Showing posts with label 2017 at 07:46AM. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2017 at 07:46AM. Show all posts
Wednesday, October 11, 2017
Constellation Cup: Australia’s Diamonds beat New Zealand in Adelaide
Saturday, October 7, 2017
Man detained after pedestrians injured in collision near London Natural History Museum
Thursday, October 5, 2017
Thailand: Deadly destinations for Australian travellers. Then Philippines, Indonesia, United States + Vietnam.
Philippines was next with 126 deaths, followed by Indonesia, the United States and Vietnam.
Thursday, September 21, 2017
Hurricane Maria kills 15 on Dominica
MORE HERE: Hurricane Maria kills 15 on Dominica
Sunday, September 10, 2017
2.5 Million without power as Hurricane #Irma hits Florida
All of southern Florida felt the storm’s effects, with at least one man killed, a woman forced to deliver her own baby and trees and apartment towers swaying in high winds.
The storm, one of the most powerful ever recorded in the Atlantic, made landfall on Sunday…
Saturday, September 2, 2017
Storm thrash Raiders 32-6 ahead of NRL finals, as Sea Eagles, Roosters post victories
FULL-TIME: Storm def Raiders 32-6
FULL-TIME: Sea Eagles def Panthers 28-12
FULL-TIME: Roosters def Titans 20-16
Storm belt Canberra ahead of finalsMinor premiers Melbourne completed its last dress rehearsal for the NRL finals, cruising to 32-6 win over Canberra at AAMI Park…
Tuesday, August 29, 2017
Trump’s approval rating just hit another all-time low (again)
President Donald Trump’s approval rating hit a new all-time low in Gallup’s weekly tracker on Monday, as he deals with the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey and the backlash to his pardon of former Sheriff Joe Arpaio.
Just 35% of adults approve of how Trump is handling the job of president more than 200 days into his term, according to Gallup. By comparison, former President Barack Obama’s approval rating was 50% at this time during his first term.
Trump’s job approval ratings are updated every Monday based on the weekly average of Gallup’s daily survey, which polls about 1,500 adults by telephone interview. The margin of error is plus or minus 3 percentage points.
Trump’s daily approval rating faltered in recent weeks, reaching a 34% average during a three-day period between Aug. 11 and Aug. 13, when he faced criticism for his response to the clashes in Charlottesville, Va. His weekly average was 36% for that week.
Source: Donald Trump: Approval Rating Hits New Low in Gallup Tracker | Time.com
Monday, August 28, 2017
Father charged with firearms offences over 3yo daughter’s gunshot death
The father of a three-year-old girl who died in Sydney last night from gunshot wounds to her neck will face court next month for owning an unregistered sawn-off shotgun and contravening an apprehended violence order (AVO).
The 43-year-old father was charged with not keeping firearms safe, possession of an unauthorised, prohibited and unregistered firearm, and breaching an AVO.
Emergency crews were called to a house on Danny Road in Lalor Park, in Sydney’s west, just after 8:00pm on Sunday after receiving reports of gunfire and yelling.
The house is understood to be the mother’s home, while the father’s residence is in the southern Sydney suburb of Arncliffe.
‘Not my baby girl’
Police said the girl’s mother was in the house when her daughter was shot and the father was also nearby.
She was seen by witnesses crying and yelling at a man at the scene.
She was yelling: “I hate you, I hate you”. And then cried out: “Not my baby girl, not my baby girl.”
Another neighbour, Mark Tupua, told the ABC he rushed outside after hearing a loud bang.
“I thought it was a gun so I ran out as quick as I could,” he said.
Wednesday, August 23, 2017
Typhoon Hato: 5 dead as strongest typhoon in five years hits Hong Kong + SE China
Five people have been killed in the gambling enclave of Macau during southern China’s worst storm in five years.
