I am a real idiot to do this: 2017-05-21

Saturday, May 27, 2017

Child thrown from ‘The Wave’ water park slide on opening day

DUBLIN >> The much-anticipated debut of the $43 million water park “The Wave” took a scary turn Saturday when a boy was launched from a three-story water slide, landing on the concrete exit next to the ride.

The 10-year-old boy was “just shaken up” with a scratched shoulder that was treated by first aid, a park spokeswoman said shortly after the incident witnessed and recorded by a Bay Area News Group photographer covering the Dublin park’s grand opening. The photographer saw scratches on the boy’s back, before he walked away on his own power and was helped by a lifeguard and city employee shortly after noon Saturday. The ride had only been operating for 90 minutes…

• Video: Child launched out of three-story water park slide

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India confirms first Zika virus cases: WHO

The Indian health ministry has confirmed its first cases of the Zika virus, the World Health Organisation has said, the latest nation to be affected by the mosquito-borne virus that sparked global concern.

Zika, which can cause babies to be born with microcephaly, or abnormally small heads, has affected dozens of countries around the world since it was first detected in 2015, although the WHO lifted its international health emergency status for the virus in November.

The Zika cases in India, which included a pregnant woman, were picked up in routine laboratory screening in western Gujarat state over the period of more than a year, the WHO said…

Source: India confirms first Zika virus cases: WHO | News24

35,000 people have turned out in PERTH for this year’s HBF Run for a Reason

The HBF Run for a Reason is Perth’s biggest community running and walking event. Each year, thousands of people of all ages flood the streets of the CBD to get active while raising money for charity.

Woodside has been the proud Team Category sponsor of HBF Run for a Reason since 2012.

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Works begin on underground $1.86 billion Perth Airport Central Station

The project will see the construction of three new train stations- Belmont, Airport Central and Forrestfield- and will be a two-zone fare from the CBD.

The underground station is the first step towards the Forrestfield-Airport Link, a train line designed to provide an 18-minute journey for all Perth Airport users to the central business district.

MORE: Works begin on underground Perth Airport Central Station

Bizarre scenes at Schapelle Corby’s mother’s house as family gathers

Schapelle Corby’s family are gathering at her mother’s suburban home south of Brisbane as the location of the convicted drug smuggler remains a mystery.

Corby arrived in Brisbane this morning following her deportation from Bali, where she’d spent 12 years after being jailed for smuggling 4.1kg of marijuana.

While the 39-year-old’s location in Queensland is unclear, her sister Mercedes and aunt Jen have both arrived at mother Rosleigh’s house in Loganlea since Ms Corby’s return.

Mercedes arrived in one of the black SUVs that led media on a wild goose chase from Brisbane Airport, with private security guards quickly ushering her into the home past waiting media…

MORE AND Source: Schapelle Corby arrives home after Bali deportation

Good Time: Robert Pattinson receives best Cannes reception so far with 6mins standing ovation

Robert Pattinson has thrown his name into the Oscars ring following the premiere of new film Good Time at Cannes.

The heist thriller, which debuted last night (25 May), had screened to journalists earlier in the day who unanimously praised the Twilight actor’s performance as not only “a career best” but the festival’s pinnacle.

CCTV released of bomber Salman Abedi on way to launch Manchester Arena attack

Police have released CCTV images of the Manchester suicide bomber on the night of the arena attack.Police are trying to piece together Salman Abedi’s movements from 18 May when he returned to the UK through to Monday night when he launched the deadly attack.The 22-year-old last visited a city centre flat before making his way the Manchester Arena, police said.On his back a rucksack is visible, which detectives believe could have held the explosive that tore through crowds exiting the Manchester Arena.His features are partly obscured by a baseball cap and glasses.

VIDEO + MORE HERE Source: CCTV released of suicide bomber Salman Abedi on way to launch Manchester Arena attack – ITV News

Southern rock music pioneer Gregg Allman dead at 69

Gregg Allman, whose soulful vocals made the Allman Brothers Band one of rock’s top acts in the 1970s with songs such as “Whipping Post,” in a career also marred by tragedy and drug abuse, died on Saturday at the age of 69, his official website said.

“It is with deep sadness that we announce that Gregg Allman, a founding member of The Allman Brothers Band, passed away peacefully at his home in Savannah, Georgia,” it said.

Drummer Butch Trucks, another founding member of the band, died aged 60 on Jan. 24.

The Allman Brothers Band was started in Macon, Georgia, in the late 1960s by Gregg and older brother Duane, who became the band’s guiding force and one of rock’s most revered guitarists before he was killed in a motorcycle accident at age 24. In its heyday, the band was a staple on radio stations and released albums ranked among the best in rock history.

