Toyota to Suspend Output at Japanese Plants After Earthquake
9/7/2018, 5:01:23 PMToyota Motor said it would suspend production at more than a dozen Japanese assembly plants after an earthquake cut power to a key parts factory in northern Japan. ✔ Toyota’s exports from Japan include such models as the popular C-HR subcompact crossover, Prius hybrid and 4Runner SUV, along with several Lexus models, including the LS sedan and GX SUV ✔ More than a million homes in Hokkaido remain without electricity, and the aftershocks are expected to ripple throughout the Japanese economy
Another hurricane is barreling toward Hawaii
9/7/2018, 6:07:28 PMHurricane Olivia, a major storm with sustained winds of 115 mph, is churning toward Hawaii and could impact the island chain as early as Tuesday evening. ✔ Although it is too early to pinpoint any details with regard to specifics related to potential impacts to the islands, forecast confidence is increasing each day as the guidance remains in very good agreement, the National Weather Service in Honolulu said
Wildfire closes key California highway through the weekend
9/7/2018, 7:44:14 PMSHASTA-TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST, Calif. (AP) — A stretch of a major highway near the California-Oregon border will remain closed through the weekend as crews try to tame a roaring ✔ (AP) A stretch of a major highway near the California-Oregon border will remain closed through the weekend as crews try to tame a roaring wildfire burning on both sides of the north-south route, authorities announced Friday ✔ Victims have filed more than 10,000 insurance claims so far, totaling $845 million
Japan earthquake MAP: Where did the quake hit? What is the death toll?
9/7/2018, 5:08:31 PMJAPAN was struck by a massive earthquake on Thursday, adding to a summer of brutal disasters including deadly floods, earthquakes, heatwaves, landslides and typhoons. So where did the quake hit? What is the death toll? ✔ Helicopter rescue crews were dispatched and have airlifted about a dozen people to safety ✔ Evacuation shelters have been set up around the region ✔ The storm recorded winds of up to 135 mph (216 km/h), the equivalent to a major Category 4 hurricane in the Atlantic
One killed in magnitude 5.6 quake in Iran: state media
9/7/2018, 4:23:36 PMA 5.6 magnitude earthquake shook southeastern Iran on Friday, killing at least one person and damaging houses in several villages, Iranian state media reported. ✔ The U.S. Geological Survey put the earthquake’s magnitude at 5.5 and said it struck 200 km southwest of the city of Zahedan at a depth of 26 km (16 miles) ✔ Iran is crossed by major geological fault lines and has suffered several devastating earthquakes in recent years ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Hurricane Florence latest: Hurricane Florence forecast to STRENGTHEN before US East Coast
9/7/2018, 6:25:29 PMFLORENCE has weakened to a tropical storm, but is forecast to strengthen before it strikes the US East Coast. Here is the latest. ✔ Hurricane Florence latest: Where is Florence heading ✔ At least 67 named storms have passed within 200 nautical miles of where Florence is currently located since 1851 ✔ This is said to be very unusual and that’s why the storm could be on its way to the East Coast
Hurricane Florence satellite photos FROM SPACE: Amazing NASA photo of tropical storm
9/7/2018, 4:43:40 PMHurricane Florence’s immense wind swirls have been captured in new pictures shot by a NASA satellite as the tropical storm barrels towards the United States. ✔ Edward Pritchard from NOAA’s Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory said: The most favorable condition for tropical cyclone development is the absence of wind shear ✔ Meteorological Scientist Michael Ventricle tweeted today: Still a wide array of possibilities for #Florence with higher risk compared to yesterday for a landfall somewhere across the Southeastern states this AM
British Columbia boosts projected 2018-19 budget surplus
9/7/2018, 7:25:13 PMThe British Columbia government on Friday raised its 2018-19 budget surplus projection by C$450 million ($341.76 million) on higher tax revenue, partially offset by more spending on wildfire management in the Canadian West Coast province. ✔ Property transfer tax revenue projections have fallen as the province’s runaway real estate market has cooled in recent months after British Columbia moved to crack down on real estate speculation with new taxes and other measures ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Interstate 5 still closed, businesses slumping as Delta fire continues to burn in Shasta County, north of Redding
9/7/2018, 6:02:55 PMA 45-mile section of Interstate 5 — the main artery between Northern California and the Oregon border — will remain closed indefinitely as firefighters continue to battle a wildfire burning in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest along both sides of the highway, fire officials said Friday. ✔ The fire is still at 0% containment, but Vaccaro said that would likely change over the next few days as flames inch closer to the area recently burned by the nearby Hirz fire, where crews already have set up about seven miles of containment lines ✔ Business usually dies down after Labor Day, Bettinger said, at least until the winter holiday season begins
Jessica Cunningham steps out with her baby son Digby
9/7/2018, 5:50:53 PMJessica Cunningham has stepped out with her newborn son Digby for the first time, as she enjoyed a low-key outing to run errands in Manchester, ✔ The mother-of-four accessorised with a black handbag and nude trench coat, as she pushed around little Digby in his pram ✔ 'We have in fact welcomed our beautiful little rainbow baby into the world and it’s as if they were always meant to be here ✔ Family ties: Jessica pictured above with her boyfriend Alex and her three older children aged six, four and three
What Will Trigger the Next Crisis?
