Siena International Photo Awards 2018
10/30/2018, 3:21:14 PMA volcanic eruption and a curious orangutan are two of the many highlights from the 48,000 images entered for these prestigious awards ✔ Every winter, snowy owls fly south from the Arctic to spend the winter hunting meadow voles in the fields ✔ The winning photographs and the best pictures of the 2018 Siena International Photo Awards are currently on display at the Beyond the Lens exhibition in Siena (entry €7)
Yellowstone volcano eruption risk: Is Yellowstone most dangerous volcano in the USA?
10/30/2018, 12:45:20 PMYELLOWSTONE volcano was ranked a “high risk” threat on a list of America’s most volatile volcanoes – but what is the risk of Yellowstone erupting and is it the most dangerous US volcano? ✔ Yellowstone’s history of past eruptions and ongoing activity means geologists consider the supervolcano a high threat to life ✔ As a result, the three volcano stretching from the north US to Alaska are considered very high risks ✔ READ MORE: Yellowstone volcano gas WARNING: USGS warns of poisonous gas emissions in National Park
Watch the moment an earthquake shakes New Zealand Parliament
10/30/2018, 1:14:29 PMA 6. ✔ There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries as deeper earthquakes are typically less damaging ✔ The US Geological Survey, said this quake took place at a depth of 227 km ✔ Thousands across the country felt the quake's tremors, including some on the South Island
Mesmerising moment Krakatoa volcano ERUPTS shooting LIGHTNING into night sky – VIDEO
10/30/2018, 12:58:53 PMA DAZZLING eruption in Indonesia has pumped rolling black clouds of ash and strings of piping hot lava into the night sky - but that isn’t even the most astonishing moment. ✔ A tourist boat was almost wiped out when it narrowly escaped rocks that were hurled down the mountainside after an unexpected eruption last week ✔ The volcano is no stranger to gargantuan explosions ✔ Indonesia lies in the Ring of Fire, a ring of tectonically active zones that encircle the Pacific ocean ✔ An estimated 200,000 survivors are still in need of humanitarian aid
Late night hosts respond to ‘tragic and sickening’ synagogue shooting
10/30/2018, 2:56:17 PMEight men and three women were killed in the deadliest ever attack on Jewish community in the US ✔ According to her, she could manufacture more masks but the material she needs are not always available ✔ White House senior counsellor Kellyanne Conway sparked controversy after partly attributing blame of the mass shooting to late night hosts, claiming their jokes could potentially help fuel anti-religion beliefs ✔ According to federal law enforcement, the shooter made antisemitic statements during the massacre
After a week when violence exploded across America, hope battles hate at our national memorials
10/30/2018, 3:39:18 PMAfter another week when hate took over the national conversation, Americans sought solace at places where in the past the U.S. has confronted disaster ✔ Rachel Roy, 64, and her husband came to Washington to visit the Bureau of Engraving and Printing ✔ There, on a Sunday morning in 1963, a bomb planted by the Ku Klux Klan killed four girls ✔ MARKELL DELOATCH/PUBLIC OPINION Fullscreen Last SlideNext Slide
World’s DEADLIEST fault line is READY TO BLOW directly below 40,000 Berkeley students
10/30/2018, 2:09:42 PMTHESE dramatic new pictures show the deadly earthquake fault line directly below California’s famous Berkeley University which experts warn is ready to BLOW. ✔ An infrared map of the fault line shows it running through the University of California Berkeley football stadium – a venue which has a capacity of 62,467 ✔ Notably, the last six quakes (in 1134, 1317, 1475, 1629, 1725, and 1868) occurred at intervals of 95 to 183 years, with an average interval of about 150 years
Like Father, Like Son! Ben Stiller Twins with 13-Year-Old Son Quinlin at Basketball Game
10/30/2018, 2:34:16 PMBen Stiller made sure to get some quality time with his 13-year-old son Quinlin at the Brooklyn Nets vs. New York Knicks basketball game in New York on Monday night ✔ New York Knicks basketball game in New York on Monday night ✔ The duo matched in all-black outfits as they watched the Knicks hold a steady 20-point lead to win the game ✔ Ella has been posing happily by her dad’s side at premieres like First Man , Wildfire and Free Solo
Royal ANGER: Prince Charles’ fury at Tony Blair for SCRAPPING Royal Yacht Britannia
10/30/2018, 3:08:06 PMPRINCE Charles was furious at Labour for scrapping his beloved Royal Yacht Britannia, and praised Boris Johnson’s call for a new vessel. ✔ He said the British Ambassador was the most popular person in the entire country when it was in port, as he advised on invitations ✔ Charles added: Sadly, the Treasury did not seem to think the yacht was important ✔ The Overseas Trade Board estimated that events held on board the yacht helped raised £3 billion for the treasury between 1991 and 1995 alone
BP's profits have doubled thanks to rising oil prices
10/30/2018, 2:56:29 PM'Profits gush and cash flows' at energy giant as it presses ahead with multibillion-dollar US shale acquisition ✔ Chief executive Bob Dudley said: Our focus on safe and reliable operations and delivering our strategy is driving strong earnings and growing cash flow ✔ Brent crude was down 15 cents a barrel at $77.19 on Wednesday morning while US light was unchanged at $67.04
Meghan Markle attacked for curtsy to King and Queen of Tonga - 'WORST I've ever seen'
10/30/2018, 3:08:07 PMMEGHAN Markle has come under fire for her "short" curtsy to the King and Queen of Tonga with one critic branding the Duchess of Sussex's attempt as "the worst I've ever seen". ✔ Another added: Are you sure she didn’t know if to curtsey ✔ During her first six weeks as a duchess, she wore an off the shoulder dress to the Queen’s Trooping the Colour parade and did not wear tights to the same event ✔ It was during this event that up close footage appeared to show Meghan discreetly ask Harry whether it was time to curtsy when his grandmother Queen Elizabeth arrived
Indonesian divers, 'pinger locators', hunt for doomed plane's...
