Earthquake of magnitude 5.9 strikes Taiwan: USGS
10/23/2018, 5:05:42 AMAn earthquake of magnitude 5.9 struck Taiwan, the United States Geological Surve... ✔ SINGAPORE (Reuters) - An earthquake of magnitude 5.9 struck Taiwan, the United States Geological Survey said on Tuesday, and witnesses said it set buildings shaking in the capital Taipei ✔ Su-ao is about 70 km (44 miles) away from the capital ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Hurricane Willa WARNING: Tourists told ‘TAKE COVER’ as 150mph storm hits today
10/23/2018, 4:56:55 AMTHE extremely dangerous Hurricane Willa has prompted government warnings for people to leave high-risk areas and take cover. ✔ It's expected to be a dangerous major hurricane US National Hurricane Center It could also lead to the formation of waterspouts in front of the coast of Puerto Vallarta, the SMN said, referring to another beach resort in the state of Jalisco next to Nayarit
Gilberto Benetton, United Colors of Benetton co-founder, dies aged 77
10/23/2018, 6:15:30 AMBusinessman passes away at his home in Italy after short illness, family say ✔ President Donald Trump's newest Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is expected to face punishing questioning from Democrats this week over his endorsement of presidential immunity and his opposition to abortion AFP/Getty 49/50 4 September 2018 Damaged traffic boards and telecommunication relay poles after they were brought down by strong winds caused by typhoon Jebi in Osaka
"Extremely dangerous" Hurricane Willa menacing Mexico's Pacific coast
10/23/2018, 7:11:04 AMCategory 4 storm has west-central and southwestern Mexico in its sights, spurring thousands of evacuations ✔ MEXICO CITY -- Authorities rushed to evacuate low-lying areas and set up shelters as an extremely dangerous Hurricane Willa with maximum sustained winds of 140 mph headed toward a forecast Tuesday afternoon or evening landfall along a stretch of Mexico's Pacific coast dotted with high-rise resorts, surfing beaches and fishing villages ✔ Forecasters said Willa would then blow ashore somewhere along a 140-mile stretch from the resort city of Mazatlan to San Blas
Families let down as immersive Halloween show with 'amazing' special effects turns into 'disaster' that bored kids
10/23/2018, 7:41:12 AMPARENTS say a Halloween event which promised to be the biggest in Greater Manchester was “an absolute shambles”. Organisers of Screamania promised to transform Reddish Vale into Spooky Vale for a f… ✔ MEN Media 9 They were instead treated to practically empty marquees and a deflated 'maze' MEN Media 9 The event has been labelled 'a disaster' by disappointed families who say their kids got bored Dan, who said the whole thing reminded me of a failed Apprentice task, said a number of people were asking for refunds, either at the front desk or on the phone to Skiddle
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley brings back flapper era at InStyle Awards
10/23/2018, 7:03:53 AMCelebs converged en masse at the Getty Center for the InStyle Awards. And Rosie Huntington-Whiteley was there for the party, posing up a storm in a smashing golden ensemble. ✔ Celebs converged en masse at the Getty Center in Los Angeles for the InStyle Awards ✔ The 31-year-old British bombshell slipped into a sleeveless dress with a rain of glistening fringe that was reminiscent of the Roaring 20s ✔ Rosie was not starved for famous company at the swanky event, milling around and hobnobbing with some of the other big names at the party
Taiwan train travelling twice speed limit before crash that killed 18
10/23/2018, 4:19:57 AMDriver allegedly disabled the automatic train protection system that would have caused it to brake ✔ The Puyuma service came off the tracks on Monday afternoon, as it was travelling from a suburb of Taipei toward Taitung, a city on Taiwan’s south-east coast ✔ The trains are designed to tilt when going around curves ✔ The head of the state railway administration, Lu Jie-shen, had offered to resign but that was not accepted by the transport minister, the railway authority said
Speed control on Taiwan train 'malfunctioned' before deadly accident
10/23/2018, 4:08:05 AMA speed control system was not functioning when a train in Taiwan crashed killin... ✔ The train data recorder, which tracks speed, among other things, had been sent to prosecutors to be examined ✔ GRAPHIC: Deadly train crash in Taiwan - tmsnrt.rs/2NZiXQi The disaster was Taiwan’s deadliest rail accident since a 1981 collision that killed 30 people ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Japan downgrades view of export picture as costs of trade war rise
10/23/2018, 7:51:59 AMJapan's government downgraded its assessment of exports for the first time ... ✔ Washington and Beijing have slapped tit-for-tat tariffs on each other in recent months, and plans for bilateral trade talks to resolve the dispute have stalled ✔ Japan is at risk because it exports to China much manufacturing equipment and electronic parts, which are used to make finished goods for the United States and other markets ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Hunt saboteur lands on her head after falling off gate shaken by supporters
10/23/2018, 4:27:22 AMThe young woman, of the West Kent Hunt Saboteurs, crashed into the dirt head-first on Wednesday ✔ The men shake the gate repeatedly to cause the woman to lose her balance (Image: West Kent Hunt Sabs/Facebook) She ended up falling from quite a height onto her shoulders, but luckily she was okay ✔ Read More Top news stories from Mirror Online Khashoggi WAS murdered Saudi admits Jailed drink drive student took own life Meghan 'baby girl' to get special name Arctic blast as snow hits by weekend
Disastrous employment
10/23/2018, 7:28:13 AMundefined ✔ University campuses are brimming with graduates who have yet to land jobs, and the labor market is full of people seeking daily jobs ✔ If the government and the governing party stop being stubborn and change course, the employment crisis should not necessarily be an insurmountable obstacle
Train driver turned off speed control before accident--court
10/23/2018, 7:35:33 AMYILAN, Taiwan--The driver of a train in Taiwan that crashed killing 18 people told a court on Tuesda ✔ He admitted that he's responsible for dereliction of duty, but he’d like to raise one point: there was something wrong with the train, Kou told Reuters ✔ Train derailments are not uncommon on the island, which has rough, mountainous terrain, but deadly accidents are rare
The Early Voting Explosion
10/23/2018, 4:41:57 AMSome states are already reporting presidential-level turnout for this midterm election. ✔ You know how before the tsunami comes, the beach recedes ✔ Democrats expressed optimism as droves of Latinos flooded polling places in Florida and a surge of unaffiliated white women cast ballots in North Carolina ✔ A registered Democrat standing in a long line may be there to cast a ballot for a Republican; or vice versa ✔ The final votes count just as much as the early ones
Detente and denuclearization
10/23/2018, 7:04:57 AMundefined ✔ The pontiff all but accepted it, saying he would be available if Kim formally invites him ✔ Despite, or rather because of, this possibility, the two Koreas can ill afford to lose this one-in-a-million opportunity ✔ Even God cannot help those who will not help themselves
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