9/7/2018, 6:27:02 PMA decade of superlow interest rates has created multiple distortions in the global financial system. Any of those can unwind painfully. Five things to watch. ✔ The person who predicts the next financial crisis, and there will be at least one, should get credit for luck rather than forecasting skill ✔ Italian bond yields spiked in May after two parties with anti-euro leanings tried to form a new government ✔ And in 2016, a construction accident cut off a third of the U.S. East Coast’s gasoline and jet-fuel supply, sparking price spikes and shortages
The Latest: California highway closed by fire for 3rd day
9/7/2018, 6:01:28 PMSHASTA-TRINITY NATIONAL FOREST, Calif. (AP) — The Latest on wildfires in California (all times local): 7:15 a.m. A major West Coast highway remains clo ✔ (AP) The Latest on wildfires in California (all times local): 7:15 a.m. A major West Coast highway remains closed for a third day as a wildfire continues to rage on forest flanking it in Northern California ✔ (AP Photo/Noah Berger) Firefighters light backfire while battling the Delta Fire in the Shasta-Trinity National Forest, Calif., on Thursday, Sept
Alexa Chung reveals she sees a therapist when she's feeling 'wobbly'
9/7/2018, 6:28:03 PMThe fashion designer explained that she started visiting a professional 'a while ago' who she 'checks in with' to keep her mental health at its best. ✔ 'The older I get, the more attuned I am to avoiding disaster,' the 34-year-old model told Shape's October 2018 issue ✔ For example, I'll be on vacation and think, who would I like to come back here with next year?' the former Popworld star revealed ✔ Finding love: 'I could see myself falling in love, since I'm a romantic at heart,' she admitted
Genoa authorities ask Autostrade, Fincantieri to rebuild bridge
9/7/2018, 5:54:07 PMThe authorities in Genoa have asked motorway group Autostrade to team up with state-controlled Fincantieri to help rebuild a bridge that collapsed last month in the port city, killing 43 people. ✔ Autostrade’s top executives, including CEO Giovanni Castellucci, are among 20 people being investigated for alleged manslaughter after the disaster ✔ Autostrade and its sister engineering company Spea are also under investigation ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Fire lookout Philip Connors' reckoning in 'A Song for the River'
9/7/2018, 4:43:47 PMIn his breakout hit "Fire Season," Philip Connors described his life as a fire lookout in the Gila National Forest in New Mexico. He talks to Nathan Deuel about his new book "A Song for the River," where nature is both cruel and a solace. ✔ It began as a short elegy for John in the local newspaper, 800 words or so ✔ You’ve never been shy about quoting literary predecessors, from Gary Snyder to Rebecca Solnit, from Herman Hesse to Gertrude Stein ✔ Deuel is a writer in Los Angeles and author of the memoir Friday Was the Bomb: Five Years in the Middle East
Sen. Warren says Trump may be unfit for office as hysteria over NYT op-ed reaches fever pitch
9/7/2018, 6:08:19 PMSenator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) has said that it may be time to use constitutional powers to remove Donald Trump from office, as the frenzy over an explosive New York Times op-ed continues to consume Beltway insiders and pundits. ✔ A separate and equally thorough analysis conducted by WikiLeaks revealed that the author is likely to be an older, conservative male – a not-so-radical assertion that sparked a tsunami of snarky Twitter commentary ✔ The hunt for the mystery wordsmith could take time, however: There are hundreds of government jobs that could be considered ‘senior level.’ In the meantime, the anonymous #Resistance will undoubtedly continue
Pete Willsman says anti-Semitism is not widespread in Labour Party
9/7/2018, 5:17:32 PMPete Willsman made the comments after he was controversially re-elected to the NEC on Monday despite being recorded saying the Jewish community invented the scandal rocking Labour. ✔ Joan Ryan, chairwoman of Labour Friend of Israel and MP for Enfield North, and Gavin Shuker, MP for Luton South, both lost the votes ✔ The Daily Mail exclusively publishes photos of Jeremy Corbyn holding a wreath at a ceremony where a terrorist linked to the Munich massacre was honoured ✔ The Labour leader insists he was there to honour others killed - but faces fresh calls to quit over the scandal
Rooftop Plants Could Help Homes in Poor Neighborhoods Keep Cool
9/7/2018, 7:21:07 PMLow-income people who live in cities often face the biggest risks tied to extreme heat. Here's how green roofs could help. ✔ And poorer people, whose neighborhoods tend to be the hottest, can be the most at risk ✔ Some of the poorest Americans, of course, do not even have air conditioning ✔ This article was written by Ashish Sharma, a research assistant professor at the University of Notre Dame, for The Conversation under a Creative Commons license