10/30/2018, 1:00:09 PMIndonesia deployed divers on Tuesday to search for an airliner that crashed with... ✔ Most of those on board were Indonesian but the airline has said an Italian passenger and Indian pilot were on the plane ✔ The pilot of flight JT610 had asked to return to base shortly after it took off, at about 6.20 a.m. on Monday ✔ Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles
Trump isn't falling into the 'Merkel trap': Varney
10/30/2018, 2:25:38 PMFBN’s Stuart Varney on President Trump’s immigration policy. ✔ That is, the German chancellor's cave-in to the million migrants who hammered at Europe’s door three years ago ✔ Europe’s anti-Trump leader Angela Merkel is brought down by her open-borders policy, just as President Trump takes firm action against open borders here
Property consultant, 54, 'pocketed £32,000 in Grenfell Tower swindle'
10/30/2018, 2:26:07 PMNigerian father-of-five Abolaji Onafuye, 54, allegedly claimed he was the brother of Zainab Deen (pictured), 32, who died alongside her two-year-old son Jeremiah in the blaze in West London. ✔ He allegedly made a total of £32,000 in donations and housing support ✔ Onafuye appeared at Isleworth Crown Court but his trial was adjourned until December 3 ✔ If convicted and jailed for either of the two charges, Onafuye would be the 12th person to be imprisoned for fraud in relation to the Grenfell Tower disaster
Lion Air passenger missed doomed Indonesia flight after getting stuck in TRAFFIC
10/30/2018, 1:46:33 PMA PASSENGER missed a doomed flight that claimed 189 lives because he was stuck in traffic, it emerged yesterday. ✔ Divers at the crash site (Pic: Basarnas/ REUTERS) Budget airline Lion Air's brand new Boeing 737 crashed off the coast near Jakarta, Indonesia, yesterday ✔ Last night heart-broken relatives were waiting for news about loved ones as search teams desperately looked for survivors ✔ I don't know why the traffic at the toll road was so bad
Ben Affleck is the big 'loser' says Jimmy Kimmel
10/30/2018, 3:21:30 PMThe late night talk show host called the struggling Oscar winner a loser when he got between Jimmy and fake foe Matt Damon at the World Series over the weekend. ✔ 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
Less meat, more pasta: how the economic crisis is changing Argentina's diet
10/30/2018, 12:34:30 PMundefined ✔ Sabrina Pozo kisses her daughter Sofia as she heats up milk in her kitchen in Buenos Aires, Argentina October 11, 2018 ✔ Many people have scaled back on utilities, including gas for heating their homes through Argentina's winter months, and will likely do the same for air conditioning this summer
Trump has 'zero authority' to end birthright citizenship, and this is a 'Hail Mary' a week before the midterms, legal experts say
10/30/2018, 2:45:38 PMPresident Donald Trump has "zero authority" to end birthright citizenship, legal experts say. ✔ But now they're saying I can do it just with an executive order, he said ✔ This is a blatantly unconstitutional attempt to fan the flames of anti-immigrant hatred in the days ahead of the midterms ✔ The 14th Amendment's citizenship guarantee is clear, the American Civil Liberties Union tweeted Tuesday
The cheap home beauty hacks you NEED to know
10/30/2018, 3:04:25 PMTHESE simple beauty tips will get you looking fabulous without splurging on expensive products. From fixing dodgy fake tan with baking soda to keeping the colour in your hair with vinegar, these ti… ✔ THESE simple beauty tips will get you looking fabulous without splurging on expensive products ✔ The multi-purpose ingredient can be used as a moisturiser, conditioner, serum and cuticle oil ✔ Crush a whole avocado and mix with a tablespoon of lemon juice and a cup of olive oil
Is Brazil's Bolsonaro a Pinochet or a populist? – by George Galloway
10/30/2018, 2:03:57 PMThe victory of the far-right Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil, Latin America's most populous country and co-founder of the BRICS bloc, has understandably caused much fluttering in the dovecotes of leftists and liberals around the globe. ✔ HomeOp-ed Is Brazil's Bolsonaro a Pinochet or a populist ✔ As Bill Shankly, the legendary Liverpool football manager, once said football isn't played on paper, it's played on grass ✔ Subscribe to RT newsletter to get stories the mainstream media won’t tell you
No picnic: Americans face encounters with black bears as population rebounds
