'Trump Village' unveiled in India ahead of Modi US visit

A rural Indian settlement with little electricity or running water renamed itself "Trump Village" on Friday in an unusual gesture to the American president ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's trip to Washington.

A huge billboard declaring "Welcome to Trump Village" in Hindi and English, accompanied with a beaming portrait of the US president, was unveiled in the tiny hamlet officially known as Marora, in the largely agriculture northern state of Haryana.

Large posters of Trump adorned with marigold flowers were placed throughout the village of mainly mud-brick houses for a renaming ceremony, which was presided over by village heads and an Indian charity.

But despite the bold lettering greeting visitors at the arched village gateway, the name change is not official or sanctioned by the government.
The symbolic gesture comes just days before Modi's first meeting with Trump this weekend at the White House.

The water and sanitation group Sulabh, which has been installing toilets in the impoverished settlement, suggested the name change to the local council.
Sulabh founder Bindeshwar Pathak said the idea sprang to mind during a recent visit to the US.

"I was speaking there and I thought why not in the name of Trump?" Pathak told AFP, adding other villages in the region had also been renamed in recent years.
Aziz Ahmed, a villager, said he was sure the new name would stick even without official approval.
"They will only call it Trump Village. Everyone in the village is very happy about it," he told AFP.

Children at the village waved placards of Modi and Trump and a huge banner of the US president describing his Indian counterpart as "very energetic".

The leaders of the world's two-largest democracies exchanged pleasantries in a phone call in January when Trump invited Modi to the White House.
Ties between New Delhi and Washington warmed during the Obama years as India sought greater foreign investment and trade deals with Western nations.

During his election campaign, Trump courted Indian-American voters and even released a campaign advertisement in Hindi.
There have been other at times bizarre overtures from India toward Trump and the US.

A small Hindu group marked the occasion of Trump's 71st birthday last week by feeding a giant poster of the president slices of cake in the heart of New Delhi.

The world will end in the next 100 years - Popular prophet

A popular prophet in Zimbabwe, Madungwe has shocked the world with revelation of when the world will end.
The prophet also claimed to be God’s special adviser and that he meets with the Almighty on a regular basis to make decisions on how the world should be governed.

Top Zimbabwean newspaper, iHarare, reports that the controversial prophet also told his congregation that he was the number four person in heaven hierarchy after Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit.

He claimed to be the most righteous person in his country where, according to him, only 60 people will go to heaven.
Prophet Madungwe further told his members that he was with God recently where they had a very long discussion on what will happen to the world.

He said, “He came to me in physical form on April 30, 2017.
“Only 60 people are righteous in this country and among those, only a few of the popular prophets are among the list.
“I cannot reveal the names I came fourth because I performed better than the others. Performance is judged monthly.

“In April, I saw God and he ordained me to be his advisor; He told me when the world will come to an end.
“God told me that if all people repent, the world will come to an end in 300 years but if not, then it will be 100 years.

“I will have a meeting with Him and tell him if people are repenting because he has put me in charge of advising Him on matters concerning the world. This will be in five years.”

Teen killed by stray bullet while police fire at dog during response to 'loud music'

Los Angeles sheriff’s deputies said they accidentally shot and killed a teenager while firing bullets at a dog during a response to a noise complaint, marking the latest killing by US police to spark national outrage. 

Officers were responding to a call about “loud music” early Thursday morning when a pit bull charged at the deputies and bit one of them, according to authorities in California. A 17-year-old, identified by family members as Armando Garcia-Muro, initially restrained the dog, but the animal got loose, prompting two deputies to fire from about 5ft away, police said.

Garcia-Muro was hit in the chest during the gunfire and later died at hospital, according to the sheriff’s office, which said it appeared a “skip round” had struck the teenager.

The death of the Latino teenager came at the end of a week of intense backlash across America about police treatment of people of color. Police in Minnesota released footage of the fatal police shooting of Philando Castile, a black motorist whose death was live-streamed on Facebook by his girlfriend.

Video and records revealed that the officer, who was acquitted of all charges, said he felt in danger because he smelled marijuana and fired at Castile after just 40 seconds, despite the fact that the 32-year-old school cafeteria worker was calmly responding to the policeman’s questions. New footage also showed that police subsequently handcuffed his distraught girlfriend in the vehicle with her four-year-old daughter, who tried to comfort her mother because, she said, “I don’t want you to get shooted.”

