World
'No more survivors' in India flyover collapse, five detained
Rescue
officials said Friday there are no more survivors trapped under the
rubble of a flyover that collapsed killing at least 25 people, as Indian
police detained five construction company staff over the accident.
Emergency workers using specialist equipment have pulled nearly 100
people out alive from under the huge concrete slabs and metal girders
that fell onto a busy street in the eastern city of Kolkata on Thursday,
crushing cars and pedestrians. Police said they had detained five
employees of IVRCL, the contractor behind the construction project,
which has denied responsibility for the disaster in the capital of West
Bengal state.
AFP
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FacebookActivists decry Nairobi road project after two lions killed
By
Wendell Roelf NAIROBI (Reuters) - A new road and rail project cutting
through a nature reserve on the outskirts of Nairobi threatens wildlife,
livestock and people, conservationists said on Friday, after two lions
were killed this week. Kenyan wildlife rangers shot dead a male lion
named "Mohawk" on Wednesday after it strayed from Nairobi National Park
and attacked and injured a resident. The next day rangers found the body
of another lion outside the reserve, speared to death in a township
south of Nairobi.
Reuters
World
IS threat growing as Turkey focuses on Kurds
As
Turkey pushes its campaign against Kurdish militants linked to the
Kurdistan Workers' Party another deadly foe is gaining momentum — the
Islamic State group. The jihadist network is considered responsible by
Ankara for four out of six suicide attacks in the country since last
summer, the most recent March 12 in Istanbul, where a suicide bombing
killed four tourists on Istikal Street. It was the second time tourists
were targeted in the city, coming just months after a Jan. 12 attack
that killed a dozen German tourists in one of Istanbul's most historic
areas.
Associated Press
U.S.
Raw: Suspected Smugglers Scaling US Border Fence
A
Mexican journalist got some unusual footage when she spotted two
suspected drug smugglers scaling a tall border fence from Mexico into
the U.S. and then promptly climbing back after they realized they were
being filmed. (April 1)
Associated Press Videos
World
Quick-Thinking Kids Point Police Towards Fleeing Burglary Suspects
Two
men have been arrested on burglary charges after being outwitted by
quick-thinking children on an Easter egg hunt. The kids aged between
six and 12 formed the shape of an arrow to point a passing Police
helicopter in the direction of the two thieves. A police helicopter had
been scrambled after reports of a burglary at a building near the
village of Capel.
David Harding
Lifestyle
12 Completely Fantastic Things You Need To Make For Your Garden
It’s
that time of year again where we are all start dusting off our lawn
mowers and jet washing the patio furniture ready for summer. However,
don’t just settle for neatly cut grass when there are SO many other cool
things you can do to transform your garden. Plus, they hardly cost a
thing as all these simple ideas you can do yourself. So there is no
excuse not to make your garden stylish and fun this year.
Sabrina Carder
Lifestyle
April Fools is no joke: China's official news agency Xinhua
April
Fools is no laughing matter, China's official news service intoned
Friday, saying the Western tradition of opening spring with a gag is
un-Chinese. The official news agency Xinhua's stiffly worded post on
micro-blog Weibo declared: "Today is the West's so-called 'April
Fools'".
AFP
World
This Single Murder Trial Tells the Story of Today's Unspoken Epidemic
You
might not have heard of Islan Nettles, the 21-year-old aspiring fashion
designer who was brutally beaten and killed in New York City in 2013.
She was transgender. And her story is bigger than she is.
Here's the deal: She was walking outside with
Mic
World
U.S., Japan, South Korea warn North Korea over 'provocations'
By
Jeff Mason and Matt Spetalnick WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President
Barack Obama joined South Korean President Park Geun-hye and Japanese
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Thursday, vowing to ramp up pressure on
North Korea in response to its recent nuclear and missile tests. Meeting
on the sidelines of a global nuclear security summit in Washington, the
three leaders recommitted their countries to each others' defense and
warned they could take further steps to counter threats from Pyongyang.
Obama held separate talks with President Xi Jinping of China, the
closest North Korea has to an ally, and said they both wanted to see
"full implementation" of the latest United Nations sanctions against
Pyongyang.
Reuters
U.S.