Key points:
- Thousands evacuated from parts of mainland coast
- Hong Kong raises hurricane signal to highest level for first time in five years
- Winds reached 126 kph, with gusts of up to 207kph
Three men, aged 30, 45 and 62, were killed in falls and accidents related to the heavy rain and gusting winds from Typhoon Hato, Macau’s Government Information Bureau said.
The typhoon came within 60 kilometres of the nearby financial centre of Hong Kong before heading westward into mainland China, where it was gradually weakening.
China’s weather service said the storm made landfall around noon in the Pearl River Delta city of Zhuhai in the neighbouring province of Guangdong.
Thousands of people were evacuated from parts of the mainland coast ahead of the storm’s arrival, China’s official Xinhua News Agency reported.
Train services were cancelled, fishing boats returned to harbor and more than 4,000 fish farmers and their families came to shore, Xinhua said.
Hato knocked out power in Macau, including at its famed casinos and a hospital, where backup generators kicked in.
Hong Kong issues highest hurricane warning
Flooding and injuries were reported in Hong Kong, which lies across the water 64 kilometres from Macau, but there were no reports of deaths.
Monday, August 21, 2017
WA to get two more public holidays under union’s Easter pitch to Labor
A push is underway for two more public holidays to be added to Western Australia’s official calendar, with a key union claiming the state’s workers are being “dudded”.
The Shop, Distributive and Allied Employees’ Association (SDA) will use Labor’s state conference this weekend to promote changes to party policy, in a bid to have Easter Saturday and Easter Sunday gazetted as public holidays.
WA currently has 10 official public holidays a year — the lowest of any state or territory.
In comparison, Victoria has 13 days — including Easter Saturday and Easter Sunday, Melbourne Cup Day and, more recently, AFL Grand Final Friday.
Thursday, August 17, 2017
Telstra: Stockbrokers extraordinary market scenes as investors dump comm giant
Telstra is the most widely held stock by small investors, partly because of its big dividend — but that is all about to change.
Key points:
- Dividends set to be cut 30pc to 22 cents per share
- Telstra’s faces NBN-induced erosion of traditional fixed-line phone, internet businesses
- Once NBN rollout is complete in 2019 Telstra will need to start investing in its business again
On Thursday, the CEO announced the dividend was to be slashed by 30 per cent, to just 22 cents per share, because of uncertainty around the telco’s financial future.
Michael McCarthy, head of market strategy at CMC Markets stockbroking, watched events unfold from his trading desk.
“Trading in Telstra this morning was extraordinary,” he said.
“It was one of those days that really draws market attention because the volumes were enormous and the price movement was huge.
“In the first seven minutes of trading more Telstra shares changed hands than it changes hands in an average day, that’s how big the trading was this morning.”
Mr McCarthy said as a market watcher the day’s trading was “fascinating”, however he had plenty of sympathy for Telstra shareholders…
Monday, July 17, 2017
Trump’s ‘Made in America Week’: fire trucks, golf clubs and double standards
Trump’s critics might suggest he spends more time starting fires than putting them out.
Widely mocked for honking the horn of a truck on the White House lawn in March, Trump faced potential ridicule again on Monday as he surrounded himself with vehicles and products from all 50 states to launch his “made in America” week.
From the state dining room to the south lawn, the executive mansion came to resemble an Amazon warehouse with lots of stuff: baseball bats, beer, door hinges, fried chicken, horseshoes, guitars, a lawnmower, a Nasa space suit, wheelbarrows and, inevitably, golf clubs. The property tycoon-turned-president tried on a cowboy hat. No one dared called him a cowboy builder.
But as he surveyed this museum of American capitalism, Trump did not address the central paradox of why many of his own company’s products, and those of his daughter Ivanka, are manufactured overseas.
That was left to Sean Spicer, the White House press secretary, returning to action after a prolonged absence. He addressed reporters in the West Wing briefing room for the first time since 26 June. But once again cameras were banned; the White House has not held a televised briefing since 29 June.