Italy exit from eurozone would be 'PAINFUL' for Europe and WORLD, warns financial expert
9/7/2018, 7:51:52 PMAN Italian exit from the European Union and the single currency would be “extremely painful” for world banks, according to a financial expert. ✔ Since then, the Five Star Movement and the Lega Party have reached an agreement and since formed a new government, led by Giuseppe Conte ✔ M5S, its coalition partner Lega and the Democratic Party all called for the Eurocrat to resign following his comment
Turkey Urges Russia, Iran to Help Call Off Syrian Regime Attack on Militants
9/7/2018, 4:31:02 PMTurkey’s president pressed the countries’ leaders to prevent what could be one of the Syrian war’s bloodiest battles, as they met at a summit to discuss the fate of thousands of civilians and militants in Idlib province. ✔ In this April photo, Russian soldiers and Syrian government forces oversee the evacuation of rebel fighters from a northeast of Damascus ✔ Turkey straddles a difficult geopolitical divide between the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, of which it is a member, and powers often working against Western interests ✔ He added that, the illegal presence and interference of the U.S. should come to an end immediately
A Populist Surprise in Sweden
9/7/2018, 5:01:29 PMA right-wing insurgency is transforming the country’s politics, as traditional parties struggle to offer a new vision of national identity ✔ On all these measure, Swedes surpassed other Europeans in their openness to outsiders ✔ A modern updating must include a positive vision of how to encourage the country’s newest arrivals to embrace the rights and obligations that have made Sweden a model to so much of the worldand an alternative to the angry populism of the right
AP Exclusive: Stable costs may shift 'Obamacare' politics
9/7/2018, 6:07:45 PMWASHINGTON (AP) — After two years of double-digit premium hikes, millions of people covered under the Affordable Care Act will see only modest increases next year, according to an ✔ They can price better, and they can manage this population better, which is why they can actually make some money, said Deep Banerjee of Standard & Poor's ✔ That’s the conclusion from an exclusive analysis of the besieged but resilient program that still divides voters heading into this year's midterm elections
Grenfell fraudster who pocketed £87,000 jailed for almost six years
9/7/2018, 5:17:29 PMYonatan Eyob, 26, who was described as homeless but uses an address in Notting Hill, west London, was put up in a hotel and given a food allowance and pre-paid cards. ✔ Anh Nhu Nguyen pretended his wife and 12-year-old son were killed in the blaze so he could claim charity handouts ✔ The fraudster claimed to be the flatmate of 80-year-old Hermine Harris who was living in the block of flats on the night of the tragedy which left 72 people dead in June 2017
Venezuela merchants face arrest for defying Maduro's reforms
9/7/2018, 7:14:15 PMSANTA TERESA DEL TUY, Venezuela (AP) — Franklin David was arrested last week in this impoverished town outside Caracas for doing what his family says he has done almost every day ✔ Like many small business owners in Venezuela, the David family had become adroit at averting disaster ✔ In a surprise raid, about two dozen armed police officers flanked by the mayor and journalists showed up at their four-story warehouse and hauled away Franklin David, a 49-year-old father of three, for allegedly raising prices by too much in a country ravaged by hyperinflation
High-stakes diplomacy as battle for Syria's Idlib looms
9/7/2018, 5:36:05 PMTEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran and Russia on Friday backed a military campaign to retake the last rebel-held stronghold in Syria as Turkey pleaded for a cease-fire, narrowing the chance ✔ TEHRAN, Iran (AP) Iran and Russia on Friday backed a military campaign to retake the last rebel-held stronghold in Syria as Turkey pleaded for a cease-fire, narrowing the chances of a diplomatic solution to avoid what many say would be a bloody humanitarian disaster ✔ The regime might conduct a face-saving attack on areas away from Turkey's zones of operation, a low-hanging fruit, he said
Britain's best boozers revealed in the ‘Pub Industry Oscars’
9/7/2018, 4:59:10 PMThe John Smith's Great British Pub Awards gave out gongs in 20 different categories, covering everything from the UK's best beer pub, best family pub and even best food pub. ✔ Its channels host galleries of beautifully taken images, all showing the exceptional food, drink and surroundings on offer ✔ It also rewards hard-working school children with goody bags and Kindle prizes and is helping to run a hospitality course with a local high school
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