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Japan weather: Typhoon Jebi path update as DANGEROUS storm threatens Japan


TYPHOON Jebi continues marching across the Pacific and is expected to strengthen this week as it makes a beeline for Japan. Here is the latest. ✔ The worst impacts would occur if Jebi makes landfall ✔ However, even if it remains offshore east of Japan, the large tropical cyclone could lash coastal areas with damaging winds and flooding rainfall ✔ Then, shortly afterwards, a sweltering heatwave struck the islands and killed at least 100, sending about 22,000 to hospital


Michigan weather damage: Severe 'bow echo' tornadoes hit as SEVERE thunderstorm forecast


A MASSIVE tornado raged through Michigan on Monday, knocking down trees, power lines and causing damage. The National Weather Service (NWS) has issued a warning that more storms are on the way. ✔ It is expected to move towards the Northeast throughout the day ✔ We will work safely around the clock until every customer is restored, Tim Sparks, Consumers Energy vice president said in a release ✔ Power is expected to be fully restored by the end of Friday


Earthquake early-warning system sent alarm 3 seconds before La Verne temblor


Earthquake early warning system ✔ As part of the $1.3-trillion budget bill approved by Congress and signed by Trump, officials approved $22.9 million for the project ✔ Condominium towers testing the system have been similarly rewired to give residents time to drop, cover and hold on before shaking arrives


Orangutan wildfire ALERT: Ape rescuers plea for help to tackle advancing forest flames


FRONTLINE animal rescuers are on high alert to save terrified orangutans from the jaws of raging wildfires. ✔ Soldiers and police rushed in to protect the centre when the first flames of the season advanced raced across the outskirts Ketapang, leaving its manager Adi Irawan to praise the response from the authorities ✔ For more details about IAR, see: internationalanimalrescue.org


Dam breach leaves thousands scrambling for high ground


Officials in Myanmar say monsoon rains caused spillway of Swar Chaung dam to collapse, affecting 63K people ✔ We will get divers to go down and check after the water levels recede, he said ✔ Army chief Min Aung Hlaing, under mounting international pressure to face international justice following a damning UN report this week on the Rohingya crisis, was quick to arrive at the scene on Wednesday morning ✔ The communist country has since suspended its hydropower strategy to become the battery of Asia by damming rivers and selling electricity to its neighbours


Hawaii volcano: Fissure eight ‘lava pond’ suddenly DISAPPEARS leaving cavernous black hole


HAWAII’s Kilauea volcano has seen a lull in activity this week, with Fissure 8’s lava pond disappearing suddenly. ✔ Kilauea began its latest eruptive pattern over 30 years ago in 1983 and hasn’t stopped since then ✔ The latest activity started on May 4 and has only just begun to calm down now ✔ KÄ«lauea is the youngest and southeastern most volcano on the Island of Hawai'i and ranks among the world’s most active volcanoes


Former Royal Marine, 57, rows from California to Hawaii


Former Royal Marine Steve Sparkes, 57, Managed to row from the Californian coast to Hawaii in a trip of more than 2,400 miles which lasted a 82 days along with his team mate Mick Dawson. ✔ A former Royal Marine survived a hurricane to become the first blind person to successfully row across the Pacific ✔ He added: 'I make no bones out it - I found it incredibly gruelling from the word go ✔ We didn't have the best of weather and from day one it was choppy and it just got worse ✔ Visit www.cockleshell-pacific.com to make a donation


Romanian president blasts gov't for mismanaging swine fever


BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — Romania's president has blasted the government over the spread of African swine fever saying the outbreak was costing millions of euros and threatening t ✔ President Klaus Iohannis said Wednesday that for weeks, authorities have demonstrated their incompetence in stopping this disaster... ✔ without us seeing appropriate, firm and efficient methods of control ✔ Romania's interior ministry was due to respond later Wednesday to the criticism


Iran's Khamenei says Europe cannot save nuclear deal, help economy


Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on Wednesday cast doubt on the ability of European countries to save Iran's 2015 nuclear accord with world powers, now under threat following a U.S. withdrawal, and said Tehran might abandon the agreement. ✔ Another motion, signed by 70 lawmakers, aims to impeach the minister of industry, mines and business ✔ Rouhani won two landslide elections on a platform of economic reform and opening Iran up to the outside world, and his pragmatic supporters have a majority in the parliament ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles


Democratic left, Trump loyalists, women win U.S. nominating contests


Liberal Democrats and conservative Republicans loyal to Donald Trump scored victories in nominating contests for Florida and Arizona, giving momentum to the insurgent wings of America's two main parties ahead of November elections. ✔ His trouncing of the early establishment favorite, Florida Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam, underscored the president’s popularity with the Republican base ✔ DeSantis, 39, is the latest in a string of Republican candidates elevated this year by the president’s engagement in intraparty fights ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles


Star Wars: More ‘flop’ news as franchise suffers THIS embarrassment after Solo


STAR WARS hasn’t had the smoothest couple of years, what with multiple director changes, fan backlashes, stars being abused and disappointing box office receipts. ✔ In terms of critical response, the Star Wars standalone did far better than The Meg; winning a 71% score on Rotten Tomatoes compared to The Meg’s 46% ✔ As it stands, no further spin-offs like Solo are in the works, although Johnson is preparing his own trilogy


Lady Gaga: Is she hinting at a return to her more risqué side with nude photos?


