39 confirmed dead in Hokkaido earthquake
9/10/2018, 12:18:44 AMJapanese authorities say 39 people have been confirmed dead from a powerful earthquake that struck the northern island of Hokkaido last week. The Hokkaido government said Sunday that two people remain missing and one other person has no vital signs. Rescue workers are using backhoes and shovels to search for… ✔ Rescue workers are using backhoes and shovels to search for the missing in a tangle of dirt and the rubble of homes left by multiple landslides in the town of Atsuma ✔ Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited a hard-hit area of Sapporo, the main city in Hokkaido ✔ This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
At least 28 hurt in Yunnan earthquake
9/10/2018, 12:55:55 AMAt least 28 people sustained minor injuries in Southwest China on Saturday when Yunnan province was hit by the highest-magnitude earthquake recorded in the area in the past four years, according to local authorities. ✔ The temblor, whose epicenter was 11 kilometers deep, affected almost 25,000 people in 15 townships ✔ The quake severely damaged thousands of houses, plus the infrastructure for power supplies and telecommunications, although these were quickly restored in most of the affected areas, authorities said
Hurricane Florence could cause ‘LIFE-THREATENING’ flooding on the US east coast
9/10/2018, 1:11:11 AMHURRICANE Florence is heading towards the east coast of the US, and could cause life-threatening flooding due to heavy prolonged rain, according to the National Hurricane Centre (NHC). ✔ Hurricane Florence is building speed and will likely be a strong Category 4 Hurricane by Thursday (Image: National Hurricane Centre) Freshwater flooding is when inland rivers and lakes overflow onto floodplains ✔ Meanwhile Hurricane Helene is battling near West Africa (75mph), but probably won’t be a threat to land
Death toll from Japan quake hits 44, power supply, Toyota output...
9/10/2018, 3:24:07 AMThe death toll from a powerful earthquake in northern Japan last week rose to 44, with 660 injured, the government said on Monday, as electricity supply remained short and top automaker Toyota suspended work at most of its assembly plants. ✔ It’s very important now for all residents, businesses, the government, and electricity suppliers to work together towards this goal of 20 percent energy-saving, Seko told a news conference late on Sunday ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Quake victims visit Russian caregivers
9/10/2018, 12:33:42 AMHe Yujiao was excited to return to Far East Russia's Vladivostok, a city that helped her physically and mentally heal from the massive Wenchuan earthquake of 2008. ✔ Nearly 70,000 people died and about 18,000 were missing after a magnitude 8.0 earthquake devastated the county in Southwest China's Sichuan province ✔ They hugged their teachers and friends and promised to come back one day ✔ Courova asked with the same excitement a mother might show talking about her long-missed children
Gov't sees no rolling blackouts in Hokkaido despite power shortage
9/10/2018, 2:29:21 AMJapanese trade minister Hiroshige Seko said the government has no plans for rolling blackouts in Hokkaido on Monday and Tuesday despite the continued closure of a fossil fuel-fired power plant that supplies about half the island's power. The northern Japanese island has been suffering power shortages since a powerful earthquake… ✔ Power supplies had been restored to nearly all the 2.95 million customers in the island after an island-wide blackout, he said late on Sunday ✔ Japanese oil refiner Idemitsu Kosan Co said it resumed lorry product shipments at its 150,000 barrels-per-day (bpd) Hokkaido refinery in northern Japan on Saturday
Toyota says parts plant preparing to resume output after Hokkaido...
9/10/2018, 1:08:06 AMToyota Motor Corp said on Monday its transmission factory in northern Japan was preparing to resume production some time during the night shift starting at 8:30 p.m. (1130 GMT), after a powerful quake halted work last week. ✔ Landslides caused by an earthquake are seen in Atsuma town, Hokkaido, northern Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo September 7, 2018 ✔ The 6.7-magnitude quake in Hokkaido last Thursday killed dozens of people and temporarily cut off power on the island ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Abe to ask Xi to ease China's import ban on Japanese foods
9/10/2018, 2:29:27 AMPrime Minister Shinzo Abe is planning to ask Chinese President Xi Jinping to ease Beijing's ban on importing some Japanese foods that followed the 2011 nuclear crisis in Japan, a Japanese government source says. The two leaders are expected to meet on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum starting… ✔ The two leaders are expected to meet on the sidelines of the Eastern Economic Forum starting next week in the Russian Far East city of Vladivostok ✔ Abe is also expected to express his intention to discuss the issue in a more concrete manner during his potential visit to China next month
Japan second-quarter GDP posts fastest growth since 2016 on...
