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Japan resilient, but climate change making disasters worse: experts

9/9/2018, 9:33:39 PM
Record typhoons, biblical floods, heatwaves, landslides and earthquakes: this summer, Japan really has seen it all and images of the destruction caused have been beamed around the world. And while world-class infrastructure and high-tech warning systems means the death toll and damage is generally lower in Japan than elsewhere, climate… ✔ And farmers traditionally cultivated the flat land for rice fields, building farmhouses on the land right at the bottom of the mountain ✔ Taking the example of Tokyo, Heimburger notes there are 372 zones designated as highly dangerous, where buildings could collapse or burst into flame during a major earthquake



State of emergency in three US states as Hurricane Florence rages towards east coast

9/9/2018, 10:12:31 PM
A STATE of emergency has been declared in three US states as Hurricane Florence charges its way across the Atlantic towards the east coast of America. Florence crossed the 74mph threshold from trop… ✔ The state's emergency management agency said it is preparing for the possibility of a large-scale disaster ✔ Myrtle Beach Mayor Brenda Bethune urged people to secure their homes but said it's too early to know if evacuations will be ordered ✔ They're coming in and buying water and plates, and that's about all they're buying ✔ Florida-based Carnival Cruise Line re-routed its cruise ships



Preparations begin as Hurricane Florence strengthens

9/9/2018, 10:39:32 PM
Hurricane Florence is gaining strength as it rumbles towards the East Coast. People in the Carolinas are bracing for potential disaster. States of emergency have been declared in the Carolinas and Virginia. Two other storms are on the move in the Atlantic, one of which could threaten the Caribbean islands this week. Meteorologist Dave Warren reports.



Mali's Keita names new defense and mines ministers for second term

9/9/2018, 11:46:31 PM
Malian President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita named new defense, mines and foreign ministers on Sunday as he began his second five-year term presiding over a country ravaged by jihadist and inter-ethnic violence. ✔ Sangare’s predecessor as defense minister, Tiena Coulibaly, was moved to justice minister ✔ Mali is Africa’s third-largest gold producer behind South Africa and Ghana, with major investors including Randgold Resources Ltd and AngloGold Ashanti Ltd ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles



Kulture! True! Rumi & Sir! The Real Stories Behind These 31 Celebrity Baby Names

9/9/2018, 11:21:42 PM
Find out why Kim and Kanye named their daughter Chicago and who chose baby Kulture's moniker ✔ KULTURE KIARI Meet hip hop’s new princess! Cardi B welcomed daughter Kulture Kiari earlier this month, and the little one’s unusual moniker was chosen by her father, Offset ✔ Lionel Hahn/Abaca/Startraks Photo WYATT ISABELLE Apparently Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis do their best brainstorming on the basketball court



Flight 93 chime tower an 'everlasting concert by our heroes'

9/9/2018, 8:47:46 PM
SHANKSVILLE, Pa. (AP) — The heroism of airline passengers and crew who died when hijackers crashed their plane into a Pennsylvania field was remembered Sunday with the dedication ✔ This is a suicide mission.' As some passengers apparently tried to storm the cabin, the hijacker at the controls then rolled the plane, trying to throw them off balance, before the aircraft became inverted and crashed at 563 mph (906 kph) on the edge of a reclaimed strip mine at 10:30 a.m. The impact ignited about 100 hemlock trees



MPs vow to quit to stop Boris getting into number 10

9/9/2018, 9:36:46 PM
Tory MPs issued a warning last night after he sparked outrage by saying Theresa May’s Brexit strategy had put Britain in a suicide vest and handed the detonator to Brussels. ✔ At least a dozen Tory MPs are ready to quit the party to stop Boris Johnson becoming leader ✔ It comes after his wife Marina (pictured) began divorce proceedings when rumours of an affair surfaced ‘Brave men who stopped him killing me and others died in horrific pain



10 places to see a spectacular sunset in Japan

9/9/2018, 9:53:02 PM
Japan has long been known as the land of the rising sun, but as daylight draws to a close around the island nation, there are sunsets so spectacular you’d be forgiven for thinking this was the land of the setting sun instead. But how do you find the best places to view these spectacular… ✔ Covered in natural grass and coastal plants, it’s a beautiful site to watch the sun as it sets on the horizon ✔ Let us know in the comments below! Source, images: Jalan External Link https://soranews24.com/2018/09/07/the-10-best-places-to-see-a-sunset-in-japan/ © SoraNews24



Man high on Monkey Dust drug arrested after using petrol pump to put out lit cigarette

9/9/2018, 9:06:49 PM
A man high on a drug known as 'Monkey Dust' has been arrested after using a petrol pump to put out a lit cigarette, police said. ✔ Ch Supt Jeff Moore of Staffordshire Police said last month that those under the influence of Monkey Dust were difficult to deal with and posed a risk not just to other people but to themselves as well ✔ West Mercia Police, Staffordshire’s neighbouring force, issued its own warning last month after the recent death of two men was thought to be linked to Monkey Dust



Florence becomes a hurricane, barrels toward US East Coast

9/9/2018, 8:00:53 PM
Tropical Storm Florence turned into a hurricane on Sunday morning and swirled toward the US. ✔ Cooper urged residents to review your emergency plans and gather your supplies now ✔ The South Carolina Emergency Management Division tweeted on Sunday that officials there are preparing for the possibility of a large-scale disaster ✔ Our new podcast series from the team behind Phoebe's Fall View episodes



US Open champion Naomi Osaka redefines what it means to be Japanese

9/9/2018, 11:06:16 PM
In becoming the first Japanese-born tennis player to win a grand slam, Osaka is helping to challenge Japan's sense of racial purity and cultural identity. ✔ Many bi-racial people – known as hafu in Japanese, a term that comes from the English word half– say that they are not truly accepted ✔ The year after Miyamoto won the beauty contest, another mixed-race woman, Priyanka Yoshikawa, took the crown ✔ Our new podcast series from the team behind Phoebe's Fall View episodes



Minister vows to finish BoJo's career as 'suicide vest' jab ignites Tory war

9/9/2018, 10:49:54 PM
BORIS Johnson ignited an incredible Tory civil war yesterday after claiming Theresa May had wrapped a “suicide vest” around Brexit Britain. In his biggest attack yet on the PM’s Brexit “humiliation… ✔ A grateful nation awaits his next interjection with a hushed silence ✔ Ross Thomson, one of 12 new Scottish Tory MPs, publicly accused No.10 smearing Mr Johnson because of his opposition to Theresa May’s Chequers plan ✔ RING us on 0207 782 4104 or WHATSAPP on 07423720250 or EMAIL exclusive@the-sun.co.uk



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