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Sulawesi on slow path to recovery a month after disaster

10/29/2018, 5:38:53 AM
Urgent need for shelter as rainy season looms and survivors battle with loss of loved ones and trauma of earthquake. ✔ Rizal's home slid across the ground, and took his wife with it ✔ The person I loved most here was my wife, Rizal said ✔ Two of his classmates died when their homes collapsed on them when their village was pulled into the mud ✔ Now we're using the same hammer to salvage parts to build a new house, he said



Large earthquake recorded off South America

10/29/2018, 7:37:20 AM
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — The U.S. Geological Survey says an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.3 has struck off the southern tip of South America. The quake, which hit at 2:54 a.m. local time Monday, was centered in the ocean, 312.9 kilometers (194 miles) south southeast of Ushuaia, Argentina, and 552 kilometers (342 miles) south southeast of Punta Arenas, Chile. The agency said the quake was at a relatively shallow depth of 10 kilometers (6 miles).



Magnitude 6.4 earthquake strikes near resort town in Argentina

10/29/2018, 7:23:52 AM
We'll be bringing you the very latest updates, pictures and video on this breaking news story. ✔ A magnitude 6.4 earthquake has struck near a resort town in Argentina, the United States Geological Survey has said ✔ It hit 201 miles south of Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, at a depth of 10km ✔ There are currently no reports of casualties from the earthquake



Earthquake of magnitude 6.4 hits south of Argentina's town of...

10/29/2018, 7:33:30 AM
A shallow earthquake of magnitude 6.4 struck on Monday south of the resort town ... ✔ SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A shallow earthquake of magnitude 6.4 struck on Monday south of the resort town of Ushuaia in Argentina, the United States Geological Survey said ✔ There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties from the quake, which hit 324 km (201 miles) south of Ushuaia, on the archipelago of Tierra del Fuego, at a depth of 10 km (6 miles) ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles



Philippines evacuates coastal areas ahead of typhoon Yutu

10/29/2018, 4:30:50 AM
The Philippines raised storm warning levels on Monday and began evacuating some ... ✔ Known locally as Rosita, the typhoon will be the 18th to hit the Philippines this year and comes six weeks after super typhoon Mangkhut tore across Luzon, triggering landslides that killed dozens of people and damaged about $180 million of crops ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles



The Christmas beauty collections you need to buy now

10/29/2018, 7:05:44 AM
undefined ✔ It might only be October but the countdown to Christmas has already begun with everything from decorations to confectionery hitting the stores ✔ For 2018, Bannecker has designed artwork in his signature style for a range of Kiehl’s products including Crème de Corps, Ultra Facial Cream, Butterstick Lip Treatment and Midnight Recovery Concentrate



Big picture in globalisation

10/29/2018, 7:03:11 AM
Co-productions have played a major role in the globalisation of China's film industry. ✔ Chinese collaborations with Hong Kong are represented by Stanley Kwan's love triangle Red Rose White Rose  (1994), an adaptation of an Eileen Chang novel, also featuring Joan Chen; Zhou Yu ' s Train , (2002), directed by Sun Zhou, and starring Gong Li and Tony Leung Kar-fai, which recounts the tale of a ceramic worker torn between two men and her desire and ideals; and Feng Xiaogang's Aftershock  (2010), which follows a mother and daughter who are separated by the Tangshan earthquake and reunite many years later due to the Sichuan earthquake



Michael Moore Posts Clip Of Pipe Bomb Suspect Chanting 'CNN Sucks' At Trump Rally

10/29/2018, 5:50:49 AM
The clip is an outtake from Moore’s current movie “Fahrenheit 11/9.” ✔ Needless to say I was a bit shaken to see that Sayoc had placed a photo of me with a crosshairs target over my face on the side of his van, Moore noted in his post ✔ He concluded that the coming electoral tsunami of voters we are bringing to the polls on Nov. 6 will end this madness



'Lion Air crash debris' spotted in sea

10/29/2018, 5:14:13 AM
An Indonesian official posts footage of what is believed to be debris from the Lion Air plane crash. ✔ Media player Media playback is unsupported on your device Lion Air crash: Boats 'find debris from plane' in sea A Lion Air plane carrying 188 passengers has crashed in the sea off Indonesia, shortly after taking off from Jakarta ✔ The country's top disaster official, Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, has tweeted video of what appears to be debris found in the sea



Steve Bannon claims US midterm polls IRRELEVANT - says Trump's Republican party can THRIVE

10/29/2018, 4:57:45 AM
STEVE BANNON has slammed election polls which have claimed Democrats will easily take control of Congress in the midterm elections, as he deemed the predictions as irrelevant. ✔ While he acknowledged the challenges the Republicans are facing in the election, he says that they can still maintain a majority in both houses ✔ Mr Bannon claimed Republicans were unwilling to tell people their political beliefs to pollsters and they were the silent majority that would mean the Republicans keep control of Congress ✔ If Trump voters turn out, I actually think we'll hold the House



Hitachi Chemical in second falsification scandal this year, shares...