An incident in Seattle also sparked national protests after police shot and killed a pregnant mother of four inside her apartment in the presence of her young children after she had called police to report a burglary.
The death of Garcia-Muro, who lived in the city of Palmdale and would have been entering his senior year in the fall, was an “extremely unfortunate incident”, according to sheriff’s officials, who said five deputies were present and two of them fired around six to eight rounds.

“They need to be held responsible,” Tennia Barron, a close family friend, told The Guardian  on Friday. “How does a bullet ricochet off the ground and hit you in the torso?”
“They really need to investigate this,” she said, adding that this was “no accident”.

After the 60- to 65-pound pit bull “aggressively charged” and bit one of the deputies, officers were waiting for paramedics and trying to corral the dog to prevent further injuries, officials said. When officers fired at the dog, the deputy who had been bitten was also hit by a bullet fragment and was taken to a hospital, where he was listed in stable condition.

The dog would be put down, police said.
The incident serves as another example of the potentially fatal consequences of calling police on communities of color. In a press release, the sheriff’s office labeled Garcia-Muro a “suspect” even though he was not accused of any criminal activity. Authorities also claimed that deputies had responded “at least four times” to the address for “loud music and gang activity” in the past two months.

Barron, 40, said she was outraged by the references to gang activity, saying Garcia-Muro had no involvement in gangs and was beloved in the community: “He was a happy, energetic outgoing kid. He loved to help people. If you asked him to do anything, he wouldn’t complain about it. He always had a smile on his face.”

Genevie Escobar, a 17-year-old best friend of Garcia-Muro, said he was at a friend’s house during the incident. She said she struggled to understand why police decided to fire at the dog.
“Why couldn’t they tase the dog? Why did they have to shoot him?” said Escobar, Barron’s daughter. “The cops should have handled this in a totally different way.”

Garcia-Muro was looking forward to graduating high school, Escobar said.

“Everyone loved him. He was a very positive person. He always tried to make people happy,” she said. “He really meant everything to me.” 

Update : Take my son to T.B Joshua – Evans’s father

Stephen Onwuamadike, father of billionaire kidnap kingpin, Chukwudubem Onwuamadike, a.k.a Evans on Friday reacted to claim by his son that he gave him N3 million and a Sports Utility Vehicle, SUV.

Stephen dismissed his son’s claim as false, urging security operatives to take him to Prophet T.B Joshua for deliverance before any other thing.

Evans had told reporters last weekend when he took detectives to one of the dens where his gang used for the detention of victims on Green Street, Jakande Estate, Isolo, Lagos that he gave his father the gifts.

He had said, “Before I stopped going home, I gave my father N3million and I bought him a jeep and pick up van.
“I believe that part of the money I gave him was what he used to establish the piggery business.

“Had it been my father had taken good care of me, I wouldn’t have become what I am today.”
However, Stephen told The Nation that nothing could have been farther from the truth than the allegation by his son.

He said in his Nnewi, Anambra State home, “If he insists that he gave me money, they should ask him when and how he brought the money to me, whether through the bank or through anybody.

“I have been in poverty in Nnewi here and feeding has been a problem for me and somebody, somewhere said he gave me N3million.Where is the money or any sign of it in this house?

“Money does not hide, I feed myself and my mother with this small piggery I’m running, while my mother engages in buying of goats to keep body and soul together even at her old age”

“My son should stop talking of things that are impossible and pray to God for forgiveness. I have never been in support of bad things in life and will never engage in such at this age.”

Onwumadike (snr) also disputed claim by Evans that he has herbalists in Nnewi (one of whom, according to him, is a traditional ruler) who were preparing charms for him.
“Security operatives should take him to Pastor T.B Joshua for deliverance before any other thing, but he should stop dropping names”, he said.

Arsenal target Moise Kean's father demands tractors as part of son's contract

Moise Kean’s father has told Juventus that his son will leave the Serie A Champions if they do not give him the tractors which they promised for his agricultural business, according to a report on the Independent.

Biorou Keen claims that Italian giants Juventus promised to give him tractors as part of the deal to sign his 17-year-old son. But now the club are stalling on their deal and are not providing the machinery that they promised.

“Juventus offered a contract of €700,000-a-year, which was fine, but the problem is they had also promised me some tractors for my agricultural business in the Ivory Coast, but now they say there is no budget for them,” Kean’s father remarked to Italian news outlet Tuttosport.
“I’ve got several hectares of land in the Ivory Coast which I would like to cultivate with rice and corn.

