Hurricane Willa: NASA releases INCREDIBLE satellite imagery of RAGING megastorm
10/23/2018, 3:40:07 PMHURRICANE Willa’s incredible size and power has been captured in menacing NASA satellite images as the Category 4 storm barrels straight towards Mexico. ✔ The terrifying satellite imagery shows the storm rapidly intensifying in just 24 hours, with raging winds strengthening from 100mph to a stunning 160mph ✔ Maximum sustained winds have decreased to near 140mph (225km/h) with higher gusts ✔ Hurricane-force winds extend outward up to 35 miles from the centre and tropical-storm-force winds extend outward up to 125 miles
Hurricane Willa: Shock spaghetti model shows USA in path of ‘dangerous megastorm’
10/23/2018, 3:40:12 PMTERRIFYING weather map shows the life-threatening hurricane moving inland towards Texas and Louisiana, as the storm is expected to make landfall with winds of up to 115mph. ✔ Hurricane Willa: USA is in path of category 4 dangerous hurricane (Image: Cyclocane) The National Hurricane Centre (NHC) marveled over Willa's explosive strengthening since it formed over the weekend ✔ The meteorological agency tweeted: Moisture from now Category 5 Hurricane #Willa in the eastern Pacific will produce heavy rain across Texas this week
Naomi Kawase named to direct 2020 Tokyo Olympic documentary
10/23/2018, 12:12:13 PMTOKYO (AP) — Japanese director Naomi Kawase, named Tuesday to make a documentary film about the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, said she hopes to focus on reconstruction efforts in the northern Fukushima region of the country. The area was devastated in 2011 by an earthquake and tsunami and a resulting nuclear disaster. The Japanese government hopes the Olympics will show the region is recovering and that products made there are safe. Some Olympic softball and baseball games will be played there to showcase the region.
Congo fever spreads in Afghanistan as displaced farmers move livestock from drought-ravaged land
10/23/2018, 3:17:54 PMCases of a deadly tick-borne fever are increasingly sharply in Afghanistan as a severe drought forces farmers to move infected livestock around the country. ✔ The latest WHO figures show 56 people have died from CCHF in Afghanistan this year, or 12 per cent of cases ✔ Newsletter promotion - global health security - end of article Protect yourself and your family by learning more about Global Health Security
A Glance around France: Surfers almost shot by hunters and a ban on weddings in Marseille
10/23/2018, 3:56:53 PMOur roundup of stories from around France on Tuesday includes yet another incident involving careless chasseurs and a bizarre ban on weddings in two Marseille suburbs to put a stop to a dangerous motorbike trend. ✔ Two mayors from prefectures on the outskirts of Marseille are refusing to let weddings take place in their jurisdictions because apparently it leads to a spike in what the French call urban rodeos ✔ Photo: AFP Corsican parents set up conference to fix teens’ dangerous behaviour Worried parents and local authorities Corsica are so concerned about the drug and sex-fuelled antics of the island’s teenage population that they’ve organized a conference on risk behaviour to try to find solutions to the problems
Trump accuses Puerto Rico of using disaster funds for other debt
10/23/2018, 3:53:45 PMU.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday accused Puerto Rico's politicians of... ✔ A federally appointed oversight board on Tuesday approved a fiscal reform plan for Puerto Rico over opposition from the island’s elected government ✔ The plan calls for a range of fiscal and structural reforms, reduces government spending and takes into account $20 billion in federal disaster relief funds ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Two tropical storms to make landfall in Mexico on Tuesday
