Duke and Duchess of Sussex bring UK weather to drought-hit town with first rainfall in seven months
10/17/2018, 12:05:33 PMIn this remote rural town of Australia, according to locals, each day brings two virtual certainties: ✔ You need to know that part of being strong and tough is having the courage to ask for help when you need it ✔ I’ve been telling people for years it is the centre of the universe ✔ Stay up to date with everything happening in the Royal family through our weekly newsletter, Your Royal Appointment
Earthquake WARNING: MEGA tremor ‘to strike over Christmas period’
10/17/2018, 1:56:10 PMMEGA earthquakes are expected over the Christmas period as planets are align, according to shock tremor predictions. ✔ He added: After three years of observations, it became clear that some planetary geometry in the Solar System clearly tends to cause a seismic increase, while other geometry does not ✔ Sometimes before a large earthquake you'll have a foreshock or two, but we don't know they're foreshocks until the big one happens
Earthquake today: 22 fresh tremors ROCK Alaska - tectonic plate SHIFTS
10/17/2018, 2:33:52 PMTHE RING of Fire is being rocked by another cluster of earthquakes today, with tremor-prone areas receiving some of the worst activity. Alaska once again has been at the mercy of a series of surface shakes. ✔ There could also be economic repercussions, as the chances of damages topping the £750,000 ($1 million) mark are held at 65 percent, and damages exceeding £7.5 million ($10 million) come with a likelihood of 30 percent ✔ Alaska’s mainland is naturally cut with a swathe of fault lines which result from the constant push and pull activity
California drill preparing 9.9 million for ‘INEVITABLE’ magnitude 7 earthquake TOMORROW
10/17/2018, 1:57:14 PMCALIFORNIA will hold large-scale emergency drills preparing more than 9.9 million people for a magnitude 7 or greater earthquake tomorrow. ✔ Seismologists believe the US state is decades overdue a Big One tremor measuring magnitude 7 or greater on the Richter scale ✔ He said: When we look at the history of the fault, we can see these big earthquakes have happened many times over the last few thousand years, so yeah, it’s an inevitability
The Kanye effect: Black Americans declaring allegiance to Trump may mean disaster for Democrats
10/17/2018, 12:10:37 PMWith Midterms around the corner, some Black voters are tearing up their Democratic memberships, arguing the party no longer has their best interests at heart. Is this a new political trend or a mere flash in the pan for the GOP? ✔ These Democratic dissidents love to remind their audiences that Abraham Lincoln, for example, was a Republican who was responsible for ending slavery a long time ago and therefore African Americans should line up and buy the Republican brand today ✔ Share it with a friend! The statements, views and opinions expressed in this column are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of RT
UK weather: Temperatures could plunge as low as -1C tonight
10/17/2018, 12:29:48 PMThe jet stream, which has a major impact on the UK's weather, is being pushed far to the north over Greenland - causing high pressure to build in the mid-Atlantic and cold air across Britain next week. ✔ (After 21C yesterday), it's not looking like getting that warm for a while now ✔ The holes in fallstreak formations can expand up to 30 miles (50 km) across within an hour of appearing ✔ Rainbows are sometimes seen with fallstreak clouds, because of light refracting off the water droplets
Why the Duke of Sussex's personal appeal on depression strikes a chord in rural Australia
10/17/2018, 3:04:55 PMIn the rural area of Australia visited by the Duke and Duchess of Sussex on Wednesday, the farmland has been parched by a severe drought in the past year - but some of the worst scars are not always easy to recognise. ✔ Between the low milk price, not being able to feed my cattle properly and seeing all my hard work slip away, I nearly came to suicide twice, as recently as 10 months ago, Mr Germon told Sydney’s Sunday Telegraph newspaper ✔ You are all in this together and if I may speak personally, we are all in this together ✔ When nobody said a word, he added: It's that easy then
Is this the creepiest building in the world?
10/17/2018, 3:12:59 PMEerie pictures captured by urban explorers show the once grand Villa de Vecchi in the town of Cortenova close to Lake Como, which now lies in ruins with crumbling walls and rotting ceilings. ✔ It was once the grandest building in the mountains of northern Italy with frescoes adorning the walls and baroque architecture inspired by eastern culture ✔ Later that year, after a lengthy search for his daughter, the Count killed himself in the villa and the property fell into the hands of his brother Biago
Pregnant Meghan Markle 'tired and running on adrenaline' on GRUELLING royal tour
10/17/2018, 1:15:46 PMMEGHAN Markle is feeling “tired" and "running on adrenaline” on her gruelling royal tour. ✔ Mrs Carroll said Meghan admitted to being a bit tired, but hoped to complete all 76 engagements during her 16-day tour ✔ Foetuses infected with the disease can be born with microcephaly, causing a decreased head size which can lead to developmental delays and many children die from the condition
Life is rough at hurricane-ravaged motel of last resort
10/17/2018, 1:35:24 PMPANAMA CITY, Fla. (AP) — A rough life is getting even rougher for dozens of people living at a Florida motel ripped apart by Hurricane Michael a week ago. There's still no power at the American Quality Lodge in Panama City, where residents huddle under makeshift tents and in breezeways to escape the midday sun. Some of the survivors lived at the low-rent motel before Michael; others simply moved in, seeking some kind of shelter after the storm. Nighttime brings relief from the heat, but also brings the threat of looters, who residents say have stolen their money, jewelry, food and even rain-soaked clothes.
