Friday, April 21, 2017
BREAKING: 20 children killed after a bus crashes into a truck and bursts into flames
The minibus they were travelling on collided with a truck on a road between the towns of Bronkhorstspruit and Verena, about 70 kilometres (45 miles) from Pretoria.
Pictures from the scene showed the bus turned upside down on the side of the road and with smoke pouring out of it.
ER24 medical service said responders found about 13 children trapped inside the vehicle after its flames were put out.
The other children were found outside the minibus.
The emergency service said the cause of the crash is not yet known.
Source: South African bus crash sees 20 children killed | Daily Mail Online
Brazen tourists baring their NAKED bottoms at scenic spots around the world
The next time you’re taking in the sights at a local beauty spot, keep your eyes peeled for something unexpected on the horizon.
You might just find a naked bottom blocking your view.
It’s all thanks to a new Instagram account encouraging people to strip off at scenic landmarks and share their snaps, which already has 22,000 followers.
The Cheeky Exploits account has featured exhibitionists from as far afield as France, Brazil and Australia – as well as British attractions like Durdle Door and even Kensington Gardens.
Source: People are baring their BOTTOMS at Britain’s beauty spots | Daily Mail Online
30 fans are killed by electrocution while watching Manchester United play
More than 30 Nigerian football fans have died after being electrocuted while watching Manchester United play on Thursday night, it has been reported.
Nigerian media say the fans were killed while watching the Europa League game between United and Anderlecht in the city of Calabar.
United sent their condolences, tweeting: ‘Our thoughts go out to the United fans, their friends and families affected by the tragedy in Calabar, Nigeria, yesterday.’
The News Agency of Nigeria reported that the fans were watching the game together in a ‘viewing centre’. Further details as to how the tragedy occured are not yet known.
Ben Ayade, governor of Cross River state, of which Calabar is the capital city, said: ‘The incident marks a dark chapter in the life of the state where the precious lives of football lovers have been lost.
Source: Man Utd offer sympathy after over 30 Nigerian fans killed | Daily Mail Online
Shoppers blocked from Amazon, Ebay, Etsy, Alibaba if GST introduced?
Shopping sites Alibaba and Etsy have joined eBay in threatening to block Australian customers if laws to collect GST from online sales go ahead.
Their rival Amazon also expressed concerns at a Senate economics committee hearing on Friday, but stopped short of making the same threat.
Sales of less than $1,000 are not taxed under current laws but the government plans to remove this threshold for businesses with sales of more than $75,000 on July 1.
eBay’s regional boss Jooman Park agreed time would not fix the law as it was written and the e-commerce company would likely refuse to collect GST.
‘We run an $80 billion business based on one global platform. Your requirement is almost the same as just developing a separate Australian site,’ he said. Mr Park said Australians would just buy from smaller, less reputable, retailers in ‘dark parts of the web’ and lose eBay’s ‘advantage’ of trusted seller ratings.
MORE HERE: Shoppers could be blocked from Amazon, Ebay, Etsy, Alibaba | Daily Mail Online
Behold, GoT fans. This is what’s in store next
Gallery HERE: Behold, GoT fans. This is what’s in store next | PerthNow
Arkansas Puts Ledell Lee to Death, in Its First Execution Since 2005
The State of Arkansas, dismissing criticism that it intended to rush too many prisoners to their deaths too quickly, on Thursday night carried out its first execution in more than a decade. Using a lethal injection drug that has been the subject of sharp constitutional debate, the state plans to execute three more men by the end of the month, before its supply of the chemical expires.
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Lights down, clothes off! Sydney to get world famous Hot Tub Cinema
Hot Tub Cinema Sydney will initially be running four sessions which will be sold on a first come, first served basis.
Ticket and movie information will be released in the coming weeks, but in the meantime you can sign up for pre-sale on their website.
Hot Tub Cinema was created by entrepreneur Asher Charman and first held sessions in London in 2012.
Source: London Hot Tub Cinema comes to Sydney winter 2017 | Daily Mail Online
Surfer saved from death by surfing legend Kelly Slater at Port Campbell
A young professional surfer has been rescued by fellow surfer Kelly Slater after he was dumped by a wave and held under the water for 45 seconds.