“I asked for this agricultural machinery and they told me there wouldn’t be any problems, but now things have changed.”
As Kean is still under 18, he requires his parents’ permission before signing a new contract and if the dispute is not settled, then Keen could leave on a free transfer.

This has gained the attention of Premier League club Arsenal, along with League rivals Chelsea and Manchester City, as well as many other European clubs who are interested in the highly-rated teenager.

The forward became the first player born in the 2000s to play a game in one of Europe’s top five leagues and ever since then, the interest in securing his signature has increased massively. The 17-year-old scored once in the Italian top flight last season.

''He was a joy to work with'' - Michael Carrick has his say on speculation surrounding Cristiano Ronaldo

Michael Carrick has had his say on speculation linking Cristiano Ronaldo with a sensational return to Old Trafford.

The Portuguese superstar's future is up in the air after apparently making an 'irreversible' decision to leave the Bernabeu.

United and Paris Saint-Germain are both interested in a big-money move for the Los Blancos legend, with the Real hierarchy trying to persuade him to change his mind.
Ronaldo has been accused of tax evasion amounting to £13million and says he is treated 'like a criminal' in Spain.

The 32-year-old scored 118 goals in 292 appearances for United before joining Real in 2009, where has gone on to become the club's all-time record scorer.

"I haven't really given it too much thought to be honest with you," Carrick told Sky Sports.
"Listen, you don't need me to say, everyone knows what type of a player he is and how good he is and what a career he's had.

"It's not for me to get involved in whether he comes to Manchester United, whether he leaves Madrid or not, that's not my business at this moment in time.

"Of course, I was lucky enough to play with him. It was just a joy to work so close to him and see how he plays.

"We will see how it pans out over the next few weeks and months."

A Ground Zero ‘recovery hero’ helped clear 9/11 wreckage. Now he’s facing deportation.

Queens has been Carlos Humberto Cardona’s home since he escaped violence in Colombia in 1986. When he saw the destruction of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the United States, he thought his country needed his help.

He spent nearly four months inhaling poisonous fumes as he removed hazardous material from the Ground Zero wreckage.
“He saw all that’s destroyed in the area,” his wife, Liliana, told The Washington Post. “He volunteered to help the people clean the area.”

But for three decades, Cardona has been in the country as an undocumented immigrant. As he lives with the physical and psychological consequences of his 9/11 work — severe respiratory and gastrointestinal problems and depression, to name a few — the 48-year-old is facing deportation.

“I don’t know. It’s too much,” Liliana Cardona said when asked about the emotional toll of her husband’s current situation.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials have long known about Cardona, who has reported to ICE during the past several years. But he was arrested recently after changes in immigration policy under President Trump’s administration.

Rep. Joseph Crowley (D), whose district includes Queens, wrote a letter to the Trump administration’s top immigration officials urging them not to deport Cardona.

“Mr. Cardona is deserving of our thanks — not the cold shoulder. It is unconscionable to deport a man who responded in our country’s time of need, who suffers chronic health conditions as a result, and whose treatment and care would be severely diminished should he be deported,” Crowley wrote in his Tuesday letter addressed to Department of Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly, ICE Director Thomas Homan, and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Acting Director James McCament.

“Deporting Mr. Cardona would send a chilling message not just to immigrants who call our country home, but to all who would help when their country calls on them,” Crowley, chair of the House Democratic Caucus, added.

Cardona is facing deportation because of two misdemeanor drug convictions in 1990, when he pleaded guilty to attempted sale of controlled substance and was sentenced to 45 days of imprisonment followed by five years of probation. He later applied to become a permanent resident, but was denied in 1998. He was ordered to be deported in 2000, according to a federal complaint he and his wife filed against immigration officials last week.

And then, 9/11 happened. Cardona volunteered on behalf of his employer, a cleaning company, to help clean up the disaster site, his lawyer, Rajesh Barua, said.

Cardona stayed in the country for the next several years until immigration officials arrested him in April 2011. He was released on the same day because of his health problems, court records say. A spokeswoman for the Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Cardona was enrolled in a program that allowed him to stay under ICE supervision while living in his home instead of in jail as he went through immigration proceedings.

The Alternative to Detention program includes electronic monitoring and is used at 75 locations nationwide. It requires people to report to ICE regularly, either through personal check-ins and home visits.

