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Choreographer Darren Pritchard is putting on performances inspired by rent parties from 1920s New York. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2OSked0

An underpass in Pontypridd daubed with racist graffiti has been given a fresh look. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2MBzlKe

One woman's mission to turn the tide on India's polluted waterways by recycling leftover flowers. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2PqwCSv

A coastguard helicopter became a makeshift maternity unit when Torran was born 1,400ft over Penzance. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2nSPVr6

Czechs worry that too many have forgotten the 1968 Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2vY7ieA

Somalia's capital has been described as the world's most dangerous city - but some people there are trying to change that. Mary Harper came to know one of them. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2N9BD00

Heavy rainfall in the southern Indian state has been the worst the region has seen in a century. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2MD1bWy

Bitcoin's price rises and falls wildly, making it high risk. Is there a more stable alternative? from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2L7BGYE

Four Ugandan students have developed a revolutionary way to test for malaria without drawing blood. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2vZUi86

Áurea Vázquez Rijos is accused of hiring a hitman to have her Canadian husband killed in Puerto Rico. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2OQq0f6

Staff, inmates and visitors have described poor conditions at the beleaguered HMP Birmingham. from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2N0EUyM

Rockets fired from Taliban land near presidential palace in Kabul, US Embassy The Taliban fired several rockets toward the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan as President Ashraf Ghani was delivering a televised speech on Tuesday, with one rocket landing near the U.S. Embassy, according to Afghan forces.

Movie star's lifestyle reversal sparks a debate in Egypt Hala Shiha quit the glamorous film industry a decade ago to embrace a more religious lifestyle, adopting the traditional Muslim headscarf, or hijab, along with loose, long-sleeved clothes.

Indonesia: Lombok quakes don't meet national disaster status Indonesia's disaster agency says earthquakes that killed more than 500 people on the island of Lombok in the past month and caused half a billion dollars in damage don't rise to the level of a national emergency.

Abstentions in Brazil election could hurt governability Attorney Carlos Gomes is a political junkie who plunged into campaigning for national and local candidates as a teenager.

Salvadoran town deeply rooted in DC unfazed by US politics In a quiet, cobblestoned town near the Pacific coast of El Salvador, residents are unfazed by the fact that the Trump Administration is seeking to lock up families indefinitely and ending temporary protected status for people from their country.

A look at the leading candidates for Brazil's presidency With poll-leading former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in jail and likely to be barred from running, Brazil's presidential election is wide open.

El Salvador, Taiwan break ties, further isolating Asian isle Taiwan says it is breaking off diplomatic ties with El Salvador because the Central American country plans to defect to rival Beijing.

Al Qaeda bomb maker killed in Yemen drone strike last year, US official confirms Al-Qaida's chief bomb maker, Ibrahim al-Asiri, who was behind the 2009 Christmas Day plot to down an airliner over Detroit and other foiled aviation-related terror attacks, was killed in a U.S. drone strike, Yemeni officials and a tribal leader said Friday.

Australia's Turnbull survives leadership vote; Dutton leaves Australia's Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull survived a leadership challenge Tuesday, defeating a senior minister in an internal government ballot that is unlikely to settle questions of his support.

Deadly floods in southern India displace 800,000 Rescue efforts continue as solders and rescue crews try to help people stranded by heavy flooding following days of incessant rain in southern India's Kerala state.

Facebook apologizes over removal of conservative videos Prager University, a non-profit conservative educational site, calls out the social media network for blocking recent videos and posts from reaching their more than 3 million followers.

Stossel on YouTube's 'warning' about his content On Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, and elsewhere, conservative and libertarian voices are being silenced online, and not many conservatives in Washington are standing up to defend them. Bill Maher is a liberal, but one with principles, so he's been willing to stand up for free speech. Some of John Stossel's videos for Stossel TV have disclaimers on YouTube and he sounds off. #Tucker

PragerU not buying Facebook's apology for censoring videos Conservative non-profit says Facebook is deliberately censoring conservative ideas.

Are you paying Amazon's electricity bills? Amazon, which has taken heat for harnessing taxpayer funds to further its own gains, is attempting to pass on the cost of powering its massive data centers to consumers in the form of higher electric bill fees.

New technology allows for crypto mining expansion Texas-based TMGcore says their technology decreases cooling costs by up to 90%

Twitter admits 'left-leaning' bias Twitter founder and CEO Jack Dorsey says the opinions of the employees aren't affecting the product amid questions about the company's treatment of conservatives.

