Mexico volcano WARNING: Popocatepetl spews ash and smoke prompting eruption fears
10/27/2018, 7:39:55 PMTHERE are fears Mexico's massive Popocatepetl volcano could be on the verge of erupting after smoke was spotted billowing from its crater. ✔ Thousands of people in towns near Popocatepetl are at risk (Image: GETTY) Authorities took the precautionary measure when witnesses reported an explosion at the active volcano ✔ Despite being an active volcano, Popocatepetl, which means the Smoking Mountain in the native Nahuatl language, was successfully climbed by Spanish explorers for the first time in 1519
Irish election: Higgins re-elected president after SHOCK surge for controversial candidate
10/27/2018, 7:58:55 PMIRISH President Michael D Higgins has been reelected after a landslide victory despite a late surge in support for controversial businessman Peter Casey who defied all expectations to finish second. ✔ You can't be a racist if you don't regard the people you are talking to as a different race ✔ Ireland’s president is not permitted to get involved in day-to-day politics and the role is largely symbolic, but they are expected to host foreign dignitaries and represent the country on the world stage
Voting machines are changing Texas voters ballots
10/27/2018, 5:49:58 PMDemocrats are asked to confirm their support for Republicans and vice versa ✔ Catalonia's national day, the 'Diada' commemorates the fall of Barcelona in the War of the Spanish Succession in 1714 and the region's subsequent loss of institutions and freedoms AFP/Getty 48/50 10 September 2018 An Indian man makes his way through floodwaters from the overflowing Panchanai River in Siliguri
Facebook temporarily bans posts of article with image of starving girl in Yemen
10/27/2018, 7:16:50 PMSocial media network says it doesn’t allow nude images of children, but later restored posts as photo is ‘of global significance’ ✔ The list included cleaning the bathroom, not commenting on foreign political affairs online and taking better care of his cat (pictured) ✔ And in 2015, Facebook had to revise its community standards after photos of women breastfeeding were removed from its pages
UK weather forecast: Halloween HELLSTORM to unleash snow and monster gales across Britain
10/27/2018, 5:16:54 PMARCTIC Britain is on alert for another dose of weather misery with a HALLOWEEN HELLSTORM threatening monster gales and heavy downpours next week. ✔ A deep low-pressure system will tear through the Continent after the weekend before making a detour and heading towards the UK ✔ UK weather forecast: The storrm can be seen heading to Britain next week (Image: WXCHARTS) On Halloween night we are expecting quite widespread showers, so while it might not be a complete washout, everywhere is likely to see rain
Michael D Higgins re-elected as Irish President
10/27/2018, 7:39:07 PMThe 77-year-old professor, poet and campaigner received 822,566 votes and will serve his second term after first being elected in 2011. ✔ During the campaign, however, he was pressed over what he had done in public life in the past seven years ✔ The father-of-four married his wife Sabina in 1974 ✔ His daughter Alice Mary Higgins followed her father into political life and is a representative in Ireland's lower house
Syria summit says Idlib ceasefire must be safeguarded
10/27/2018, 6:33:01 PMThe leaders of Turkey, Russia, France and Germany on Saturday called for a ceasefire around the last major rebel-held bastion of Idlib in Syria to be preserved. ✔ Last month rebel backer Turkey agreed with Russia to create a buffer zone around Idlib amid fears of a impending assault on the northwestern province that many feared would lead to a humanitarian disaster ✔ It also said that conditions needed to created throughout the country for the safe and voluntary return of refugees and internally displaced persons
Political crisis grips Sri Lanka as former strongman appears to return to power - Los Angeles Times
10/27/2018, 7:47:45 PMThe authoritarian ex-president Mahinda Rajapaksa was appointed prime minister in a surprise move by the current president, who suspended Parliament to block a vote on the decision. ✔ According to a report in the Hindu, an Indian newspaper, Sirisena had been angered when Wickremesinghe reported that Modi was dissatisfied with the progress of Indian investment projects in Sri Lanka ✔ That might have been one reason why the Rajapaksas wanted to strike as soon as possible they may well have been worried that they might actually get zapped by one of these cases, Keenan said
Truth of Kursk submarine EXPOSED: Was Russian sub destroyed by US and UK?
10/27/2018, 7:01:29 PMA NEW movie could expose the truth behind the mysterious sinking of a Russian submarine which killed all 118 crew members. ✔ REMEMBERED: A memorial marking the anniversary of the Kursk disaster 18 years (Pic: GETTY) MOVIE: The tragic tale of Russian submarine Kursk is being told in a Hollywood blockbuster (Pic: GETTY) An official investigation concluded one of the sub’s Type 65-76A torpedoes had exploded most likely due to a faulty weld which failed to hold together the hydrogen peroxide fuel chamber
Abe and Xi hew to pragmatism, setting aside sticking points
10/27/2018, 7:01:55 PMEconomic cooperation helps with rapprochement ✔ replied Abe, adding that the LDP has about 1 million ✔ Tricky issues like security, historical disputes and resource development were almost entirely left on the back burner ✔ With nothing else on the agenda, the prime minister departed from Beijing Capital International Airport around 9:30 a.m. Saturday
Macron’s national service programme dismissed as 'big teenagers' party'
10/27/2018, 6:56:56 PMA scaled-down version of Emmanuel Macron’s plan to restore compulsory national service will be tested next year, but military involvement will be minimal after army chiefs dismissed the scheme as an extravagant “folly”. ✔ They were also concerned that officers would be distracted from operational missions such as protecting France from terrorists and fighting Islamists in Africa ✔ Lydia Guirous, spokeswoman for the centre-Right Republicans, said: When this government proposes something, the mountain often gives birth to a mouse ✔ That’s what we want for all young people, but without the military context
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