In 2014, Cardona again sought to legalize his presence in the United States through the I-130 visa petition, a common way for foreigners to gain legal residency through their relatives or spouses. His wife, whom he married the previous year, is a naturalized citizen. The couple went through a marriage petition interview in 2016, according to court records. His application, however, has been pending for the past three years.

Cardona’s supervision order was later revoked, and he was arrested on Feb. 28, less than two weeks after Kelly issued a memo detailing sweeping new guidelines that empower ICE agents to target not just hardened criminals, but also those who have outstanding deportation orders — regardless of how long they’re been in the country.

The new rules represent a significant shift from the previous administration’s policies.
In 2014, the Obama administration curtailed deportations by not removing people who have been in the country for a long time. Violent criminals are the highest priority for deportation, as has always been the case. Next are those who have been convicted of misdemeanors other than minor traffic offenses, followed by people were ordered to be deported on or after Jan. 1, 2014, according to a November 2014 memo by former secretary of homeland security Jeh Johnson.

Another memo, issued by former ICE director John Morton in June 2011, directed ICE agents and other immigration officials to look at factors, such as familial relationships with U.S. citizens, criminal history and contributions to the community, in deciding whether arrest and prosecution are warranted.

Kelly’s memo, which calls for the hiring of additional ICE agents and does not list any of those factors, states: “Prosecutorial discretion shall not be exercised in a manner that exempts or excludes a specified class or category of aliens from enforcement of immigration laws.”
ICE didn’t comment further about Cardona’s case. He’s been in the Hudson County Correctional Facility in New Jersey since his arrest in February, court records say.

In an interview with The Post, Crowley, the congressman whose constituency consists mostly of those who weren’t born in the United States, said the Trump administration should soften its approach on immigration instead of casting a wide net on anyone who’s in the country illegally, regardless of their ties to the community and lack of violent criminal histories.

“He was not a threat, never deemed as a threat. He was cooperating with ICE all these years. Now he is being deported,” Crowley said, adding later: “This is not the country that I was brought up in … Because of the service you lent to the country after 9/11, now you’re sick from it. But we’re going to kick you out.”

On Wednesday, New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo pardoned Cardona from his previous conviction.
“It is my hope this action will not only reunite Mr. Cardona with his wife and daughter, but also send a message about the values of fairness and equality that New York was founded upon,” Cuomo said in a statement.

Cardona has a 19-year-old daughter from a previous marriage.
“Mr. Cardona has given back so much and conclusively turned his life around,” Jose Calderon, president of the Hispanic Federation in New York, said in a statement. “With this pardon, Mr. Cardona will be able to make his case to stay in this country with his family, and continue to receive care for his serious medical conditions.”

The pardon would allow Cardona and his lawyer to reopen the deportation order from 2000 and make the case that there’s no grounds to remove him from the country. But whether he’ll be released is still up to the Department of Homeland Security, his lawyer, Barua, said.

Cardona’s request for a stay of removal that was filed recently remains pending, according to ICE. - The Washington Post

Church-goer faces at least 21 years in jail for murdering two-year-old boy

A church-goer who murdered his partner’s two-year-old son after biting him and fracturing his skull during months of sickening abuse has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 21 years.

Chevaze Sanchez McGregor inflicted a string of injuries on Jeremiah Regis-Ngaujah before a heavy blow which ruptured his intestines, causing his “agonising” death 24 hours later.

Birmingham Crown Court heard 27-year-old McGregor – who believed pain could teach children right from wrong – repeatedly struck London-born Jeremiah with a rod and a belt at the toddler’s home in Wednesfield, Wolverhampton.
McGregor pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing to murdering Jeremiah, whose mother Sindyann Regis was jailed for 40 months after admitting a charge of causing or allowing the death of a child.

Opening the facts of the case, prosecutor Sally Howes QC said McGregor formed a relationship with Regis after meeting her at a Pentecostal church when she was around seven months pregnant. The court heard McGregor was present when Jeremiah was born at the Queen’s Hospital in Romford in February 2014.

Miss Howes told the court Jeremiah was pronounced dead at Wolverhampton’s New Cross Hospital in the early hours of November 21 last year, hours after his lifeless body was carried by McGregor to an ambulance.
A previous hearing was told Jeremiah suffered more than 100 separate injuries, including an adult-sized bite mark which aroused the suspicions of medics.

