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Power restored in most of Japan's quake-hit Hokkaido; Toyota plants...

9/8/2018, 4:20:08 AM
Power had been restored to almost all customers in the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido by early Saturday, two days after an earthquake caused an island-wide blackout and killed at least 21 people. ✔ Suga called on businesses and Hokkaido’s 5.3 million residents to save power by about 10 percent from Monday, when usage rises, and said the government would likely resort to rolling blackouts if demand threatened to exceed supply capacity ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles


Death toll rises to 20 after Hokkaido quake; 11 feared dead

9/8/2018, 7:47:18 AM
ATSUMA, Hokkaido--Bodies retrieved from quake-triggered landslides in southwestern Hokkaido brought ✔ The intensity of the quake reached the maximum 7 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale in Atsuma ✔ It would not be unusual for an earthquake with an intensity of around 7 to strike again within about a week from the first temblor, an agency official said


Earthquake of 6.4 magnitude strikes southern Philippines: USGS

9/8/2018, 7:55:53 AM
An earthquake of 6.4 magnitude struck the southern Philippines on Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. ✔ MANILA (Reuters) - An earthquake of 6.4 magnitude struck the southern Philippines on Saturday, the U.S. Geological Survey said ✔ There were no immediate reports of any casualties or damage from the quake, which hit the east coast of the island of Mindanao


US lacks leverage as assault on Syrian enclave looms

9/8/2018, 4:48:33 AM
WASHINGTON (AP) — Despite dire U.S. warnings and fears of a humanitarian disaster, the Trump administration has little leverage to stop Russia, Iran and Syria pressing ahead with ✔ And on Thursday, the man Pompeo chose to be his point-man on getting the Geneva process back on track, veteran diplomat James Jeffrey, reiterated Trump's message, saying the U.S. would use all the tools it has to respond to a chemical attack ✔ (Syrian Civil Defence White Helmets via AP, File)


EDITORIAL: Shortened LDP campaign still leaves room for policy debate

9/8/2018, 4:14:12 AM
The Liberal Democratic Party has effectively cut short the campaign period for its leadership electi ✔ If it is difficult to postpone the day to officially start the race, the party should have at least considered putting back the election day ✔ If it squanders this opportunity, the LDP’s qualifications to serve as the ruling party should be called into question


Ministry mulls rolling blackouts for quake-hit Hokkaido

9/8/2018, 6:34:43 AM
The government is considering implementing rolling blackouts in Hokkaido as early as Sept. 10 to dea ✔ However, electricity conservation could prove insufficient to secure enough power when companies and factories begin to operate on Sept ✔ The damage to the plant led to a chain reaction that caused all other thermal plants in Hokkaido to shut down after the Sept


Hokkaido quake death toll rises to 30; power restored, flights resume

9/8/2018, 7:14:30 AM
Rescue workers and troops in Hokkaido searched Saturday for the missing for a third straight day in a town buried by landslides from a powerful earthquake. Power was restored to most households and international flights resumed to the main airport serving the Hokkaido region. The Hokkaido government said Saturday that… ✔ About 1,600 people spent the previous night at the airport, according to Japanese media reports ✔ The magnitude 6.7 earthquake that struck about 3 a.m. on Thursday knocked out power to the entire island of 5.4 million people, swamped parts of a neighborhood in the main city of Sapporo in deep mud and triggered destructive landslides ✔ This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.


2-way race begins for LDP leadership

9/8/2018, 7:14:44 AM
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe filed his candidacy on Friday for a ruling party leadership election, in a two-way race for the top post he has been holding since 2012 against former Defense Minister Shigeru Ishiba. Abe is widely predicted to win the Liberal Democratic Party's Sept 20 leadership contest, which… ✔ Known as a security hawk, Ishiba, 61, has assumed other key posts, including minister in charge of regional revitalization and LDP secretary general under Abe ✔ Ishiba has proposed establishing a liaison office in Pyongyang that would have the task of negotiating with North Korea to secure the return of Japanese nationals it abducted in the 1970s and 1980s


As a wall of flames raced toward their car, couple had to decide: Stay or run?

9/8/2018, 7:02:53 AM
Jeff and Nancy Heintz found themselves making life-or-death decisions Wednesday as they faced the Delta Fire “burning trees like paper” in its path. ✔ It was Wednesday afternoon, and a fast-moving wildfire was bearing down on the busy freeway ✔ There was a break in the barrier just large enough for their vehicle to fit through, he said ✔ Jim Schultz/Record Searchlight Fullscreen Last SlideNext Slide


Boris Johnson 'dined with blonde aide behind marriage split on Valentine's Day'

9/8/2018, 6:58:12 AM
Diners were surprised to see Mr Johnson enter exclusive Rules restaurant in Covent Garden at lunchtime on Valentine’s Day with a glamorous aide while Foreign Secretary ✔ Instead he headed to a corner of the exclusive London restaurant with the young blonde woman and spent the next two hours there ✔ A second Tory MP described it as shovelling the s**t out of the way for the leadership bid ✔ The PM has a really difficult job to get the best possible deal for this country out of the EU negotiations ✔ I’m frankly fed up with talking about Boris Johnson


The world's best surfers head inland to catch a wave

9/8/2018, 6:13:05 AM
The wave shouldn't be here. It's an exotic crest of water 1.8-metres high, well over 160 kilometres inland from the Pacific Ocean. ✔ Loading It's pretty obvious that the era of man-made wave technology is here, he said in early August while chilling in the lounge, which features a rack of colourful boards and three of his world championship trophies ✔ Our new podcast series from the team behind Phoebe's Fall View episodes


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