Russel Bierke, 19, who is a junior big wave pro surfer, was at Port Campbell in Victoria surfing with Slater and fellow pro surfers Ross Clarke-Jones, Tom Carroll and Ryan Hipwood on Wednesday, reported The Standard.
Bierke was knocked unconscious by his board and was underwater for about 45 seconds, swallowing a huge amount of seawater.
The waves were about 15 to 18 feet high at the two-mile break at the time.
‘(I’ve been told) I caught a wave and Hippo (surfer Ryan Hipwood) was in the channel and apparently just started screaming. Hippo could just see my board floating then and I think Hippo said another wave passed,’ Bierke said.
Source: Surfer saved from death by Kelly Slater at Port Campbell | Daily Mail Online
Thursday, April 20, 2017
Western Sydney Badgerys Creek airport ‘is going ahead’
Construction of Sydney’s second airport will begin by 2018 even if Sydney Airport Group does not take on the project, the federal government insists.
Urban Infrastructure Minister Paul Fletcher said on Friday the airport would go ahead at Badgerys Creek even if the government had to step in and build it itself.
“Western Sydney airport is going ahead, regardless of who builds it,” Mr Fletcher told reporters in Sydney.
There is speculation Sydney Airport Group, which owns and operates the city’s international airport, will not meet the May 8 deadline to accept the Badgerys Creek project.
But the government had back-up plans, Mr Fletcher said on Friday.
“Our options are to build it ourselves, build it and operate it ourselves, or to identify another private sector party to build and operate the airport,” the minister said.
But Mr Fletcher remains hopeful Sydney Airport Group will accept the project before the deadline and take on the responsibility of building and operating it.
“The ball is entirely in Sydney Airport Group’s court,” Mr Fletcher told a Committee for Sydney event.
Source: Western Sydney airport ‘is going ahead’ | Perth Now
BREAKING: Man arrested over Borussia Dortmund bus attack
German police have arrested a man who is suspected of having planted a bomb on the bus of Borussia Dortmund last week.
The 28-year old man, who has dual German and Russian nationality, is accused of attempted murder, inflicting serious bodily harm and causing an explosion, it said in a statement.
The players’ bus was heading to their stadium for a Champions League match against AS Monaco on April 11 when three explosions occurred, wounding Spanish defender Marc Bartra and delaying the match by a day.
Source: Man arrested over Borussia Dortmund bus attack | Daily Mail Online
CSIRO says it knows where MH370 is
The CSIRO said its new report, released on Friday, confirmed that the most likely location of MH370 was a new 25,000 sq km area, north of the original 120,000 sq km search area.
The Boeing 777 disappeared en route from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8, 2014 with 239 people on board and is one of the greatest aviation mysteries.
The new area was revealed in December, and the Australian Transport Safety Bureau chief commissioner Greg Hood has described it as “highly likely” that the area identified by experts contains the aircraft,
However Transport Ministers from Malaysia, China and Australia were unmoved and suspended the search until “credible new evidence” was found.
They are yet to respond to Friday’s report.
A CSIRO research team led by Dr David Griffin said their latest testing had used a Boeing 777 flaperon – part of a plane’s wing – that was identically damaged to the MH370 flaperon found at La Reunion Island near Africa in July 2015.
The tests involved seeing how the flaperon drifted through the water, whether it went straight downwind, or off at an angle, and at what speed through the water.
Previous tests had involved using inexact replicas, but Dr Griffin said testing an almost identical flaperon “added an extra level of assurance to the findings from our earlier drift modelling work”.
The arrival of MH370’s flaperon at La Reunion now made perfect sense, he said.
“It indicates that the most likely location of MH370 is in the new search area,” Dr Griffin said.
“We cannot be absolutely certain, but that is where all the evidence we have points us, and this new work leaves us more confident in our findings.”
“Knowing how the flaperon, and the other parts of MH370 that have been found, respond to wind and waves is just as important as knowing the currents of the Indian Ocean.”
Source: CSIRO says it knows where MH370 is | Perth Now
SPOILER: Major character killed off on Scandal in shocking storyline twist
Fans of the ABC series got an unexpected twist on Thursday’s show, as a major character was killed off the series.
