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Tropical Storm Gordon update: Will Tropical Storm become Hurricane? Latest NOAA warning

9/3/2018, 7:53:19 PM
TROPICAL Storm Gordon is now powering through the Mexican Gulf, advancing from a tropical wave in less than 24 hours. What do the latest NOAA warnings say about Gordon and could it become a hurricane? ✔ As a result, a hurricane warning has been issued from the mouth of the Pearl River to the Alabama-Florida Border ✔ Most recently, Hurricane Lane brushed past Hawaii last week, delivering a total 50 inches of rain and casting trees into the streets ✔ Gordon is developing in peak hurricane season, so it wouldn’t be inconceivable for it to become strong enough



Tropical Storm Gordon Brings Hurricane Watch To Gulf Coast

9/3/2018, 7:07:00 PM
The tropical storm lashed South Florida as weather forecasters warn it could strengthen to near-hurricane force by the time it hits the Gulf of Mexico. ✔ Joe Raedle via Getty ImagesWalter Augier (L) and Jhon M ✔ Red flags flew over Pensacola-area beaches in Florida’s Panhandle, where swimming and wading in the Gulf of Mexico was prohibited ✔ More than 4,000 Florida Power & Light customers lost power Monday due to weather conditions



Over $2 billion pledged to drought-stricken Lake Chad region

9/3/2018, 7:12:13 PM
Donor countries pledged $2.17 billion to the drought-stricken area around Lake Chad on Monday, after a United Nations official warned that many millions in the African region still urgently needed help. ✔ Germany, a leading destination for migrants including from Africa, pledged an extra 100 million euros ($116 million) for humanitarian aid in the region up to 2020 ✔ This was on top of 40 million euros in funding for stabilization and conflict prevention efforts, Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles



Black-eyed Cristiano Ronaldo escapes goal-drought with WAG on board boat

9/3/2018, 5:14:50 PM
JUVENTUS star Cristiano Ronaldo has been pictured escaping his goal-drought on a boat with his girlfriend – albeit with a new black eye. ✔ He will pocket a reported £500,000 per week during his four-year contract, which will end when he is 37 ✔ It's going to make the brand more marketable, and it will also increase the interest in the exposure of that brand ✔ But neither have been able to gain any meaningful market share



Typhoon Jebi tracking update: Will Typhoon Jebi make landfall in Japan? Latest path MAPPED

9/3/2018, 6:33:52 PM
TYPHOON Jebi continues hurtling across the Pacific toward Japan as a life-threatening storm. Will it make landfall? Here is the latest. ✔ Typhoon Jebi tracking update: Jebi is very likely to be a direct hit ✔ Destruction caused by Jebi would further put a strain on Japan’s disaster recovery budget, already suffering after other tropical systems, historic flooding and a deadly heat wave this year



'The Army is on ALERT' – Gina Miller warns no-deal Brexit is 'recipe for DISASTER'

9/3/2018, 4:01:53 PM
GINA Miller has claimed a no-deal Brexit would "literally destroy the UK" and the army is on alert to intervene to stop mass rioting once Britain leaves the European Union. ✔ If this happened, chaos would be such at that point I think people would change their mind and the European Union would come out stronger ✔ The division of particular parties, or Leave and Remain, all of that has to be put aside and politicians across the spectrum have to now be completely honest and straightforward and plain-speaking to the people of Great Britain



Critics 'chuck rocks from both sides' at May's Brexit plans

9/3/2018, 7:01:31 PM
Prime Minister Theresa May's Brexit strategy means disaster for Britain, her former foreign secretary Boris Johnson said, as critics at home and officials in Brussels stepped up their opposition to her plans for how to leave the European Union. ✔ Against the dollar it fell by a similar margin to $1.2859 ✔ PICKING THE RAISINS If we let the British pick the raisins out of our rules, that would have serious consequences ✔ There’s no new ideas in (Johnson’s) article to respond to ✔ REUTERS/Baz Ratner Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles



Trump to Test High-Pressure Negotiating Style as U.S.-Canada Nafta Talks Resume

9/3/2018, 4:51:23 PM
President Trump this week will put his bare-knuckles negotiating strategy to a new test, as his aides resume efforts to persuade Canada to sign on to his vision for overhauling the North American Free Trade Agreement, the pact he has long branded a disaster. ✔ In addition to the Nafta negotiations, the U.S. in late July launched new trade talks with Europe, and, as part of that process the European Union on Monday moved to start talks on increasing U.S. beef imports to the bloc ✔ border which rely heavily upon the benefits of Nafta to plan for Nafta’s demise, said Peter Glossop, a partner at the Osler Hoskin & Harcourt law firm in Toronto who specializes in trade and investment law



Public caning of Malaysian lesbian women blasted as 'atrocious' by rights activists

9/3/2018, 6:39:41 PM
Two Malaysian women convicted under strict Islamic law for trying to have sex were caned in public on Monday, a punishment condemned as 'atrocious' by human rights activists. The Muslim women, ages 22 and 32, were struck six times with a rattan cane on their backs by female prison officers. ✔ A transgender woman also was beaten up by a group of people in a southern state ✔ We really need to make sure that no one is publicly caned .. ✔ Malaysia is seen as a moderate and stable Muslim-majority country, but there has been a shift toward increasingly conservative Islam in recent years



