Indonesia tsunami: Death toll rises to nearly 1,350
The number of people known to have died in Friday's earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia has risen to 1,347, disaster response officials say.
The death toll jumped on Tuesday from a previously confirmed figure of 844.
The 7.5-magnitude quake struck just off the central island of Sulawesi, setting off a tsunami that engulfed the coastal city of Palu.
Aid supplies are beginning to arrive in the city, where survivors have no access to running water or electricity.
As tensions and need run high, police have begun guarding shops against looters.
Thailand bay made famous by The Beach closed indefinitely
Visitors flocked to Maya Bay on Ko Phi Phi Leh island after it was in Leonardo DiCaprio film
One of the world’s most popular beaches, made famous by the 2000 film The Beach, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, is to be closed indefinitely to allow it to recover from the damage caused by millions of tourists.
The golden sands and crystal blue water of Maya Bay, ringed by cliffs on Ko Phi Phi Leh island, has become one of Thailand’s most-visited tourist destinations since it shot to fame as the movie’s location.
The small beach has sustained extensive environmental damage in recent years, receiving up to 5,000 tourists and 200 boats a day.Climate-induced sea-level rise to worsen tsunami impacts
In the wake of the latest tsunami to hit the Indonesian coast, research shows how even slight sea-level rises linked to climate change could significantly increase the devastating effects of tidal waves.
Following the extreme, earthquake-triggered tsunamis unleashed in the Indian Ocean in 2004 and Japan in 2011, a spate of disaster films like The Impossible have depicted doomsday tidal wave scenarios.
Such fear of "big water," in US President Donald Trump's parlance, was revived this week in the wake of the tsunami that has so far killed around 1,350 people in Indonesia.
Yet just weeks before this latest disaster, a group of scientists predicted that tsunami impacts will indeed worsen due to sea-level rises related to climate change.
Helicopter jailbreak gangster Redoine Faïd arrested in France after months on the run
French career criminal Redoine Faïd, who made a Hollywood-esque helicopter jailbreak in July, was arrested in the Oise region north of Paris early Wednesday, according to French officials.
A seasoned armed robber, nicknamed the "jailbreak king", Faïd was apprehended in the northern French town of Creil along with three other men including his brother, according to police sources.
The arrest followed a massive manhunt, which was launched after Faïd's daring helicopter escapefrom France’s Réau prison on July 1.
Faïd's arrest was confirmed by Gérard Collomb, France’s outgoing interior minister, whose resignation was accepted by President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday.
When pads are a luxury, getting your period means missing out on life
Every month when payday came around, Suzana Frederick purchased a packet of sanitary pads. It was the first thing she bought. And when her period started, she knew she was ready for it.
The 19-year-old single mother from Arusha, Tanzania, was making 30,000 shillings ($13) a month as a housekeeper and would spend between 1,500 and 3,000 shillings ($0.70 to $1.30) on pads -- a staggering 5% to 10% of her salary.
For an American woman making a typical wage, that would be the equivalent of between $169 and $338 for just one pack of sanitary pads.
South Africa radio host sacked for 'monkey' jibe at politician
Popular radio jockey, Sasha Martinengo, fired after he called opposition leader Julius Malema "a monkey" on a live show.
A white South African radio presenter has been dismissed from his job after he called a senior opposition leader "a monkey" on a live show.
"People still listen to this monkey," Sasha Martinengo, host with a Johannesburg-based radio station, said on Tuesday during his popular breakfast show.
He was referring to the opposition Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF) party leader, Julius Malema.
Some witnesses say they called FBI in vain as end of Kavanaugh probe looms
Reuters
Several people with information related to allegations of sexual misconduct against U.S. Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh say they have tried in vain to speak with the FBI, which is expected to wrap up its investigation this week.
Under pressure, U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the FBI investigation following a dramatic Senate hearing last week in which university professor Christine Blasey Ford detailed a sexual assault she says was carried out by Kavanaugh and his friend, Mark Judge, at a high school party in 1982.
However, the White House gave the FBI a deadline of Friday to provide the results of a week-long inquiry into the allegations - all of which Kavanaugh has vehemently denied.
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