China is secretly imprisoning close to 1 million people — but they've left 2 big pieces of evidence

Hundreds of thousands, and potentially more than one million, people have been caught up in China's "re-education camps" over the last year.
The camps, which operate outside the courts, are designed to indoctrinate ethnic minority Uighurs and force them to reject their religious beliefs.
Bids for constructing or renovating these centers, as well as staff job ads, provide clear evidence of the purpose and scale of these re-education programs.
Uighurs face constant surveillance in Xinjiang, which experts consider a testing ground for the a wider surveillance state.

In the northwest Chinese region of Xinjiang, many locals read endlessly, write often, and sing loudly.

But not by choice.

In extrajudicial indoctrination camps around Xinjiang, ethnic Uighur men and women are forced to study Chinese history, write personal reflections, and sing songs like "Without the Communist Party, there is no New China." Many are beaten, tortured, and are unable to go home.

Mum, 58, killed herself after operations failed to relieve pain - including one where ovaries were removed without consent

A mother killed herself after suffering years of pain from a vaginal mesh inserted to help with a bowel disorder.

An inquest also heard how a doctor removed 58-year-old Lucinda Methuen-Campbell's ovaries without her consent during one operation.

It was told how she went in for surgery to mend a bowel disorder - but came out without her ovaries.

The inquest also heard the surgeon told her afterwards that her ovaries were taken out "because they were in the way".

Mrs Methuen-Campbell chose the surgery at a private hospital performed by pioneering surgeon Tony Dixon in September 2016 after suffering years of pain from having vaginal mesh inserted to help with a bowel disorder.

But the mother-of-one was later found hanged after telling her ex-partner: "There didn't seem to be a way out of the pain."

Mr Dixon has built up an international reputation for using mesh to fix bowel problems - but is currently suspended from two hospitals in Bristol.

He is under investigation by the NHS which has referred him to the General Medical Council over the procedures.

Mrs Methuen-Campbell's ex-partner Philip Chatfield, a sculptor, said: "The pain continued to get worse and nobody seemed able to solve the problem.

"Mr Dixon performed the operation in 2016 with the mesh but it was unsuccessful and caused her to be in agony.

Alan Bean, former Apollo 12 astronaut and fourth person to walk on moon, dies

Former Apollo 12 astronaut Alan Bean, who was the fourth man to walk on the moon and later turned to painting to chronicle the moon landings on canvas, has died. He was 86.

Bean was the lunar module pilot for the second moon landing mission in November 1969. He spent 31 hours on the moon during two moonwalks, deploying surface experiments with commander Charles Conrad and collecting 75 pounds of rocks and lunar soil for study back on Earth.

Bean died on Saturday in Houston, Texas, following a short illness, a Nasa statement said.

Nicaragua unrest: Thousands join renewed anti-government rallies

Thousands of protesters have marched in the Nicaraguan capital Managua and other cities to demand the resignation of President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice-President Rosario Murillo.

Demonstrators blocked main roads, waving placards and chanting slogans.

Weeks of anti-government protests have seen at least 76 people killed in clashes with security forces.

The latest rallies took place after peace talks mediated by the Catholic Church broke down on Wednesday.

Four people were killed in clashes on Saturday, police and witnesses say.

"They want to take us off the streets at the point of bullets," said protest leader Francisca Ramírez, who led a rally in the north-west city of Leon.

Inside submarine murderer Peter Madsen's mind - how he lured journalist Kim Wall to her death

Eccentric Danish inventor Peter Madsen loved the limelight – and that’s exactly where his latest invention put him. The 60ft UC3 Nautilus submarine was made over a three-year period by Peter, 47, and a group of volunteers as part of an art project. At the time of its impressive launch in 2008, it was the largest privately built submarine in the world.

Peter had always dreamed big and started his first company aged 15, with a mission to build rockets and submarines so he could travel ‘beyond the well-known’.