MORE/Source: Southern rock music pioneer Gregg Allman dead at 69 | Reuters

Donald Trump tells ‘confidants’ US will leave Paris Agreement climate deal

Trump tells confidants, US will leave Paris climate deal: Reports India Today After tweeting that he would take a call on Paris climate deal next week, reports suggest that US President…

reuters.news (Today) – WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump has told “confidants,” including the head of the Environmental Protection Agency Scott Pruitt, that he plans to leave a landmark international agreement on…

Source: Donald Trump tells ‘confidants’ US will leave Paris Agreement climate deal: Report | World News

Jared + Ivanka review 6 months whether to return to private sector + QUIT WASHINGTON

Jared Kushner has told friends he and Ivanka Trump do not have permanent plans to remain in Washington, saying they would review whether they want to stay in D.C. every six months, according to The New York TimesÂ on Saturday.However, sources close to the president’s son-in-law tell the Times that Kushner has no plans to step down from his role as a senior White House adviser.

Kushner and Ivanka Trump returned to Washington from President Trump’s first foreign trip Saturday amid a series of bombshell reports on the ongoing federal investigation into alleged ties between the Trump campaign and Russian election…

Source: Jared and Ivanka ‘review every 6 months’ whether to return to private sector: report – The Hill | NEWS

#F1 Monaco An unusually angry Daniel Ricciardo lashes out at Red Bull “stupid” and “silly”

An unusually angry Daniel Ricciardo has hit out at a “stupid” and “silly” strategic error by his Red Bull team in qualifying for the Monaco GP.

A year on from taking pole in Monte Carlo, Ricciardo will start this Sunday’s race from fifth after the team opted to only make one flying run in Saturday’s top-10 shootout.

And an unhappy Ricciardo has hit out at Red Bull after his lap was disrupted by traffic.

“To go with that strategy we knew we had to go hard on our out lap, to work the tyres hard, to push and create temperature,” Ricciardo told Sky Sports F1.

“On my out-lap we came out in traffic and it seemed that we had a clear track behind so l don’t know why we didn’t wait and put me in clear air.

“Unless the timer was going down and we weren’t going to make it out of the pits, which l don’t think was the case, it just seemed that we made a stupid, silly error.

“From the car it seemed obvious. Maybe I am missing something but it seemed an obvious and basic mistake.”

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Mother of Uber CEO Travis Kalanick Dies in Boating Accident

Bonnie Kalanick, 71 years old, died after the boat she and her husband were riding in hit a rock in Pine Flat Lake.

FRESNO, Calif.—The mother of the CEO of the ride-hailing company Uber Technologies Inc. died in a boat accident Friday in Fresno County, the company said.

Bonnie Kalanick, 71 years old, died after the boat she and her husband, Donald, 78, were riding in hit a rock in Pine Flat Lake in the eastern part of the county, authorities said.

They are the parents of Travis Kalanick, 40, who founded Uber in 2009. The company has since grown to become an international operation with a market value of nearly $70 billion.

MORE/Source: Mother of Uber CEO Travis Kalanick Dies in Boating Accident – WSJ

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White House shaken as FBI’s Russia probe pierces Trump’s inner circle

Allegations that Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner sought a secret communication line to Moscow raise new questions about the president’s relationship with Russia.

The probe into Russia’s role in the US election pierced the innermost circle of the White House Saturday, with reports that Donald Trump’s son-in-law sought a secret communications line with Moscow – the most damning allegation yet from the scandal.

The latest furor was stirred up after the Washington Post reported late Friday that Jared Kushner – arguably Trump’s closest White House aide, and husband to the president’s eldest daughter Ivanka – made a pre-inauguration proposal to the Russian ambassador to set up a secret, bug-proof link with the Kremlin.

Kushner, 36, even suggested using Russian diplomatic facilities in the United States to protect such a channel from monitoring, The Post said, quoting US officials briefed on intelligence reports.

MORE HERE: White House shaken as FBI’s Russia probe pierces Trump’s inner circle | SBS News

FBI ‘warned MI5 Manchester bomber was planning an attack’

The FBI told MI5 that Abedi was planning an attack in Britain in January this year
But they thought he might be planning to assassinate a key political figure
MI5 investigated but ‘nothing came of it’ and he slipped down the pecking order
It will pile more pressure on MI5 to reveal when and how they knew of Abedi

UK security chiefs were warned in January that Salman Abedi was planning an attack in Britain, it was claimed last night.

According to a security source, the FBI told MI5 that Abedi was part of a North African Islamic State cell plotting to strike a political target in the UK.

The information came from a US investigation into Abedi and his links to terrorist groups in Libya. The Mail on Sunday has also been told that US security services put him on a terror watch list – used by agents to identify key suspects – in 2016.

Source: FBI ‘warned MI5 Manchester bomber was planning an attack’ – Webgrio.com