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Indian girl, 2, is strangled to death and has eyes gouged out

Anti-Muslim protests sparked after two-year-old Indian girl is strangled to death and has her eyes gouged out ‘by neighbours after her father failed to repay a £113 debt’ Girl went missing from her parent’s home in Aligarh, northern India, on May 30 On June 2 her mutilated and decomposed body was found at a garbage dump  Two Muslim men have […]

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Man Who Has 'Shown No Remorse' Pleads Guilty to Killing Great-Grandson, 6, With Air Rifle

A 77-year-old British man has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the air rifle shooting death of his 6-year-old great-grandson. Albert Grannon, of East Yorkshire, also pleaded guilty to possession of a firearm without a certificate in Hull Crown Court Monday, Humberside Police said in a press release. Since the July 2018 shooting death of his great-grandson Stanley Metcalf, Grannon has […]

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Not on your nelly! Ghostly elephant scares springbok away from oasis

Not on your nelly! Ghostly white elephant scares springbok away from watering hole The pachyderm transformed from his grey hue to the pale shade thanks to an abundance of clay in the oasis  The huge male elephant drenched the antelope as it playfully charged them in Etosha National Park, Namibia Wildlife photographer Anja Denker, 51, from Windhoek, captured stunning pictures […]

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Canada to ban plastic bags and straws as it cleans up its act

Ottawa: Canada plans to ban some single-use plastics like straws, plastic bags and cutlery by early 2021 to reduce non-recyclable waste and protect the world's oceans. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.Credit:Bloomberg Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the move from the banks of a lake in Gault Nature Reserve in Quebec on Monday – less than five months out from an […]

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BBC scraps blanket free TV licences for all over 75s

BBC scraps blanket free TV licences for all over 75s and rules only households where someone receives pension credit will be eligible from next summer From June 2020 only over 75s who receive Pension Credit will get free licence Currently anyone over the age of 75 in the UK is eligible for a free TV licence  BBC Director-General Tony Hall said […]

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Swedish police shoot man threatening people at train station

Swedish police say officers have shot and wounded a man who was threatening people at a train station. Police were quoted Monday by the TT news agency saying that officers had no choice but to shoot him because of his behavior at the central station in the southern Swedish city of Malmo. He was taken to a hospital with injuries. […]

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