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New Zealand earthquake: 6.2-magnitude tremor halts parliament

10/30/2018, 3:40:41 AM
Houses sway as strong quake under central New Zealand is felt in Wellington ✔ It struck at a depth of 207 kilometres south-west of Taumarunui ✔ We’re in the safest building probably in the country – but just to make sure and get some advice ✔ There was no tsunami threat but people needed to take care during the aftershocks, the agency said ✔ People might be a little nervy, and that’s understandable



Earthquake strikes New Zealand's north island where royals are currently on tour

10/30/2018, 3:07:18 AM
The 6.2 magnitude quake hit east of the city of New Plymouth, around 220 miles from Auckland where Harry and Meghan are ✔ They planted puriri and kowhai trees, the latter of which was represented on Meghan's veil when she married Harry in St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle in May ✔ We're also on Facebook /dailymirror - your must-see news, features, videos and pictures throughout the day from the Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror and Mirror Online



Meghan dons £85 wellies as Royals compete in wanging contest in pouring NZ rain

10/30/2018, 12:16:25 AM
MEGHAN and Harry took part in a welly-wanging contest in New Zealand. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex braved the drizzle in Auckland on the penultimate day of their overseas tour. The Royal pair wen… ✔ the couple argue over who won AP:Associated Press 10 Meghan and Harry don their wellies as they prepare for a wanging contest in Auckland PA:Press Association 10 The royal pair look affectionate as they shelter under the same umbrella AP:Associated Press 10 The pair brave the rain on the penultimate day of their tour Down Under They are on a 16-day trip which has seen them travel to Australia, Fiji and Tonga, and they are now in New Zealand



Earthquake Rocks New Zealand as Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Continue Their Royal Tour

10/30/2018, 3:36:30 AM
A 6.2 magnitude earthquake rocked New Zealand's north island on Tuesday (local time) as Prince Harry and Meghan Markle toured Auckland ✔ A 6.2 magnitude earthquake rocked New Zealand’s North Island on Tuesday (local time) as Prince Harry and Meghan Markle toured Auckland ✔ Harry also went formal, opting for a navy suit with a white button-down underneath ✔ For the win, the Duchess was rewarded with a rainboot-shaped trophy



Quake of magnitude 6.2 strikes near New Plymouth, New Zealand

10/30/2018, 2:50:27 AM
Asia-focused English-language publication that brings you insights about business, finance, economic and political news, comments and analysis for Asia, by Asia on asia.nikkei.com ✔ SYDNEY (Reuters) -- An earthquake of magnitude 6.2 struck on Tuesday on New Zealand's north island, the United States Geological Survey said ✔ There were no immediate reports of a tsunami warning, damage or casualties from the quake, which hit 63 km east of the city of New Plymouth, at a depth of 228 km



Lion Air crash: No answers as to cause of jet disaster as bodies pulled from sea

10/30/2018, 3:53:07 AM
A day after Indonesian Lion Air flight 610 crashed into the sea minutes after takeoff from the capital Jakarta, questions are being asked as to what caused the new Boeing jet to suddenly lose altitude, killing all 189 people on board. ✔ He ruled out weather as a cause of the crash, however, since the plane did not appear to attempt to turn back towards Jakarta ✔ That says that something abrupt and very fast happened to the aircraft ✔ CNN's Darran Simon, Edi Amin, Devianti Faridz, Sheena McKenzie and Sarah Faidell contributed to this report



'Just a little wobble': Thousands feel 6.1-magnitude quake in New...

10/30/2018, 3:19:38 AM
An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 struck New Zealand's north island on Tuesday... ✔ It was just a little wobble, it’s not much, said Ken Wheeler, manager of a hardware store at Taumarunui, 31 km (19 miles) northeast of the epicenter ✔ We’ve got quite a gift section here, with crystal glasses, and it did nothing ✔ The quake had initially been assessed at a magnitude of 6.2 ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles



UK’s weak response on Litvinenko murder encouraged Russia to carry out Salisbury attack, new report claims

10/30/2018, 12:55:03 AM
‘Ill-defined’ government policy towards Russian aggression should have been replaced by ‘deterrence by punishment’ after 2006 killing ✔ The list included cleaning the bathroom, not commenting on foreign political affairs online and taking better care of his cat (pictured) ✔ This cannot be ruled out either but is a long-standing threat; the UK would face it in any case, the paper concludes



189 feared dead as Indonesian jet crashes

10/30/2018, 12:48:47 AM
An Indonesian jet carrying 189 passengers and crew crashed into the sea on Monday shortly after takeoff from Jakarta, prompting a major search and rescue effort in the region, the country's disaster agency reported. ✔ Rescue personnel prepare to dive at the location where a Lion Air jet crashed into the sea on Monday along the north coast of Karawang regency in the West Java province of Indonesia ✔ Nugroho Budi Wiryanto, operations chief for the Indonesian National Search and Rescue Agency, said some 300 soldiers, police and fishermen are involved in the search, adding, We're hoping for a miracle from God



Spain battered by snow storms and a TORNADO in Menorca – so how will it affect your holiday?

10/30/2018, 3:28:53 AM
SPAIN’S freak weather has seen the Mediterranean nation battered by a tornado, just 48 hours after the country was blanketed by heavy snowstorms. More than 38,000 homes were left without power for … ✔ 11 Spain has been hit with severe snowstorms leaving many homes without power More than 50 trees and hundreds of power lines were pulled down by the powerful storm, leaving thousands of residents without electricity ✔ Several Italian regions remain on high alert as the severe  weather conditions show no signs of easing off ✔ Though it won't make landfall, Oscar's effects are set to be felt across the UK towards the end of this week



Brazil's Bolsonaro threatens to remove government ads from 'lying'...