In police interviews, the court heard, McGregor, who claimed not to remember hitting Jeremiah around the head, produced a letter in which he stated: “Sindyann does not discipline him so it must be me. The job of the parent is to correct. God gave us pain so we know to do the right thing.”
Regis could be heard sobbing in a room beside the dock after being allowed to leave court as Miss Howes detailed how Jeremiah suffered numerous rib fractures, a bite mark to his chest, bruising and brain injury.

Concluding her summary of the events leading up to the death, Miss Howes told the court: “This is a case of a callous, sustained regime of brutality against a defenceless two-year-old in his own home. Jeremiah was left broken and battered with life-threatening injuries and as his life ebbed away moment by agonising moment, Chevaze McGregor stood by and watched, knowing full well what he had done.”

Regis, 26, of High Street, Wednesfield, initially told police she was unaware of any wrongdoing but later revealed she had seen McGregor holding him off the floor after hearing “loud banging noises” coming from a bedroom.

Billionaire kidnapper: Why I installed CCTV in my house – Evans

Kidnap kingpin, Chukwudemeje George Onwuamadike, alias Evans, has revealed that he installed close circuit camera (CCTV) in all his houses, to prevent his arrest.
Evans who is currently being detained by operatives of the Inspector General of Police’s Intelligence Response Team (IRT) in Lagos, said he had people on ground monitoring the CCTV.

The monitors gave him daily reports on the identities, of those who came suspiciously close to his house.

Evans personally carried out profiling of the CCTV footage, to ensure he was not being trailed by security operatives.
“I lived a simple life although I had money. My neighbors thought that I was a businessman. On the day I was arrested, I had this strange feeling. So I decided to stay indoors.

“I regret all my actions. As you can see I am reading my Bible, particularly the book of Lamentation. I don’t know what faith holds in stock for me with Lagos State’s laws on kidnapping,” he said. - Daily Post

Woman drugs, sleeps with underage boys in her car

A 36-year-old school therapist, Jacqueline Bryce Herron, has been accused of drugging and seducing two underage boys and having sex with them.

Daily Star UK, reports that Herron has been charged with 28 counts of sex with teenage boys, including sodomy.

Herron was working as a counselor to high school students in Red Bluff, in California, when the offences allegedly took place.

At least some of the sexual assault allegedly happened in public in her car.
The Therapist has denied the charges, which include oral sex, intercourse and “penetration with a foreign object” – all with minors.

They said the first alleged sexual encounter was with a boy she met while working for Victor Youth Services at a group home on King’s Way near Shasta Lake.

Police in Shasta County said after investigation that the boy told a police detective that in July 2015, he and Herron had oral sex at least once at the group home where the boy was living.
They also had sex that month in her vehicle while they were parked alongside Abernathy Lane in Redding, the report says.

Going into graphic detail, the report says, “The victim told me he had oral sex with Jacqueline Herron in the past approximately five times and penis and vagina sex two times in the past.”

The police report provided some of her employment details, claiming she had been fired by Victor Youth Services, and later hired by Alternatives to Violence, contracted to provide counseling services to students in Red Bluff.

It was reported that Herron began working with the second boy when she was a counselor at Salisbury High School – a continuation school in the Red Bluff High School District.
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A Redding Police Department report claimed the underage boy brought a complaint that he had sex with Herron numerous times in March and April 2016.

He also told the police that he and woman apparently had sex at her home and would also rent motel rooms to have sex.
Employees at one motel told the police that because of the age difference between the boy and the woman, they were suspicious when they saw the two enter the motel.

The victim also reported that Herron gave him alcohol, prescription cough syrup and at least one other drug.
The boy further told the police that one time she sodomised him at her apartment while he was “blackout drunk.”

Meanwhile, the police said they have obtained photos, videos and phone texts the pair shared over a period of several weeks.
In one text, the woman allegedly sent to the boy reads, “I go to the cottonwood apt tonight the one out in the middle of nowhere haha.

“If ur not busy we should try to meet for a 7-minute hug. [sic]”
When the lad’s father heard about what was happening, the relationship ended, the police said.

'Everyone knows my admiration for Guardiola' - Dani Alves drops huge Man City hint

Dani Alves has dropped a massive hint that he is set to join Manchester City by praising manager Pep Guardiola.

Alves worked with Guardiola during the City boss' highly successful four seasons in charge of Barcelona, winning the Champions League twice in that span.

