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Evacuations ordered as California wildfires destroys buildings   Authorities ordered the evacuations of over 2,000 residents. The fire has scorched 3,000 acres and threatened 600 buildings. The Pawnee fire is one of several wildfires burning in...

GPS Tracking for Man's Best Friend By: Simon Wyryzowski To say that our pets are our best friends is an understatement. There are many people in this world who see their pets as life long companions,...

New Orleans, along with three other US states brace for Hurricane Nate     Nate has already halted 92 percent of oil output and 77 percent of natural gas production in the US Gulf of Mexico. It...

Automated tax reporting will soon be the only way to meet requirements Author: Rebecca Polley, Vice President of Business Development, Vertex   In a quest to cut down on fraud, tax authorities are increasing the amount and...

Death toll rises as California wildfire spreads   Three firefighters, a 70-year-old woman and her two great-grandchildren are among seven people killed by wildfires in northern California. Underbrush burns on the south edge of the Carr Fire...

US judge orders families reunited within 30 days   Children under five separated from their parents after entering the US illegally must be reunified within 14 days of the order. The court also issued a nationwide...

Get Growing With Hydroponic Gardening by Dale Harris   Within the last few years, hydroponics has become a popular way to garden fast and efficiently. And thanks to its low barrier of entry, you can start...

Malta car bomb kills Panama Papers journalist Juliette Garside   Daphne Caruana Galizia, a blogger whose investigations focused on corruption, was described as a ‘one-woman WikiLeaks’. https://youtu.be/pCwgp0z1hJo The journalist who led the Panama Papers investigation into corruption in Malta...

Colombia's FARC says peace process at risk after arrest of ex-rebel   Seusis Hernandez, known by his nom de guerre Jesus Santrich, was arrested for conspiring to export 10 tonnes of cocaine, worth $320 million, to...

UNICEF Mobilizes To Fight Ebola In The Democratic Republic Of Congo Maryanne Murray Buechner , UNICEF USA   UNICEF and partners are scaling up efforts to contain an Ebola outbreak in...

Elton John Announces 300-Stop Farewell Tour, Retirement   Elton John announces he will retire after embarking on one final three-year, 300-stop world tour, “The Farewell Yellow Brick Road Tour”.   https://youtu.be/tvvCmO-s3wo ET Canada -  24 Ιαν 2018   Source: YouYube

Secrets of much-loved wartime cartoonist Giles revealed in new book Maev Kennedy   Carl Giles’s work in the Daily Express did much for morale in the second world war and his spirit of fantasy extended to the...

A taste sensation: the rise of Europe’s multisensory restaurants Author: Barclay Ballard   For some restaurants, food is only one part of the package. Multisensory establishments are choosing to use sight, sound and smell to create truly...

Did they or didn't they? No clarity on Catalan independence bid   Catalan President Carles Puigdemont and Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy exchanged letters on Monday but made no headway in the dispute. Madrid has now...

At least 13 killed in California bar shooting including gunman   Authorities say at least 12 people were killed by a gunman, identified as 28-year-old veteran Ian David Long, at a bar in Southern California. Officials...

Annabell Lee by  Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849) It was many and many a year ago, In a kingdom by the sea, That a maiden there lived whom you may know By the name of Annabel Lee; And this maiden...

Music from a rusty rababa becomes a lifeline for a father and son in Syria   War in the country has forced more than 12 million people out of their homes. Over half of them are...

Big Bang Booming - Back to the Future   By: Michael Strauss   Then God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. This ancient description of the creation of the universe found in the Book of...

Syrian journalist wins prestigious UK award for Aleppo hospital film   Journalist Waad Al Kateab won the prestigious Rory Peck award for her harrowing footage shot from inside a hospital in what was once Syria's most...

Three less zeros for Venezuelan bank notes By Mark Armstrong   https://youtu.be/tvQdWNpPJZY Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro announced on Thursday that he has ordered three zeros to be knocked off the denomination of the country's bank notes. "I...

Heads roll at Australia's biggest lender bank amid money-laundering scandal   The Commonwealth Bank of Australia says two directors are to step down, with a third to leave in a year. The board changes come a...

Hackers rack up £12,000 phone bill and providers passed it on to me Anna Tims Pennine and Focus Group blame each other after hundreds of premium rate overseas calls were billed to my company. I run a...

White House says it expects Trump-Kim summit to happen as planned as top North Korea official lands in US for talks   Administration is still aiming for June 12 summit as a top North Korean official...

These six photos are competing for a top photojournalism prize By Olivier Laurent   The bodies of Rohingya refugees who were fleeing Burma are laid out after their boat capsized near Bangladesh. About 100 people were on...