Uighurs and Kazakhs held in re-education camps in China
10/17/2018, 3:02:59 PMACCESS ASIA : In western China, officials say they are fighting extremism by opening so-called "vocational training centres". But human rights groups a... ✔ But human rights groups argue these are actually mass detention camps, aimed an indoctrination and forcing people to renounce their faith ✔ The weather is a devastating blow to livelihoods that were already threatened by decades of conflict ✔ Many have sought refuge in the world's largest refugee camp in neighbouring Bangladesh, but even there, they continue to face danger
The Duchess of Sussex's banana bread is a success on her tour of Australia
10/17/2018, 3:18:01 PMIt was over roast chicken that she was proposed to, and with a lemon and elderflower cake that she celebrated her marriage, but Meghan Markle's fondness for good food was confirmed again this week when she whipped up a banana bread for her visit to a farm in Dubbo, Australia. ✔ Wow ✨ pic.twitter.com/N6nLspAPJP Alice (@_alicestew) October 17, 2018 This isn't the first time the Duchess has hinted at her culinary prowess ✔ Diana Henry's classic banana bread Credit:Yuki Sugiura Easy chocolate and banana bread Credit:Haarala Hamilton
3 Photos That Prove Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Can Make Standing Under an Umbrella Romantic
10/17/2018, 2:38:07 PMPrince Harry and Meghan Markle aren't going to let a downpour stop them from a little royal tour PDA! ✔ The prince kept his pregnant wife dry as they sweetly shared the same umbrella ✔ And when they each walked under their own umbrellas later in the day, they still managed to stay close by holding hands ✔ Meghan is used to being touchy-feely, and Harry is the same, former palace spokesman, Dickie Arbiter, told PEOPLE
Meghan Markle Baked Banana Bread the Night Before Her Visit with an Australian Farming Family
10/17/2018, 2:02:03 PMMeghan Markle baked the treat the night before in the kitchen of Admiralty House in Sydney after a long day of engagements ✔ In addition to the prince reportedly loving anything with banana, the fruit has played a cheeky role in their relationship ✔ Just hours after their budding romance was confirmed in late October of 2016, the former Suits actress posted a cryptic image of two cuddling bananas on her Instagram ✔ Alongside the quirky romantic photo, she added the caption, Sleep tight xx
RAAB SHOCK: Brexit chief ‘could be Prime Minister in six months’ as odds shorten to 8-1
10/17/2018, 3:40:23 PMDOMINIC Raab could be Prime Minister within six months because of his Brexit work in Brussels spelling out Theresa May's red lines "in black and white", according to a Westminster source. ✔ However, these hopes were dashed when both sides announced major problems remained, especially with respect to the Irish border question, a fact which did not surprise the Westminster source ✔ I've know Dominic for a long, long time and he would be a very, very credible candidate
The financial cost of natural disasters around the world
10/17/2018, 1:40:00 PMThe poor are the worst affected by natural disasters in countries all over the world. ✔ Very often people assume it is only in Africa that worst natural disasters occur after recent floods in northern Nigeria due to the Benue river breaking its bank… ✔ The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s annual losses represent 7.4% of its GDP ✔ That is still 20 years later: $2.9 trillion in recorded damages, four times the budget of the US army which is estimated at $610 billion
Matthew Broderick Plays Captain Sully in Jimmy Kimmel's Miracle on the Hudson Parody Musical
10/17/2018, 2:23:52 PMMove over, Tom Hanks -- there's a new Captain Sully in town! ✔ Move over, Tom Hanks, there’s a new Captain Sully in town ✔ The actor and singer played Captain Chesley Sullenberger in a fake musical about the incident, which they used to trick New Yorkers in a hilarious segment ✔ Wave goodbye, you won’t be seeing that body of water for a while
Opinion | Will the Blue Wave collapse before it reaches the shore?
