Trash to treasure: Garbage workers created a 40,000-book library from books people threw away | World News

What began as a routine day of collecting rubbish in the streets of Ankara slowly turned into one of Turkey’s most inspiring community projects. Sanitation workers in the city’s Cankaya district noticed that perfectly readable books were frequently being discarded alongside household waste. Instead of sending them to landfill, workers started setting the books aside, … Read more

Man shoots illegal immigrant 10 times while protecting family of eight during attempted carjacking in Texas

A man identified by investigators as an undocumented immigrant from Mexico was shot dead in Texas after attempting to hijack a car carrying a father’s family, including several children.The suspect was named as 30-year-old Jose Ramirez and was killed on Sunday afternoon in Dallas, according to Fox 4 Dallas.Ramirez had caused a crash involving two … Read more

‘I hate to admit it…’: Indian-origin Texas woman Meenu Batra says she is afraid she could be arrested again

Meenu Batra speaks about her ICE detention after living in the US for 35 years. In her first interview after being released from ICE detention for over six weeks, Indian-origin Texas woman Meenu Batra told CBS News exclusively that she is afraid that she could be arrested again. Batra had been living in the US … Read more

Australian Federal Police Terrorism Charges: Australia arrests 3 women returning from Syria over alleged IS links, slavery offences

File photo: Unidentified women move through the camp holding family members of suspected Islamic State militants in the Roj Camp in eastern Syria Australian authorities on Thursday arrested three women with alleged links to the Islamic State group after they returned from Syria with their children, with police preparing slavery and terrorism-related charges against them.According … Read more

Indian-origin biotech engineer admits exposing himself on Emirates flight to UK | World News

An Indian-origin biotechnology engineer has admitted committing an act outraging public decency after allegedly exposing himself during an Emirates flight from Dubai to the UK, according to Daily Mail.Britto Lorence, 27, appeared before Newcastle Magistrates’ Court over the incident, which took place on a long-haul flight travelling from Dubai to Newcastle in June last year.According … Read more

Two Indians arrested by ICE: One for attempted child abuse, another for $60,000 theft

Two Indians have been arrested by the ICE. ICE published the list of arrests they made over the last weekend and it included two Indians: Hemant Khann-Kumar and Rinkeshkumar Kaushikbhai Patel. Hemant Khann-Kumar is a criminal, illegal alien from India, convicted for attempted lewd act upon a child in Contra Costa County, California, the agency … Read more

Shelley Simpson: UK travel boss jailed over £300k holiday ‘ponzi scheme’ used to pay children’s school fees | World News

A former travel company director who conned dozens of customers out of nearly £300,000 through fake luxury holiday bookings has been jailed after a court heard she used part of the money to cover private school fees for her children.Shelley Simpson, 46, ran Portsmouth-based Sphere Events Limited between 2019 and 2022, promising clients discounted rates … Read more

China News: China sentences former defence ministers to death in sweeping military graft purge

File photo: Wei Fenghe (left) and Li Shangfu China has sentenced former defence ministers Wei Fenghe and Li Shangfu to death with a two-year reprieve on corruption charges, according to state-run Xinhua news agency.The announcement marks one of the most dramatic developments in Chinese President Xi Jinping’s long-running anti-corruption campaign within the military and political … Read more