- NASA Satellite Reveals Just How Fast Mexico City Is Sinking ScienceAlert
- US-Indian Spacecraft Captures Mexico City Subsidence NASA Science (.gov)
- Mexico City Is Sinking So Fast It Can Now Be Watched In Real-Time From Space IFLScience
- Mexico City has been sinking for over a century. A new NASA satellite is now watching it happen in real time ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
- Mexico City Sinking Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Louisiana Republicans eliminate elected office won by Democratic exoneree
Future of Calvin Duncan’s position as the clerk of New Orleans’ criminal district courthouse remains unclear
Louisiana Republicans eliminated an elected position days before a Democratic exoneree who overwhelmingly won the New Orleans-based post was set to take office on Monday.
A temporary restraining order did allow the exoneree, Calvin Duncan, to take office as scheduled on Monday morning as the clerk of New Orleans’ criminal district courthouse. But things soon turned administratively messy for Duncan when that order was frozen by the US fifth circuit court of appeals.
Continue reading...Berlin faces missile gap after Trump’s troop cuts – politico.eu
- Berlin faces missile gap after Trump’s troop cuts politico.eu
- Trump's Germany troop cuts show limits of NATO efforts to keep US on board Reuters
- German defense minister laments long-range strike ‘gap’ caused by planned US drawdown Defense News
- The loss of 5,000 US troops in Germany is just the tip of the challenge facing Europe CNN
- Trump Is Pulling Troops From Germany. The Missiles Are a Bigger Problem. Council on Foreign Relations
Modi’s B.J.P. Wins West Bengal State Election for the First Time – The New York Times
- Modi’s B.J.P. Wins West Bengal State Election for the First Time The New York Times
- 'Opportunity To Fix Economic Gap': Sanjeev Sanyal On BJP's Bengal Win NDTV
- What Modi’s big win in Indian state elections could mean for its democracy Al Jazeera
- Narendra Modi has extended his grip on India The Economist
- Lotus blooms in West Bengal: 10 moves that helped BJP breach Mamata Banerjee’s fortress | India News The Times of India
Two Dead After Small Plane Crashes Into Residential Building in Brazil – Yahoo
- Two Dead After Small Plane Crashes Into Residential Building in Brazil Yahoo
- 3 People Dead, 2 Others Injured After Plane Crashed into Residential Building Within Minutes of Takeoff People.com
- Three killed after small plane crashes into building in southeastern Brazil Reuters
- Fiery plane crash in Brazil kills 2, including mayor’s son Yahoo
- Horror as plane crashes into building News.com.au
Two killed and several hurt after car ploughs into crowds in German city of Leipzig
A suspect has been apprehended, but detectives say little is known about their motivation at this stage
At least two people have been killed and several injured after a driver in an SUV ploughed into a crowd in the centre of Leipzig in eastern Germany, the city’s mayor has said.
“The police have apprehended the suspected assailant,” Burkhard Jung said on Monday, adding that the authorities had the scene in a pedestrian zone under control. “We still don’t really know the motivation. We don’t know anything about the perpetrator.”
Continue reading...Gabriel Batista Missing In Flood — Found Inside Crocodile With 6 Pairs Of Shoes – Dallas Express
- Gabriel Batista Missing In Flood — Found Inside Crocodile With 6 Pairs Of Shoes Dallas Express
- Missing hotel owner found inside crocodile The Telegraph
- South African police officer lowered into crocodile-infested river to recover human remains BBC
- Diver lowered into crocodile-infested river to recover human remains The Times
- Croc victim’s remains recovered after 15-foot animal is caught and airlifted from river New York Post
Narendra Modi’s BJP wins election in West Bengal for the first time
Result in key Indian state is set to have significant implications for the country’s political landscape
Narendra Modi’s party has won a resounding election victory in West Bengal, a state which had been a rare opposition stronghold, expanding his unrivalled consolidation of power across the country.
It is the first time that the Indian prime minister’s Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) has won assembly elections in West Bengal, a large and politically significant state in eastern India.