Spicer has previously claimed that he does not want to be filmed on days when Trump is speaking in public so as not to distract from the president’s message. And this was a day when Trump, surrounded by consumer paraphernalia in the East Room, was in full salesman mode.
Friday, July 7, 2017
Barcelona footballer Lionel Messi can pay extra fine to avoid prison for tax fraud
Barcelona star Lionel Messi and his father can avoid prison for tax fraud by paying an extra fine, a Spanish court has said.
Key points:
- Messi will pay a total of $3.378 million and avoid 21-month prison term
- Last year Messi and his father found guilty of defrauding tax authorities of $6.15 million
- Messi has won five Ballon d’Or awards for world’s best male footballer
Instead of Messi serving his 21-month sentence, the Argentina forward will be fined an extra $378,000.
The Barcelona-based court also ruled that Messi’s father, Jorge Horacio Messi, will be fined an extra $270,000 instead of serving his 15-month sentence.
The ruling was widely expected in Spain, where prison sentences under 24 months for first-time offenders can be waived by a judge.
Last year, a court found Messi and his father each guilty of three counts of defrauding tax authorities of $6.15 million from 2007-09.
The unpaid taxes were from money made through endorsement deals, not Messi’s salary paid by Barcelona.
Monday, July 3, 2017
Deadly bus collision with truck on German motorway kills 18, injures 30
Eighteen people have been killed when a tour bus burst into flames after colliding with a truck on a motorway in the German state of Bavaria, police said.
Key points:
- Forty-eight passengers were on the bus, between 41 and 81 years old
- Police said they did not think foreigners were among the passengers
- Two of the 30 people injured are in a critical condition, Germany’s Transport Minister says
Thirty people were injured, some seriously, in the crash, which occurred shortly after 7:00am (local time) near the town of Stammbach, around 90 kilometres north-east of Nuremberg, police said.
The cause was unclear.
“It’s clear now that all 18 of the missing people on the bus died in the accident,” police said on Twitter.
Forty-eight people were on the bus. They were between 41 and 81 years old and most were from the eastern state of Saxony, police said.
The identities of some passengers had yet to be established, but police did not think foreigners were among the passengers, spokeswoman Irene Brandenstein said.
The truck driver was not injured, she added.
Speaking at the scene of the crash, Transport Minister Alexander Dobrindt said two people were in a critical condition.
Thursday, June 15, 2017
Grenfell Tower Fire: Fears that Death Toll More than 100
Fire fighters have said they don’t expect to find any more survivors from the Grenfell Tower fire, amid fears that the death toll could “rise to more than a hundred”.
Six victims of the blaze have now been provisionally identified but police have warned they “may not be able to identify everybody.”
One local council insider told HuffPost UK that the emergency services now estimate that more than a hundred people will be declared dead and that neighbouring councils have been asked how much capacity they have in their morgues.
London Fire Commissioner Dany Cotton said on Thursday that there are still “unknown numbers” of people inside the tower, but rescuers do not expect to find anyone else alive.
At least 12 people have died in the blaze that started shortly after 1am in west London. Police have warned that the death toll is expected to rise.
NHS England said on Thursday that 34 people remain in hospital, including 18 who are in critical care.
Source: Grenfell Tower Fire: Police Warn They ‘May Not Be Able To Identify Everybody’ Killed In Blaze
Saturday, June 3, 2017
LIVE: London hit by three possible attacks
British police are responding to three emergency incidents in London on Saturday night – one on London Bridge involving a van, a possible knife attack at Borough Market and a third in Vauxhall.
Some media outlets are reporting police as saying more than one person has been killed.
The incidents are being treated as terrorist attacks but their exact nature is yet to be confirmed.
British Prime Minister Theresa May says the incidents in London are being treated as a ‘potential terror attack’.
Ms May is on her way back to London where she will be briefed on tonight’s incidents by security officials…
MORE HERE + VIDEO: LIVE: London hit by three possible attacks
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