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Fact check: Will a wall “stop much of the drugs from pouring into this country” as Trump claims?

Fact check: Will a wall “stop much of the drugs from pouring into this country” as Trump claims? -  Trump's signature campaign promises was building a wall along the U.S.- Mexico border to stem illegal immigration. He also ...

California challenges Trump's end to young immigrant program DACA

California challenges Trump's end to young immigrant program DACA - California challenges Trump's end to young immigrant program DACA ... California sued the Trump administration Monday over its decision to end a ... It was announced as Mexico's top diplomat, Foreign Relations Secretary Luis ...

UK inflation unexpectedly jumps as the pound sterling's slump after Brexit vote still affects prices

UK inflation unexpectedly jumps as the pound sterling's slump after Brexit vote still affects prices - Inflation rose unexpectedly to 2.9 per cent in August, as the slump in sterling since the Brexit vote continued to have a powerful impact on domestic UK ...

Merkel ally warns Theresa May's approach to Brexit 'will not work'

Merkel ally warns Theresa May's approach to Brexit 'will not work' - A senior German ally of Angela Merkel has warned that Theresa May's current approach to Brexit “will not fly” – pouring cold water over eurosceptics' ...

Family start crowdfunder to leave Britain after Brexit

Family start crowdfunder to leave Britain after Brexit - A Polish couple are attempting to raise £10,000 to leave the UK – because they're so furious about Brexit . Michal Kuzniar and his wife Katarzyna said ...

What Happens if Brexit Negotiations Don't Work?

What Happens if Brexit Negotiations Don't Work? - It's been nearly three months, and three rounds, since Brexit negotiations began, and the parties aren't far from where they started. The European ...

UK farm growth hit as migrant workers fall after Brexit referendum

UK farm growth hit as migrant workers fall after Brexit referendum - He blamed this problem on Brexit — Barfoots relies heavily on eastern European workers, and some no longer feel welcome following Britain's vote ...

12 Tory MPs warn Theresa May they will rebel unless EU withdrawal legislation changed

12 Tory MPs warn Theresa May they will rebel unless EU withdrawal legislation changed - Twelve Conservative MPs warned Theresa May they are ready to rebel over the Brexit Bill, within minutes of the legislation clearing its first Commons ...

How losing weight has impacted both my life and my mental health

How losing weight has impacted both my life and my mental health - How losing weight has impacted both my life and my mental health ... while living with bipolar disorder, and countless steroids due to ill health, had left ...

On Schizophrenia: Father and son discuss battling mental illness and the art it inspires

On Schizophrenia: Father and son discuss battling mental illness and the art it inspires - On Schizophrenia: Father and son discuss battling mental illness and the art it .... At any one time in Britain , there are 220,000 people being treated for ...

Families left 'in crisis' by cuts to dementia nurses

Families left 'in crisis' by cuts to dementia nurses - The number of nurses specialising in dementia and other mental health problems in the elderly has been cut by a fifth since 2010, according to ...

Jeremy Corbyn attacks bosses over 'gig economy'

Jeremy Corbyn attacks bosses over 'gig economy' - The Labour leader will tell the TUC conference that the rise of the so-called gig economy has harmed workers' mental health . He will urge young ...

Britain faces wave of strike ballots as unions campaign to smash public sector pay cap

Britain faces wave of strike ballots as unions campaign to smash public sector pay cap - Union leaders vented their fury over the government's 1% pay cap for five million public sector workers that has forced many into a “ poverty trap.”

Why we should keep the champagne on ice over growth in NI millionaires

Why we should keep the champagne on ice over growth in NI millionaires - In addition to the number of millionaires, the UK Prosperity Map looks at a ... Relative poverty measures the number of people living in households ...

People in Wales 'more generous' giving to charities

People in Wales 'more generous' giving to charities - CFiW figures showed more children and over-65s were living in poverty compared to the UK average and the organisation gave £2.6m in grants to ...

How Trump DOJ's about-face on LGBT workplace bias could backfire at SCOTUS

How Trump DOJ's about-face on LGBT workplace bias could backfire at SCOTUS -  In July, when the Justice Department officially parted ways with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission in a brief arguing that the ...

