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(Reuters) — Conservative Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Tuesday (August 11) announced cuts to Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions that were immediately criticized by environmental groups and opposition politicians for lagging far behind other advanced economies. The world’s largest exporter of coal and iron ore will cut emissions by 26-28 percent of 2005 levels by 2030, Abbott said, a target that will be submitted as part of negotiations on a global climate deal in Paris at […]
(Reuters) — Japan switched on a nuclear reactor for the first time in nearly two years on Tuesday (August 11) despite strong protests nationwide. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe seeks to reassure a nervous public that tougher standards mean the sector is now safe after the Fukushima disaster in 2011 but opinion polls show a majority of the public oppose the move after the nuclear crisis triggered by the earthquake and tsunami in March 2011. […]
(Reuters) A suspect is being charged with capital murder Sunday (August 9) after deputies entered a North Houston home and discovered the bodies of two adults and six children. In a news conference, Harris County Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Tim Cannon announced that David Conley, 48, is being held with no bond. “We are here today on a very sad day,” he said. “It’s a difficult day for us at the Harris County Sheriff’s Office. Once […]
(Reuters) A typhoon battered China’s east coast on Sunday, killing 14 people and forcing the authorities to evacuate hundreds of thousands more. The 14 were killed after being washed away by flash floods or buried under collapsed houses or landslides, state news agency Xinhua said, citing authorities in Zhejiang province. Another four people were missing. Typhoon Soudelor forced more than 188,400 people to leave their homes in Zhejiang and 320,000 in neighboring Fujian, Xinhua […]
(REUTERS) South Korea’s military on Monday (August 10) accused North Korea of planting land mines inside the Demilitarised Zone border that exploded last week and wounded two of its soldiers, calling it a cowardly act of provocation, and threatened retaliation. There was evidence to conclude the North’s soldiers crossed the Military Demarcation Line recently to plant the mines, and Pyongyang will be made to “pay a severe price,” the South’s military said in a […]
Gunfire was heard around the corner from where an unarmed black teenager was shot dead by a white officer one year ago in Ferguson, Missouri, a Reuters witness said. A day of peaceful rallies and prayer in Ferguson on Sunday gave way to a tense standoff between police in riot gear and protesters blocking traffic when shots were heard. REUTERS
(Reuters) A Colorado jury sentenced movie rampage gunman James Holmes to life in prison on Friday (August 7), rejecting the death penalty for the 27-year-old who entered a midnight showing of a Batman movie wearing a gas mask, helmet and body armor and shot dead a dozen people. Last month, the panel of nine women and three men found the former neuroscience graduate student guilty on all counts related to the July 2012 massacre. They […]
(Reuters) Many Taiwanese residents caught in the path of Typhoon Soudelor were left with their homes flooded after the powerful storm battered the island on Saturday (August 8), killing at least six and injuring 64. In the greater Taipei area, the authorities worked to rescue around two dozen people trapped by a mudslide. “We received a report from people earlier that there was a mudslide. Then we sent a fire truck and rescue vehicle here to […]
Aug. 7 (Reuters) – Heavy gales, huge waves and rainstorms have hit Taiwan’s eastern areas, Ilan and Hualien in particular, as Typhoon Soudelor was moving slowly to the island on Friday night. Taiwan’s meteorological agency predicted that the typhoon would land in the eastern coastal areas of Taiwan on Saturday morning. And the strong typhoon could bring heavy rain to Taiwan, especially from Friday afternoon through Saturday. By the seaside of Ilan, the huge waves reached […]
1.079°N 85.196°W depth=10.0 km (6.2 mi) BEIJING, Aug. 7 (PNA/Xinhua) — An earthquake measuring 5.3 on the Richter scale jolted off the coast of Ecuador at 1218 GMT on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of 10.0 km, was initially determined to be at 1.0785 degrees north latitude and 85.196 degrees west longitude. Time 2015-08-07 12:18:49 (UTC) 2015-08-07 20:18:49 (UTC+08:00) in Manila timezone Times in other timezones Nearby Cities 534km […]
IBARAKI, Japan, August 7 (Eagle News) — A magnitude 5.2 earthquake shook the eastern part of Japan, centering on the Ibaraki Prefecture with aftershocks being felt at the capital of Tokyo. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
KUALA Lumpur, Malaysia, August 7 (Eagle News) — According to the Malaysian Foreign Minister, China is now ready to take the talks regarding the territorial dispute to the next level. Said issue on the territorial dispute is one of the pressing concerns of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Dexter Magno, MRFaith Bonalos) https://youtu.be/0z6ZugtIKbM