10/23/2018, 12:29:37 PMHurricane Willa and tropical storm Vicente approaching western Mexican coast, with landfalls just hours apart. ✔ Mexico's Pacific coast will be pounded on Tuesday by two storms headed its way, each with its distinct characteristics ✔ In the coming days, Willa is likely to weaken rapidly, but the moisture will continue to head northeast and spread into the southern United States
Will democrats really take the house? Here's everything you need to know
10/23/2018, 3:51:04 PMDemocrats are generally thought to have a good shot at taking back the House, but their path to control of the Senate is much more difficult ✔ - US President Donald Trump said Friday, October 19, 2018, that he found credible Saudi Arabia's assertion that dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi died as a result of a fight AFP/Getty 4/50 19 October 2018 A Palestinian youth runs past a rolling burning tire during clashes with Israeli forces following a demonstration after the weekly Friday prayers, in the centre of the occupied West Bank city of Hebron AFP/Getty 5/50 18 October 2018 Honduran migrants heading in a caravan to the United States, leave Guatemala City
The five big questions people are asking about the 2018 midterms
10/23/2018, 3:51:00 PMHistory could made - in more than one way ✔ Israel launched raids against targets in the Gaza strip in response to rocket fire from the Palestinian territory that caused damage in a southern city, the Israeli army said AFP/Getty 7/50 16 October 2018 Ecuador has issued a list of rules to Julian Assange, the famous resident of the Ecuadorian Embassy in London
Dangerous Category 4 Hurricane Willa closing in on Mexico's coast - Los Angeles Times
10/23/2018, 3:09:06 PM"Extremely dangerous" Hurricane Willa headed toward a Tuesday afternoon collision with a stretch of Mexico's Pacific coast, its 130 mph winds and high waves threatening high-rise resorts, surfing beaches and fishing villages. ✔ Extremely dangerous Hurricane Willa was headed toward a Tuesday afternoon collision with a stretch of Mexico's Pacific coast, its 130 mph winds and high waves threatening high-rise resorts, surfing beaches and fishing villages ✔ Willa was likely to weaken somewhat, but forecasters still expected it to hit land as a powerful Category 3 storm
Where is Hurricane Willa? What countries will it hit?
10/23/2018, 12:02:54 PMHURRICANE Willa is said to be one of the most powerful storms to enter Mexico from the Pacific. Thousands have been evacuated from Mexico’s Mazatlan tourist hotspot, as high winds and heavy d… ✔ Other tourist getaways in Nayarit, including Puerto Vallarta, also lie near the path of the life-threatening storm ✔ Forecasters predict Willa will bring heavy downpours to southern parts of the US, particularly Texas which is already flooded in some areas
Hurricane Willa closes in on tourist city of Mazatlan
10/23/2018, 1:59:53 PMThousands of people were evacuated, buildings were boarded up and schools closed... ✔ Waves lapping at the city’s beaches had picked up but there was little wind so far ✔ It’s a very strong hurricane, very potent, and we don’t want any tragedies ✔ Slideshow (9 Images) Station attendant Zulema Pardo said residents had been streaming through for hours to stock up on basic items, buying enormous jugs of water and gasoline, and leaving the bread shelf completely empty ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
A Nazi holiday camp and a 'palace of pain' – which is the world's longest building?
