World News

Patch News: GoFundMe U.S.-Mexico Border wall donations will be returned to donors.

...a GoFundMe spokesperson said:

    "When the campaign was created, the campaign organizer specifically stated on the campaign page, 'If we don't reach our goal or come significantly close we will refund every single penny.' He also stated on the campaign page, '100% of your donations will go to the Trump Wall. If for ANY reason we don't reach our goal we will refund your donation.'

    "However, that did not happen. This means all donors will receive a refund."

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BBC: Facing jail, Egyptian actress, Rania Youssef, accused of "inciting debauchery" for "revealing" dress.

A complaint against her was filed by two lawyers, Amro Abdelsalam and Samir Sabry, known for taking celebrities to court. 

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Belfast Telegraph: Masked gunman shoots at Sinn Fein office.

The office targeted belongs to Sinn Fein's West Belfast MLA Pat Sheehan. Mr Sheehan's office was also attacked in a shooting incident in October.

Hit the link for video of the shoooting.
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Zimbabwe News: Pedestrian wearing earphones run over and killed.

The deceased's head was crushed showing the intensity of the accident[.]
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[The] pedestrian was to blame for plugging earphone piece [sic] on possibly full blast on one of the suburb's busiest roads.

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Zimbabwe News: Food delivery driver fired for being caught masturbating on camera.

[T]he driver hands food to a customer and, after she walks away, exposes himself and masturbates openly.

This event would go unnoticed in the streets of San Fran. As a matter of fact, I think San Fran requires residents do this under the ordinances for "street performers".
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The Local: Avalanche pays visit to hotel. (But it didn't have a reservation).

Rescue services on Friday continued to search the area near where an avalanche struck a hotel in eastern Switzerland on Thursday just in case anyone had been buried by snow. 

Photo: Kantonspolizei Appenzell Ausserrhoden

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New Zealand Herald: NYC PD using facial recognition developed by China. 

...Hikvision - which is the world's largest surveillance technology company and based in Hangzhou in eastern China - has supplied the equipment and software used by an American force that polices a population of about 8.6 million people.

WTF?
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Philly.com:  Narco cops faked reports. Hundreds of convictions could be challenged.

[The] August 2018 Internal Affairs report obtained by the Inquirer, was a scheme to flip low-level suspects into off-the-books confidential informants through a process that would evolve into falsifying paperwork, as well as hiding information from the District Attorney’s Office.

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Singapore Star: The Indian Army will not recruit LGBT.

The Indian Army is a "conservative" force and adultery and homosexuality are "not acceptable," Army Chief General Bipin Rawat asserted despite these being decriminalised by the Supreme Court.

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Portugal News: Four men arrested at Lisbon airport for smuggling eel larvae.

The [intercepted four men were] escorted to police premises, where they found the elver packed in suitcases, which would have been transported by passengers “who are simply couriers paid for the purpose”.