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Huge earthquake hits Solomon Islands as 6.6-magnitude tremor rocks South Pacific

11/16/2018, 4:45:54 AM
A POWERFUL earthquake rocked the Solomon Islands on Friday, experts say. The 6.6-magnitude tremor hit about 100 miles east of Kira Kira, a provincial capital in the South Pacific nation at about 2.… ✔ usgs 2 The Solomon Islands are located in the Pacific Ocean Since 1850 about 90 per cent of the most powerful eruptions happened within this boundary ✔ Like us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/thesun and follow us from our main Twitter account at @TheSun



New York Snow Storm Affects Traffic: Flights Grounded, Buses Canceled, Multiple Accidents

11/16/2018, 6:55:11 AM
Forecasters said the city witnessed higher-than-expected snow, resulting in the snowiest November since 1938. ✔ The first snowstorm of the season hit New York on Thursday afternoon, bringing life in the city to a standstill ✔ Accidents also shut down portions of New York Route 17 near Vestal and Apalachin ✔ AccuWeather.com said the snowfall could turn into rain and flooding is most likely to occur in the wee hours of Friday morning



Number of missing in California wildfire soars to over 600

11/16/2018, 5:00:35 AM
The number of people missing in one of California's deadliest wildfires soared to more than 600 on Thursday as the remains of seven additional victims were found by rescuers. ✔ Body recovery teams are conducting a painstaking search of burned-out homes for human remains in the town and closely examining the many charred cars littering the roads ✔ The utility was found to be responsible for several devastating fires in northern California last fall that killed at least 15 people, and it faces billions of dollars in liability for the latest wildfires



Remembering the sweet life of a town wiped out by wildfire

11/16/2018, 5:40:40 AM
PARADISE, Calif. (AP) — There's a sweet legend about this town: On a blazing summer day in the 1850s, a lumber mill crew with wagon and ox took a break under a grove of tall evergreens. The air was cool, the pine needles fragrant. "Boys," said the team boss, "this is paradise." Thus, more than 170 years ago, Paradise was born. From the start, it was enriched with gold mined from nearby hills and lumber harvested from the forests. Over generations, thousands lived and loved here; they built homes and businesses, schools and houses of worship, parks and museums that proudly honored Paradise's place in American history.



BREAKING: Powerful magnitude 6.6 earthquake STRIKES in Pacific Ring of Fire

11/16/2018, 4:04:25 AM
A STRONG 6.6 magnitude earthquake has hit the Pacific nation of the Solomon Islands. ✔ TREMOR: A 6.6 magnitude earthquake has hit the Solomon Islands (Pic: DS) The quake struck about 161km (100 miles) east of the provincial capital of Kira Kira ✔ Reports from the US Geological Survey say the quake hit at a depth of 33km (21 miles) deep



California wildfires: List of missing passes 600 as hunt for victims continues

11/16/2018, 5:20:48 AM
A search for victims of a catastrophic blaze that reduced a northern California town to ashes intensified on Thursday, as authorities expanded to 630 the number of those reported missing in the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in state history. ✔ But two electric utilities have said they sustained equipment problems close to the origins of the blazes around the time they were reported ✔ Evacuees milling in the parking lot faced morning temperatures that dropped to just above freezing and many wore breathing masks for protection from lingering smoke ✔ I called him and said, 'Honey, I'm not going to make it



Paradise vows to rebuild even as death toll and number of missing rises

11/16/2018, 6:07:16 AM
The death toll in the destructive Camp fire rose to 63 Thursday as President Trump planned to visit California to meet with people impacted by the wildfires in what marks his second trip to the nation’s most populous state since his election. ✔ The number of people unaccounted for soared to 631 up from 130 on Wednesday evening after authorities combed through additional 911 calls and other reports generated at the peak of the chaotic evacuation ✔ It’s at the scale of unprecedented magnitude, he said ✔ Paradise, unfortunately, likely will not be the same city ✔ California is a rich state, but we have to take intelligent precautions with how we design our cities



Fire death toll hits 63; sheriff says hundreds still missing

11/16/2018, 5:52:13 AM
CHICO, Calif. (AP) — At least 63 are now dead from a Northern California wildfire, and officials say they have a missing persons list with 631 names on it in an ever-evolving accounting of the missing after the nation's deadliest wildfire in a century. The high number of missing people probably includes some who fled the blaze and didn't realize they had been reported missing, Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea said. He added that he was making the list public so people could see if they were on it and let authorities know they were safe.