He studied engineering, and when he left uni he branched out on his own. Peter’s greatest success was the Nautilus, which now belonged to him after a row with his former colleagues. The sub was a location for a ballet, parties, and Peter even launched his experimental rockets off it. He was well known in Denmark for crowdfunding the money he needed for his work.

Many believed Peter to be a great mind – they found the popular figure kind and likeable, but former girlfriends said he was into sadomasochism, erotic asphyxiation and was promiscuous. He was known to watch violent pornography and had a habit of losing his temper. And yet people continued to be fascinated by him.

Two die after collapsing at Mutiny Festival in Portsmouth

An 18-year-old woman and a 20-year-old man have died after falling ill at the Mutiny Festival in Portsmouth.

The deaths are being treated as separate incidents and are not being treated as suspicious, however Hampshire Constabulary said inquiries were being made to determine the circumstances.

Dizzee Rascal, Craig David and Sean Paul top the bill at the two-day event that ends on Sunday.
Police were first alerted to the woman falling ill at the site on Saturday evening and the man was found collapsed around 20 minutes later.

Woman survives 700-foot plunge off southern California mountain road

A Southern California driver managed to call for help after her car plunged 700 feet off a road in the San Bernardino Mountains, and rescuers marveled at her survival. The woman could not say exactly where she was Thursday night, and authorities used her phone to figure out her approximate location, CBS Los Angeles reports.

A rescue crew found a patch of dirt along the road where they believed she had veered off the road.

She was found about 700 feet down at the base of a mountain in remarkably good condition, given what she had just endured.

"I'm amazed. You don't have these positive outcomes like this when you launch over the side and end up 700 feet, so she's doing quite well," said Battalion Chief Bob Evans with San Bernardino County Fire. "I don't know what her prognosis will be, but she has an altered level of consciousness and some back pain, understandably."

Disturbing nightmarish facts that will make you never want to visit another water park

While water parks always seem like a good idea when the temperatures start rising, they're usually not worth the risk. Damp environments like pools and water slides are the perfect breeding ground for bacteria like E.coli and staph — not to mention the unsavory things floating around in the water itself.

If you're somehow not deterred by all the germs, perhaps thinking about the overwhelming amount of people who will have had the same idea as you will stop you.


Keep scrolling to learn about the brain-eating amoebas and chlorine-resistant parasites that make water parks the actual worst.

Philip Roth, one of America's greatest novelists dead at 85

One of the great American authors, Philip Roth, has died aged 85.

The Pulitzer, National Book Award and Man Booker International Prize-winning novelist's work drew its inspiration from Jewish family life, sex and American ideals.

His works included American Pastoral, I Married a Communist and Portnoy's Complaint.

The New York Times reported that a close friend of Roth's said he had died of congestive heart failure.

Post-coital dysphoria (PCD) Why You Might Cry After Sex

  

Sex has lots of proven body benefits: It can help reduce pain, make it easier to sleep, and strengthen your immune system. But it also may have an unexpected effect on your mood, leaving you feeling sad and blue after the action is over—so much so that you might finding yourself crying.

This sadness has a name: post-coital dysphoria (PCD). Ian Kerner, a New York City–based sex therapist, describes PCD as "[feelings of] sadness, anger, and distress generally post-sex and often post-orgasm." You might experience it during a hookup, but it also happens when you're with a partner you feel close to and the sex itself felt pleasurable. In fact, you don't need a partner—PCD can even happen during or after masturbation.

Archbishop Philip Wilson to step down after sex abuse cover-up

A Catholic archbishop in Australia convicted of concealing child sexual abuse will step down from his position.

Philip Wilson, the archbishop of Adelaide, South Australia, was found guilty of covering up the crimes of a paedophile priest by a court on Tuesday.

He is the most senior Catholic in the world to be convicted of the offence.

Wilson said he would step aside from his duties on Friday.

This Woman’s Powerful Message About Crying in the Shower Is Going Viral

Ever find yourself having a good cry in the shower—partly because it's the only place you feel free enough to let go your feelings? Brittany Latham knows what that's like.

