Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2019 04:53:11 +0000
WASHINGTON (AP) – Responding to stinging criticism, President Donald Trump on Saturday abruptly reversed his plan to hold the next Group of Seven world leaders’ meeting at his Doral, Florida, golf resort next year. Trump announced a rare backtrack Saturday night after facing accusations that he was using the presidency to enrich himself by hosting […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2019 04:52:37 +0000
A woman living in a van in San Diego with her pet rats has agreed to give them up — all 300 of them. The San Diego Union-Tribune says the San Diego Humane Society went to the woman’s van near Del Mar on Oct. 8. Authorities found rats had clawed into upholstery, burrowed into the seats […]
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Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2019 06:01:19 +0000
“Tarzan” actor Ron Ely’s wife was stabbed to death in their California home by their 30-year-old son, who was then shot and killed by sheriff’s deputies, authorities said Wednesday. Deputies summoned to the home by a 911 call found Valerie Lundeen Ely, 62, dead with multiple stab wounds shortly after 8 p.m. Tuesday, a Santa […]
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Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2019 05:39:15 +0000
A French appeals court on Wednesday (Oct 16) sentenced a woman to five years in prison for having kept her baby daughter hidden for nearly two years, mainly in the maggot-infested boot of her car. The girl, now seven, was permanently traumatized by the ordeal, and today has the mental capacity of a two-to-three-year-old, according […]
Read moreCredit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2019 05:53:56 +0000
President Xi Jinping has warned that any attempts to split China would result in “bodies smashed and bones ground to powder”, amid four months of anti-Beijing unrest in Hong Kong. Xi issued the dire message during a weekend visit to Nepal, according to a foreign ministry statement released on Sunday. “Anyone who attempts to […]
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Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Mon, 14 Oct 2019 05:34:58 +0000
Tens of thousands of rescue workers were searching Monday for survivors of powerful Typhoon Hagibis, two days after the storm slammed into Japan, killing at least 35 people. Hagibis crashed into the country on Saturday night, but brought hours of heavy rains even before it arrived, causing landslides and filling rivers until they burst their […]
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Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sun, 13 Oct 2019 09:05:26 +0000
TOKYO (AP) – Helicopters, boats, and thousands of troops were deployed across Japan to rescue people stranded in flooded homes as the death toll from ferocious typhoon “Hagibis” climbed to at least 19 with more than a dozen missing yesterday. One woman fell to her death from a rescue helicopter. Public broadcaster NHK said 14 […]
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Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2019 09:51:09 +0000
TOKYO, Japan (AFP) – Powerful typhoon “Hagibis” roared towards Japan’s coast yesterday, killing one person and bringing “unprecedented” downpours that prompted authorities to issue their highest-level rain disaster warning. More than 3.2 million people have been placed under non-compulsory evacuation orders as authorities warn of imminent flood and landslide danger after hours of torrential […]
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Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2019 06:43:14 +0000
A Hawaii family has won a place with the Guinness World Records for the world’s heaviest avocado. The Pokini family from the island of Maui received the Guinness certificate this week for the avocado weighing 5.6 pounds (2.54 kilograms), The Maui News reported Thursday. The average avocado weighs about 6 ounces (170 grams), according to […]
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Credit to Author: Tempo Desk| Date: Fri, 11 Oct 2019 06:07:33 +0000
A lunar rover which will explore the moon on foot in 2021 was unveiled in London on Thursday. The new concept, with four legs rather than wheels, will send data back to a larger mothership, which will transmit it back to Earth. UK startup Spacebit signed a contract with US space robotics company Astrobotic to […]
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