UK PM Burnham launches bid to help homeless, donating 15% of his wages

The prime minister hopes to offer people sleeping rough a way off the streets by Christmas

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Britain’s Prime Minister Andy Burnham speaks with staff and residents as he pays a visit to the homelessness charity Changing Lives in Newcastle on Wednesday. Photo: AFP

New UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham unveiled plans on Wednesday to offer those sleeping rough a way off the streets by Christmas and vowed to donate part of his wages to help curb homelessness.

“No one should have to bed down in a doorway or outside a station,” Burnham said in a statement announcing the new plans.


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Japanese Government Says the Digital Camera Industry Is In Recovery

Two black digital cameras, one compact and one larger DSLR, are displayed side by side against a background of large green leaves. The compact camera is on the left, and the larger camera with no lens is on the right.

It’s unusual for one country to hold such immense power in a single industry as Japan does in photography. Save for companies like Leica and Hasselblad, nearly all the major camera and lens makers are Japanese. It is little surprise, then, that Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) has a particular interest in the health of the digital camera market.

As spotted by Digicame-Info , the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry recently published an article looking at the

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Body of missing pilot found among plane debris in Kawartha Lakes

Provincial police say a pilot reported missing after taking off in a home-built plane from Oshawa last week has been found dead.

The 73-year-old was reported missing by family members after the plane departed from the Oshawa Airport at 8:30 a.m. on August 14 and failed to return that same morning.

Durham regional police identified the missing man by first name only, David, and said he was an experienced pilot who usually flies in the area south of the municipality of Kawartha

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In Italy, a Beach Club Run by Nuns Is in Jeopardy

The Sisters of Charity of Saint Mary have hosted beachgoers in the town of Spotorno for decades. But change is coming.

North Korean Official Dismisses Reduced Drills Between US and South Korea

Kim Yo-jong, a powerful adviser and sister of Kim Jong-un, also said she was “unaware” of any communication with Washington, contradicting President Trump’s claim her brother had responded to his outreach.

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