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Hurricane Willa to SMASH into Mexico tourist hotspots as storm STRENGTHENS

10/22/2018, 2:29:04 AM
HURRICANE Willa gained dangerous strength on Sunday night as it churned toward Mexico's Pacific coast. ✔ The hurricane centre estimates that total rainfall will range between 5 inches and 15 inches across stretches of Jalisco, Nayarit and Sinaloa states, home to Mexican white sand beach resorts of Puerto Vallarta and Mazatlan ✔ At least seven people were killed in Florida, Georgia and North Carolina and thousands of homes have been reduced to rubble in scenes likened to the fallout of a nuclear strike


Deadliest hurricanes in U.S. history

10/22/2018, 3:08:49 AM
Hurricane Katrina claimed at least 1,200 lives, but it wasn't the deadliest hurricane in U.S. history ✔ Back Next Deadliest U.S. hurricanes When a hurricane bears down, there's only so much that can be done against the destruction and loss of life that the storm's heavy winds and rains can cause ✔ Hurricane Diane Diane killed 184 people when it hit the East Coast in August 1955


A 14-year-long oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico verges on becoming one of the worst in U.S. history

10/22/2018, 1:41:47 AM
For years, Taylor Energy and federal officials had kept quiet about it. ✔ It built a kind of shield to keep the crude from rising ✔ Ultimately, it means the potential for jobs and reinvestment in the community, he said ✔ If it gets going, that train isn’t going to stop, he said ✔ Let’s talk about what’s happening in the Gulf before we move into the Atlantic


Mental stress mounting in Florida after devastating Hurricane Michael

10/22/2018, 3:08:51 AM
Health officials say they're seeing signs of mental problems in residents more than a week after the storm as long-term recovery could take years ✔ Amy Cross has a hard time explaining the stress of living in a city that was splintered by Hurricane Michael ✔ They survived a major catastrophic event, which is good ✔ Jessyka Bartice, 34, of Panama City is worried about both her hometown and caring for her child ✔ It's going to make this town a bigger and better place


Taiwan's president prays with relatives of 18 killed in rail tragedy

10/22/2018, 3:20:01 AM
Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen offered words of comfort and encouragement on Mond... ✔ The derailment was not expected to cause any major economic impact ✔ The Puyuma Express is the fastest among Taiwan’s regular trains and went into operation in 2013 to negotiate the tough topography of Taiwan’s east coast ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles


Patients infected with HIV given 24k hush money before knowing they had Hep C

10/22/2018, 12:18:53 AM
PATIENTS infected with HIV were paid around £24,000 to sign away their legal rights before being told they had another condition. More than 1,200 patients were forced to sign a contract promising t… ✔ Getty - Contributor 2 The patients later found out they had also contracted Hepatitis C The contract stated: I undertake not to bring any proceedings against the Crown or any health service body now or at any time in the future in respect of the said infection of (blank space for name) by human-immuno deficiency virus or hepatitis virus


World's longest sea-crossing bridge opens between Hong Kong and China

10/22/2018, 2:01:23 AM
A $20-billion bridge connecting Hong Kong and Macau to the mainland Chinese city of Zhuhai is set to finally open this week, marking the completion of the longest sea-crossing bridge ever built, nine years after construction began. ✔ you can see it from the plane when you fly in to Hong Kong, and it's breathtaking, lawmaker Claudia Mo told CNN earlier in the year ✔ Hong Kong officials have previously blamed the death toll on lack of manpower, and earlier this year a court fined several subcontractors over the issue


ANDREW PIERCE: Vince in a spin after another foolish EU-turn

10/22/2018, 12:14:25 AM
Bristling with moral fervour at the ‘People’s Vote’ march for a second Brexit referendum was keynote speaker and Liberal Democrat leader Sir Vince Cable, writes ANDREW PIERCE. ✔ I resisted, she insisted, I desisted.'   Question of the week Labour’s Lord Beecham asks: ‘If the DUP carries out its threat to vote down the Budget, and precipitate a General Election, will Theresa May seek the return of the £1 billion that secured its support after the 2017 election?’ Joke of the week If John Bercow continues in his post until the Brexit process is over, he will be Speaker for life


Honduran migrant caravan resumes march towards US

10/22/2018, 12:05:09 AM
Thousands of Honduran migrants whose trek toward the United States has triggered a series of tirades from US President Donald Trump resumed their long march Sunday after crossing a river into Mexico. ✔ The poster invited people on a Migrant march with a slogan: We're not leaving because we want to, but because we are being expelled by violence and poverty ✔ With a homicide rate of 43 per 100,000 citizens, Honduras is one of the most violent countries in the world, according to a Honduran university study


DOMINIC SANDBROOK: A 'people's vote' would be a terrible idea 

10/22/2018, 12:14:17 AM
A second referendum would be a disgraceful betrayal of democracy and an insult to the 17.4 million people who voted in 2016 – and I write that as somebody who voted Remain. ✔ Yet I have lost count of the number of times I have heard supposedly intelligent people, among them plenty of Oxford and Cambridge academics, insisting that the British people were too stupid or too prejudiced to decide correctly, and should be compelled to vote again until they get it right


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