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Australia's drought could produce a corker vintage

9/8/2018, 1:43:06 AM
If Australia's big dry has a silver lining, it'll be worth cellaring, according to vintners, who are scrambling to irrigate vines while preparing for a smaller but sweeter vintage. ✔ No. 3 winemaker Pernod Ricard SA (PERP.PA) said it does not expect the drought to effect grape supply at this stage ✔ SCRAMBLE TO IRRIGATE Not all Australian vineyards are suffering the effects of the extended winter drought ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles


BREAKING: Enormous earthquake STRIKES China

9/8/2018, 3:10:47 AM
A MAGNITUDE 5.9 earthquake has rocked China's Yunnan provice.


Torrential rain and gale-force winds to thrash Britain this weekend

9/8/2018, 2:21:13 AM
As much as 40-50mm of rain could fall in parts of Wales by the end of Sunday ✔ Maximum temperatures will range from 11 to 19C in the north and 14 to 21C in the south ✔ The Met Office said: It will be a largely fine this evening across the UK ✔ Elsewhere, it will be dry but mostly cloudy with the odd bright spell ✔ Drier elsewhere with sunny spells and variable amounts of patchy cloud


Florence poised to strengthen as it heads toward U.S. East Coast

9/8/2018, 2:13:26 AM
The Atlantic is "really heating up" with multiple tropical entities, the National Weather Service said ✔ Improving atmospheric conditions were expected to allow Florence to regain its former strength ✔ Since we are near the peak of hurricane season, this is a good time for everyone who lives in a hurricane-prone area to ensure they have their hurricane plan in place, hurricane specialist David Zelinsky wrote in a forecast advisory


VOX POPULI: Quake exposes our overreliance on modern conveniences

9/8/2018, 3:16:20 AM
When the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923 knocked out power, kerosene lamps apparently made a temporar ✔ From now on, we would be wise to keep some cash in our emergency kits ✔ But the temblor reminded us anew that a devastating seismic event can occur anywhere ✔ As reconstruction work proceeds, I hope people will soon be freed from the anxiety of having to spend pitch-dark nights


5.9-magnitude quake hits Southwest China: CENC

9/8/2018, 3:56:45 AM
A 5.9-magnitude earthquake hit Mojiang county, Pu'er city, Yunnan province at 10:31 am on Friday. ✔ BEIJING - A 5.9-magnitude earthquake hit Mojiang Hani autonomous county in Southwest China's Yunnan province at 10:31 am Saturday, according to the China Earthquake Networks Center (CENC) ✔ The epicenter, with a depth of 11 km, was monitored at 23.28 degrees north latitude and 101.53 degrees east longitude, the center said in a statement


As Kansai airport partially reopens, officials discuss temporarily routing some flights elsewhere

9/8/2018, 12:20:06 AM
The central government and Kansai region officials push a proposal to temporarily route some international flights to Osaka’s Itami airport and Kobe Airport following the temporary closure of Osaka International Airport. ✔ Ichiro Matsui on Thursday after a meeting with officials in Tokyo ✔ On Friday, Kansai Airports, the consortium which operates all three airports, would only say that discussions on the details of international flight operations at Kobe and Itami were underway


Power supplies restored to almost all of Hokkaido, Toyota plants to...

9/8/2018, 12:14:13 AM
Power supply had been restored to almost all customers in Hokkaido by early Saturday, two days after a powerful earthquake caused blackouts across the island, but the impact to businesses continue, including Toyota Motor's plan to halt 16 of 18 domestic full-assembly plants due to a parts factory shutdown. ✔ An aerial view shows central Sapporo city during blackout after an earthquake hit the area in Sapporo, Hokkaido ✔ Japan’s trade ministry asked residents and businesses in Hokkaido to conserve power and said the government is considering all options including rolling blackouts amid a power shortage ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles


Jailed...Grenfell fraudster who racked up £86,000 bill

9/8/2018, 3:31:22 AM
A Grenfell Tower fraudster who racked up an £86,000 bill while he dealt cocaine from the hotel room he was given has been jailed for six years and eight months. Yonatan Eyob, 26, said he was living at flat 182 of the west London tower block on the night the blaze killed 72 people. ✔ The Grenfell Tower disaster shocked the nation (Image: PA) Eyob remained emotionless in a white shirt sitting in the dock ✔ You decided to use the situation to your personal advantage, to enrich yourself dishonestly by plundering the public funds put aside to assist the genuine victims of that disaster in their hours of need ✔ He has two previous convictions, one for robbery and one from 2014 for possession with intent to supply cannabis


The best news photos from the past week

9/8/2018, 1:07:03 AM
A selection of the best news photographs from around the world, taken over the past week. ✔ Victoria Jones/ PA A Wonka bar from the remake of the Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory film (1997) is exhibited at the BFI IMAX in central London ✔ Rajapaksa, who leads the country's joint opposition, was ousted in 2015 amid allegations of human rights abuses ✔ All photographs belong to the copyright holders as marked


Labour MP warns Iran has 'infiltrated' the party after confidence vote

9/8/2018, 12:58:03 AM
Joan Ryan (pictured at the meeting), a leading critic of Jeremy Corbyn, lost the confidence motion by just two votes at a party meeting in Enfield, north London, attended by Press TV reporter Roshan Salih. ✔ Every party has a right to challenge them on what they do and how they represent the area and that's exactly what happens in those areas as I understand it.' Asked if Jewish MPs should be protected from deselection, Mr Corbyn added: 'Nobody should be attacked for whatever their faith is and I'm absolutely clear - there is no place for racism anywhere in our society


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