TOKYO (Reuters) ― One man was killed, more than 60 people were injured and more than six million people were advised to evacuate as a powerful typhoon bore down on the Japanese capital on Saturday, bringing with it the heaviest rain and winds in 60 years. Typhoon Hagibis, which means “speed” in the Philippine language […]
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Image caption Fans in Saudi Arabia were delighted that the group went ahead with their Riyadh show K-pop superstars BTS have become the first foreign artists to play a solo stadium show in Saudi Arabia. The boy band performed in front of a sell-out crowd at King Fahd International Stadium in Riyadh on Friday evening.
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Power shutdowns intended to prevent more devastating California wildfires are raising new concerns about another longstanding environmental threat: air pollution. As utilities halted service to more than 2 million people this week, lines formed at hardware stores selling portable generators, while many hospitals and businesses fired up their own. The prospect of emissions belching from
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The Seahawks were supposed to be continuing their retool this year, one season after their remake helped get them back into the playoffs. Instead, they have one of the NFL’s best records. The Browns were pegged (hyped?) to be a budding powerhouse with all of the improvements in talent, plus the predicted maturity of Baker
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“We need to look at beating Trump, and doing so at all costs,” Ms. Jennings said. And in Reno, Nev., April Friedman, 48, a teacher for students with special needs, said she thought the impeachment inquiry was important but wished the government would also address other more pressing issues. “I’m in a Title I school
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Power shutdowns intended to prevent more devastating California wildfires are raising new concerns about another longstanding environmental threat: air pollution. As utilities halted service to more than 2 million people this week, lines formed at hardware stores selling portable generators, while many hospitals and businesses fired up their own. The prospect of emissions belching from
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Image copyright Neighbours/Facebook Image caption Reg Watson created the popular Australian television show in the 1980s The creator of the popular Australian television show Neighbours, Reg Watson, has died aged 93. The show announced his death on Friday evening. Neighbours, set on the fictional Ramsay Street, is Australia’s all-time longest running drama and is due
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Simone Biles has won the women’s vault competition at the gymnastics world championships to tie the record for most world medals by any gymnast. Biles successfully defended her title on Saturday by sticking the landing on her two vaults, a Cheng and an Amanar, for a score of 15.399. Biles’ U.S. teammate Jade Carey took
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“There’s no requirement in the Constitution that the House do anything specific, in any order, prior to voting to approve articles of impeachment,” said Stephen Vladek, a constitutional law professor at the University of Texas. Mr. Bowman, who called the White House letter “a parade of absurdities,” noted that impeachment is just one of the
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Image caption The chart was revealed to mark National Album Day Adele’s 21 is the UK’s best-selling album of the 21st Century, selling more than five million copies since 2011. The record, which features the hits Rolling In The Deep and Someone Like You, is more than a million copies ahead of the second biggest-seller,
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