10/23/2018, 2:51:07 PMWe’ve written about the world’s oldest, tallest and even heaviest buildings before. ✔ Excluding walls and fortifications (otherwise the Great Wall of China, at 8.8 million metres, would win by a landslide), Britain once possessed the record holder ✔ Standing guard over the shores of Southampton Water, it stretched for almost 450 metres and, with its cupolas, towers and pillared porticos, was undeniably beautiful from the outside
The Day Sugar Ray Leonard Nearly Drowned
10/23/2018, 2:51:11 PMThe former boxer began as a ‘wallflower’ but grew up to idolize Muhammad Ali and became an Olympic medalist and world champion. ✔ My mother was a homemaker and a licensed practical nurse who worked at the local hospital ✔ Tommy Hearns (1985) • Roberto Duran vs Iran Barkley (1989) House Call appears weekly and features famous people reflecting on their childhood homes and experiences growing up
Dusty files and paper clips: behind Italy's welfare revolution
10/23/2018, 12:16:02 PMOutside the job center in a poor quarter of Naples in southern Italy, Emanuele V... ✔ ‘HUMILIATING EXPERIENCE’ Labour Minister Luigi Di Maio, head of the 5-Star party, acknowledges the job centers are a humiliating experience for the unemployed, but is staking his career on transforming them into a high-tech network that can help people find jobs or guarantee them training courses to improve their skills
Flights: Pilot reveals this terrifying secret about landing a plane
10/23/2018, 3:19:13 PMPILOTS have revealed some of the terrifying secrets when flying that passengers may not be aware of. One of them is in regards to landing a plane. ✔ Ben Sherwood, the author of The Survivors Club The Secrets and Science That Could Save Your Life, explained 80 per cent of plane crashes happen in these times ✔ One driver caught the miraculous feat on camera as the small aircraft landed on the highway in the middle of the day ✔ Thankfully no-one was harmed during the incident thanks to the skills of the pilot
MPs vote 208-123 in favour of legalising abortion in Northern Ireland
10/23/2018, 2:35:59 PMLabour MP Diana Johnson (pictured) brought draft laws to the Commons in defiance of claims from the DUP Westminster must not interfere in the devolved issue. ✔ MPs voted in favour of legalising abortion in Northern Ireland today after being told women left bloodied and battered should have the right to access the service ✔ DUP leader Arlene Foster has insisted the Irish referendum changed nothing for Northern Ireland and that the issue should be debated in Stormont if and when the Assembly is reconvened
Puerto Rico's revised fiscal plan approved over government opposition
10/23/2018, 3:34:44 PMPuerto Rico's federally appointed financial oversight board on Tuesday unan... ✔ Overall, the plan also projects a cumulative $30 billion surplus during the next 15 years, mainly triggered by the more than $80 billion in disaster relief funding for the Caribbean island following Maria and Hurricane Irma ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Analysis | The Energy 202: Three misleading things about Trump's clean air tweet
10/23/2018, 12:42:48 PMThe U.S. has clean air -- but not perfectly clean. ✔ What may happens next: One law professor, Michael Gerrard, at Columbia University, said it was extremely rare, if not unprecedented, for the Supreme Court to enjoin a trial when the Court of Appeals is still considering the case ✔ A video report from The Post's Alice Li, Jon Gerberg, and Whitney Shefte:
Deficit Spending: Not Just for Hard Times Anymore
10/23/2018, 3:44:45 PMAnalysts say the government’s best bet is to pay down debt when the economy is strong. But that’s not happening. ✔ But that has not happened with previous tax cuts, such as the Reagan era tax cuts, critics note ✔ Others think the Social Security retirement age should be raised ✔ Shame on our politicians, but shame on us, too, she adds, for not demanding more fiscal responsibility long ago
Titanic II could sail as soon as 2022