Goal revealed on Wednesday morning that Alves has agreed a two-year contract with City and his arrival will be announced once his departure from Juventus is officially wrapped up.
Juventus CEO Giuseppe Marotta has since confirmed the defender is set to leave the club with Alves expressing his admiration for Guardiola as a switch nears to the Etihad Stadium nears.

"Everyone knows my admiration for Pep Guardiola – he is a great coach," Alves told Brazilian TV show Conversa com Bial when asked if City would be his next team.
Alves also discussed his situation at Juventus after Marotta suggested he would be allowed to leave on a free transfer despite still having a year left on his contract.

The Brazilian continued: "I don't know what is happening. I have left the work to my agents in Italy and they have said they would talk to me once they find a resolution on the contract.
"If I go, it will be without any conflicts, without any problems, as opposed to what is being said."

If confirmed, City's swoop for Alves will add to the signings of Bernardo Silva and Ederson.
Guardiola was keen to add another right-back to his squad following the exits of out-of-contract duo Bacary Sagna and Pablo Zabaleta.

Alves has only spent one year at Juventus, winning Serie A and the Coppa Italia, while the club lost out to Real Madrid in the Champions League final this month.

Mexican boxer Ulises Hueto Elizalde killed by masked gunmen leaving gym in alleged gang-related attack

Mexican professional boxer Ulises Hueto Elizalde was shot dead by masked gunmen after leaving his gym in Mexico City.

The 33-year-old, who wore a tracksuit and backpack, had just finished a session in the gym at around 1pm and was making his way home.
But two masked attackers approached him on a motorbike and fired at least 12 times, it has been reported.

The gunmen quickly fled, leaving Elizalde bleeding on the pavement and it has since been confirmed that he was killed by four bullet wounds to the neck and two to the face.

Authorities in the area believe the attack was gang-related although it is unclear why Elizalde, known as ‘El Chispa’ ('The Spark'), was targeted.
In memory of the boxer, Combox CDMX, Mexico's professional boxing commission, paid tribute to him on their Facebook page.

Beneath a picture of a black ribbon, they wrote: "The CDMX joins the grief that seizes the family of boxer Ulysses "The Spark" Hueto Elizalde for his senseless death. We hope comfort arrives to their hearts soon. Rest in peace."

Super middleweight Elizalde, who was licensed with CDMX at the time of his death, had two professional fights, losing both.

Jennifer Lopez Flaunts Her Insane Abs in Mirror Selfie

"Ayyyyy... 😂," she simply captioned the pic.

Jennifer Lopez and her abs of steel are enviable.
The 47-year-old singer flaunted her fit figure and toned abs in a mirror selfie she posted on Instagram on Thursday.

The Shades of Blue star rocked a sporty look in a white Guess crop top sweater and aqua sweatpants. There's no denying that J.Lo is looking better than ever!

Lindsay Lohan charges fans for exclusive pictures

Lindsay Lohan is charging fans who want a behind-the-scenes look at her life.

The 'Mean Girls' star has teamed up with Preemium, a website and app that gives fans "access to exclusive content and behind the scene footage from the people that inspire you."

She will charge just under $4 a month to allow her fans access to a string of new pictures and videos, which show off her day-to-day life as well as parts of her job including the photoshoots she does, her charity work and behind-the-scenes as she films for her new television series.

She said: "I'm always looking for new ways to connect with my fans and give them something that has not been available before, things that wouldn't go on Instagram or Facebook. I wanted a place to really express myself to the people who care most and that's what this is about."

Her Preemium profile promises "personal diaries, video updates, exclusive personal photos, fashion and beauty tutorials, shopping guides, behind-the-scenes content, my favourite products and much more".
Meanwhile, the 30-year-old star previously made the decision to remove herself from social media and said it was "symbolic" of her "letting go of the past".

She said: "It was symbolic to me of letting the past go and moving on to the future, which was very therapeutic for me. It's been a long time coming.
"There was not an exact moment [that triggered it]. However, there comes a time in one's life where you stop and reflect on all of the experiences you have had, for me it happened when I turned 30 and realised there is more in giving back in life. That is what will make you truly happy.

"It has benefits such as connecting you to loved ones and old friends, and then it has negatives of possibly being too connected to everyone. It is the world that we live in - just depends how the person decides to utilise it." 