The storyline death marks the second time a key character was killed off, as crisis management Harrison Wright, played by Columbus Short, died in a 2014 episode after getting on the bad side of Rowan Pope (Joe Morton).
Short, who had appeared in 47 episodes across three seasons on the show, was written off the series after domestic violence allegations and an admitted drug crisis.
SPOILERS AHEAD
Mellie Grant’s chief of staff Elizabeth North, plated by Portia de Rossi, was murdered on Thursday’s program, amid a scene that took place in a pow-wow with Grant (Bellamy Young) and rivals the Mystery Woman (Zoe Perry) and Peus (David Warshofsky). After Grant resisted the duo’s initial threats, the Mystery Woman fatally impaled North with a golf club.
Portia, speaking with The Hollywood Reporter, said she made the decision to exit the hit series, ‘but not because [she] no longer wanted to be part of the show.
‘It was more because I found a great business opportunity I wanted to pursue that was taking my interest away from acting and a career I’ve had for 20-plus years and putting it elsewhere that was very timing consuming,’ the actress said.
Portia said she went to the show’s creator and executive producer, Shonda Rhimes, to ask her ‘if it would be OK’ to leave the show, and Rhimes ‘was nothing but supportive and wished me luck in my business venture and was gracious and lovely about it.’
Source: Major character killed off on ABC’s Scandal | Daily Mail Online
Child dies after smash in Berwick medical centre car park
A four-year-old boy has died after being hit by a four wheel drive in the car park of a medical centre in Melbourne’s south-east.
The Toyota LandCruiser struck the boy and two adult pedestrians at the Epworth Specialist Centre in Berwick about 12.30pm on Friday.
It’s unclear what caused the smash but the four wheel drive was on its side after also crashing into several vehicles in the car park.
Both Channel Seven and radio station 3AW report the vehicle may have been out of control.
A man in his 50s was taken to hospital in a stable condition and a woman in her 60s was taken to hospital with minor injuries.
The man and woman were not related to the boy, police said.
Police are interviewing the driver of the four wheel drive.
Major Collision Investigation Unit detectives are investigating the crash.
Source: Child dies after smash in Berwick medical centre car park
Woman sexually assaulted in Secret Harbour alleyway
POLICE are searching for two men who indecently assaulted a woman in an alleyway in Secret Harbour.
The 30-year-old woman was forced to the ground by two men just after 6.10pm on Thursday in an alleyway leading between Carmague Green and Sicily Green near La Palma Square.
Police said the men indecently assaulted her in the bushes alongside the alleyway before running off when they heard someone approaching.
Sex Assault Squad detectives are calling on the public to assist with their investigation into the attack.
One man is described as being in his thirties, fair skinned, about 190cms tall with a slim build, scruffy blonde hair and blue eyes. He was wearing a white t-shirt with a blue pattern.
The second man is described as being in his thirties, dark skinned, approximately 165cms tall with a solid build, dark brown curly shoulder length hair and some facial hair.
He was wearing a black coloured t-shirt, knee length denim shorts and black thong type shoes with a Velcro strap.
Source: Woman sexually assaulted in Secret Harbour alleyway | Perth Now
Red Bull could quit #F1 over post-2020 engine rules
Red Bull motorsport consultant Helmut Marko says the team could walk away from Formula One after 2020 if Formula One does not secure an independent engine supplier by the end of this year.
F1 recently agreed on cheaper and louder engines for 2021 onwards to replace the unpopular 1.6-litre V6 turbo hybrids introduced in 2014. The finer points will be discussed in the coming years but one of the points of agreement was to deliver more powerful engines while also making them simpler and less costly to develop and produce.
The agreement did not specifically mention an independent engine supply — something which would give teams the chance to pick up an engine off the shelf if it could not reach without having to turn to one of F1’s existing manufacturers. Marko has hinted that finding one by the end of 2017 could determine F1’s future beyond 2020.
“The latest must be 2021 that an independent engine supplier comes into F1,” Marko told F1’s official website. “This is more than necessary, and the engine has to be simple, noisy and on the cost side below 10 million.
Source: Post-2020 engine rules key to keeping Red Bull in F1
