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Yellowstone eruption would be 'DISASTER for humanity' & PLUNGE world into volcanic winter

10/16/2018, 5:06:58 PM
YELLOWSTONE volcano eruption would be a “disaster for humanity” and plunge the world into a volcanic winter, warned news reporter Dan Cohen as NASA outlines plans to prevent a supervolcano eruption. ✔ The Yellowstone volcano in Wyoming, USA, is one of the world’s most feared volcanos and is so powerful that even hydrothermal explosions can blast debris two kilometres into the sky ✔ Yellowstone erupts every 600,000 years and it has been about 600,000 years since it last exploded


Yellowstone volcano eruption: How big would another Yellowstone supervolcano eruption be?

10/16/2018, 4:15:30 PM
YELLOWSTONE volcano is one of the biggest and most active supervolcanoes on the face of the planet – but how big could another Yellowstone eruption be? ✔ Probability of such an eruption in any given century or millennium is exceedingly low United States Geological Survey The least likely but also the worst-type of eruption that could tear through Yellowstone is another caldera-forming explosion ✔ For the time being, the YVO has seen no evidence of volcanic or seismic activity indicating a future eruption is at all imminent


"A New Paradigm": California Residents Are Having Their Power Shut Off Over Wildfire Fears

10/16/2018, 7:26:14 PM
In an unprecedented move, the state’s largest utility company shut off power to tens of thousands of customers because of high winds and dry conditions. ✔ Homes destroyed by a wildfire in Redding, California ✔ Subbotin emphasized the action would only be used as a last resort, but added, this is our new normal ✔ Others, like Jessica Tunis, whose mother never made it out of her mobile home after flames ripped through a Santa Rosa retirement community, questioned why utilities didn’t take such precautionary measures last fall ✔ PG&E should do anything and everything to prevent more fires, Tunis said


‘What a disaster this could have been’ F-16 destroyed after staff accidentally fire CANNON

10/16/2018, 7:11:24 PM
A BELGIAN Air Component F-16 fighter has been destroyed and another plane has been left damaged after two technicians accidentally fired a cannon when they were carrying out repairs. ✔ Firefighters were brought in to tackle the blaze at the airbase ✔ It is home to the 2nd Tactical Wing, operating F-16 Fighter Falcons ✔ Until July 2009, the airbase was also home to the Tactical Leadership Programme, a joint training programme established by 10 NATO members ✔ It is an endeavour made up of successive human actions and people are, one day, fallible


Fifth of Y Combinator female founders sexually harassed by investors, research finds

10/16/2018, 7:22:02 PM
Nineteen say they experienced inappropriate 'incidents' from angel investors or venture capitalists ✔ AFP/Getty 49/50 29 August 2018 People are evacuated after flooding in Swar township, Myanmar Reuters 50/50 28 August 2018 President Hassan Rouhani speaks at the Iranian Parliament in the capital Tehran ✔ The figure was cited by claimants suing Microsoft for systematically denying pay raises or promotions to women at the world’s largest software company


Jeff Bezos wants 1 trillion humans in the solar system - and he thinks he knows how to get them there

10/16/2018, 4:19:15 PM
'I won't be alive to see the fulfilment of that long-term mission' ✔ There were no deaths reported among the 164 passengers and six crew members aboard the Utair Boeing 737, but the Russian health ministry said 18 people were injured ✔ Mr Bezos’s Blue Origin received $500m, arms and aerospace giant Northrop Grumman will get $792m, and United Launch Alliance, a joint venture between Lockheed Martin Space Systems and Boeing Defence, Space & Security and which already provides launch services to the US government, is due to receive $967m


When Saudi Arabia’s credibility is damaged, so is America’s

10/16/2018, 5:44:07 PM
Analysis: The essential political underpinnings of sanctions are being eroded, Patrick Cockburn writes ✔ The Khashoggi affair has weakened President Trump’s campaign to impose stringent economic sanctions on Iran aimed at reducing its influence or forcing regime change ✔ A Category 4 storm, with maximum sustained winds of 155 mph, was the most powerful storm ever to hit the Florida Panhandle Getty 8/50 9 October 2018 The Darul Muttaqien Mosque was the heart of the community for many in Palu


'The greatest embarrassment': Inside the kingdom, Saudis rattled by handling of Jamal Khashoggi case

10/16/2018, 7:21:59 PM
Exclusive: Jamal Khashoggi was caught up in Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman’s attempts to consolidate his power, eliminate rival royals, and seize the assets of his country’s billionaires ✔ headquarters AP 21/50 26 September 2018 Members of the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) search for victims after a building collapsed in New Delhi killing five people, the latest incident highlighting India's poor urban planning and construction AFP/Getty 22/50 25 September 2018 US golfer Tiger Woods tees off during a practice session ahead of the 42nd Ryder Cup at Le Golf National Course at Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, south-west of Paris AFP/Getty 23/50 24 September 2018 President Donald Trump and US ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, talk with UN secretary general Antonio Guterres during the General Assembly at UN Headquarters AP 24/50 23 September 2018 Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has claimed that his country is ready to confront America, following an attack on a military parade in Ahvaz in which 25 people were killed


Japan plans to flush Fukushima water 'containing radioactive material above permitted levels' into the ocean

10/16/2018, 7:46:41 PM
Water that the Japanese government is planning to release into the Pacific Ocean from the crippled Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant contains radioactive material well above legally permitted levels, according to the plant’s operator and documents seen by The Telegraph. ✔ In late September, Tepco was forced to admit that around 80 per cent of the water stored at the Fukushima site still contains radioactive substances above legal levels after the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry held public hearings in Tokyo and Fukushima at which local residents and fishermen protested against the plans