Uber wants to make it easier to get the airport Uber is trying to make getting to Big Apple airports a little bit easier.

New Navy ship-defense missile destroys target with high tech 'active seeker' The U.S. Navy and numerous NATO partners are firing a new, high-tech ship defense weapon that can identify, track and attack maneuvering anti-ship missiles with an active seeker enabling the missile to change course in flight, service officials said.

Doug Wead: Google shadow banning my Fox News interviews Presidential historian and author explains how the tech giant is hiding videos of his Fox News interviews.

Large-scale crypto mining operation launched in Lone Star State Blockchain technology company TMGcore says that it is utilizing liquid immersion technology to dramatically cut cooling and energy costs.

'Fire challenge' leaves Michigan girl, 12, with severe burns over half her body A 12-year-old girl from Detroit, Michigan was hospitalized after she caught fire as part of what her mother called the "fire challenge."

Police officer praised for breastfeeding malnourished baby while on duty at hospital The photo has gone viral.

Dying boy asks for racing stickers to cover casket An 11-year-old boy who is living his remaining days at home after his cancer treatment stopped working is on a mission to collect racing stickers for his casket.

Polio survivor uses one of only three ‘iron lungs’ still in use 82-year-old polio survivor Mona Randolph uses one of only three “iron lungs” known to still be in use in the U.S. The iron lung, which was invented in 1920s, was often used on polio patients who were unable to breathe after the virus paralyzed muscle groups in the chest. Six nights a week, Randolph sleeps up to her neck in a noisy, airtight, 75-year-old iron tube.

Family of girl declared tumor-free after kiss from pope donates $50G to Philadelphia hospital The family of a Philadelphia girl who was declared tumor-free three years after receiving a kiss from the pope has donated $50,000 to the hospital that helped save her.

What is hand, foot and mouth disease? After multiple football players contracted hand, foot and mouth disease, West Virginia University had to postpone its popular fan appreciation day.

Iron lung keeping woman alive for decades now one of last remaining in US For over 35 years, a Missouri woman has enlisted her husband and a kind friend to help her go through the hour-long process of climbing into what is believed to be one of the last remaining iron lungs still functioning today.

Boca Raton issues rabies alert after bat tests positive A rabies alert has been issued in a Florida city after a bat tested positive for the dangerous disease.

Colorado boy, 4, battling stage-four cancer, celebrates end of chemo as honorary police officer Surrounded by cheering family and friends, 4-year-old honorary Colorado Springs Police Officer Joshua Salmoiraghi finished his last round of chemotherapy Sunday.

Baby boom ahead? Arizona hospital has 16 pregnant nurses Americans spend so much time working together in their day-to-day lives that coworkers become family, and now at this Arizona hospital, 16 nurses are together making a next generation of family.

Thousands of evangelical churches in Rwanda are being temporarily shut down because of new government requirements.  from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2w1F42t

A young American couple was brutally murdered by alleged ISIS terrorists while biking along the Afghan border. Evangelist Franklin Graham believes this couple's tragic death is an important lesson for everyone – there is in fact evil in the world and it is alive and well. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2MGgz4g

Bans on Islamic burqas are spreading across Europe. Denmark banned face coverings in public places earlier this month. The move made it the fifth European country to do so. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2OOLZmM

Christians living in the world's second-largest Muslim-dominated country are constantly on guard, worried that their lives could be in danger at any moment from radical Muslims. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2L96acI

An unknown attacker fired shots at a guardhouse outside the US embassy in Ankara, Turkey this morning. from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2OQopFX

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The Italian government is working on penalties it could apply against Atlantia following the fatal bridge collapse in Genoa, Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said on Tuesday from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2BGC3tV

Several explosions were heard in the diplomatic district of the Afghan capital Kabul on Tuesday, but there was no immediate information on casualties, Reuters witnesses and a security official said. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2MAEeDt

Taiwan vowed on Tuesday to fight China's "increasingly out of control" behavior after Taipei lost another ally to Beijing when El Salvador became the third country to switch allegiances to China this year. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2BwIOyg

Microsoft Corp said on Monday that it had recently thwarted hackers associated with Russian government attempting to steal user information from conservative groups that promote democracy and advocate for cybersecurity. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2L8vW0M

Iran said on Tuesday that it resumed supplying electricity to Iraq and other neighboring countries 10 days ago, and it will be increasing it. from Reuters: World News https://ift.tt/2MCquYQ