This 30-year-old photographer from Mobile, Alabama, decided to share an image of a woman crying in the shower on Instagram, captioning it with inspiring words that has hit such a chord, it's already racked up hundreds of thousands of views.

“For the woman whose husband makes an ‘extra stop’ after work every evening,” she started the post. “For the woman who is mourning the loss of a pregnancy that nobody else knew about.”

14 apps everyone should have on their phone

Most people spend the vast majority of their time in just a handful of apps. I'm no exception.

While I keep over 100 apps on my phone for minor things, there are only 14 apps that I regularly turn to. These are my go-to apps that make my life easier, more productive and more enjoyable. If you want to get the most out of your phone, I recommend having these essential apps.

Check them out:

Cambridge Analytica whistleblower Christopher Wylie testifies before US Senate – live

Cambridge Analytica whistleblower Christopher Wylie testifies before US Senate – live

American boy wakes up after being declared brain dead

A 13-year-old boy who suffered skull fractures in an accident and was declared brain dead by doctors regained consciousness after being declared dead and his parents signed paperwork to donate his organs to save five other children.

Trenton McKinley is now recovering at home in Alabama.

He was taken to hospital in March when a utility trailer he was riding turned over and crushed his head. He suffered severe brain trauma and seven skull fractures.

At one, his mother was told he would not recover.

Russian cabinet resigns just hours after Vladimir Putin’s inauguration

Hours after Vladimir Putin's inauguration for another term as President, the Russian cabinet has resigned.
Prime Minister, Dmitry Medvedev signed an order on the Russian government’s resignation,” the government said.

Putin won the March 18th elections gaining 76.69 per cent of the vote, with over 56.4 million voters casting their ballots for him, according to Central Election Commission data.

He has also proposed that the State Duma, the lower house of Russia’s parliament, consider the candidacy of Medvedev who was the head of government during Putin’s previous presidential term from May 8, 2012.

Incredible story of suicidal man who broke every bone in his body jumping off a bridge then recovered to build £3m business

Almost 20 years ago, Michael Josephson was tired of life and tried to kill himself. He almost succeeded, but narrowly escaped death. He now has a lot to live for as he has built a successful business and helped raise millions for charity.

Josephson found himself haunted by a traumatic past and his sexuality, so, in December 1998, he jumped off a bridge over the A34 in a failed suicide attempt. The fall broke every bone in his body but he miraculously survived. While being treated for the catastrophic injuries, Michael decided he wouldn't let the bullies win and that he would make a success of his life.

New York state attorney general resigns over assault allegations

New York state attorney general Eric Schneiderman resigned on Monday evening after allegations of physical abuse by four women were reported in an article in the New Yorker magazine.

Andrew Cuomo, the state's governor, called for Mr Schneiderman's resignation within hours of the article's publication.

“In the last several hours, serious allegations, which I strongly contest, have been made against me," Mr Schneiderman said in a statement.

"While these allegations are unrelated to my professional conduct or the operations of the office, they will effectively prevent me from leading the office’s work at this critical time. I therefore resign my office, effective at the close of business on May 8, 2018.”

Government 'deported 7,000 foreign students after falsely accusing them of cheating in English language tests'

The government may have mistakenly deported more than 7,000 foreign students after falsely accusing them of cheating in English language tests.

Most of the students were not allowed to appeal the Home Office decision; nor were theyt able to obtain evidence against them, or given the opportunity to prove the proficiency in English

Some were detained by immigration officials, lost their jobs, and were left homeless as a result, despite being in the UK legally, the Financial Times reported.

The best restaurants in the world, according to millionaire private jet owners

Wealth often comes along with pretty expensive taste — especially when it comes to food and drink.

In order to determine where the high net worth individuals of the world like to dine, private jet lifestyle publication Elite Traveler surveyed its database of readers — all of whom are owners or users of private jets — on their favourite fine dining destinations across all seven continents.

As of last year, the magazine's readers had a median household income of $2.28 (£1.76) million and net worth of $41 (£32) million — so it's safe to say most of them are millionaires.