Rihanna Slid Into A Fan's DMs To Help Him Get Over A Breakup

Most of us who've left comments on a celebrity's Instagram or responded to their tweets assume that the star in question will never see what we wrote. Stars are inundated with tons of comments about everything — even the most innocuous photos will get plenty of feedback. So the chances of celebs reading them — let alone responding to them — are pretty slim.

Still, there are always a few fans who manage to capture the attention of their idols. In May, Taylor Swift sent flowers and a hand-drawn card to a fan who invited Swift to her graduation party. And last year, Rihanna helped a fan come out as gay through a series of direct messages on Twitter.

Now, RiRi is at it again. The "Work" singer helped a different fan get over a breakup through Twitter DMs, and her advice is on point. When a man sent Rihanna a DM asking how she got over her "first heartbreak," she gave a thoughtful and detailed response.

"Just believe that the heartbreak was a gift in itself!" Rihanna wrote. "Cry if you have to, but it won't be forever! You will find love again, and it will be even more beautiful! In the meantime enjoy all that YOU are!!!!"

The Twitter user, @WaladShami, shared a screenshot of the conversation in a tweet, captioning it "Thank you, I love you @Rihanna."

"It was my first relationship ever, and they ended it with me in January, but it's been really hard for a multitude of reasons," he told BuzzFeed. "I reached out to Rihanna because she's given me advice many times — she's wise 'n s**t. Lol."

The fan also tweeted that he's DM'd Rihanna before. So, if you're going through a rough breakup, maybe you should DM Rihanna — you might get a response with some great advice. - Refinery29 

Why Migrants Keep Risking All on the ‘Deadliest Route’

TONGO, Senegal — Amadou Anne, the oldest son, tried first.
“If you have a way to get there, maybe you should try it,” his father told him.

The journey required crossing thousands of miles of ruthless desert and sea to reach Europe. Months passed with no news. And then the phone call.


Friends in France spotted a list of drowned migrants. Mr. Anne’s name was on it.
“I was standing right there, and I cried,” his mother, Salmata Boullo Diallo, said near the family compound in a vast expanse of fallow peanut fields in this remote part of Senegal.
The loss did not end there. Mr. Amadou’s younger brother Gibbe also tried to reach Italy. He, too, died at sea.

Their fates, sealed in journeys nearly two years ago, matched those of so many in this region, where young men often fall into three unforgiving categories: the ones who have made it to Europe, the ones who were blocked or deported along the way, and the ones who died trying.

“If they would have made it, it really would have changed things for us,” Ms. Diallo said.
The same sea that swallowed the Anne brothers in separate journeys on the Mediterranean has already claimed the lives of more than 2,100 migrants and refugees this year. Ninety-five percent of those deaths have occurred on the so-called central route between Libya and Italy, a passage used chiefly by sub-Saharan Africans that the International Organisation Migration calls “the deadliest route migrants ply anywhere on Earth.”

Yet more people keep trying. As of June 21, nearly 72,000 migrants had made it to the shores of Italy — a 28 percent increase compared with the same period last year, according to the migration organization.

The stormy sea is the last in a deadly series of obstacles to Europe. For migrants like the Anne brothers, the journey begins in packed buses that topple over on bad roads patrolled by thieves. If they make it through the days-long desert crossing to Libya, the migrants are sometimes beaten,  detained for weeks by smugglers and shaken down for yet more cash.

Late last month, 44 migrants, including children, died in the Sahara after their vehicle broke down and they ran out of water. More recently, a dinghy carrying 130 people capsized after rival smugglers stole the engine. Only four people aboard were rescued.

“Human smugglers will go to any extent to exploit desperate refugees and migrants,” said Babar Baloch, a spokesman for the United Nations refugee agency. “These shocking deaths are part of the bigger picture of exploitation.”
The stream of migrants from this region — from Nigeria, Guinea, Gambia, Ivory Coast and Mali — is growing. In 2016, the number of Senegalese making the journey nearly doubled from the year before.

This is one of the more developed countries in West Africa. In the Senegalese capital, Dakar, tall buildings rise downtown and seaside restaurants charge New York prices for plates of the local catch . Recent offshore oil and gas discoveries offer hopes for transforming the economy, luring international companies like Total to sign exploration agreements.

Yet almost 47 percent of the Senegalese population lives in poverty, according to the World Bank. In rural areas, almost two out of every three residents are considered poor.
The Anne brothers’ sparsely populated region is among the poorest in Senegal. At least 110 people from here have died along the migrant route since 2015, local officials said. This area lost 17 of its men in a single episode, a shipwreck in April 2015 that killed a total of more than 800 people.

