Aid rolls into Indonesia disaster city as death toll climbs
10/6/2018, 9:40:03 AMPALU, Indonesia--Search teams pulled bodies from obliterated neighborhoods in the earthquake- and ts ✔ In the dusty one-road village of Pewunu, excited children shouted Red Cross! Red Cross! as one of the aid group's medical teams arrived and set up a makeshift clinic in a field where evacuees were sleeping under tarps ✔ The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs says $50.5 million is required to deliver immediate, life-saving aid
Indonesia considers making devastated areas mass graves
10/6/2018, 10:25:17 AMPALU, Indonesia (AP) — Search teams pulled bodies from obliterated neighborhoods in the disaster-stricken Indonesian city of Palu on Saturday as more aid rolled in and the governm ✔ Volunteers laid out a big white tarp on a stage in front of the village office, plonked a green desk on it and interviewed people about their needs as dozens milled around ✔ As the sun slipped behind the mountains and a gentle breeze blew onshore, hundreds of people gathered on an Indonesian beach Friday to chant a Muslim prayer and remember those they lost one week after a massive earthquake and tsunami ravaged the area, killing more than 1,500 people.(AP Photo/Tatan Syuflana)
Indonesia death toll rises to 1,649 with hundreds still missing
10/6/2018, 11:46:20 AMThe death toll in the Indonesian city of Palu has climbed again to 1,649, eight days after a 7.5-magnitude earthquake sent destructive waves barrelling into the seaside city. ✔ An aerial video shows the moment an Indonesian village was wiped out in the devastating tsunami and earthquake, amid fears decaying bodies of the victims could cause a further public health crisis ✔ Bodies like these can easily fuel the spread of typhoid or cholera
Britain back on the boil! Storm Leslie could spark a 'second SUMMER'
10/6/2018, 10:25:09 AMTemperatures are expected to rise as Storm Leslie, currently loitering near North East Bermuda, moves closer to the UK - bringing unseasonable heat with it. ✔ Britons will be basking in unseasonably high temperatures upwards of 68F (20C) next weekend as a 'second summer' could be ushered in by incoming Storm Leslie ✔ The northwest will be windier with some rain forecast ✔ The projected track of Hurricane Leslie, which is currently battering the southern United States with 80mph winds, is shown It is moving into the Atlantic and is not expected to travel towards Britain, but the tropical air will be picked up in jet streams Met Office Forecaster Steven Keates said: 'All of us, particularly in the South, will feel the change, which will be a shock to the system
Football star's message to quake survivor
10/6/2018, 11:40:02 AMManchester City's Riyad Mahrez recorded a special video for a boy injured in the Indonesia disaster. ✔ Media player Media playback is unsupported on your device Indonesia: Man City footballer Riyad Mahrez's message to survivor A 12-year-old boy was watching his favourite English football team, Manchester City, when a devastating earthquake struck Indonesia ✔ After the BBC told City player Riyad Mahrez – Rizky's footballing hero – he wanted to send his support ✔ Video produced by: Sofia Bettiza, Nick Beake, Gemma Laister, Ade Mardiyati
Survivors traumatised as more bodies found in Indonesia disaster
10/6/2018, 8:48:32 AMFRANCE 24's Avantika Seth reports. ✔ Survivors traumatised as more bodies found in Indonesia disaster COMMENT(S)
French rescuers search for bodies in debris of Indonesian quake...
10/6/2018, 8:06:44 AMA team of French rescue experts began hunting through a huge expanse of debris o... ✔ Homes were sucked into the earth, torn apart and thrust hundreds of meters by the churning mud ✔ ‘FIVE MONTHS’ The national disaster agency says 1,700 homes in one neighborhood alone were swallowed up and hundreds of people disappeared ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Typhoon Kong-rey in pictures: SHOCKING images show Kong-rey SMASHING through South Korea
10/6/2018, 11:07:24 AMTYPHOON Kong-rey has smashed into South Korea today as shocking images show apocalyptic scenes as the deadly storm hits the island of Jeju. ✔ Pictures show huge waves crashing over sea walls, threatening nearby buildings and cars (Image: GETTY) Typhoon Kong-rey has smashed into South Korea (Image: GETTY) Kong-rey is leaving mass destruction in its path (Image: EPA) Less than 25mm (1 inch) of rain is expected to fall across most areas, but eastern Kyushu and Shikoku could have up to 100 mm (4 inches)
Hokkaido mourns victims of quake that hit a month ago
10/6/2018, 10:36:35 AMMemorial services were held across Hokkaido on Oct. 6 for victims of a major earthquake that struck ✔ 6 registered a maximum intensity of 7 on the Japanese seismic scale of seven and claimed 41 lives ✔ Officials said that 458 residents remain in evacuation centers because the temblor damaged 14,000 houses and buildings in the northernmost main island ✔ In Atsuma, where large-scale landslides occurred, 277 people are still living as evacuees
A vehicle ignited the Ferguson fire, which shut Yosemite this summer - Los Angeles Times
10/6/2018, 10:13:04 AMThe U.S. Forest Service says superheated pieces of a catalytic converter — a piece of equipment on the belly of vehicles through which hot gases flow — are believed to have ignited roadside vegetation on Highway 140, along the Merced River. ✔ In the nearby San Joaquin Valley, Fresno recorded its warmest July on record ✔ Officials handed out high-grade filtration masks and set up clean air centers where visitors and workers could get a break from the smoke ✔ The Ferguson fire was declared 100% contained on Aug. 22