Hurricane WARNING: The UK to face increasing number of HURRICANES

10/16/2018, 7:43:04 PM
THE UK is facing the risk of being hit by hurricanes just like the United States in the future as hurricanes become a "threat to Europe". ✔ Mr Del Campo explained: An increase in the temperatures of the Atlantic Ocean as a result of climate change could cause an overall increase in the most intense hurricanes, and could also favour tropical storms that take the route to Europe to remain closer to the Old Continent with its tropical characteristics


Thousands of tons of chalk collapse from Seven sisters cliffs

10/16/2018, 5:26:56 PM
The fall at the Seven Sisters chalk cliffs at Birling Gap, East Sussex (pictured) is believed to be 'five times larger' than another along the same coastline at Seaford Head. ✔ A 'massive' rockfall along the iconic white cliffs of east Sussex is believed to be 'five times bigger' than one at the weekend - and officials are warning visitors to be aware of the danger ✔ For example, softer materials, such as clay are more likely to collapse than harder materials like granite


If love was a cure for cancer, I'd be healthy now, says TV's Bill

10/16/2018, 6:26:31 PM
BILL Turnbull has told how he is standing up to - rather than battling against - his cancer. ✔ It's a very different life; trying to live normally, while dealing with the effects of this pernicious disease as well as treatments employed to defeat it ✔ Awareness of prostate cancer is increasing and more men are having potentially life-saving conversations with their GP, coming to us for more information and spreading the word


Piers Morgan and WWE legend Edge trade Twitter blows: ‘You need to get a GRIP'

10/16/2018, 6:27:33 PM
PIERS Morgan and WWE legend Edge have traded blows on inTwitter in a bitter row over whether or not men have been “emasculated” in #PapooseGate. ✔ TWITTER/ADAMCOPELAND WWE LEGEND: Edge wears a Frozen dress for kids in a message to Piers Morgan (Pic: TWITTER/ADAMCOPELAND) Morgan responded: No Adam, I have never felt the need to wear an Elsa dress for my kids ✔ He was also flooded by selfies of men carrying their babies in papooses amid the row


How old is Kay Burley and how long has the Celebrity Hunted star been on Sky News?

10/16/2018, 5:58:36 PM
KAY Burley has been the face of Sky News for almost three decades and is set to take to the screens in a slightly different role – going off grid on Celebrity Hunted. As the Stand Up To Cance… ✔ Kay and her sister have both been tested for the BCRA gene mutation, which is the most well-known for breast cancer, with one in 500 being carriers, but neither of them tested positive ✔ I’m not going to bet my house on it but I’ll take a tenner off you


Saudi Arabia under spotlight over Khashoggi, but drastic Yemen famine ignored

10/16/2018, 5:08:22 PM
Yemen is on the verge of a devastating famine as it continues to endure Saudi coalition airstrikes. Despite this, most of the criticism levied at the Kingdom is about missing journalist Jamal Khashoggi. ✔ Bernie Sanders (@SenSanders) October 15, 2018 Sanders, along with progressives like Tulsi Gabbard and Ro Khanna and libertarian Ron Paul are some of the only politicians to have called out Saudi atrocities before the Khashoggi affair ✔ Trends: Jamal Khashoggi newsSaudi Arabia news


Battling 'fatbergs': Tokyo's sewers get an upgrade so they can keep on flowing

10/16/2018, 4:15:55 PM
In September last year, a monster was discovered in London's sewers. Weighing about 130 metric tons and measuring 250 meters in length — longer than the ci ✔ In September last year, a monster was discovered in London’s sewers ✔ The facility was built in 1930, making it the second-oldest of Tokyo’s 13 water reclamation centers ✔ A shortfall of experienced staff members is just one of the myriad challenges the organization faces


Opinion | The U.N.’s Doomsday Climate Clock

10/16/2018, 4:19:57 PM
Maybe predicting the apocalypse isn’t the best political strategy. ✔ So we’re supposed to spend more as a share of GDP now than the problem will cost in 60 years when the world would have far more resources to cope with it ✔ Perhaps the sheer implausibility of these remedies helps to explain why the reaction to the U.N ✔ Appeared in the October 16, 2018, print edition


Death toll rises as searches continue after Florida hurricane

10/16/2018, 7:06:34 PM
Another 10 people in Florida have been confirmed dead in the wake of Hurricane M... ✔ REUTERS/Jonathan Bachman/File Photo Michael, which made landfall on Wednesday as one of the most powerful storms on record to hit the continental United States, has killed 20 people in the Florida Panhandle, five in Virginia, three in North Carolina and one in Georgia, according to official tallies ✔ At least 80 percent of customers in three mainly rural Panhandle counties were without electricity on Tuesday ✔ Officials said it could be weeks before power returns to some ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles


Restored phones help rescuers find missing after Florida hurricane

10/16/2018, 6:26:42 PM
Rescue workers and volunteers searched on Tuesday for scores of people still una... ✔ REUTERS/Jonathan Bachman/File Photo At least 19 deaths in four states have been blamed on Michael, which made landfall on Wednesday as one of the most powerful storms on record to hit the continental United States ✔ At least 80 percent of customers in three mainly rural Panhandle counties were without electricity on Tuesday ✔ Officials said it could be weeks before power returns to some ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles


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10/16/2018, 4:12:02 PM
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