Jeff Byrne
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Trump: We want to stop inflation, but not stop greatness. Economic growth doesn't mean inflation.




Teenage gang who lured schoolgirl, 15, to underpass and laughed as they filmed themselves raping her handed youth rehabilitation orders trib.al/RkAJsUQ









Mohamed Bakkali, the logistical brain behind the Paris and Bataclan attacks that killed 129 and wounded hundreds more, is allowed penitentiary leave by the Brussels court. If Bakkali continues his “calm and good behaviour” according to the court, he could soon be freed indefinitely.



Selling children to survive: Afghan fathers forced to make impossible choices bbc.in/49UQzLU




Corn ethanol was sold as green fuel. It was meant to cut emissions, improve energy security, and support rural America. Instead, it turns out corn ethanol depends on fossil fuels at every stage: tractors, trucks, fertilizer, pesticides, refineries, chemicals. Analysis found corn ethanol can actually increase CO2 emissions by 28% compared with gasoline. It also pushes farmland into fuel production, which raises food prices, increases water use, and worsens pollution. Big agriculture cashed in. The rest of us paid for it.





