Day: 30 October 2018

Venice Goes Under Water | Severe Weather Kills 11 in Italy

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Venice Goes Under Water

Venice Goes Under Water | Severe Weather Kills 11 in Italy Fierce thunderstorms, small whirlwinds that blew roofs off homes, and winds comparable to a Category 3 hurricane lashed Italy from Piedmont to Sicily early this week, leaving at least eleven people dead, many injured, and firefighters and other rescue workforces scrambling to respond to emergency calls. In Venice, violent winds drove the high tide to more than one meter, or 156 centimetres, above average sea level on Monday, one of the uppermost levels ever recorded, plunging much of the…

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Donald Trump Snubs Narendra Modi | Why Was The Republic Day Invitation Declined?

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Donald Trump Snubs Modi

Donald Trump Snubs Narendra Modi | Why Was The Republic Day Invitation Declined? The president of the USA Donald Trump has apparently turned down Narendra Modi government’s invite to be the chief guest at India’s 70th Republic Day spectacle to be held in Delhi. White House press secretary Sarah Sanders in a media briefing about a month after receiving the invitation had conveyed that decision had not yet been taken about accepting it. Several reports now claim that US has informed India’s National Security Advisor Ajit Doval in writing that…

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Powerful Earthquake Hits New Zealand During Royal Tour

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Powerful Earthquake Hits New Zealand During Royal Tour

Powerful Earthquake Hits New Zealand During Royal Tour A magnitude 6.1 earthquake, categorized as “STONG”, has rocked New Zealand.  The royal couple Prince Harry and Meghan are on tour and were in midst of this. The impact of this 6.1 magnitude earthquake was felt widely across the North Island. As per Geoscience Australia, an unit of the government, the quake hit about 3.20pm New Zealand time. The epicentre was pinpointed to about midway between Wellington and Auckland. GeoNet defined the 207km-deep tremor as “strong” and said it was epi-centred 25…

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