PEDERNALES, Ecuador (AP) — Rescuers pulled survivors from rubble Sunday after the strongest earthquake to hit Ecuador in decades flattened buildings and buckled highways along its Pacific coast. Officials said the quake had killed at least 238 people and injured more than 1,500... He said 1,557 people were injured ... Alcivar pleaded for authorities to send earth-moving machines and rescue workers to help find people in the rubble ... Babies ... ....
Prince William and his wife Kate went Saturday to the Taj Mahal in Agra. This final stage of their one week journey in India and Bhutan rekindles remembrances for the royal couple ... – WN.com, Ayite C. d'ALMEIDA. ....
It appears Netflix has dropped a tech-bomb on millions of Canadians who use VPNs to stream its U.S. service — rescuing Mary Ann Turcke’s daughter, and many of the rest of us, from a life of crime. Turcke is the Bell Media president who last year publicly snitched on her 15-year-old daughter for using a virtual private network (VPN) to access U.S. Netflix for movies and TV shows not available on Canadian Netflix....
photo: NASA / ESA, CXC, NRAO/AUI/NSF, STScI, and R. van Weeren (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics), Acknowledgment: NASA, ESA, and J. Lotz (STScI), and the HFF team
Stephen Hawking and his billionaire friends at Breakthrough gave us a glimpse into the development of a proposed exploration method this week involving nanotech spaceships, but when asked about actually finding alien life, the famed theoretical physicist admitted that he didn’t think it would be anytime soon ... (Note. The window to mission completion from announcement date is roughly 40 years.) ... [Image via Wikimedia Commons]....
The frequency of job switching has been falling over the past decade, particularly among young workers, despite the recent growth in employment, said the ResolutionFoundation... "Frequent job moves are the main route to the rapid pay increases young ......
'The United States was the first to institute the system back in the 1970s because each state had different taxation rules and companies were moving profits around to minimise tax. 'Canada followed in the mid-80s and recentlySwitzerland, Belgium, and Germany (all federations) brought the system in.' ... 'Multinational businesses could still move their production, and thus their activity, to tax friendlier locations....
The explosives company, Solar Industries India Ltd (SIIL), has moved a proposal to take over 87.98 hectares (222 acres) reserved and protected forest land in Chakdoh for a safety zone for manufacture of defence products ... The move to divert forest land was also strongly opposed by CongressMLA from SaonerSunilKedar, in whose constituency the area falls....
With their sudden triumph, the market has turned to any inspiration it can to keep the trend moving, and in turn the parodies of such films has evolved as well ... Though a little bit of its recent sequel has made its way in there too, as a court case was never involved in the first film's events....
Following from his ‘double political concept album’ ‘MonkeyMinds In The Devil’s Time’ this album is a move towards a more ... ‘MeetThe Humans’ is shot through with a sense of renewal following Steve’s recentmove to Brighton, swinging musically across dance, pop, folk, dub, and deep house influences....
Despite the actions of other businesses, the National Basketball Associationrecently announced it was not moving next year’s all-star game even though it had publicly entertained the idea ... There was no discussion of moving the all-star game ... (Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images)“[A] few folks at a local ‘an African American buffet restaurant’ recently thanked him,” The NewCivil Rights Movement reported....
China and Israelrecently announced that mutual 10-year multiple-entry visas would be issued to their citizens in the future for travel related to business and tourism ... Even so, for some like 30-year-old Li Wenqi, the move is significant ... ....
Ludhiana...President of the Auto Parts Manufacturers' Association (APMA) GS Kahlon said, "Recently, PSPCL has allowed farmers to bifurcate their single motor power load into two. We appreciate the move as as it will help the farmers ... ....
A recent analysis found that a modern�five-day forecast is as accurate as�three-day forecast was in 1995. In the last three decades, thanks largely to numerical weather prediction, the useful window of forecasting has moved out from about 7 days to 10 days ... Comments ....
While economic interest is undoubtedly a primary issue for this visit, Turnbull has also recently criticised China's assertiveness in the South China Sea, calling it 'counterproductive'. This is a bold move, and one that asserts Australia's commitment to a peaceful resolution of the disputes in the South China Sea, and to the enhancement of the role of international law in the region....
(Source. Los Angeles Dodgers). While that's not a move that signals confidence in a bullpen, it's one that worked out ... 'It's something I've said all along, that I have confidence in them ... Despite the recent results, Roberts indicated that he would still consider using Jansen in a multi-inning role if he thought the situation dictated it ... Worth noting ... 'I would assume in the next couple days we're going to get him back moving around ... (noodl....