Italy quakes take out buildings standing after August jolt
Italy quakes take out buildings standing after August jolt By Associated Press Published: 12:00 EST, 27 October 2016 | Updated: 12:01 EST, 27 October 2016 CAMERINO, Italy (AP) — The red brick Amatrice city hall resisted the devastating Aug. 24 quake that collapsed buildings all around it, only to crumble under the one-two punch of lesser jolts Wednesday night. They also brought down a centuries-old church tower in Camerino that had withstood both a quake in 1997 and the one in August..>> view originalRussia Wants to Help UN Bring Humanitarian Aid to Aleppo - Official
Middle East15:15 27.10.2016Get short URL © AFP 2016/ GEORGE OURFALIAN MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Russia clearly wants to help UN bring humanitarian aid to Aleppo and implement the organization's November aid plan, the senior advisor to UN special envoy for Syria, Jan Egeland, said Thursday. "It was very clear today that the Russians want to help with the November plan implementation, they would like to help us get access to east Aleppo," Egeland told reporters..>> view originalMosul: Iraqi army tries to reach site of IS executions; UN training medics in 'mass casualty management'
Mosul: Iraqi army tries to reach site of IS executions; UN training medics in 'mass casualty management' Posted October 28, 2016 00:05:13 The Iraqi army is trying to reach a town south of Mosul where Islamic State militants have been reportedly executing dozens of people to deter the population from any attempt to support the US-led offensive on the jihadists' last major city stronghold in Iraq. Key points:Reports say IS is executing people to get rid of prisoners wh..>> view originalErdogan says Turkish offensive will target Syrian towns of Manbij and Raqq...
ANKARA Turkey's military operation in northern Syria will target the town of Manbij, recently liberated from Islamic State by Kurdish-led forces, and the jihadists' stronghold of Raqqa, President Tayyip Erdogan said on Thursday.Syrian rebels, backed by Turkish warplanes, tanks and artillery, launched an operation dubbed "Euphrates Shield" in August to push Islamic State and Kurdish militia forces away from the border area of northern Syria.In a speech in Ankara broadcast live, Erdogan said he ..>> view originalIconic National Geographic Afghan woman Sharbat Gula arrested over forged identity card
Iconic National Geographic Afghan woman Sharbat Gula arrested over forged identity card Updated October 27, 2016 13:08:48 Pakistani authorities have arrested the green-eyed Afghan woman who became a symbol of her country's wars 30 years ago when her photo as a girl appeared on the cover of National Geographic magazine, her family said.Sharbat Gula, who grew up in a refugee camp and is now in her 40s, was accused of having a forged Pakistani identity card.Ms Gula is bein..>> view originalThousands of migrants sleep rough in Calais and Paris after the 'Jungle' closes
Calais: Bulldozers cleared mounds of debris and continued tearing down makeshift shelters at the 'Jungle' migrant camp in Calais on Thursday as authorities said 6000 people had been evacuated from the squalid site.Charities working there, however, said hundreds of migrants might have fled the camp rather than take part in a government programme to rehouse them across the country. Some of the last remaining migrants in the Calais Jungle on Thursday. Photo: Getty Images The Jungle, a ramsh..>> view originalTrumps warns a stampede of love – say, for a certain politician at a rally – can kill
Donald Trump warned of a new election season threat Wednesday: The stampede of love at his rallies.It was a quip made in jest. Sort of. Trump told a group of African American faith and community leaders in Charlotte that so many people wanted to attend a recent campaign rally in must-win Florida that law enforcement couldn't let them in."They said, 'We're afraid of a stampede,' " Trump told the black leaders, according to a pool report of the private meeting. "Can you imagine? Because there were..>> view originalCyanide killer gets 20 years' jail in Jakarta
The world's 10 most gender-equal countries (Australia ranks 46th)
Madrid: Women are going to get pay equality - they'll just have to wait for another 170 years.That's according to an estimate by the World Economic Forum assessing gender gaps when it comes to economic opportunities, political empowerment, education and health between men and women. A woman looks from above hundreds of protesters with umbrellas during a massive demonstration against gender violence, at Plaza de Mayo square in Buenos Aires, Argentina, last week. Photo: AP While internatio..>> view originalJapan's Prince Mikasa, who fought war in China under a fake name, dies at 100
The 100-year-old uncle of Japanese Emperor Akihito, Prince Mikasa, died on Thursday, leaving only four heirs to the Chrysanthemum throne. Mikasa’s death coincides with renewed attention to the future of the ageing and shrinking imperial family and whether women should be allowed to inherit the throne, breaking a males-only succession tradition that conservatives say is central to an imperial tradition stretching back 2,600 years. Mikasa was the youngest brother of the current emperor’s father, ..>> view original
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