Camille Grammer shares picture of her destroyed Malibu mansion

11/16/2018, 7:27:03 AM
Many celebrities lost their homes when flames swept through Malibu last week. And Camille Grammer was one of those victims, as she went on to inform fans earlier in the week that she lost her home. ✔ Chin up! The 50-year-old Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star took to Instagram on Thursday with a message of hope, along with a series of photos, including one of what's left of the property Happy memory: Her second pictures shows her daughter Mason sitting with her little brother Jude on what appears to be a big comfy couch in their now-destroyed living room She then moved on to a more positive message about moving forward after tragedy: 'So, to those out there that are yelling at officials and firemen why their houses weren’t saved let’s put things in perspective here



How Syria’s flag carrier plans to remain airborne

11/16/2018, 6:24:06 AM
An airline much despised in the West goes shopping for Russian planes ✔ Our friends have their own ways, shrugs Talal Abdulkarim, SyrianAir’s chief executive ✔ But blocking transactions that circumvent the West is trickier than clamping down directly on Airbus and Boeing ✔ On current form, Mr Trump taking such a tough line with President Vladimir Putin looks like pie in the sky



Jersey Shore Family Vacation: Ronnie Ortiz-Magro cheats on girlfriend

11/16/2018, 7:52:35 AM
The 32-year-old reality star cheated on his girlfriend with so-called Jewish Barbie on Thursday's episode of Jersey Shore Family Vacation. ✔ Ronnie Ortiz-Magro appeared to cheat on his girlfriend with so-called Jewish Barbie on Thursday's episode of Jersey Shore Family Vacation ✔ The Situation said that Ronnie was the 'dumbest mother-f***er' he's ever seen after his last jacuzzi encounter in Miami with a French gal ended in disaster with Jen



What the midterms can teach the Democrats about winning in 2020

11/16/2018, 6:32:48 AM
Results have showed the midterm elections were better for Democrats than they initially seemed. But what are the real lessons to be taken from 2018? ✔ But as Hillary Clinton found out the hard way, a popular majority does not always win the election ✔ Tucked into this question is the question of ideology ✔ He used a fog machine at his concession speech, Ted Cruz strategist Jeff Roe told CNN ✔ I think that’s the single most important thing we need to do



Why large-scale immigration would be bad for Japan

11/16/2018, 5:26:37 AM
Abe's expansion of foreign worker schemes risks creating social and political tensions ✔ When workers are in short supply, companies need to maximize their productivity by training and equipping them with leading technology ✔ In a tight labor market, you can expect higher capital investment, better working conditions and rising wages and thus rising consumption ✔ Peter Tasker is an analyst with Tokyo-based Arcus Research



Friday briefing: Brexit deal – May digs in at the crease

11/16/2018, 7:18:27 AM
Hard Brexiters openly threaten to topple PM … fears for 600 people in California wildfires … and hear Michelle Obama read from her new memoir ✔ I do remember having the thought of, ‘Hey, you have got the album now ✔ While we’re on bats, the Sun continues the rather tortured cricket analogy used at May’s press conference: She’s on a sticky wicket, as does the Mirror , which is more critical: Stumped ✔ Sign up The Guardian Morning Briefing is delivered to thousands of inboxes bright and early every weekday ✔ If you are not already receiving it by email, you can sign up here



Forensic Architecture wins the 2018 Beazley Design of the year award

11/16/2018, 4:19:36 AM
"Counter Investigations: Forensic Architecture," an exhibition at London's Institute of Contemporary Arts, has won the 2018 Beazley Design of the Year award. ✔ Co-developed by the Cambdrige University and Dutch organization Drog, this game is designed to show players how fake news are created, by exposing the key strategies that lead to disinformation ✔ Beazley Designs of the Year , the exhibition, is on display at London's Design Museum from Sept



Mumford & Sons on Jordan Peterson, the Grenfell tragedy – and being hated

11/16/2018, 6:32:51 AM
They’re a band that the British public love to sneer at, but they say it has long stopped bothering them. And, anyway, they have bigger fish to fry ✔ It took a couple of months for the music press to notice it, but when they did there was a small outcry – and an opportunity for wags on social media to lay into the band (I assumed they were, ‘My dad was a vicar’ Tory, not ‘concerned about white birthrates’ Tory, quipped one Twitter user)



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