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Volcano survivor vows to spread safety message for 2 lost friends

10/26/2018, 10:28:17 PM
FUJIYOSHIDA, Yamanashi Prefecture--On the slope of Mount Ontakesan, a man vowed to continue pushing ✔ I want to pass down our experience to the next generation so that the number of volcanic eruption victims can be decreased as much as possible, Kanji Takano, 67, a company employee who lives in Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi Prefecture, said at an altar on the mountain ✔ Soon, brick-sized cinders began to fall around them, and they rushed into the lodge for protection ✔ The area surrounding the summit of Mount Ontakesan became off-limits again on Oct. 8



The story of the Summerland leisure centre fire disaster

10/26/2018, 9:56:14 PM
THE fire at the Summerland leisure centre remains one of the Britain’s worst post-war disasters yet remains for many a forgotten tragedy. In 1973 50 people lost their lives after the blaze broke ou… ✔ THE fire at the Summerland leisure centre remains one of the Britain’s worst post-war disasters yet remains for many a forgotten tragedy ✔ About 3,000 holidaymakers were inside the leisure complex at the time of the fire ✔ In his report into the fire, Dr Ian Phillips from the University of Birmingham said the disaster has seeped out of the public consciousness



REVEALED: Mexico earthquake so POWERFUL it CRACKED tectonic plate IN HALF

10/26/2018, 9:00:41 PM
A GARGANTUAN earthquake that rocked Mexico in 2017 was so powerful it cracked the Cocos tectonic plate in two, US scientists have revealed. ✔ But the plate broke like a huge block of glass, showing not only that geologists still have work to do but that such mega-earthquakes will possibly occur more frequently ✔ Professor Melgar said: If you think of it as a huge slab of glass, this rupture made a big, gaping crack ✔ It was the second strongest quake recorded in the country's history



Work halted again at Britain's only fracking site 11 days after earthquake

10/26/2018, 10:24:14 PM
FRACKING has been halted at Britain’s only site after it set off a 0.8 magnitude earthquake. The stoppage came just 11 days after the gas extraction restarted following a seven-year pause. The trem… ✔ PA:Press Association 3 Work has temporarily ceased at the fracking site following the 'red event' Cuadrilla, the energy company fracking at the Preston New Road site in Little Plumpton, Lancs, described the quake as micro seismic ✔ Friends of the Earth’s Rose Dickinson said: When is the Government going to realise fracking is the wrong choice for Lancashire, the UK and our global climate



Megyn Kelly Today cancelled after Halloween blackface comments

10/26/2018, 9:04:44 PM
Megyn Kelly is currently negotiating her departure from the NBC Network ✔ Continuous rainfall has caused flooding and landslides in parts of Siliguri and surrounding areas, affecting road travel and daily life AFP/Getty 48/50 9 September 2018 Participants wave flowers as they march past a balcony from where North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un was watching, during a mass rally on Kim Il Sung square in Pyongyang



Petra Nemcova absolutely dazzles in a tasselled gold dress

10/26/2018, 10:26:28 PM
Petra Nemcova absolutely dazzled as she attended Happy Hearts Gala Dinner in Prague, Czech Republic on Friday night. ✔ She is one of the most well-known models in the world ✔ She spent eight hours clinging to a palm tree as the waves wrecked the Thai landscape ✔ By rebuilding schools, you help many families.' Last year, Petra was awarded the Ischia Humanitarian Award at the annual Ischia Global Film and Music Festival in Italy for her outstanding charitable work



UK weather: SHOCK map shows UK ENGULFED by freezing Arctic air until NEXT WEEK

10/26/2018, 9:00:44 PM
BRITAIN will be engulfed by Arctic air this weekend and the freezing temperatures will last until next Thursday, a weather map has revealed. ✔ UK weather: Map shows UK will be hit by snow and freezing temperatures this weekend (Image: WXCHARTS•GETTY) There will be some issues for some of the highest routes in particular through the night and into the start of Saturday Aidan McGivern Temperatures close to freezing in many places



21 Of The Most Powerful Photos Of This Week

10/26/2018, 11:30:40 PM
From the bomb scares shutting down post offices to the inauguration to the first completed section of President Trump's border wall, these are the most striking pictures of the week. ✔ A Yemeni child suffering from malnutrition receives care at a hospital in Yemen's northwestern Hajjah province on Oct. 25 ✔ Prince Harry and wife Meghan visit Tonga during their official 16-day autumn tour visiting cities in Australia, Fiji, Tonga and New Zealand



Mexico president-elect defends airport vote against fraud charges

10/26/2018, 11:33:29 PM
Mexico's President-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Friday defended a p... ✔ There may be mistakes because they are not spending billions of pesos (but) it is a democratic, clean, credible process ✔ Lopez Obrador, who takes office on Dec. 1, won a landslide victory in July on his third attempt to win the presidency ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles



'Fracking Tsar': Protesters 'scaring living daylights out of people'

