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Wind, rain buffeting northern Gulf Coast
Tropical Storm Cindy is churning slowly toward the US Gulf Coast, where millions of residents are expecting heavy rain and potential flash flooding. Cindy is expected to move across western and northern Louisiana and into southeastern Arkansas between Thursday night and Friday morning, according to the National Weather Service . [Full Article...]
Tropical Storm Cindy could bring rains, flooding to NC
Tropical storm warnings remain in effect all the way to Galveston, Texas. "Cindy is expected to produce rain accumulations of 3 to 6 inches with isolated maximum amounts up to 12 inches over eastern Texas, western and central Louisiana and southern and eastern Arkansas through Friday morning", the National Hurricane Center said. [Full Article...]
Apple is looking to lower music labels' revenue cut for Apple Music
The report explains that Apple's current deal with major labels is up at the end of June and both parties are now in the process of renegotiating. However, now that Apple Music has been live for two years, and hasn't been as harmful to iTunes as expected, record labels are now warming up to the idea, albeit with reservations, the report adds. [Full Article...]
ISIS militants destroy 12th century al-Nuri mosque in Iraq's Mosul
The Iraqi army video, which appears to have been taken from a plane or a drone, shows a series of explosions bringing down all the walls and the famous "al-Hadba" or "hunchback" minaret, so called because of its dramatic lean. According to them, airstrikes by the US warplanes were the cause. Gen. Joseph Martin, the commander of coalition ground forces in Iraq, said in a written statement. [Full Article...]
Nasa's Curiosity rover spotted trundling up Mount Sharp by Mars Oribiter
HiRISE obtains images of Curiosity a few times each year. The rover was at the mid-point between these two destinations, heading from one to the other to investigate a region where hematite was spotted during a Mars orbit. On August 5, Curiosity will celebrate the five-year anniversary of its landing on Mount Sharp. The lower Mount Sharp region was chosen for the Curiosity mission because the mo... [Full Article...]
Trump Says China Failed to Help US With North Korea Problems
He was then sentenced to 15 years of hard labour. The Warmbier family confirmed on Monday that he had died. The North Koreans released Warmbier last week after 17 months of captivity. "I spoke with his family. He should have been brought home a long time ago". President Donald Trump has been counting on China to use its economic leverage over Kim Jong Un's totalitarian government. [Full Article...]
Tillerson and Mattis to hold joint news conference after talks with China
Foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said China was not the "focus and the crux" of the issue on the Korean peninsula and it has stepped up efforts to promote peace talks. Doctors at the Cincinnati Medical Center, where Mr Warmbier was treated following his return to the U.S. on 13 June, determined he suffered from "unresponsive wakefulness", also known as persistent vegetative state, due to... [Full Article...]
Obama: We never stopped trying to get Otto Warmbier home
Wambier's parents cited "awful, torturous mistreatment" by North Korea . They previously said Moon's words were only his personal views. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said on Monday that the USA holds North Korea accountable for Warmbier's "unjust imprisonment" and demanded the release of three other US captives. [Full Article...]