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Shocking moment volcano almost WIPES OUT boat tour as eruption HURLS red-hot ash and rock

10/24/2018, 9:02:40 AM
FRIGHTENING footage shows Indonesia’s Krakatoa volcano throwing super-heated rocks towards a tour boat just metres from the shorelines, as it erupted and spewed a massive black ash column. ✔ Near Abepura, the inland regions were first hit by the 4.7 quake, followed by a 5.1 earthquake, which raised tsunami fears ✔ The volcano’s condition is safe if it is outside the radius of 2 km from the crater ✔ Interesting to see the tourist phenomenon the mountain erupted in a safe place



Torrential rain to continue as Willa weakens to tropical storm - Los Angeles Times

10/24/2018, 10:33:18 AM
The U.S. National Hurricane Center said Wednesday that Hurricane Willa has weakened to a tropical storm but torrential rains will continue in west-central Mexico. ✔ Authorities declined to comment on precautions that were taken at the prison, citing security concerns, but said the safety of inmates was a priority ✔ But not everyone wanted to leave, even though authorities made it clear that he who stays does so at his own peril



Typhoon Yutu Warnings In Guam, Storm Could Make Landfall As Category 5

10/24/2018, 10:31:36 AM
Governor Eddie Baza Calvo declared Guam in "Condition of Readiness 2" urging the people of the island to prepare for the typhoon.  ✔ Following measures must be taken as typhoon Yutu is set to strike Guam, authorities wrote on the Joint Region Marianas Facebook page ✔ These areas can flood quickly and with little warning ✔ This general view shows the city of Tamuning on the island of Guam on Aug. 10, 2017



Foreseeing landslide victory, Brazil's Bolsonaro begins considering...

10/24/2018, 10:40:38 AM
Brazil's right-wing presidential front-runner, Jair Bolsonaro, has begun wo... ✔ Bolsonaro and his choice for finance minister, Paulo Guedes, will make the ultimate decision, Bebianno said ✔ Controversy surrounding the use of mass online messaging in support of Bolsonaro has failed to derail his substantial lead over left-wing Workers Party candidate Fernando Haddad ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles



California faces 'extra risk' of flooding after series of massive wildfires, officials warn - Los Angeles Times

10/24/2018, 10:07:33 AM
Less than a year after a roaring mudslide left 23 people dead or missing in Montecito, state and federal officials will gather in Santa Barbara County on Wednesday to issue a warning to all Californians — massive summer wildfires have left many communities facing an increased risk of flooding.   ✔ Though vegetation has returned to those same hillsides, it isn’t much, and the potential for a mud flow will remain for years to come, experts say ✔ In the Carr fire in July, residents fled for their lives with only minutes to spare ✔ Many of them lived in areas that were under mandatory evacuation but had not heeded the warning



Singaporean paraglider who saved Palu quake victims dies in India

10/24/2018, 8:02:11 AM
A Singaporean paraglider who helped rescue trapped people in last month's earthquake in Indonesia has died while paragliding in India, according to a memorial posted by the Air Sports Federation of Singapore (AFS). ✔ Authorities were also searching for a Spanish paraglider who went missing Sunday, according to Singapore's Straits Times ✔ I though he stopped flying for a while while he recovered from the trauma caused by the earthquake in Central Sulawesi, but apparently not



Willa weakens while pushing inland from Mexico's Pacific coast

10/24/2018, 10:40:40 AM
Willa's fierce winds eased as the storm barreled inland over Mexico early o... ✔ REUTERS/Henry Romero Willa drove into Mexico about 50 miles (80 km) south of Mazatlan, a major city and tourist resort in Sinaloa ✔ Willa had reached rare Category 5 status on Monday with winds nearing 160 mph (260 kph) before it began to lose power ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles



XXXTentacion confessed to domestic abuse and other violent crimes in secret recording

10/24/2018, 8:59:43 AM
'I started f***ing her up because she made one mistake... now she scared' ✔ The military parade was held to mark the nations 70th birthday, but refrained from showing off the intercontinental ballistic missiles that have seen it hit with multiple international sanctions AFP/Getty 46/50 8 September 2018 350.Org march for Climate Justice at the Quezon Memorial Circle in Quezon City, Philippines



$620 Powerball jackpot, World Series Game 2, Jamal Khashoggi: 5 things to know on Wednesday

10/24/2018, 8:02:17 AM
$620 Powerball jackpot drawing, Dodgers look to bounce back against the Red Sox in the World Series and more things to start your day. ✔ The jackpot now stands at a record-breaking 1.6 billion dollars ✔ The project, which was celebrated by Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday, is seen as a way to better integrate the two special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau into China and form a technology hub to compete with Silicon Valley



Transforming buildings into icons

10/24/2018, 8:05:18 AM
Japanese metalworker Kikukawa's precision skills wow star architects ✔ Columns, roofs, doorways, walls and ramps are those vital bits of buildings that rarely draw attention ✔ There may come a day when our factory relies more on robots than people ✔ At one end a crew is inspecting 150 steel columns, covered in blue plastic film to prevent scratching, that will soon be shipped out



footage shows BMW swerving wildly through rush-hour traffic 'at 80mph'

10/24/2018, 10:25:59 AM
Terrifying dashcam footage has captured the moment a BMW driver swerved wildly through rush hour traffic on the A1 near Doncaster, racing along a hard shoulder in the north of England. ✔ Gary, who captured the incident on the A1 northbound between J37 and J38 at 5pm on Monday while in his c class Mercedes, said he was left shaken by it warning it could have 'ended in disaster' ✔ 'You can see I move slightly to the left as he came flying up behind me ✔ 'I was expecting to see that he'd crashed farther up ✔ 'I even kept looking to see if he was being chased by police but couldn't see any before I came off at my junction



KAI donates $100,000 to Indonesia

10/24/2018, 9:07:10 AM
undefined ✔ We will convey words of consolation to the Indonesian people who have suffered hugely from the sudden disaster, a company official said in the statement ✔ The two are also in the process of developing the Korean fighter aircraft project, code named KF-X/IF-X



The Crown season 3 cast: Who is playing Prince Charles? Who is Josh O'Connor?

