group Designer Genes, were inspired after seeing another carpool karaoke video which was signed with Makaton.
Mueller subpoenas Trump organisation for documents in Russia investigation
For the first time in his probe into Russian interference in the US election, special counsel Robert Mueller has subpoenaed the Trump Organisation for documents. The move brings the net of the investigation ever closer to the President who had warned his FBI chief that meddling in his financial affairs would be crossing a red line. The report that Robert Mueller has asked Donald Trump’s business organisation for documents relating to Russia emerged in teh New York Times. According to...