9/10/2018, 1:08:07 AMJapan's economy grew in April-June at its fastest pace since 2016 thanks to capital spending rising more quickly than earlier estimated, although global trade tensions and a string of natural disasters pose risks to the outlook. ✔ The updated second-quarter growth showed quarter-on-quarter expansion of 0.7 percent in real, price-adjusted terms, compared with an initial reading of a 0.5 percent growth and the median estimate for a 0.7 percent gain ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Boris Johnson's wife 'will serve divorce papers TODAY'
9/10/2018, 12:40:39 AMThe former foreign secretary is being divorced by long-suffering wife Marina over claims of another affair. A source said she is looking to move on quickly as she has 'had enough.' ✔ Marina (pictured) began divorce proceedings when rumours of an affair surfaced Boris Johnson's wife will today serve divorce papers branding him an 'adulterer,' it was claimed last night ✔ ‘A suicide bomber murdered many in the courtyard of my office in Helmand,’ said the former Army officer
Tibet region helping to build new Nepal consulate in Lhasa
9/10/2018, 1:27:51 AMThe reconstruction of Nepal's consulate general in Lhasa, Tibet autonomous region, officially began with a ceremony on Sunday. ✔ At the same time, renovation work has begun of two bridges at the border crossing that were damaged during the 8.1 magnitude Nepal earthquake in 2015 ✔ The reconstruction of this office building will promote and consolidate the age-old historical relations between Tibet and Nepal, he said
Man 'high on new drug Monkey Dust' tried to put out cigarette with a petrol pump
9/10/2018, 1:55:25 AMA MAN believed to be high on Monkey Dust has been arrested after trying to put out a lit cigarette with a petrol pump. Officers were called to the petrol station on Waterloo Road in the Burslem are… ✔ Doug Seeburg - The Sun 2 Monkey Dust creates violent side effects of paranoia Its chemical name is Methylenedioxypyrovalerone, or MDPV, and it has been linked to face-eating attacks in the US ✔ In January, West Mercia cops warned it was doing the rounds in Worcestershire
Interstate 5 remains 'unsafe' for travel as Delta Fire rages in northern California
9/10/2018, 3:13:53 AMThe raging Delta Fire, which chased motorists from their vehicles and left a trail of burned-out vehicles in its wake last week, forcing state authorities to close I-5 on Wednesday afternoon, continued to burn mostly out of control on Sunday. ✔ 7, 2018, near Lakehead, Calif.(Photo: Joe Spini/California Department of Transportation via AP) Interstate 5, one of the country’s busiest roadways, stretching nearly 1,400 miles from Mexico to Canada, will remain closed indefinitely for a 45-mile stretch through fire-ravaged northern California
Despite 2017 hurricane season, US lacks 'culture of preparedness,' says FEMA administrator
9/10/2018, 1:03:07 AMFEMA Administrator Brock Long has warned that the United States doesn’t have a “culture of preparedness,’’ even after being hammered in 2017 by Harvey, Irma and Maria, the first time three Category 4 hurricanes made landfall in U.S. territory on the same year. ✔ Don’t fall for the myth that taping windows will protect the glass, as more than half of Americans believe, according to the Federal Alliance for Safe Homes ✔ If it’s not safe to do so, as is the case with propane tanks, anchor them ✔ If the power is out, rely on flashlights instead of candles for illumination
Opinion | Serena Williams was blamed for defending herself. That’s nothing new for black women.
9/10/2018, 12:29:47 AMBlack women are often admonished for public statements — especially when we are challenging male authority. ✔ De Luca is a media consultant and the former editor in chief of Essence magazine ✔ With two violations, she was assessed a one-point penalty, in a match where every point was vital ✔ During a break, Williams was still waiting for Ramos to acknowledge that she had not cheated: You’re attacking my character
Marie Claire survey reveals scale of midlife women’s tech addiction
9/10/2018, 1:28:48 AMMarie Claire editor Trish Halpin reveals her tech addiction as her magazine runs a survey which says that 53% of women aged between 40 and 50 think they spend too much time on their phones. ✔ One woman insisted on having her phone by her side while giving birth to her son ✔ Two weeks without those pressures really was a tonic ✔ The 30th anniversary issue of Marie Claire is on sale now ✔ For more details of Marie Claire’s Screen Break campaign go to marieclaire.co.uk/screenbreak
Full transcript: "Face the Nation" on September 9, 2018
9/10/2018, 12:49:13 AMGuests included Vice President Mike Pence, Sen. Mark Warner, Tom Perez, Ronna McDaniel, Rachael Bade, Mark Leibovich, David Nakamura and Amy Walter ✔ Read more transcripts from Face the Nation here ✔ MARGARET BRENNAN: But attacking President Trump by name ✔ You-- you look at what's gone on in this country and-- and you-- you see a president that again I worked under Republican and Democratic presidents at the Justice Department ✔ We've trained twenty thousand field org-- organizers ✔ AMY WALTER (Cook Political Report/@amyewalter): Yeah
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