10/29/2018, 6:15:56 AM
Hitachi Chemical Co has told customers it falsified inspections for material use... ✔ He noted that encapsulation materials account for over 10 percent of Hitachi Chemical’s core operating profit ✔ The Tokyo Stock Exchange on Monday issued a warning to investors about uncertainty surrounding the issue ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles



Red Sox take their place among all-time great teams

10/29/2018, 6:58:18 AM
The Boston Red Sox went by the motto "Do damage" this season, and dama... ✔ Their pitching staff is anchored by Cy Young winner David Price, who put to rest any questions about his ability to pitch under the bright lights of the postseason by winning both his World Series starts, including Sunday’s clincher ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles



Top 10 Cities With the Most Sports Championships

10/29/2018, 5:45:38 AM
These cities have won the most major sports championships. ✔ Philadelphia's most successful team doesn't even play in the city anymorebetween 1910 and 1930 the Connie Mack-managed Philadelphia Athletics were the only team to regularly challenge the New York Yankees for American League dominance, winning five World Series between those years



Indonesian plane with 189 on board crashes after take-off from Jakarta

10/29/2018, 7:43:22 AM
An Indonesian aircraft with 189 people on board crashed into the sea and sank on... ✔ The plane is so modern, it transmits data from the plane, and that we will review too ✔ Safety experts say nearly all accidents are caused by a combination of factors and only rarely have a single identifiable cause ✔ It is one of the U.S. planemaker’s largest customers globally ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles



Indonesian airline whose plane crashed a low-cost high flyer

10/29/2018, 7:05:50 AM
BANGKOK--Lion Air, the airline whose plane crashed early Monday while traveling from Jakarta to an i ✔ BANGKOK--Lion Air, the airline whose plane crashed early Monday while traveling from Jakarta to an island off Indonesia's Sumatra with 189 people on board, is a fast-growing low cost airline with a mixed safety record ✔ An investigation attributed the incident to a rushed departure



An Indonesian Passenger Plane Carrying 188 People Crashed Shortly After Taking Off

10/29/2018, 5:43:08 AM
The Boeing 737 plane lost contact at 6:33 am, less 15 minutes after leaving Indonesia's capital city Monday morning. ✔ He also shared images of recovered items, such as a cell phone, books and a bag that had been retrieved by search and rescue crews ✔ Pesawat membawa 178 penumpang dewasa, 1 penumpang anak-anak dan 2 bayi dengan 2 Pilot dan 5 FA ✔ Basarnas dan Kementerian Perhubungan terus melakukan penanganan ✔ Check back for updates and follow BuzzFeed News on Twitter .‏



Ben Affleck takes in World Series Game 5 at Dodger Stadium

10/29/2018, 7:39:30 AM
Ben Affleck met up with his boys Matt Damon and Jimmy Kimmel to take in Game 5 of the World Series. Affleck, 46, was spotted sitting with his childhood friend Damon, 48, and Kimmel, 50. ✔ On Saturday, Affleck was spotted in a private suite, catching the game with his ex-wife Jennifer Garner and their kids Violet, 12, Seraphina, 9, and Samuel, 6 ✔ He is also attached to star in, direct and produce an adaptation of the Agatha Christie novel Witness For the Prosecution



Lion Air Plane With 189 People Crashes in Indonesia

10/29/2018, 4:59:27 AM
The passenger plane was reported to have crashed into the sea while flying from Jakarta to the city of Pangkal Pinang. ✔ Boeing said on Twitter that it was aware of reports of an airplane accident and is closely monitoring the situation ✔ All seven crew and 155 passengers, including 16 children and one infant, were killed ✔ That crash, which did not kill anyone, came a month after the airline announced a $24 billion order for 234 Airbus planes



Plane crashes into the sea with 189 people on board - all you need to know

10/29/2018, 7:11:16 AM
The new Boeing 737 Max 8 disappeared from radar minutes after take-off just off the coast of Java island ✔ Mr Sirait said Lion Air has operated 11 aircraft of the same model - the Boeing 737 Max 8 - and the other planes did not have the same problem ✔ No survivors have been found during the ongoing search ✔ An oil slick was visible on the water’s surface at the presumed crash site



Galgos: how rescue greyhounds became fashionable in Barcelona

10/29/2018, 6:11:46 AM
Finding homes for animals saved from execution used to be hard, but attitudes have changed ✔ Photograph: Paola deGrenet for the Guardian Levin has used her villa in the foothills of the Tibidabo mountain, in Barcelona’s exclusive Sant Gervasi neighbourhood, as a temporary home for rescue dogs: currently two greyhounds, Jungle and Nico, are awaiting adoption



Indonesian plane with 189 aboard crashes into sea soon after...

10/29/2018, 6:31:14 AM
An Indonesian aircraft with 189 people on board crashed into the sea and sank on... ✔ The effort to find the wreckage and retrieve the black boxes represents a major challenge for investigators in Indonesia, where an AirAsia Airbus jet crashed in the Java Sea in December 2015 ✔ It is one of the U.S. planemaker’s largest customers globally ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles



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