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Disasters - SERIES 273 {13 articles}

10 minutes of terror: A quake, a tsunami and a missing son 10/9/2018, 1:13:25 AM PALU, Indonesia (AP) — The Muslim call to prayer had just started echoing across the Indonesian city of Palu when Musrifah's home began to shake violently. Family ph ✔ (AP Photo/Aaron Favila) In this Oct. 6, 2018, photo, a backhoe is used during recovery operations beside a toppled mosque in an area hit by liquefaction, the movement of saturated sub-soil, in the Balaroa neighborhood in Palu, Central Sulawesi, Indonesia Indonesia expert warned of quake, gov't mapped risk areas 10/9/2018, 3:07:57 AM PETOBO, Indonesia (AP) — When the violent shaking from a massive magnitude 7.5 earthquake finally stopped, Selvi Susanti stood up and realized something strange was happening. Fir ✔ PETOBO, Indonesia (AP) When the violent shaking from a massive magnitude 7.5 earthquake finally stopped, Selvi Susanti stood up and realized something strange was...

Autos - SERIES 133 {11 articles}

Volkswagen Polo Beats she says, he says review 10/9/2018, 12:30:33 AM Can a new sound system add more appeal to VW's city car? CarReview - drive.com.au ✔ On the down side, the touchscreen easily collected fingerprints which requires regular cleaning and that might irritate some ✔ One aspect I really liked was the digital dash, especially in navigation mode, so you don’t have to keep looking over at the centre screen ✔ Let's start a personal and meaningful conversation! Leave a comment (Get advice from an expert) 2019 Maserati Levante | Pricing, Specs, New and Details 10/8/2018, 8:31:21 PM Maserati has cut the price of its Levante SUV by almost $15,000. Read all of the details here. ✔ Along with the new model the 2019 range also comes with the option for adaptive LED matrix headlights, Pieno Fiore natural leather trim and new red and blue paint options ✔ Let's start a personal and meaningful conversation! Leave a comment (Get advice from an expert) Which ...

Trade War - SERIES 220 {26 articles}

US-China trade war weaponizes liquefied natural gas 10/9/2018, 3:07:45 AM Beijing turns to Russia and Iran, leaving Trump a void to fill ✔ 10 that it had sealed a contract to provide PetroChina with 3.4 million tons of LNG annually for 22 years ✔ At the end of that month, state oil company Qatar Petroleum unveiled a plan to raise its LNG production capacity to 110 million tons a year, from 77 million tons ✔ Shunsuke Tabeta in Beijing contributed to this article Reform can play positive role during trade war - Opinion 10/9/2018, 12:13:16 AM undefined ✔ China's entrepreneurs and its rapidly expanding middle class are concerned, first and foremost, about their property rights, including the security of their accumulated wealth, amid regulatory tightening with regard to taxation, finance, cross-border capital flows, and even the environment IMF cuts global growth forecast amid US, China trade war 10/9/2018, 2:44:59 AM An upswing in economic risks due to rising trade t...