10/23/2018, 2:05:52 PMIf you thought the long-delayed project to launch a full-size replica of the ill-fated RMS Titanic was sunk in the water -- think again. ✔ If you thought the long-delayed project to launch a full-size replica of the ill-fated RMS Titanic was sunk in the water -- think again ✔ Australian businessman and politician Clive Palmer, who is behind the controversial initiative, announced in September that work on the ship had recommenced -- after a financial dispute with the Chinese government halted development back in 2015 ✔ The idea is it'll be permanently docked in a reservoir in the Qijang River
Opinion | This is the first step to recalibrating U.S.-Saudi relations
10/23/2018, 1:41:17 PMThe disastrous war should not have any U.S. support. ✔ But the Saudis have done their best to sabotage a U.N.-led peace process ✔ Read more: Robert Kagan: The myth of the modernizing dictator David Ignatius: MBS’s rampaging anger will not silence questions about Jamal Khashoggi The Post’s View: How the current crown prince changed Saudi Arabia for the worse David Von Drehle: Mohammed bin Salman could bring his kingdom crumbling down Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
Analysis | The Daily 202: Trump’s fantastical promises of imminent new tax cuts showcase his failure to sell last year’s bill
10/23/2018, 1:14:05 PMNew polling shows Trump-Obama voters don’t see the tax cuts as helping them. ✔ Even as he’s edged away from the tradition of post-presidential silence, there’s a more practical reason for his muted campaigning: He’s said to be afraid his presence would backfire, give Trump a foil, and energize the Republicans who Democrats hope will stay home in November
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie says America today is ‘a feudal court’ and Donald Trump’s ‘a toddler’
10/23/2018, 3:51:06 PMNovelist and campaigner says US president has ‘catastrophic’ impact on political and social discourse around the world ✔ As Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie stepped off stage at a conference held in Boston, she issued a call to the thousands of attendees to change the world ✔ It’s really not a question of this kind of groundswell of popular support for Trump – it never was ✔ In her 2006 novel Half of a Yellow Sun , she recounts the horrors of the Biafran War; seven years later, her novel Americanah looks at race relations in Nigeria, the United States and the United Kingdom
Law to allow Northern Ireland abortion clears first hurdle - how your MP voted
10/23/2018, 1:52:08 PMMPs voted 208-123 to wave through the Abortion Bill - which could be the first step on a major journey for women in Northern Ireland ✔ At such a sensitive time in relations between the Westminster Government and the Northern Ireland administration, it would completely undermine the substance and spirit of the Good Friday Agreement ✔ Donaldson (Democratic Unionist Party - Lagan Valley) Michelle Donelan (Conservative - Chippenham) Steve Double (Conservative - St Austell and Newquay) Richard Drax (Conservative - South Dorset) Mr Iain Duncan Smith (Conservative - Chingford and Woodford Green) Michael Ellis (Conservative - Northampton North) Sir Michael Fallon (Conservative - Sevenoaks) Tim Farron (Liberal Democrat - Westmorland and Lonsdale) Kevin Foster (Conservative - Torbay) Mr Mark Francois (Conservative - Rayleigh and Wickford) Mr Marcus Fysh (Conservative - Yeovil) Sir Roger Gale (Conservative - North Thanet) Dame Cheryl Gillan (Conservative - Chesham and Amersham) John Glen (Conservative - Salisbury) Mary Glindon (Labour - North Tyneside) Mr Robert Goodwill (Conservative - Scarborough and Whitby) Bill Grant (Conservative - Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock) James Gray (Conservative - North Wiltshire) Chris Grayling (Conservative - Epsom and Ewell) Damian Green (Conservative - Ashford) John Grogan (Labour - Keighley) Kirstene Hair (Conservative - Angus) Greg Hands (Conservative - Chelsea and Fulham) Mr John Hayes (Conservative - South Holland and The Deepings) Sir Oliver Heald (Conservative - North East Hertfordshire) Simon Hoare (Conservative - North Dorset) Kevin Hollinrake (Conservative - Thirsk and Malton) Mr Philip Hollobone (Conservative - Kettering) Eddie Hughes (Conservative - Walsall North) Mr Ranil Jayawardena (Conservative - North East Hampshire) Andrea Jenkyns (Conservative - Morley and Outwood) Dr Caroline Johnson (Conservative - Sleaford and North Hykeham) Helen Jones (Labour - Warrington North) Mr David Jones (Conservative - Clwyd West) Mr Marcus