BEIJING (AP) — Philippine PresidentRodrigo Duterte announced that his country is separating from the U.S. in a speech before a Beijing economic forum on Thursday, after handing China a major diplomatic victory, agreeing to resume dialogue on their South... ....
More bad news for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump late Thursday afternoon as Politico reported Jim Murphy, Trump’s national political director, is no longer playing an active role on the campaign, according to three sources briefed on the move. "I have not resigned but for personal reasons have had to take a step back from the campaign.” – Trump national political director Jim Murphy statement to POLITICO....
Everyone’s a critic and no one has more critics than Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. Now, the man who portrays Trump on NBC’s Saturday NightLive – Alec Baldwin – is getting negative feedback for his portrayal of the New York real estate mogul. As expected, the criticism is coming from Trump himself, but also someone very close to Baldwin – his younger brother Stephen... "He’s got the voice down very well....
Las Vegas. Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton has won the third and final presidential debate with her Republican rival Donald Trump by an impressive 13 percentage points after a feisty fight, according to a latest poll. Overall 52 per cent of those who watched the debate said Clinton did the best job, while 39 per cent said Trump was the winner, CNN said, releasing the results of its unscientific poll ... Read ... ....
“May I show you a picture?”. That was the question posed to Syrian PresidentBashar Assad in an interview with Swiss media released this week. “Of course,” Assad replies. At this point, the pair had spoken for nine minutes. Assad blamed the armed opposition (his name for them ... The interviewer reaches into his pocket ... 17 after local medical personnel said an airstrike destroyed his family’s home ... Dr ... ....
From September 24 through October 2, approximately 20,103 cubic yards of lime rock aggregate were deposited onto 17 oyster reefs in need of restoration. A total of 88 acres were planted in the Pensacola BaySystem in Santa Rosa and Escambia counties with the objective of promoting reef development for oysters by restoring existing oyster reef habitat that had been degraded, depleted, or reached its productive life span....
On Wednesday, ArizonaSenator John McCain continued his staunch support for the project as he watched thousands of rainbow trout fly from a stocking truck into the Colorado River below Davis Dam ... Senator John McCain stocks rainbow trout Wednesday into the lower Colorado River at Davis Dam ... Rainbow trout eggs are anticipated to arrive at Willow Beach NFH in November 2016 to augment the 50,000 fingerlings the AZGFD provided in August....
The “Better” remix is a wild drum'n'bass explosion, like you got tired of dancing on that candy cloud and decided to hop in a rainbow race car and go light-speed toward the ......
Digitisation is changing our world faster than we could have imagined. It’s confused our realities and identities and provided for critical analysis, engaging many artists. Last month, contemporary artist Baiju Parthan’s exhibition Necessary Illusions dealt with the subject ... Another work, ‘In Search ofRainbow #2’, is based on a painting of the same name made by Ray in 2014 ... “Think of a selfie ... ....
Amanda Meade. Channel Nine complains about lack of credit, the ABC revamps job titles and SBS plays down closure of women’s sport site. Since The ForgottenChildren... Why I spoke to Four Corners about the children I taught on Nauru . Tracey Donehue. Read more ... I just wish he were as committed to the future of the reef – perhaps the planet – as he is to the downfall of Malcolm Turnbull … Come on, Andrew, jump on board ... Read more ... ....
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Results of annual report card based on data collected before bleaching killed a fifth of the reef’s coral, suggesting next year’s results will be even worse ...The Great BarrierReef has been given a D on a report card for its overall health by the federal and Queensland governments for the fifth year in a row ... The Great Barrier Reef ... Combining all the measurements, the reef was rated D or “poor” ... Great BarrierReef....
Australia on Thursday admitted more needs to be done to protect the Great BarrierReef from pollution after a government-backed report painted a bleak picture of the natural wonder ...Canberra insists it is doing more than ever before to protect the reef, but its annual report into water quality, seagrass and coral gave it a "D" — which represents "poor" — for the fifth year in a row....
About ReefPlan ( http.//www.reefplan.qld.gov.au/about/ ). Learn more about how Reef Plan aims to improve the quality of water entering the reef...Discover more about the government, industry and community groups who are involved in Reef Plan ... Learn how progress towards Reef Plan goals and targets is measured and reported ......
It's aimed at giving people the sense of diving down to a coral reef -- but the real goal is getting them to consider how carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere is killing the oceans ... Then you are underwater, at this special reef in Ischia, Italy. This reef has naturally occurring carbon dioxide from underwater volcanoes; it shows how all our oceans will look by 2100....
Reef construction will follow in later phases of the project ... Healthy oyster reefs and other estuarine and marine habitats help protect coastlines from wave damage and erosion, but 85 percent of oyster reefs have been lost worldwide, largely through overharvesting, pollution, habitat loss and other factors, making them the most severely affected marine habitat on Earth....