AI that can tell if you're gay is “dangerous & flawed” say LGBT organisations

AI that can tell if you're gay is “dangerous & flawed” say LGBT organisations - Last week research from Stanford hit the news, saying that the most advanced artificial intelligence could tell if somebody was gay or straight simply by ...

Australia lagging behind on same-sex marriage laws

Australia lagging behind on same-sex marriage laws - I shared my own story of having had a civil partnership ceremony in the UK and ... Ben Woodward is a spokesman for the Cairns LGBT Alliance.

Pelosi on hand to help GLAAD honor LGBT media leaders

Pelosi on hand to help GLAAD honor LGBT media leaders - Ross Mathews hugs surprise speaker, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi during the 2017 GLAAD Gala at the Metreon in San Francisco, Calif.

Susan Calman same-sex pairing row: is fancying your partner Strictly necessary?

Susan Calman same-sex pairing row: is fancying your partner Strictly necessary? - However, Calman – who has campaigned for LGBT rights all her life – didn't want a ... British ballroom dancing is known, says Ciutto, for being “quite ...

Rugby star Gareth Thomas: Being gay drove me to be better than others

Rugby star Gareth Thomas: Being gay drove me to be better than others - He later went on to be declared the most influential LGBT person in the UK by the Independent on Sunday, and was named Hero of the Year by ...

Face-reading AI will be able to detect your politics and IQ, professor says

Face-reading AI will be able to detect your politics and IQ, professor says - Kosinski's research is highly controversial and faced a huge backlash from LGBT rights groups, which argued that the AI was flawed and that ...

Five arrests made at “Gays Against Sharia” protest in Bristol

Five arrests made at “Gays Against Sharia” protest in Bristol - Two groups, British and Immigrants United Against Terrorism and Gays ... They were met with a counter protest by members of the LGBT community ...

This Morning couple face criticism after withdrawing their son from school that allowed a ...

This Morning couple face criticism after withdrawing their son from school that allowed a ... - a stand is that we believe a lot of parents throughout the UK would agree. ... 'Like he said he's just protecting his child, remember its LGBT or nothing ...

Nigerian Gays - Swimming in Shark Infested Sea

Nigerian Gays - Swimming in Shark Infested Sea - Inasmuch as sub-Saharan Africa , anti- gay sentiment and persecution of homosexuals is rife in Nigeria, the aforementioned legislation became more ...

China's Largest Gay-Dating App Tries Streaming

China's Largest Gay -Dating App Tries Streaming - Episode one of the Bloomberg video series Love Disrupted explores how the social networking app Blued is changing the way gay men live their lives ...

St. Mark's Presbyterian shows film on missionaries and homosexuality in Africa

St. Mark's Presbyterian shows film on missionaries and homosexuality in Africa - ideologies from the United States' Christian right and how those connect to intolerance of LGBT individuals in Uganda, according to press materials.

What is going on in gay men's lives when they acquire HIV?

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What is going on in gay men's lives when they acquire HIV ? - The homophobia which underpins the idea that gay men are irresponsible, in itself, seems to have played a role in many men not finding themselves ...

The Powerpuff Girls' newest member to be voiced by South African lesbian singer Toya Delazy

The Powerpuff Girls' newest member to be voiced by South African lesbian singer Toya Delazy - The Powerpuff Girls' newest member to be voiced by South African lesbian ... her sexuality, when there are still very few out LGBT African musicians.

Former Rose questions Trump and calls for LGBT equality in North

Former Rose questions Trump and calls for LGBT equality in North - On this island not all 32 counties are deemed equal in terms of LGBT rights and in large parts of Africa homosexuality is forbidden, so when you think ...

Jane Lynch wins Creative Arts Emmy for queer drama Dropping the Soap

Jane Lynch wins Creative Arts Emmy for queer drama Dropping the Soap - The first series of the show debuted on LGBTI streaming service Dekkoo earlier this year. Jane has previously won the 2010 Outstanding Supporting ...

This Jesuit priest explains why the Catholic Church should be more accepting of LGBTI people

This Jesuit priest explains why the Catholic Church should be more accepting of LGBTI people - Father James Martin, the pro- LGBTI Jesuit preacher who was appointed as the Vatican's PR consultant, is still pushing for the Catholic Church to be ...