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National park in Hawaii reopens after monthslong Kilauea eruption

9/22/2018, 11:17:11 PM
Hawaii Volcanoes National Park officials said there were no lines or waiting for visitors to catch a glimpse of the volcano ✔ However, one of the park's biggest draws the radiant red light from the lava lake that has been a Kilauea hallmark for over a decade is completely gone ✔ While volcanic activity has slowed significantly in the past month and no lava is reaching the surface at Kilauea, scientists aren't ready to declare the latest eruption over ✔ There is still material that could feed into an eruption, Johanson said


These celebrities' stints on reality TV spelled disaster for their careers

9/22/2018, 11:33:09 PM
IT’S supposed to be a sure-fire way to boost your career, make stacks of cash and become a national treasure overnight. But for these celebs, a stint on reality TV spelled disaster. Big Bothe… ✔ IT'S supposed to be a sure-fire way to boost your career, make stacks of cash and become a national treasure overnight ✔ The wrecking ball:  Before the perma-tanned bloggers we all now know and love on Love Island , the show used to feature a host of, um, celebrities, such as Calum Best, Liz McClarnon and Paul Danan


Survivor of Tanzania ferry disaster lives for two days in air pocket

9/22/2018, 9:47:15 PM
Divers plucked the ship's engineer, Alphonce Charahani, from inside the sunken MV Nyerere ferry in Lake Victoria,Tanzania today, after hearing sounds coming from inside the submerged vessel. ✔ A Tanzanian minister last night said the death toll had reached 207 ✔ Control of the ship had been left to someone who had not had proper training ✔ Even the cargo was more than the 25 tons allowed.’ A coffin is carried on the banks of Lake Victoria as rescue workers search for more victims


Abe may hit rocky road after not decisively winning party race

9/22/2018, 9:33:04 PM
Although Prime Minister Shinzo Abe won the Liberal Democratic Party's leadership election, his new three-year term may not be so rosy as his rival garnered nearly half the votes, more than expected, of rank-and-file party members. Political pundits say Abe risks becoming ineffectual without having had a landslide victory because… ✔ Abe has been under fire amid suspicion government officials provided special treatment to a pair of school operators with ties to him and his wife Akie, which pushed his approval ratings down last year ✔ The United States is closely watching the gubernatorial election, which has a direct impact on bilateral relations, Toyoshima said


Trump's State Department outgunned in fight to counter Russian disinformation around globe

9/22/2018, 8:53:31 PM
President Trump's State Department faces a massive Russian disinformation campaign, as Vladimir Putin tries to destabilize Western-style democracies. ✔ The agency’s statistics offer a picture of glowing success – 400 million online views of Current Times’ videos in 2017, for example, and 1 million followers across social media platforms ✔ Lansing said he is confident the agency is having an increasingly forceful impact


PM denies claims she’s planning ANOTHER snap election amid Brexit chaos

9/22/2018, 11:32:42 PM
DOWNING Street last night dismissed claims they were preparing for a snap autumn election as “utter hogwash”. Senior figures in Number 10 are said to have had “discussions” about campaign planning … ✔ Reuters 5 Mrs May was humiliated by EU leaders in Salzburg as they dismissed her Chequers Brexit plan Reports also claim that Brexit Secretary Dominic Raab was told by  EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier that the UK could only choose off-the-peg arrangements with Europe post Brexit


PETER HITCHENS reveals truth about 'Communist infiltration of Britain'

9/22/2018, 10:26:58 PM
PETER HITCHENS: We do not notice the systematic infiltration of our upper echelons by wave after wave of anti-British Marxists but believe thin, unproven stories about the KGB. ✔ And 25-odd years later we began to pop up in positions of importance ✔ Revolution subsequently erupted in France, Italy and Austria in the first months of 1848 ✔ In many Chinese universities, an 'introduction to the basic principles of Marxism' is a mandatory course all students must pass to graduate


This small town, devastated by floods, welcomed Syrian immigrants. They’re now paying it back.

9/22/2018, 11:44:33 PM
Syrians raised money to help Ellicott City, Md. “We wanted this to be a payback from Syrian Americans to a generous America.” ✔ He knew that the community meant a lot not just to him, but also to other Syrian immigrants and refugees ✔ She had heard of President Trump’s call as a candidate to ban Muslims from entering the country and had arrived expecting to face Islamaphobia ✔ I had a good sense of what our people believe in, and though it was a disaster, it was an opportunity to have positive feelings at all levels


SDF recruiters struggle as applicant pool dries up

9/22/2018, 10:22:43 PM
a Japanese military recruiter sat patiently at a booth outside a supermarket in northern Tokyo one recent weekend, she welcomed a rare visitor, high school student Kazuaki Matsumura. But Matsumura, who plans to go to university, wasn't there to sign up. He was just curious. "There are scenes in the… ✔ a Japanese military recruiter sat patiently at a booth outside a supermarket in northern Tokyo one recent weekend, she welcomed a rare visitor, high school student Kazuaki Matsumura ✔ experience and skill have become even more important for today's SDF, said Ritsuko Hiroshi, director of the defence ministry's personnel affairs division


Long before the Titanic, another tragedy in ‘Ice Alley’ helped change Atlantic crossings

9/22/2018, 9:53:30 PM
A shipwreck amid dense North Atlantic ice in 1856 had one survivor. His story helped spur a long battle to mandate watertight compartments in American vessels to improve safety. ✔ The hatches to steerage were often battened shut on the Rutledge, leaving the immigrants closed off for days in a heaving wooden cavern of screams, prayers and unfathomable stench ✔ Brian Murphy, a Washington Post editor, is the author of the recently released book on the John Rutledge sinking, Adrift: A True Story of Tragedy on the Icy Atlantic and the One Who Lived to Tell About It


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