10/30/2018, 12:06:19 AM
Brazil president-elect Jair Bolsonaro said on Monday he would withdraw governmen... ✔ In an interview on Globo TV’s national evening news, Bolsonaro also said he would like cruscading anti-graft judge Sergio Moro to becoming his justice minister and, eventually, take a seat on the Supreme Court when an opening arose ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles



Adele is richest British celebrity under 30 due to £148million fortune

10/30/2018, 12:43:26 AM
The singer, 30, has increased her staggering estimated wealth from £132million to £147.5million, according to Heat magazine's 2018 Rich List. ✔ The singer is set to pocket a cool £20million for his post-1D projects, including his £1million-selling album, a role in blockbuster Dunkirk and a prestigious Gucci campaign Little Mix storm up the top ten from tenth to sixth place this year ✔ Entrepreneur: Kylie Jenner, 21, is the richest celebrity on the 30 and under list outside of the UK thanks to her £688million fortune



Air Force transport squadron soars to elite status

10/30/2018, 12:54:40 AM
It was 4 am and fog shrouded the southern Indian Ocean, famous for its roaring westerly winds and unsettled weather. ✔ Humanitarian supplies are loaded onto a transport aircraft at an airport in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, before being transported to Kathmandu, Nepal, after an earthquake in the country in 2015 ✔ But in order to get a clearer view of any objects in the sea, we had to risk flying at lower altitude



Mexican president-elect pulls plug on new airport; markets sink

10/30/2018, 12:39:13 AM
Mexico's incoming president said on Monday his government would cancel cons... ✔ Instead, a military air base north of the capital will be converted for commercial use to ease overcrowding at the current hub ✔ The decision is to obey the will of the people, Lopez Obrador told reporters at a news conference ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles



Aviation expert claims Indonesian plane crash was caused by a bomb

10/30/2018, 1:56:06 AM
Lion Air's flight JT-610 was heading to Pangkal Pinang, an island north of the capital, Jakarta, when it lost contact with air control about 6.33am on Monday local time - just 13 minutes after take-off. ✔ The Malaysian airline was flying from the Indonesian city of Surabaya to Singapore ✔ Outside of Lion Air's troubling aviation history, accidents are still rife ✔ Three years prior, in August of 2015, 54 people were killed after a Trigana aircraft crashed in poor weather conditions



Lion Air crash: Investigators hunt for black-box answers

10/30/2018, 2:19:48 AM
Boeing 737 was almost brand new though it crashed in Indonesia shortly after take-off from Jakarta's airport. ✔ 'Confused' Lion Air Chief Executive Edward Sirait said on Monday the plane had encountered an unspecified technical issue on its previous flight, which was from the resort island of Bali to Jakarta, but this had been resolved according to procedure



'No survivors expected' after Lion Air plane crash as 'only body parts' found

10/30/2018, 12:05:42 AM
All 189 people on board Lion Air flight JT610, including a child and two babies, are feared dead after the jet plunged into the Java Sea 13 minutes after takeoff ✔ All 189 passengers and crew were feared dead after a jet crashed in the sea shortly after lift-off yesterday ✔ (Image: PA Graphics) Images posted by the country’s disaster agency show items collected by search and rescue vessels, including a crushed smartphone, books, bags and headphones, plus parts of the aircraft’s fuselage ✔ Murtado Kurniawan was married recently and his wife was on the plane, taking a trip for work



Indonesia divers, underwater beacons hunt for air crash victims,...

10/30/2018, 2:27:06 AM
Indonesia on Tuesday stepped up its search for passengers of an airliner that pl... ✔ If all aboard have died, the crash will be its second-worst air disaster since 1997, industry experts said ✔ Slideshow (5 Images) On Monday, the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) and Boeing Co (BA.N) said they were providing assistance in the crash investigation ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles



Lion Air crash: Indonesian authorities search underwater for bodies and plane

10/30/2018, 1:43:08 AM
Relatives help with identification as rescuers say they don’t expect to find survivors from flight JT610 ✔ As relatives waited for news, they were warned about false images purporting to be of passengers onboard were being circulated online ✔ A spokesman said the European Commission had no immediate plans to renew the ban on Lion Air, but the Australian government warned its officials and contractors not to fly on Lion Air pending findings from the crash investigation



Merkel won't seek 5th term as German chancellor

10/30/2018, 2:02:22 AM
Angela Merkel set off Monday on what could be a three-year countdown to the end of her leadership of Germany, a stint that has made her the European Union's longest-serving leader and a key figure in facing the continent's many crises. Merkel announced that she will give up the leadership… ✔ Carsten Brzeski, an economist at ING-DiBa in Frankfurt, said Merkel's move holds the potential for positive developments ✔ Not so much because new is always better but rather because it could give Merkel the freedom and the tail wind freed from party ties to put a final stamp on her legacy, possibly with bolder steps to reform the German economy and the monetary union, he said ✔ This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.



Alternative for Germany emboldened by Angela Merkel exit

10/30/2018, 12:18:47 AM
German Chancellor Angela Merkel stunned her colleagues Monday by announcing she will step down as head of her conservative party and not seek a record fifth term as chancellor in 2021. ✔ Ms. Merkel’s conservative bloc is polling only at 24 percent nationally ✔ The Social Democrats have the support of 15 percent, compared with 20 percent and 16 percent for the Greens and the Alternative for Germany, according to a Saturday poll from German research institute Forsa ✔ • This article is based in part on wire service reports



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