Photographer, Narciso Contreras, captures the hidden-life of Libyan migrants.

"Libya has become a modern-day slave market, with migrants caught in a complex trafficking web largely ignored by the outside world."
Contreras, who spoke to migrants kept as slaves during a documentary photography project in Libya, said global attention focused on the North African country as a gateway for migrants attempting to reach Europe by sea.

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Woman sheds 121 kilograms -- and transforms her life

Yang Panpan may have hit the lowest point of life a year ago: she was divorced, jobless and overweight. In the days of doom and gloom, Yang soon swelled and maxed out at 190 kilograms.
Then the woman, from northeast China's Changchun city, decided to make a change.

 She started a year-long weight-loss journey, sticking with harsh diet and exercise routines as well as Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) therapy.

Yang, having shed two thirds of her previous bodyweight, now weighs 69 kilograms. And her waistline is still diminishing.
The 29-year-old looks and feels like a totally different person, and has start afresh with her new love – 38-year-old Wang Xu, who said he was touched by Yang’s upbeat attitude and persistence.

Woman sheds 121 kilograms -- and transforms her life

Woman sheds 121 kilograms -- and transforms her life

Woman sheds 121 kilograms -- and transforms her life

Woman sheds 121 kilograms -- and transforms her life

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Trump willing to use engagement on DPRK crisis: S. Korea envoy

US President Donald Trump told South Korea's presidential envoy that Washington wss willing to resolve the DPRK's nuclear crisis through engagement under the right conditions, South Korea's Yonhap News Agency reported on Thursday.

Trump has said "a major, major conflict" with the DPRK was possible and all options were on the table but wanted to resolve the crisis diplomatically and peacefully, possibly through the use of economic sanctions.

South Korea's new President Moon Jae-in who took office last week has campaigned on a more moderate approach towards the DPRK but has said Pyongyang must change its attitude of insisting on arms development before dialogue was possible.

Moon's envoy to Washington, South Korean media mogul Hong Seok-hyun, said Trump spoke of the willing to use "engagement" to create peace on the Korean Peninsula, Yonhap news quoted Hong as saying.

But the United States will not have any dialogue with the DPRK for the sake of dialogue and the use of pressure was the premise in the approach to Pyongyang, Hong quoted Trump as saying, according to Yonhap.

Trump's comments could not immediately be independently verified.

The DPRK conducted its latest ballistic missile test on Sunday in defiance of UN Security Council resolutions, saying it was a test of its capability to carry a "large-size heavy nuclear warhead."
Pyongyang has vowed to develop a missile mounted with a nuclear warhead that can strike the mainland United States. However, a senior DPRK diplomat has said Pyongyang was open to having talks with Washington under the right conditions.

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US prison asks inmates to take care of abused animals

A former US jail in Phoenix, Arizona has been transformed into a home for abused or neglected animals.

Inmates at a nearby women’s prison have been tasked with caring for the dogs and cats as part of their rehabilitation program.
The initiative was adopted by MCSO Animal Safe Haven (MASH) Unit in a former jail that has been a shelter for animals since 2000.
The program in Maricopa County Sheriff's Office has seen success, with animals being adopted after their training and inmates finding jobs in the pet industry after finishing their sentences.

US prison asks inmates to take care of abused animals

US prison asks inmates to take care of abused animals

US prison asks inmates to take care of abused animals

US prison asks inmates to take care of abused animals

US prison asks inmates to take care of abused animals

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Roger Ailes, co-founder of Fox News dies at 77

Roger Ailes, former chairman and co-founder of Fox News, died Thursday morning at age 77, his wife Elizabeth Ailes announced in a statement to Drudge Report, a US news aggregate, calling him a "patriot." No cause of death was given.
Ailes founded Fox News in 1996 but resigned as CEO of Fox News Channel last year amid sexual harassment allegations. Throughout his years at Fox News, he helped form the modern landscape for cable news in the US by bringing entertainment and opinion into the picture.
Before that, Ailes served as president of CNBC. He was also a media consultant for US Republican presidents Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, and George H. W. Bush.

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Trailblazer: Afghan woman on round-the-world solo flight

Born in a refugee camp, Shaesta Waiz was a timid child afraid of airplanes. Now she is the first certified civilian female pilot in the war-torn country of Afghanistan.

Waiz arrived in Montreal, Canada on the third leg of her worldwide solo flight on Monday. She will stop in 18 countries across five continents to complete the over 40,000-kilometer journey.
While most industries have made significant efforts to attract females in the last few decades, the aviation industry is still lagging behind.
Over 600,000 active pilots have licenses in the US, but only about six percent are women, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
The 29-year-old Waiz launched the solo flight in part to inspire a new generation of female pilots to consider careers in male-dominated technical fields like aviation.

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