10/30/2018, 2:56:04 PMLargely relieved of pressure from deforestation and hunting, bears are increasingly coming into contact with people ✔ The bear headed to the kitchen, where it rifled through her cabinets before fleeing into the woods after police officers fired bean bags at it ✔ It all really gets back to our world view, specifically our view of ourselves in nature in relation to other animals ✔ Bears make demands of us that other wildlife don’t, which throws our attitudes into sharp relief
Pilot claims he has found wreckage of MH370 in Cambodian jungle
10/30/2018, 12:46:01 PMDaniel Boyer said he has located the engine, tail and cockpit of the plane buried in the jungle north of Phnom Penh using Google Earth, just two months after filmmaker Ian Wilson searched the same area. ✔ Jeff Wise, a U.S. science writer who spearheaded CNN's coverage of the Boeing 777-200E, has based his outlandish theory on pings that the plane gave off for seven hours after it went missing, that were recorded by British telecommunications company Inmarsat
Great British Bake Off's worst baking flops and fails ahead of the final
10/30/2018, 3:20:16 PMThe Great British Bake Off has been quite the series in its second outing on Channel 4 - and here are some of the worst bakes to grace the hallowed tent ✔ Bake Off viewers love to see when a baker gives it there all and delivers a stunning showstopper, an exemplary technical or a sizzling signature ✔ In the newly created Spice Week, the group were asked to create a gorgeous chandelier, which would act as a centrepiece to any event
Prince Harry comforts a boy, six, who lost his mother as a baby
10/30/2018, 12:56:09 PMPrince Harry met six-year-old Otia Nante during a walkabout at the viaduct in Aukland. After learning that the schoolboy had lost his mother before his first birthday he spent time consoling the youngster. ✔ Encouraging them to continue speaking out for their generation, he said: 'This energy, this connectivity, it's all here in you.' The duchess listened closely to a group from charity Inspiring Stories, as young women spoke to her about empowering indigenous minorities, getting young people involved in politics, and mental health
American breakdown: Uncle Sam pays an overdue visit to the psychiatrist couch
10/30/2018, 3:27:19 PMAfter a tumultuous week that included letter bombs, a swooning stock market, a caravan of migrants approaching the border, and a deadly mass shooting at a synagogue, the US finally sought out professional help. ✔ HomeOp-ed American breakdown: Uncle Sam pays an overdue visit to the psychiatrist couch Robert Bridge is an American writer and journalist ✔ I am inclined to believe we are being primed for imminent disaster ✔ We've already got tent cities amid grinding poverty popping up everywhere
How can Gaza's contaminated water catastrophe be solved?
10/30/2018, 3:39:36 PMBarely three percent of Gaza's drinking water wells is fit for human consumption, and the crisis is claiming lives. ✔ The Israeli siege sharply restricts the movement of people and materials to and from Gaza - including dual-use materials it claims could serve both civilian and military purposes ✔ Palestinians fill bottles and containers with water from a public tap in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip July 19, 2014 [File: Ibraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters] ABOUT THE AUTHOR Sandy Tolan
United Airlines mishandled listeria contamination, endangering travelers, lawsuits claim
10/30/2018, 1:12:13 PMLawsuits filed by three high-level managers claim United put passengers at risk. ✔ Even though the FDA does not require it, United also should have been testing the food as a matter of practice, food safety expert Melvin Kramer of the EHA Consulting Group, tells CNBC ✔ The suits filed by Lee and Moya are currently in federal court, and United is required to respond by the end of October
Analysis | The Daily 202: Immigrants facing Trump-ordered deportations plead with U.S. citizens to think of them at the polls
10/30/2018, 2:21:45 PM“Do me a favor: Go and vote for me,” a Salvadoran woman tells an American friend as she prepares for a forced return to her dangerous homeland. ✔ For lawmakers already concerned about incendiary, extreme content online, the posts offered the latest reason to consider new regulation of the tech industry writ large ✔ Wiedefeld also proposed a flat $2 fare for weekends ✔ pic.twitter.com/EGJvAZlTmQ Ian Sams (@IanSams) October 29, 2018
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