Las Vegas shooting: Female person of interest former Gold Coast resident

A FORMER Gold Coast woman named as a person of interest in the Mandalay Bay massacre was found last night by the FBI…

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Not just Texas. Asia Floods Caused More Than 1,200 Deaths 41 million people are affected

More than 41 million people are affected in India, Bangladesh and Nepal

Severe flooding across South Asia has caused at least 1,200 deaths this summer, aid workers say, with huge swaths of the region still inundated as monsoon rains continue.

The death toll continues to rise amid concerns that disease and food insecurity could claim even more lives, according to the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC). Most recorded deaths were in India, but many also died in neighboring Bangladesh and Nepal.

A spokesperson for the IFRC tells TIME that nearly a million houses have been damaged or destroyed in the three most affected countries. The U.N. estimates that more than 41 million people have been affected by the downpour. The monsoon season typically lasts from June to September.

Poor areas of Nepal have been particularly hard-hit; more than 210,000 homes have been damaged or destroyed by floods or landslides, and 143 people have died. In Bangladesh, roughly 8.6 million were affected, 142 died and enormous areas of farmland suffered damage, the IFRC said.

About a third of the country has been submerged by this year’s rains, according to the New York Times.

In India, the flooding has affected more than 30 million people, while the financial capital Mumbai is reportedly paralyzed by the waters. The Times reports that schools were shut Tuesday and transportation ground to a near standstill.

Source: South Asia Floods Caused More Than 1,200 Deaths This Summer | Time.com

Florida child fatally shoots himself with gun found inside home

POLICE in the US say a four-year-old child has died after shooting himself with a gun he found in his house.

The shooting happened about 5.45pm local time (7.45am AEST) in Tampa, Florida.

In a news release, police said Ashton Gooding found the weapon and discharged it. He was severely injured when police arrived and died shortly after arriving at Tampa General Hospital.

The state attorney’s office is reviewing the case to determine whether charges should be brought.

No further details were immediately available.

More to come.

Source: Florida child fatally shoots himself with gun found inside home

Paddington Bear author Michael Bond dies aged 91

Michael Bond, the creator of the beloved children’s character Paddington Bear, has died at 91.

Bond published his first book, A Bear Called Paddington, about the marmalade-loving bear from Peru, in 1958.

The author, born in Newbury, Berkshire, in 1926, kept writing until his death. His most recent Paddington story, Paddington’s Finest Hour, was published in April.

His daughter, Karen Jankel, told the Guardian “the whole world” was lucky to have had her father, whose legacy would “live on forever” through his creation.

A statement from publisher Harper Collins said: “It is with great sadness that we announce that Michael Bond, CBE, the creator of one of Britain’s best-loved children’s characters, Paddington, died at home yesterday aged 91 following a short illness.”

Jankel said: “It’s a shock to everybody. For me, he was the most wonderful father you can imagine, so obviously our loss is personal. But it’s wonderful that he’s left the legacy of his books and Paddington that will live on for ever, which is really very special.

“The whole world is lucky to have had him … Paddington himself is so real to all of us, he’s still a part of our family and we’re very lucky.”

Jankel said it was “incredible” that her father was still writing up until his death.

“For him, writing was his life. It was wonderful he could continue writing until the end,” she said. “Because … Paddington and his other characters were so real to him, he became alive to everybody else.

“You can tell just by reading his books what a lovely person he was. I never came across anybody who disliked my father. He was one of those people that people instinctively warmed to and he was as funny as a person and delightful as he was in his writing and as a father.”

Source: Paddington Bear author Michael Bond dies aged 91 | Books | The Guardian

Facebook DISLIKE button on the way? New ‘thumbs down’ reaction has appeared on the Messenger app

A much anticipated feature could be on its way after users of the Silicon Valley site discovered a thumbs-down or dislike button, part of suite of reaction symbols on Facebook’s Messenger app.

• An emoji icon appeared for some users allowing them to respond to messages
• Change applies to chats taking place in the Messenger app but not the main site 
• Facebook launched ‘Like’, ‘Love’, ‘Haha’, ‘Sad’ and ‘Angry’ emoji’s in 2016
• Chat option includes thumbs-up and thumbs-down as well as other emotions

One of the most requested features for Facebook could be moving a step closer to reality.

A new thumbs down emoji is one of a range of ‘reactions’ that have appeared on the Messenger app of some users of the site.

The apparent testing of the new feature fits with long-running speculation that a similar function for the main site may also be on the way.

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Source: Facebook tests thumbs-down ‘dislike’ button in chat app | Daily Mail Online

No living person in history has ever been as famous as Trump is right now. > Hitler??

Lkely that no living person in history has ever been as famous as Mr. Trump is right now.