UK weather forecast: -3C Arctic FREEZE TONIGHT before bizarre tropical 'battle' next week
10/6/2018, 9:58:51 AMChaos caused by Hurricane Leslie in the Atlantic will see temperatures plunge to -3C this weekend before a freak weather pattern with the arrival of an Arctic blast and tropical air next week. ✔ However, a shock forecast has revealed that residents across Wales, the Midlands, southern England and the Scottish borders could experience a drop to -3C by tonight ✔ But, into the middle of next week there is huge uncertainty ✔ The category one hurricane was upgraded from a tropical storm after it increased in speed and strength last week
BBC Weather forecast: Dramatic temperature drop to 0C as POLAR air ravages Britain
10/6/2018, 10:50:33 AMBBC Weather have warned Britain is on track for a dramatic 10C drop in temperatures as polar air splits the country in two over the weekend, bringing "widespread frost" in large areas. ✔ Perhaps not the northwest because, come tomorrow, we are reversing the weather ✔ The period between Christmas and New Year is looking interesting as there are likely to be some major low-pressure storm systems hitting the UK and these will clash with much colder air over the country bringing potentially crippling snowfalls and ice storms
Want less political courts? Shift power away from Washington
10/6/2018, 11:19:02 AMThe only lasting solution to our politicized Supreme Court process is for the courts themselves to start reining in the other two branches of government and start devolving power back to the states. ✔ The rule of law is supposed to be different from enforcing policy preferences ✔ Enter the Fray: First takes on the news of the minute from L.A ✔ Times Opinion » It was during the Progressive Era that the idea emerged that the General Welfare Clause justifies any legislation that gains a congressional majority as opposed to limiting federal reach to truly national issues
Don't let this crazy news week distract you: Climate change is still the biggest story - Los Angeles Times
10/6/2018, 11:10:24 AMNews on Brett Kavanaugh, the Trump administration and other distractions should not take away from the fact that urgent action is needed now to combat climate change. ✔ To the editor: The Times Editorial Board correctly identifies the need for clean energy but does not mention the other ways to reverse climate change (reduce global population, reduce consumption and restore ecosystems, to name a few) ✔ The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has admitted that its rollback of coal emission regulations may cause up to 1,400 premature deaths annually
Nauru orders MSF to stop mental health work on island
10/6/2018, 10:36:03 AMOrder comes amid refugee health crisis blamed on Australian offshore detention ✔ Dozens have been transferred to Australia under federal court order, including for high-level mental health treatment amid a worsening crisis among all age groups ✔ The Australian government has, and continues to provide appropriate healthcare and mental health support to refugees and asylum seekers through contracted service providers
Oktoberbest: is this the noblest brewery in the world?
10/6/2018, 10:23:28 AMAs Oktoberfest climaxes across Europe, we find a Czech brewery that employs disabled workers, funds a primary school and brews an IPA named after Gandhi ✔ Beer might come with a head, but it doesn’t often come with a heart ✔ We had some examples of good practices regarding social business plans ✔ Eighteen pupils – aged from six to 10 – are taught in a single classroom along non-traditional teaching principles based on Montessori methods, overseen by Jakubicek’s wife, Jana, a qualified teacher
Who is Banksy, what does he look like, what's his net worth and what are his most famous art works?
10/6/2018, 10:03:55 AMBANKSY is elusive graffiti artist whose real identity has never been revealed. The secretive street scribbler has been baffling the world for years after creating street art using the cover of dark… ✔ Bristol video footage - Grainy 47-second clip shows a man in a hoodie and a painter's face mask using stencils and cardboard to spray fresh graffiti in an underpass in Bansky's native Bristol in 2010 ✔ The mural has been painted on the historic Bowery Wall, which was made famous by artist Keith Haring during the 1980s
BREXIT VOICE: We’ve had enough - shut up and let Theresa get on with Brexit!
10/6/2018, 9:58:54 AMTHE Tory rank-and-file have had enough. Enough of the pantomime of political posturing from Boris Johnson and Jacob Rees Mogg. Enough of the carping Brexit-bashing from Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell. And, most of all, enough of the barely-veiled contempt for democracy from the second vote brigade. ✔ Brexit news: Tory MP Bill Cash argued that Remainers are still shocked they lost the referendum (Image: Express) Brexit news: Theresa May raucously supporter by MP's during her speech on Wednesday (Image: Express) Those of us who do respect the result - whichever side of the question we stood on two years ago - need to come together now
Far right, misogynist, humourless? Why Nietzsche is misunderstood
10/6/2018, 10:23:27 AMFar right, misogynist, humourless? The German philosopher has been misappropriated and misread, argues his biographer ✔ Friedrich Nietzsche, Karl Marx and Charles Darwin are the great triumvirate of 19th-century thinkers whose ideas still have huge impact today ✔ The complicated ideas contained in the books were of no use to him, but catch phrases such as the blond beast, the Übermensch (neither of which is a racial concept) and beyond good and evil could be put to infinite misuse
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