Jones (Conservative - Nuneaton) Mike Kane (Labour - Wythenshawe and Sale East) Daniel Kawczynski (Conservative - Shrewsbury and Atcham) Seema Kennedy (Conservative - South Ribble) Stephen Kerr (Conservative - Stirling) Julian Knight (Conservative - Solihull) John Lamont (Conservative - Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk) Andrea Leadsom (Conservative - South Northamptonshire) Dr Phillip Lee (Conservative - Bracknell) Jeremy Lefroy (Conservative - Stafford) Sir Edward Leigh (Conservative - Gainsborough) Sir Oliver Letwin (Conservative - West Dorset) Andrew Lewer (Conservative - Northampton South) Angus Brendan MacNeil (Scottish National Party - Na h-Eileanan an Iar) Mrs Anne Main (Conservative - St Albans) Scott Mann (Conservative - North Cornwall) Rachael Maskell (Labour (Co-op) - York Central) Paul Maynard (Conservative - Blackpool North and Cleveleys) Sir Patrick McLoughlin (Conservative - Derbyshire Dales) Nigel Mills (Conservative - Amber Valley) Damien Moore (Conservative - Southport) Dr Andrew Murrison (Conservative - South West Wiltshire) Robert Neill (Conservative - Bromley and Chislehurst) Dr Matthew Offord (Conservative - Hendon) Fiona Onasanya (Labour - Peterborough) Neil Parish (Conservative - Tiverton and Honiton) Mark Pawsey (Conservative - Rugby) Teresa Pearce (Labour - Erith and Thamesmead) Sir Mike Penning (Conservative - Hemel Hempstead) Andrew Percy (Conservative - Brigg and Goole) Chris Philp (Conservative - Croydon South) Victoria Prentis (Conservative - Banbury) Tom Pursglove (Conservative - Corby) John Redwood (Conservative - Wokingham) Mr Jacob Rees-Mogg (Conservative - North East Somerset) Mr Laurence Robertson (Conservative - Tewkesbury) Gavin Robinson (Democratic Unionist Party - Belfast East) Mary Robinson (Conservative - Cheadle) David Rutley (Conservative - Macclesfield) Andrew Selous (Conservative - South West Bedfordshire) Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party - Strangford) David Simpson (Democratic Unionist Party - Upper Bann) Henry Smith (Conservative - Crawley) Andrew Stephenson (Conservative - Pendle) John Stevenson (Conservative - Carlisle) Bob Stewart (Conservative - Beckenham) Rory Stewart (Conservative - Penrith and The Border) Mr Gary Streeter (Conservative - South West Devon) Sir Desmond Swayne (Conservative - New Forest West) Sir Hugo Swire (Conservative - East Devon) Sir Robert Syms (Conservative - Poole) Derek Thomas (Conservative - St Ives) Ross Thomson (Conservative - Aberdeen South) Maggie Throup (Conservative - Erewash) Michael Tomlinson (Conservative - Mid Dorset and North Poole) Martin Vickers (Conservative - Cleethorpes) Mr Charles Walker (Conservative - Broxbourne) David Warburton (Conservative - Somerton and Frome) Mrs Heather Wheeler (Conservative - South Derbyshire) Craig Whittaker (Conservative - Calder Valley) Bill Wiggin (Conservative - North Herefordshire) Sammy Wilson (Democratic Unionist Party - East Antrim) Mr William Wragg (Conservative - Hazel Grove)
Trump says he'll use 'as many troops as necessary' to take on caravan
10/23/2018, 1:28:23 PMSpeaking on board Air Force One on Monday night, the president told said he was prepared to send 'as many troops as necessary' to stop the thousands of Hondurans from entering the US. ✔ The president claimed that the caravan had grown to become 'a lot bigger than 5,000 people,' citing the most common figure in news reports, 'and we've got to stop them at the border.' He complained earlier on Twitter that Mexico has been unable to stop the migrants who have captured humanitarian interest while they've piqued his outrage
Analysis | The Finance 202: Trump's latest middle-class tax cut pitch could backfire
10/23/2018, 12:42:48 PMIt's likely to remind voters of what they didn’t like in his first tax cut package. ✔ giving a crucial nudge to a project that had failed to get off the ground for years in a country that gets most of its gas cheaply from Russia ✔ ‘Ultimately there needs to be normalization at the G20 level of critical crypto-related regulatory matters,’ Jeremy Allaire, CEO of Boston-based Circle, told Reuters in an interview in London ✔ LGBTQ groups rally for transgender rights: A headless chicken monster is captured on camera:
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