10/17/2018, 1:53:07 PMDemocrats may need to ask whether #MeToo and other forms of identity politics are the wave of the Democratic future. ✔ By Megan McArdle Megan McArdle Columnist Bio Follow Columnist October 16 at 7:18 PM One can only assume that in the Kavanaugh home, there's a horseshoe over every door, a rabbit's foot in every pocket and a lawn entirely planted with four-leaf clover ✔ By 2016, many saw that as prophecy: All they needed to do was wait for the GOP's atavistic denizens to die off, leaving the country to those on the right side of history
'ABSURD!' Peter Bone MOCKS Labour MP who brands Brexiteer 'IRRESPONSIBLE'
10/17/2018, 3:40:29 PMBREXITEER MP Peter Bone shut down Labour MP Anna McMorrin after she branded Brexiteers as “irresponsible” for calling for a no deal Brexit instead of Prime Minister Theresa May’s controversial Chequers proposal. ✔ Mr Bone shook his head and blasted: Worst of all scenarios ✔ But the Tory MP said if Mrs May delivers what the people voted for she will become a national hero ✔ The proposal includes plans to create a common rule book – involving a free trade area with the EU on industrial and agricultural goods
Armed looters targeting homes and businesses in county ravaged by Hurricane Michael
10/17/2018, 3:04:42 PM"They just snatched my purse out of my hands and ran," one woman told the News Herald ✔ The front door to her home was open to let a breeze come through ✔ Pictures showed police detaining people on suspicion of looting and a sign warning people ✔ View Gallery Police detain some youths on suspicion of looting following Hurricane Michael in Mexico Beach, Florida, U.S., October 13, 2018 ✔ Visit https://t.co/uiee1dSWaO Rick Scott (@FLGovScott) October 17, 2018
'Hand UK control of BORDERS!' German MEP pleads with EU to behave like Alexander the Great
10/17/2018, 12:07:09 PMGERMAN MEP Hans-Olaf Henkel implored EU Council President Donald Tusk to "behave like Alexander the Great" and offer the UK control over its borders to stop Brexit. ✔ The German politician also rejected plans set forward by EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier to extend the Brexit transition period to December 2020 ✔ Negotiations are currently paused as both sides struggle to agree on the highly disputed Irish backstop, according to a senior EU diplomat
Cop in tense exchange with boys carrying BB gun: 'Do you think I want to shoot an 11-year-old?'
10/17/2018, 1:15:00 PMBody cam video shows the tense roadside exchange between a Columbus, Ohio, officer and two boys carrying a realistic BB-gun. ✔ In body cam video, Columbus police officer lectures two boys about the danger of carrying a realistic BB-gun.(Photo: Columbus (Ohio) PD) In a tense exchange caught on body cam video, a Columbus, Ohio, police officer lectures two young boys in a roadside stop about the danger of them carrying around a realistic BB-gun, saying he could have killed them ✔ The video includes an exchange later between the officer and the mother of one of the boys
Austin Beutner and Alex Caputo-Pearl: Two leaders on a collision course toward a teachers strike - Los Angeles Times
10/17/2018, 12:18:17 PMTeachers union leader Alex Caputo-Pearl and L.A. Unified Supt. Austin Beutner are operating in different universes when it comes to diagnosing what ails local schools and how best to go about fixing them. The result could be a teachers strike. ✔ He’s spent the better part of six years rebuilding local chapters school by school ✔ Austin Beutner serves food from the culinary program at San Fernando High on the first day of school ✔ To avoid a strike or to settle one both sides are going to have shift their thinking, Rogers of UCLA said
Fracking protesters freed from prison as appeal judges rule sentences were 'manifestly excessive'
10/17/2018, 1:24:39 PMThree anti-fracking protesters jailed for causing a public nuisance by climbing onto lorries at a site in Lancashire have been freed by the Court of Appeal. ✔ We should not be here in the first place, but what's done is done ✔ A fourth activist, Julian Brock, 47, from Torquay, was sentenced to 12 months in custody, suspended for 18 months, after he admitted public nuisance ✔ Last week, Cuadrilla was given the go-ahead to start work at the site following a failed High Court bid by campaigners to block fracking due to safety concerns
'Fracking Three' freed by Appeal Court judges
10/17/2018, 1:44:11 PMSimon Blevins, 26, and Richard Roberts, 36, were both jailed for 16 months, while Rich Loizou, 31, was given 15 months in September for causing a public nuisance in Lancashire. ✔ Rich Loizou (right) was one of three protesters who had been jailed for causing a public nuisance after they climbed on to lorries outside a fracking site Activist, writer and actress, Emma Thompson said: 'It’s unbelievable that at the very moment scientists tell us to speed up closing down fossil fuel industries, the UK government has decided to start a new one
Harry breaks royal protocol to take photo of Meghan with a young fan
10/17/2018, 2:48:47 PMThe Duke of Sussex, 34, was seen calling over wife Meghan, after he spotted nine-year-old Sethunya Gibbons in the crowd while doing a walkabout by the Sydney Opera House on Tuesday. ✔ Prince Harry broke royal protocol by taking a photograph of Meghan with a young fan in Sydney - after the Duchess noticed how much the girl looked like her ✔ In the evening, Harry and Meghan will attend a reception at the Opera House, prior to attending the Invictus Games Sydney 2018 Opening Ceremony
Analysis | The Daily 202: How Scott Walker is trying to withstand a ‘blue wave’ in Wisconsin
10/17/2018, 1:46:16 PMThe Republican and Democratic candidates for governor both say they want the race to be about local issues, not Donald Trump. ✔ From Damian Paletta: McConnell, in a Bloomberg News interview, also said there was little chance Republicans would be able to cut government spending next year if they retained control of Congress because any changes would need leadership from Democrats
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