Saturday, October 21st, 2017
Powerful typhoon drenches Japan, soaks voters as they trudge to polls
TOKYO (Reuters) – Tens of thousands across Japan were advised to evacuate, hundreds of flights were canceled and rail services disrupted as heavy rain and wind lashed a wide swathe of Japan on Sunday, a national election day, as a powerful typhoon neared. A girl stands next to her father filling out his ballot for a national election at a polling station in Tokyo, Japan October 22, 2017. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon Typhoon Lan, classified as an intense Category 4 storm by the Tropical Storm Risk monitoring site, was south of Japan
Read MoreSBA opens disaster loan applications
The U.S. Small Business Administration says it plans to open a Disaster Loan Outreach Center in Grand Chute this weekend to help people applying for disaster relief from the Aug. 7 tornadoes. source #businessloans #smallbusinessloans #small #business #administration #sbaloans #smallbusinessgrants #smallbusinessfunding #loan for my #business
Couple says ‘I do’ at the Royal Victoria Hospital
CTV Montreal Published Saturday, October 21, 2017 7:47PM EDT Last Updated Saturday, October 21, 2017 9:39PM EDT Gerard Champagne never thought he’d live to see his wedding day. On Saturday, he proved himself wrong by tying the knot with his sweetheart in a hospital. The 58-year-old is a patient at the MUHC’s Glen site, where he is waiting for a heart transplant. It was only a few weeks ago that he underwent massive heart surgery after suffering from heart failure. Surgeons implanted a mechanism to keep his heart beating while
Read MoreHenkel may make U.S. acquisitions: CEO in newspaper
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – German consumer goods group Henkel (HNKG_p.DE) may further expand its business in the United States via acquisitions, Chief Executive Hans van Bylen told Welt am Sonntag in an interview. Hans Van Bylen, chief executive officer of German consumer goods group Henkel is seen next to the company’s logo at the annual general shareholders’ meeting in Duesseldorf, Germany, April 11, 2016. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay “If there are opportunities for acquisitions, we will take a look at whether they are a good fit in terms of strategy and price. In
Read MoreTrump video played at hurricane relief concert
(Reuters) – In a rare show of unity, U.S. President Donald Trump praised all five of his living predecessors on Saturday, thanking them in a video for their work helping to raise funds to aid victims of recent hurricanes. President Donald Trump in a video message as five former U.S. presidents, Jimmy Carter, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama attended a concert at Texas A&M University benefiting hurricane relief efforts in College Station, Texas, U.S., October 21, 2017. REUTERS/Richard Carson His video statement, which commends
Read MoreFormer presidents call for unity at hurricane aid concert – Sharing #ABC #News Feed
Interested in Hurricane Harvey? Add Hurricane Harvey as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Hurricane Harvey news, video, and analysis from ABC News. The five living former presidents put aside politics and appeared together for the first time since 2013 at a concert on Saturday to raise money for victims of devastating hurricanes in Texas, Florida, Louisiana, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Democrats Barack Obama, Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter and Republicans George H.W. and George W. Bush gathered in College Station, Texas, home
Read MoreJapan voters to deliver verdict on PM Abe’s nearly five-year rule
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese voters deliver their verdict on Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s nearly five years in power in an election on Sunday that will determine if he has the clout to push ahead with his cherished goal of revising the post-war, pacifist constitution. A girl casts her father’s ballot for a national election at a polling station in Tokyo, Japan October 22, 2017. EUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon Media forecasts show Abe’s gamble on the snap poll is likely to pay off, with his conservative Liberal Democratic Party-led coalition closing in on
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