10/26/2018, 9:24:46 PM
Former Deputy Commons Speaker Natascha Engel, appointed Shale Gas Commissioner by Theresa May two weeks ago, said Britain had the ‘strictest rules on fracking in the world’. ✔ And three protesters jailed for climbing on lorries at the site were freed after a court quashed their sentences ✔ ‘It turned out to be Flamingo Land, a theme park! The rig was one of the biggest rides in Europe ✔ During the earthquake and afterward, the plates or blocks of rock start moving, and they continue to move until they get stuck again



IMF increases Argentina financing deal to $56.3 billion

10/26/2018, 8:27:33 PM
The International Monetary Fund on Friday increased the size of a standby financ... ✔ IMF Director Christine Lagarde said a 2019 federal budget proposal approved by Argentina’s lower house of congress would help the government meet its targets ✔ Its passage into law will be key to restoring confidence, she said in a statement ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles



Analysis | The mail-bomb suspect’s van, annotated

10/26/2018, 8:17:41 PM
What the van tells us about the suspect and his politics. ✔ Kline) (Natalie B Kline/HO) By Philip Bump Philip Bump National correspondent focused largely on the numbers behind politics Email Bio Follow October 26 at 3:55 PM News crews arrived at the auto parts store in Florida where authorities arrested mail-bomb suspect Cesar Sayoc, 56, before FBI agents could secure and remove a white van purportedly belonging to Sayoc ✔ Most of the rest of this section of the decal focuses on attacking perceived enemies of Trump ✔ Shortly after Sayoc’s arrest became public, another bomb was discovered targeting a prominent Trump opponent: Tom Steyer



Opinion | Most U.S. College Students Afraid to Disagree with Professors

10/26/2018, 9:59:01 PM
New survey finds faculty often express beliefs unrelated to course work. ✔ Program, which counts your humble correspondent among its directors ✔ There’s more disappointing news in the answers to other survey questions ✔ This column does not favor hatred, nor the subjective definition of hate speech by college administrators seeking to regulate it ✔ Subscribe to the Best of the Web email with one click



Xi and Abe use economy as binding force but punt on security

10/26/2018, 10:39:37 PM
Collaboration to replace competition as guiding principle of relations ✔ With concerted efforts by both sides, China-Japan ties are back on track and gaining positive momentum, Xi said ✔ But while the two countries took a giant leap forward in economic cooperation, on thornier security issues they remained at the level of baby steps ✔ Xi praised highly the contribution the aid had made to China's development ✔ We aim for significant progress when Xi visits Japan next year



Opinion | The People of the Migrant Caravan

10/26/2018, 8:32:06 PM
Their journey has been used as fodder for lies and as a political talking point. It should be a reminder of a very real refugee crisis in Latin America. ✔ When I interviewed members of the caravan here, many, including an 18-year-old student named Daniel Martínez, said they were running from criminals; in his case, gang members in San Pedro Sula demanded that he work for them ✔ Follow The New York Times Opinion section on Facebook , Twitter (@NYTopinion) and Instagram



Opinion | Why Megyn Kelly’s possible eight-figure payday matters

10/26/2018, 9:12:09 PM
The wealthy and powerful get chance after chance, and even when they fail, get to exit on a generously padded slide. ✔ Megyn Kelly poses for photographers at the NBCUniversal Upfront presentation in New York City on May 14, 2018 ✔ The whistleblowers who attempted to report the scam over the years, on the other hand, were frequently shown the door ✔ And when it comes to #MeToo, Google is hardly alone



West End star Sara Bareilles says Kanye as Prez is like her being a brain doc

10/26/2018, 8:10:33 PM
WITH the US mid-term elections drawing closer, American popstars and musicians are choosing sides in their very own political battle: Kanye West vs Taylor Swift. And Love Song singer Sara Bareilles… ✔ WITH the US mid-term elections drawing closer, American popstars and musicians are choosing sides in their very own political battle: Kanye West vs Taylor Swift ✔ Life was put into perspective for Sara after seven people were killed in a stage collapse at the Indianapolis State Fair in 2011 minutes after she had performed



Residents of U.S. territory hit by super typhoon hopeful for federal help

10/26/2018, 10:30:15 PM
Before-and-after images of the islands showed widespread devastation ✔ Residents of a U.S. territory in the Pacific ravaged by Super Typhoon Yutu are hopeful for help from the federal government as they dig out from damage including crumbled concrete houses, smashed cars and fallen utility poles ✔ It was literally shaking - a concrete house shaking



We reveal the PR war at the heart of Posh and Becks' marriage crisis

10/26/2018, 9:56:13 PM
WHEN David Beckham went on Australian television to declare his marriage to Victoria was hard work and difficult, his harsh words shocked many. But probably not the tight-knit team who have worked … ✔ In reality, the couple were now running independent businesses on either side of the Atlantic, with a growing gulf between their friendship groups ✔ Whether Oliveira and Milloy both remain in their positions and how they work together in future may very well determine the future of Brand Beckham



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