A year after Hurricane Irma, private groups take the lead in rebuilding St. John

9/3/2018, 5:58:47 PM
A unique private-public partnership is expediting recovery from Hurricane Irma on St. John and creating a template to be used in future disasters. ✔ Shortly after the storm, Quinlan and other residents used personal chainsaws to clear roads, set up distribution centers and tapped contacts on the mainland to fly in medical supplies and generators ✔ We’re not going to go through the same things we did last time



Tens of thousands attend anti-racism concert in Chemnitz

9/3/2018, 6:03:23 PM
Chemnitz, in former communist Saxony state, was flung into the spotlight as far-right protesters went after foreign-looking people in demonstrations against the fatal stabbing of a man last week. ✔ Felix Brummer from Kraftklub also said: 'We are not under any illusion that you can save the world with a concert ✔ Surveys suggest the AfD is poised to become Saxony's second biggest party in next year's regional elections ✔ People gather on balconies to watch an open air 'anti-racism concert' in Chemnitz, Germany



Argentina unveils 'emergency' austerity measures, grain export...

9/3/2018, 6:12:42 PM
President Mauricio Macri on Monday announced new taxes on exports in the world's third-biggest soy producer and steep cuts to government spending in an "emergency" bid to balance next year's budget as his center-right government aims to persuade the IMF to accelerate a $50 billion loan program. ✔ ‘HAS TO BE THE LAST’ CRISIS The contraction of the Argentine economy this year will be steeper than the 1 percent recession projected, Dujovne said ✔ Repeating We cannot keep spending more than we make throughout his speech, Macri warned that poverty would rise due to inflation running at more than 30 percent ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles



Thai police chief threatens to BAN British teenager raped on Koh Tao

9/3/2018, 5:06:59 PM
The 19-year-old claims she was drugged while drinking on Sairee Beach on Koh Tao, and later woke up on the sand with no underwear on, next to an unknown man who had sexually assaulted her. ✔ It is not known what kind of drug the teenager may have been subjected to, however substances known as 'date rape drugs' do not have necessarily render a victim unconscious ✔ Koh Tao has become a huge draw for young backpackers thanks to its stunning beaches and cheap accommodation



EastEnders' evil Stuart 'murders' victim in cold blood after shock shooting

9/3/2018, 7:54:30 PM
A gunshot rang out in the the pub after the creepy psychopath began speaking to himself in the dark ✔ This comes after an explosive trailer last week teased that the sinister villain's return would bring chaos to Walford ✔ The family were disgusted at Halfway's betrayal, after which Start called back and dropped a bombshell for Mick ✔ EastEnders airs Mondays and Fridays at 8pm and Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7.30pm on BBC1



'Rat fever' threatens thousands after Indian state's worst floods

9/3/2018, 4:58:43 PM
Surge in disease comes after torrential rains that begin on August 8 killed more than 500 people. ✔ Deepu, an official at the ministry of health in Kerala's capital Trivandrum, told Al Jazeera 515 cases were reported in the past 17 days, 196 of those confirmed ✔ He was suffering from high fever and severe headaches ✔ Muhammed Sabith contributed to this report from Kerala About one million people were displaced in devastated Kerala state [Aijaz Rahi/AP]



Amid illiberal revolution in Hungary, a university with U.S. roots fights to stay

9/3/2018, 7:57:49 PM
The Orban government is threatening to oust Central European University. The United States wants it to back off. ✔ He understands that you can’t have stable, long-term domination of a political system unless you have an ideological project, Ignatieff said ✔ Orban’s project involves visceral opposition to anything Soros touches ✔ Gergo Saling and Andras Petho contributed to this report



Brazil museum fire: Treasures at risk

9/3/2018, 6:59:53 PM
The National Museum in Rio is home to millions of items but which are the key ones at risk? ✔ Tests suggest the skull and bones belonged to a woman in her 20s who was just under five feet tall (1.5m) ✔ Parts of the skeleton of a Maxakalisaurus were found in Minas Gerais in 1998 ✔ Millions of people have since visited its vast exhibits on anthropology, archaeology and natural history



8 questions for the midterm elections: A blue wave or not?

9/3/2018, 4:07:58 PM
The Democrats hope to take control of the House, and Republicans think they’ll hold the Senate. Those are just some of the dynamics that will play out over the next two months. ✔ By Dan Balz September 3 at 11:55 AM Campaign 2018 begins the final stretch this week ✔ The coming weeks will see tens of millions of dollars spent on torrents of negative ads, leading up to the Nov. 6 balloting ✔ That points to one reality about the governors’ races, which is the strength of Republican governors in blue states



'I'm married to a paedophile but will never stop loving him despite what he did'

9/3/2018, 7:54:29 PM
The deceit left mother-of-two Helen tormented and the nightmare she endured has been laid bare in a landmark documentary on Channel 4 ✔ But unbeknown to Helen, the man she loved and had spent decades making a future with had a dark secret ✔ He has been placed on the sex offenders register for 10 years and given a sexual offences prevention order ✔ Asked if she can ever forgive Alex, she bluntly responds: No. Married to a Paedophile is on Channel 4 at 9pm, Monday September 3



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