Police ID gunman at Virginia bus terminal as Illinois man
A
34-year-old Illinois man fatally shot a Virginia state trooper at a
busy bus terminal before the gunman was killed by other troopers,
authorities said Friday. Virginia State Police spokeswoman Corinne
Geller identified the shooter as James Brown III, of Aurora, Ill. Police
did not give a motive for the shooting. Brown shot Trooper Chad P.
Dermyer, 37, multiple times Thursday in Richmond before he was killed by
two other troopers, police said.
Associated Press
Technology
This New iPhone Hack Will Save You Tons of Storage — And It's Effortless
While
iPhones are undoubtedly a necessity for most people, they come with a
frustrating crux: a seemingly easy-to-fill storage space. Redditor
eavesdroppingyou discovered that with their 16GB iPhone, if you try and
rent a movie with a large file size, your phone will automatically erase
some erroneous and unnecessary files you don't need. Repeat the process
a few times, and you could free yourself anywhere from 1 GB to 2 GB of
storage space.
Mic
World
Denmark extends ID checks on German border
The
Danish government on Friday extended random identification checks along
the country's German border until May 3, saying they were needed to
deter migrants from entering the country. "The pressure on Europe's
external borders is still high and refugee and migrant flows may rise
significantly when the weather gets better," Integration Minister Inger
Stojberg said in a statement. "It is necessary to extend the border
controls so that we ensure that large groups of refugees and migrants do
not accumulate here in Denmark," she added.
AFP
Technology
iPhone SE may not be able to offset drop in iPhone 6s sales
Apple's
iPhone SE hit stores today, but the company's latest 4-inch iPhone may
not be enough to help offset an overall decline in iPhone sales.
According to a report from Digitimes, iPhone 6s and 6s Plus demand is
far lower than demand for Apple's iPhone 6 models last year. Of course,
declining iPhone sales in 2016 is hardly a surprise.
BGR News
World
UK man convicted of plotting to attack US troops in Britain
A
British delivery driver was convicted Friday of planning to attack
American military personnel in the U.K. with knives or a bomb in a plot
inspired by the Islamic State group. A jury at London's Kingston Crown
Court found Junead Khan guilty of preparing an act of terrorism.
Prosecutors said Khan, who was arrested in July, had exchanged online
messages with a man calling himself Abu Hussain.
Associated Press
Politics
Hillary Clinton to propose $10 billion manufacturing investment
By
Alana Wise WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate
Hillary Clinton on Friday will propose a $10 billion investment in
partnerships to encourage the growth of the U.S. manufacturing sector as
part of a national push to discourage outsourcing in the industry.
Clinton is slated to roll out the proposal on Friday in Syracuse, New
York, ahead of the state's nominating contest on April 19. New York has
long been a hub of the manufacturing industry, but suffered significant
declines in the sector in recent years.
Reuters
World
Hungary says 900 'no-go areas' in Europe
Europe
has more than 900 "no-go areas" with large immigrant populations,
Hungary's government claims on a hard-hitting new website aimed at
drumming up opposition to an EU scheme to share out migrants around the
bloc. Asked for the source of the information, government spokesman
Zoltan Kovacs told AFP on Friday it came from "data publicly available
on the Internet," without giving further details. The website, launched
this week ahead of referendum in Hungary in the second half of the year
on the EU quota plan, also features a ticking clock representing a
migrant entering Europe every 12 seconds.
AFP
Lifestyle
How to Free Up Money to Put Toward Retirement
According
to a recent survey by the TransAmerica Center for Retirement Studies,
61 percent of people currently in their 40s expect to either work past
age 65 or not retire at all. It's no secret that Americans have some
work to do when it comes to saving for retirement. Nearly every
authority in the personal finance and retirement arenas has been touting
the very real need for people to increase the amount of money they are
saving for retirement.
U.S.News & World Report
World
S. Korea says North fired missile, jammed GPS systems
North
Korea fired another short-range missile off its east coast on Friday,
South Korean officials said, as regional leaders met in Washington to
discuss the threat of Pyongyang's nuclear weapons programme. It was the
latest in a series of North Korean missile launches during what has been
an extended period of elevated military tension on the Korean
peninsula, triggered by Pyongyang's fourth nuclear test on January 6.
The launch came as the South Korean coastguard reported that around 70
fishing vessels had been forced back to port after GPS navigation issues
caused by North Korean radio-wave jamming.
AFP
U.S.
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