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China orders evacuations after landslide blocks Tibet river

10/18/2018, 7:15:52 AM
BEIJING--Around 6,000 people have been evacuated following a landslide in Tibet that blocked the flo ✔ A barrier lake was formed on the Yarlung Tsangpo, the headwater of India's Brahmaputra River, following the Wednesday morning collapse of a cliff in the deep valley through which the river flows, the local emergency response bureau said in a report carried by state media ✔ With its towering peaks and glaciers, Tibet is the source of numerous Asian rivers, adding to China's strategic influence over its southern neighbors


VOX POPULI: Negligent or not, could TEPCO top brass guarantee nuclear safety?

10/18/2018, 4:11:57 AM
Former top executives of Tokyo Electric Power Co. are on trial on charges of professional negligence ✔ In the story, a samurai is slain in the woods, but his wife, who was traveling with him, has gone missing ✔ I am offended by the statement that I had postponed taking any measures ✔ The parties involved in this trial are tasked with delving deeper to uncover what is still shrouded in mystery


Honduran migrant caravan defies Trump to continue march north

10/18/2018, 4:30:27 AM
Thousands of Honduran migrants marched north Wednesday in a bold attempt to reach the United States, defying threats from US President Donald Trump to stop aid to countries that let them pass. ✔ Maria Ramos said she decided to join the march north after seeing the huge group pass by her village of Ocotepeque on the Guatemalan border ✔ When we saw them go by, we decided to leave as well, said the Honduran woman ✔ In addition, 68 percent of Honduras' nine million population live in poverty, according to UN data


China to launch man-made moons in space

10/18/2018, 7:59:25 AM
China's man-made moon conception is expected to be realized in 2022, Science and Technology Daily reported. ✔ Responding to worries whether the man-made moonlight will interrupt the normal day-night cycle of animals and plants, Wu said the light intensity and illumination time can be adjusted and the accuracy of illumination can be controlled within scores of meters


Meghan and Harry get taste of Oz with cookery class - and kangaroo for lunch

10/18/2018, 5:16:27 AM
Harry and Meghan, a self-confessed foodie, visited the Charcoal Lane restaurant as they toured Melbourne on the third day of their visit Down Under ✔ The Duchess of Sussex was in her element as she and Prince Harry enjoyed a taste of Australia today ✔ The Duke and Duchess’s visit to the restaurant began after they admired a mural outside created by Gunnai and Waradgerie man Robert Young to honour the building and the area’s indigenous heritage


Meghan brings special gift to Royal Tour hosts - it means a lot to her in-laws

10/18/2018, 6:21:28 AM
Meghan Markle's sweet presents went down a treat with her hosts in Dubbo ✔ Meghan Markle is pregnant with her first child and has just started a MASSIVE debut tour - but she still found time to bake a cake for a community barbecue ✔ The 37-year-old is said to have spent Tuesday evening baking her banana bread in the kitchen at Admiralty House, the Sydney home of the Governor-General of Australia ✔ And just what did the duchess add to ensure her bread was anything but boring


China’s self-developed commercial drone Feihong

10/18/2018, 7:35:08 AM
A large commercial drone developed and modified by the China Academy of Aerospace Electronics Technology made a successful test flight at Baotou test site in North China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region on Tuesday. ✔ It was adapted from the prototype of the Shifei Y5B, a China-developed transport plane ✔ With a longer voyage capability and a larger cargo load, the drone can effectively meet the needs of logistics transportation in remote areas and complex terrain conditions


‘It’ll change back?’ Trump mocked for his ‘natural instinct for science’ on climate change

10/18/2018, 6:36:24 AM
While a sobering new UN report on climate change indicates humans might have little time to change our ways to avoid environmental catastrophe, President Trump isn’t worried, pointing to scientists “on both sides of the picture.” ✔ It projected that humans have until 2030 to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions if we want to avoid catastrophic climate change in the form of massive sea level rise, increased drought, permafrost melt, and coral reef die-offs ✔ Scientists would say science isn't instinct-based, but Trump's instinct probably disagrees with that too, so what are you gonna do https://t.co/J2GXsCtrcCpic.twitter.com/oiScuvt7sE Jonathan Chait (@jonathanchait) October 17, 2018 Trends: Donald Trump newsUS news


U.S. opposed to Koreas' plan for no-fly zone over border: sources

10/18/2018, 6:31:23 AM
The United States opposes a plan by South and North Korea to set up a no-fly zon... ✔ Most fighter jets that U.S. forces operate in South Korea, such as the F-16, can play that role, one of the sources said ✔ An official at Seoul’s foreign ministry said Pompeo had not been fully briefed when he complained about the inter-Korean deal, and called back that day to wish Kang good luck with the summit ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles


A new leaf: the hardy trees reforesting the Amazon

10/18/2018, 7:11:54 AM
Scientists in Peru have found tree species that thrive in land poisoned by gold miners; now they have started planting ✔ Flying above the Tambopata River in a single-engine Cessna turboprop, the panorama is desolate ✔ Ant-sized bulldozers roll down mud paths on the soggy moonscape dotted with glinting corrugated iron rooftops ✔ The practice is not confined to Peru but is common in the forests of Brazil, Colombia and increasingly Venezuela, driven by its economic crisis


As the fracking protesters show, a people’s rebellion is the only way to fight climate change | George Monbiot

10/18/2018, 5:42:56 AM
Our politicians, under the influence of big business, have failed us. As they take the planet to the brink, it’s time for disruptive, nonviolent disobedience, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot ✔ On behalf of both polluting power companies and the car industry, it has sabotaged the EU’s attempt to improve its carbon emissions target ✔ This preparedness for sacrifice, a long history of political and religious revolt suggests, is essential to motivate and mobilise people to join an existential struggle ✔ That we have to take such drastic action to defend the common realm shows how badly we have been abandoned


In US midwest, could farmers' fury spell trouble for Trump?

10/18/2018, 6:51:21 AM
Few have been hit as hard by Donald Trump's trade war with China than US farmers, with retaliatory tariffs from Beijing threatening their livelihoods. Now, with the midterms approaching, are Trump and the Republican party about to pay the price? ✔ Farmer Doug Shroeder says soybean farmers 'are probably the biggest losers in this trade war' ✔ Whether Republican or Democrat, that may be a message worth listening to for candidates hoping for victory at the ballot box in rural America this November 6


Trump's willing to carry Republicans ... unless they lose

10/18/2018, 5:35:31 AM
Don't expect Donald Trump to cop to a "thumpin' " or a "shellacking" if the midterm elections turn into a triumph for Democrats. ✔ While Trump remains highly popular among Republicans, his approval rating of 41% in a recent CNN poll is deep in the danger area that history suggests all but guarantees a midterm election bloody nose for a President ✔ On past form, Trump would not be slow in claiming credit for saving the Senate


Meghan Markle tries her hand at Australian Rules Football

10/18/2018, 6:38:13 AM
The Duchess is visiting Melbourne with her husband Prince Harry on the third day of the couple's tour of Australia before visiting New Zealand, Fiji and Tonga. ✔ The day is set to hold special significance for both Meghan and Harry as they visit projects throughout the city that align with their goals on the tour, of encompassing the work of youth leadership, sustainability and meeting marginalised groups in society


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