Continue reading...Israeli attacks kill dozens within days in Lebanon despite ceasefire – BBC
- Israeli attacks kill dozens within days in Lebanon despite ceasefire BBC
- How Israel Is Using the Same Tactics in Lebanon That It Did in Gaza The New York Times
- IDF raids Hezbollah rocket launching site in Lebanon, captures weapons cache The Times of Israel
- Israeli airstrikes kill 7 in southern Lebanon as a Catholic convent is bulldozed AP News
- Israel issues new forced displacement orders in southern Lebanon Al Jazeera
British crew member in need of urgent medical care amid suspected hantavirus outbreak on cruise ship
WHO says seven confirmed or suspected cases of hantavirus on MV Hondius, including three passengers who died
A British crew member was in need of urgent medical care and a passenger from the UK remained in a critical but stable condition following a suspected outbreak of hantavirus on a luxury cruise ship in the Atlantic Ocean.
Three people have died and medics on Monday were scrambling to evacuate two others from the MV Hondius, which set off in March from southern Argentina carrying 149 people from 23 countries. The crisis emerged late on Sunday after the World Health Organization (WHO) said it was investigating a suspected outbreak.
Continue reading...Britney Spears pleads guilty to reckless driving after arrest
The 44-year-old will avoid jail time after her arrest in California earlier this year.
Britney Spears pleads guilty to reckless driving after arrest
The 44-year-old will avoid jail time after her arrest in California earlier this year.
5.7-magnitude earthquake strikes Mexican state of Oaxaca, US Geological Survey says – ABC7 Los Angeles
- 5.7-magnitude earthquake strikes Mexican state of Oaxaca, US Geological Survey says ABC7 Los Angeles
- Earthquake hits southern Mexico, no victims reported Reuters
- Map: 5.7-Magnitude Earthquake Shakes Mexico The New York Times
- Earthquake alarm goes off in Mexico City TradingView
- Southern Mexico rattled by 5.6-magnitude earthquake NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth
D.H.S. Intelligence Office Did Not Properly Secure Smartphones, Watchdog Says – The New York Times
- D.H.S. Intelligence Office Did Not Properly Secure Smartphones, Watchdog Says The New York Times
- Trump Administration Live Updates: DHS Failed to Secure Phones, Inspector General Finds The New York Times
- DHS Staff Risked Cyberattacks with Government Smartphones, Internal Watchdog Found NOTUS — News of the United States
- Report says DHS intelligence office failed to secure smartphones upi.com
- DHS Intelligence Office Did Not Properly Secure Smartphones, Watchdog Says GV Wire
Three Russian diplomats expelled from Austria over spying accusations
They gathered information using a "forest of antennas" installed on top of diplomatic buildings, the foreign minister says.
Three Russian diplomats expelled from Austria over spying accusations
They gathered information using a "forest of antennas" installed on top of diplomatic buildings, the foreign minister says.
‘Project Freedom’: a grand humanitarian gesture, or a fast track to more war?
After banging his battle drum, Trump is back in Nobel peace prize mode. But the move has dramatically raised the stakes
“Project Freedom” has all the trappings of a classic episode of the Trump Show, the reality series that the rest of the world does not just have to watch, but live through and survive. It has a dramatic plot twist, it is bathed in a self-projected beatific light, and the trailer looked far more promising that the reality.
Trump spent a long weekend in Florida banging the war drum. Iran had not “paid a big enough price” for its past misdeeds, he wrote in an online post before spending Friday afternoon revving up a cheering crowd at America’s largest retirement community.
Continue reading...We Asked 6 Travel Pros the Best Spot for a 1-week International Trip—and They All Picked the Same Place – Travel + Leisure
The ‘Gates to Hell’ Are Dimming. That May Not Be a Good Thing. – The New York Times
- The ‘Gates to Hell’ Are Dimming. That May Not Be a Good Thing. The New York Times
- 'Gates to Hell' Not Looking So Fearsome Newser