10/24/2018, 11:20:27 AM
THE CROWN season 3 is coming back in 2019 and new cast members are being introduced to focus on a new decade of the royal family. Here’s a look at actor Josh O’Connor who is playing Prince Charles in the third series of The Crown. ✔ O’Connor is also well recognised for portraying Lawrence Currell in the ITV series, The Durrells ✔ He trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and his first major role was as Donaghy in Florence Foster Jenkins starring alongside Meryl Streep and Hugh Grant ✔ In the BBC adaption of Les Miserables airing later this year, he stars as Marius Pontmercy ✔ The Crown seasons 1 & 2 are streaming on Netflix now



Dodgers fan in Korea

10/24/2018, 8:40:55 AM
undefined ✔ By Kang Hyun-kyung Like many other Koreans, I became an L.A ✔ His name and other related words, such as the Dodgers or names of opposing teams he pitched against, pop up in the top 10 list of the real-time most-searched names on the nation's largest internet portal Naver whenever he pitches



Tory mental health chief admits Universal Credit risks 'failing' the vulnerable

10/24/2018, 9:53:26 AM
Glasgow MSP Annie Wells, the Tories’ mental health spokeswoman in Scotland, said the flagship new benefits system's rollout worried many ✔ But Annie Wells cannot hide from the fact it is her party which is responsible for Universal Credit and refusing to back down in face of truly devastating evidence of the human cost ✔ Charities, unions and MPs hit out McVey admits some WILL lose money



Mums to confront MPs over Universal Credit in fiery meeting at Westminster

10/24/2018, 8:42:40 AM
UNIVERSAL Credit isn’t working for mums because of the huge upfront cost to paying sky-high childcare fees, MPs will be told today. Parents are forced to pay for their childcare in advance un… ✔ Hairdresser Gaynor Rowles, from Heywood in Greater Manchester, who has three children under eight years old and receives no financial support from their father, said she has to pay for childcare upfront and relies on her parents and friends to help because it takes so long to get the money back under Universal Credit



Taking a Dip in History: A Pool Party at Hearst Castle

10/24/2018, 10:06:40 AM
Hollywood luminaries once cavorted in this pool designed for a media tycoon, and regular people recently got a chance to dive in, too, for a price. ✔ But they were also a study in contrasts: she five feet tall and dressed in no-nonsense gray tweed, he a portly 6-foot-3 and shaped like a giant avocado, as Niven recalled in a memoir ✔ For Morgan Balentine, 35, who was wearing blue-and-white striped loungewear, pink Gucci gloves and a Joseff of Hollywood brooch before changing into vintage wool trunks, being able cavort with the legacies of Cary Grant and other Hollywood stars was worth everything



The Impact of Sugar and Poor Diet on Teen Mental Health

10/24/2018, 11:05:18 AM
No matter which way you slice it (or scoop it), the diet–mental health link is a problem for teens. ✔ In fact, studies show that having a healthy gut can reduce social anxiety and lower our reactions to stress ✔ That's why any teen treatment program worth its salt (pun not intended) needs to address diet not as an afterthought, but as a central element of healing



Power Up: Democrats aren't a lock on retaking the House majority

10/24/2018, 10:02:48 AM
President Trump's approval rating is up. ✔ Our colleagues Ashley Parker and Philip Rucker take a smart look at the scrambling to reverse-engineer policies to meet Trump’s sudden public promises or to search for evidence buttressing his conspiracy theories and falsehoods ✔ 😂 pic.twitter.com/jYHFPXsanl James Comey (@Comey) October 23, 2018



10 reasons you should vote for Democrats and against Trump in midterm elections. ASAP.

10/24/2018, 11:44:46 AM
If you don't want to reward Trump, vote for Democrats and do it soon. The alternative is a future of health care rollbacks and corruption eruptions. ✔ The House GOP Budget promises cuts to Medicare and Medicaid ✔ But he has already proposed huge cuts to Social Security and Medicaid, both of which he has promised to protect ✔ Jason Sattler, a writer based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, is a member of USA TODAY’s Board of Contributors and host of The GOTMFV Show podcast



US Blows Up Another Arms Control Treaty to Feed Its War Economy

10/24/2018, 9:55:03 AM
The United States’ economy is a military-industrial complex. Therefore any multilateral arms control treaty that limits weapons and war tensions is by definition incompatible with the functioning of American-style capitalism. President Donald Trump’s announced intention of withdrawing the US from the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty is but the latest move by Washington in undoing decades of hard-won arms controls agreements. ✔ The United States’ economy is a military-industrial complex ✔ Therefore, Washington is finding a pretext for its own violations by accusing Moscow of breaching the INF ✔ She later backtracked on that incendiary comment, but the first impression of preemptive gung-ho mentality is not easily remedied



Britain draws up lorry FERRIES plan to bring supplies in no deal

10/24/2018, 8:52:31 AM
Transport Secretary Chris Grayling briefed the Cabinet yesterday on the extraordinary backup plan to use roll on-roll off lorry ferries at the Ports of London, Tilbury and Liverpool. ✔ Mr Hobley, 51, had uploaded the picture to explain that the 11-year-old, who was recovering from an operation, was 'incredibly brave but gutted' not to be joining his family on Saturday's People's Vote march in London ✔ In her speech, Mrs May told MPs 'the shape of the deal across the vast majority of the Withdrawal Agreement is now clear.'



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