Lady Gaga is showing a lot more than just her poker face in revealing photos that she shared to Instagram Tuesday. ✔ Gaga, 32, shows us how to put on stockings in two of the risqué shots where her chest has been pixelated ✔ Wally Santana, AP Fullscreen Defying gravity: Lady Gaga receives the award for best female at the 2010 MTV Europe Music Awards in Belfast, Ireland ✔ Tim Whitby, Getty Images Fullscreen Last SlideNext Slide


This is what you should do on first dates if you want it to lead to marriage


IF you’ve ever wondered what makes the best first date, we’ve got some news. Dating site PlentyOfFish has revealed the top first dates that lead to marriage – and you might be sur… ✔ Getty - Contributor 7 Going for a romantic walk came in second 3 ✔ We also revealed the wedding traditions modern couples are ditching, from bridesmaids to shared surnames and even rings ✔ And we told you about the mum-of-three who rakes in £45,000-a-year cuddling total strangers…and swears her husband doesn’t mind


Great British Bake Off 2018: Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith open series with ratings drop


GREAT BRITISH BAKE OFF fans tuned in to watch the ninth series of the baking competition begin with 12 new hopefuls entering the tent to win the title of star baker. ✔ Great British Bake Off 2018: Paul Hollywood and Prue Leith open series with ratings drop (Image: Channel 4) Great British Bake Off 2018: 12 new contestants entered the tent, hoping to impress with their bakes (Image: Channel 4) This was favourite of mine, don’t mess it up Paul Hollywood Before leaving the tent, Paul issued a warning to the bakers saying: This was a real favourite of mine while I was a kid, so please don’t mess it up


Jimmy Carter Says Donald Trump Made a 'Very Serious Mistake' Regarding John McCain's Death


Former President Jimmy Carter is calling out Donald Trump for his reaction to the death of Sen. John McCain ✔ Former President Jimmy Carter is calling out Donald Trump for his reaction to the death of Sen ✔ Carter, 93, acknowledged Trump’s turnaround in another interview with MSNBC on Tuesday, saying, I think it was a very serious mistake Trump made, and his friends and opponents corrected him, I think, quite adequately


These are the four warning signs that you should NOT marry the person you are dating


CHOOSING the right person to marry is one of the biggest decisions you will make in your life. And according to a relationship counsellor there are four MAJOR red flags that indicate you should avo… ✔ He explained: Many people get married expecting it will change their partner ✔ And a mum was left ‘livid’ after her mother-in-law held her newborn daughter before she did ✔ Meanwhile mums claim married couples only renew their vows if one of them has CHEATED… so do you agree


Opinion | How many norms can Trump and evangelical leaders break in one meeting?


They're tied at the hip -- in a downward spiral. ✔ The comments, which mark an escalation of Trump’s rhetoric, come amid deepening investigations into the president’s associates as well as a midterm battle that is entering its crucial final months ✔ Second, once more he is hinting at, if not holding the threat of, violence over the heads of Americans ✔ Ron DeSantis, who ran as Trump’s mini-me in the Florida GOP gubernatorial primary, there is no daylight between Trump and his party


More than 50,000 evacuated in Myanmar as homes, shops flooded after...


More than 50,000 people have evacuated their homes in central Myanmar after part of a dam failed on Wednesday, inundating communities and damaging a bridge on a major highway, officials said. ✔ We don’t assume them dead, we are still looking for them ✔ About 7,000 people were staying in 17 camps in the town, she added, while 16 more held 3,500 people in Taungoo, the nearest major town, with still more in monasteries and elsewhere ✔ The bridge stayed closed to heavy traffic as the carriageway for vehicles travelling north to south had buckled ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles


Will North Carolina get a new election map before the mid-terms?


A new ruling on the state's gerrymandered map may prompt quick action from the Supreme Court ✔ Flouting all these norms, Judge Wynn wrote, North Carolina Republicans drew a plan to disadvantage their electoral opponents not because they believe doing so advances any democratic, constitutional or public interest, but because...the Republican majority ‘thinks electing Republicans is better than electing Democrats’


Analysis | The Daily 202: Gillum’s upset in Florida primary captures the story of the midterms in miniature


Fox News proves its mettle as a kingmaker for Republicans. ✔ THE BIG IDEA: Florida Democrats nominated milquetoast moderates for governor in each of the past five elections ✔ Google search results are affected not only by region but also by personal search history ✔ On Monday, a Silver Line train ended up at the Arlington Cemetery station on the Blue Line, the transit agency confirmed Tuesday afternoon


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