“We have no machinery to cultivate the land, no rain and now no young people,” said Alassane Diallo, mayor of the nearby village of Koussan.
In this sandy landscape, with its blistering heat and fat baobab trees, the chief means of survival is farming. The kind of life it provides is on full display in the small compounds of one-room mud homes: a mini-flock of two or three sheep, a piece of foam to soften a bed of sticks, a few changes of clothing, plastic flip-flops.

But some of the compounds strung along the bumpy dirt roads here serve as siren calls to Europe. Concrete homes instead of mud. An automobile parked outside. A satellite television dish poking from the ground. An iPhone.
All of it comes from money sent home from Europe — from the migrants who made it. They are local heroes, the envy of everyone.

“A young Senegalese is always covered with shame and guilt when he sees his own mother trying to make ends meet without being able to support and relieve his parents,” said Ousmane Sene, director of the West African Research Center in Dakar.

Some parents and spouses push their sons to make the trip. Village life is so isolated that often they are unaware of the dangers of the voyage. The pressure to try can be so intense that some men who fail and are deported never return home. Ashamed, they would rather have their families think they’re dead.

Moussa Kebbe, who lives in the area, tried making the journey in 2014. He sold his home to finance the trip, which included 16 days in the desert with so little water that he was forced to drink his own urine. Four people in his vehicle died from thirst, he said.
Once Mr. Kebbe arrived in Libya, he worked in construction and cleaned toilets to try to earn enough money to pay for the boat to Italy. Libyan immigration officials threw him in jail for three months before he was deported.

He came back home empty-handed, worse off than when he started. Mr. Kebbe explained to his wife what had happened. She cried and pleaded with him to try again.
“It’s a suicide mission,” said Ousmane Thiam, who also failed to reach Europe.

In the Anne family’s tiny compound, the side-by-side huts of Amadou and his brother Gibbe are still empty, a broken bicycle resting against the mud wall in one.
No one realized the journey would be so dangerous, said the men’s mother, Ms. Diallo.
“We’d only heard success stories,” she said, shaking her head.

Before he left, Amadou, 36, told his brother to wait. But Gibbe, 28, working in Dakar as a brick maker, thought he could earn more in Europe. Anxious to follow his brother, he took off on his own, even before he heard of Amadou’s fate.
“We had no idea where he was,” Ms. Diallo said.

Gibbe’s name showed up on a list of dead migrants a few weeks after his brother’s did.
The Anne family relied on other sons to help financially. One of them had been living in Gabon, where he had found work. A few months ago, he came to the village. He suddenly fell ill and died, of natural causes, the family said.

Another son, Adama Anne, had planned to leave for Europe or somewhere promising, his family said.
But he, too, had been ill. A few weeks ago, while The New York Times was interviewing the family in the village, Adama began coughing violently. His father tried to help him walk back to his hut, but the man collapsed in his father’s arms and went cold.

“He’s gone,” his father howled. “He’s finally gone.”
Now, it is up to Arouna Anne, the last male in the family, to make a better life for his parents and the children his dead brothers left behind.
He is just 14 years old.

Arouna knew he couldn’t support his family living in their tiny village. He left for a town a few hours to the east.
He arrived on a Wednesday, market day, carrying only a change of clothes and the equivalent of $33. When darkness fell, he spotted children reading Arabic outside a big house. He went inside and asked for help from the teacher. Arouna now lives there with three other boys, sleeping on a mattress made of rice stalks.

He thinks about his brothers often — about Amadou, the strict one, always trying to discipline him, and Gibbe, the jokester, always playing pranks.
Once, Arouna accompanied Gibbe to the fields. He turned his back and Gibbe disappeared, hiding in a tree. He made baboon noises and pounced on Arouna, who was terrified and ran away.

“Everyone laughed when we told them what happened,” Arouna said, giggling so hard he could barely continue talking.
Arouna hasn’t seen his parents for six months. He sends a bit of money to them from time to time. It’s not enough.

“I am the only remaining son now,” he said. “I have to support the family.”
Arouna knows well the dangers of the trip to Europe. One of his friends from home also tried the trip not long ago and died in Libya.

Eventually, Arouna says, he will go to Gabon or Congo, to work in the mines.
“It’s not risky there like Libya.”