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Vietnam flash floods: 54 killed; 39 still missing as tropical storm triggers landslides Hanoi : Floods and landslides have killed at least 54 people in  Vietnam and left another 39 missing since a tropical depression hit  the country earlier this week, officials said  on Friday. The heavy rain in the central and northern regions has disrupted travel in some areas, limiting the rescue attempts for the missing. The storm that hit central Vietnam on Tuesday also injured 31 people and submerged more than 30,000 houses, damaged infrastructure, crops and livestock, the Vietnam Disaster Management Authority said in a statement. Disaster official Nguyen Thi Lien from northern Yen Bai province, where six people have died from the floods, said 580 soldiers and police and more than 2,000 residents have been mobilised to search for another 16 still missing in the province. "Transportation to and from southern District of Tram Tau was cut off by landslides and

California wildfires: Death toll hits 31, most in a week in state history The death toll in wildfires in northern California has hit 31. This, officials say, is the deadliest week of wildfires in state history Northern California's wildfires have now killed 31 people, making this the deadliest week of wildfires in state history. BREAKING: As death toll hits 31 from California wildfires, fire official says it is deadliest week of wildfires in state history. - The Associated Press (@AP)  October 13, 2017 Sonoma County Sheriff Robert Giordano, on Thursday night, said that two more people have been confirmed dead there. That raises the statewide death total from 29 to 31. The Oakland Hills fire of 1991 killed 29 people by itself. While no one fire currently burning has killed that many, collectively this is the deadliest series of simultaneous fires in the state since records have been kept.The blazes, most of them in wine country, broke out almost all at once

Preet Bharara joins Bob Corker in mocking Trump for threatening news networks Bharara was appointed by Barack Obama as US Attorney for Manhattan where he served for many years before being fired by Trump this March. Preet Bharara, former US Attorney and a known  critic of US President Donald Trump , mocked him for trying to threaten news networks. Bharara was appointed by Barack Obama as US Attorney for Manhattan where he served for many years before being  fired by Trump this March , a fact that Bharara has mentioned in his Twitter bio. While replying to a tweet where Trump indicated he might challenge broadcast license of media houses, Bharara quipped, "Adult day care shift alert, please report for duty", in an apparent reference to Republican Senator Bob Corker, a supporter-turned-critic of Trump, who has called the US president a political novice whose outbursts have become so routine that the White House has become an adult day care centre. Bob Corker head

Irked by report, Donald Trump asks: When is it appropriate to challenge news networks' licenses? Trump was unhappy with a report that said he told the US' "highest-ranking national security leaders" that he wanted "what amounted to a nearly tenfold increase" in America's nuclear arsenal. US President Donald Trump  asked when it would be "appropriate" to challenge the licenses of American media outlets like the network NBC, which he accused of carrying a fake story about him. Quoting three sources,  the NBC report in question  said Trump told the US' "highest-ranking national security leaders" that he wanted "what amounted to a nearly tenfold increase" in America's nuclear arsenal. It also said Trump's Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, was heard calling his boss a "moron" after the meeting. On Wednesday, Trump complained in a tweet that the report was "pure fiction, meant to demean

US flies bombers over Korea as Trump discusses options SEOUL/WASHINGTON: The US military flew two strategic bombers over the Korean peninsula in a show of force late on Tuesday, as President Donald Trump met top defence officials to discuss how to respond to any threat from North Korea. Tensions have soared between the United States and North Korea following a series of weapons tests by  Pyongyang and a string of increasingly bellicose exchanges between Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. North Korea has launched two missiles over Japan and conducted its sixth nuclear test in recent weeks as it fast advances towards its goal of developing a nuclear-tipped missile capable of hitting the US mainland. The two US Air Force B-1B bombers were joined by two  F-15K fighters  from the South Korean military after leaving their base in Guam, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement on Wednesday. After entering South Korean airspace, the two bombers carried out

IMF says world economy to grow at 3.6% in 2017, 3.7% in 2018 over better recovery The International Monetary Fund said the global growth forecast for 2017 and 2018 is -- 3.6 per cent and 3.7 per cent, respectively. The IMF today said the global economic recovery is continuing at a faster pace as it upgraded its growth projection to 3.6 per cent for this year, citing an upswing in countries like China, Japan, Russia, and some emerging economies in Europe. Releasing its latest World Economic Outlook (WEO), the International Monetary Fund said the global growth forecast for 2017 and 2018 -- 3.6 per cent and 3.7 per cent, respectively -- is 0.1 percentage point higher in both years than in the April and July forecasts. Notable pickups in investment, trade, and industrial production, coupled with strengthening business and consumer confidence, are supporting the recovery. With growth outcomes in the first half of 2017 generally stronger than expected, upward revisions t