6,000 readers voted in order to produce the magazine's seventh annual list of the Top 100 Restaurants in the World.

Scroll down to see the top 25, ranked in ascending order.

25. Nihonryori RyuGin, Tokyo, Japan.

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25. Nihonryori RyuGin, Tokyo, Japan.

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Denim brand debuts "extreme cut out" jeans for $168 –– and the internet can't believe it

  

A Los Angeles-based brand is selling jeans for $168 that leave very little for the imagination. Denim company Carmar debuted its "extreme cut out" jeans and people on social media couldn't believe how bare they are or and wondered who would even buy them.

"Extreme Cut Out Pant is a high rise pant with large statement cutouts on front and back," says Carmar's website listing of the jeans. The attention-grabbing trousers have a "relax fit" and a 10.5-inch front zipper – to cover up what's left to see.

After all, the company says, it caters to "the free-spirited generation of today."

Breaking : 'Apocalyptic' dust storm and thundershowers kill 77 people and leave 143 injured in India

An 'apocalyptic' dust storm with lightning strikes, fierce winds and heavy rain has left at least 77 people dead and 143 injured after battering parts of northern India.

Many of the victims were sleeping when homes collapsed, trees were uprooted and electricity poles were knocked down by violent weather in Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh states.

The worst-hit areas included Agra, Alwar, Bharatpur and Dholpur, where most of the deaths occurred as the storm caused widespread devastation in the early hours of Thursday.

Most of the victims died when their homes collapsed or when they were crushed by falling trees, local media reported.

In Behror, a 12-year-old girl died when an iron sheet blown by strong winds hit her in the head, the Times of India reported.

Earth’s magnetic field is NOT about to reverse, scientists reassure

For years, conspiracy theorists have warned that Earth’s magnetic field could one day reverse, leading to the apocalyptic demise of our planet.

But thankfully, in a new study, researchers from the University of Liverpool have reassured that it’s very unlikely to happen.

Speculation that Earth’s magnetic field could flip have been based on a gradual weakening of the field over the last 200 years, alongside the expansion of a weak area in the field called the South Atlantic Anomaly (SAA), which stretches from Chile to Zimbabwe.

Struggling Russia cuts military spending — and it could weaken its forces worldwide

Russian military spending fell by a fifth last year, its first decline in nearly two decades, with tighter purse-strings likely to affect Moscow's military activity ahead.
But while global military spending rose one percent to $1,739 billion last year, Russia's fell 20 percent in real terms to $66.3 billion.
Russia's finances are still fragile following a two-year economic downturn brought on by Western sanctions and a collapse in global oil prices.
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Russian military spending fell by a fifth last year, its first decline in nearly two decades, with tighter purse-strings likely to affect Moscow's military activity ahead, a report by defense think-tank SIPRI showed on Wednesday.

Russia has flexed its military muscles during the last few years with its 2014 annexation of Ukraine's Crimea and deep involvement in the Syrian conflict serving as examples of its more belligerent stance.

Fatal encounters: 97 deaths point to pattern of border agent violence across America

 

For six long years the family of Jose Antonio Elena Rodriguez have been caught in a legal saga seeking justice for the 16-year-old who was killed by a US border patrol agent who fired 16 times from Arizona into Mexico.

Ending criminal proceedings that have dragged on since 2012, a jury last week cleared agent Lonnie Swartz of second-degree murder and could not agree on a verdict for two lesser charges of manslaughter. The shooting has compelled judges up to the US supreme court to deliberate whether the American government can be sued in civil court for wrongful deaths on Mexican soil – placing the incident, and eight other cross-border fatal shootings, at the center of scrutiny surrounding the use of force by agents in response to allegedly thrown However, lesser known are similar shootings which have occurred inside the US. Such as that of Francisco Javier Dominguez Rivera, who was shot and killed “execution-style”, in the language of a wrongful death complaint the government paid $850,000 to settle. An Arizona agent responding to an alert from the National Guard in 2007 alleged Rivera threatened him with a rock.