Latin American Herald Tribune: Death Toll from California Fires Jumps to 31 with over 100 Missing

November 12, 2018

PRN-Caribbean News Latin American Herald Tribune: Death Toll from California Fires Jumps to 31 with over 100 Missing Latin American Herald Tribune: Death Toll from California Fires Jumps to 25 Latin American Herald Tribune: Israel Boosts Security Measures in Gaza amid Rising Tensions Latin American Herald Tribune: UK’s Prince Charles Leads Ceremony for Remembrance Day in London Latin American Herald Tribune: TalCual: Hunger, Insanity in Venezuela Latin American Herald Tribune: Death Toll from California Fires Jumps to 31 with over 100 Missing PRN-Caribbean News from Michael_Novakhov (15 sites) Death Toll from California Fires Jumps to 31 with over 100 Missing SAN FRANCISCO – Rescue workers were searching for more than 100 people who were missing on Sunday due to devastating forest fires in California that have left at least 31 dead.According to information provided by the Butte County Fire Department, the so-called “Camp Fire,” which has killed at least 29 people and left three firefighters injured, has razed close to 45,000 hectares (111,197 acres), 6,450 homes and 260 commercial structures.The Butte County Sheriff’s Office said that the last six bodies were recovered from the town of Paradise.The Camp Fire, with 25 percent containment, has almost completely devastated the town, which was home to 26,000 residents.An air quality alert has been in place in San Francisco, approximately 280 kilometers (174 miles) away, since the fire broke out on Thursday.The Camp Fire is one of the deadliest in the history of the state.Foresic scientists have been deployed to the scene to try to identify the bodies recovered.Authorities were still investigating the cause of the fire.In addition to the Camp Fire, another major blaze was searing through southern California, where two people have died, according to local police.The “Woolsey Fire,” which was only 10 percent contained, has burned 33,600 hectares in an area that includes the celebrity enclaves of Malibu, Calabasas and Thousand Oaks.Approximately 250,000 people state-wide have been forced to flee their homes.US President Donald Trump has blamed California’s forestry authorities for the scale of the damages caused by the fires, and threatened to withhold federal aid.“There is no reason for these massive, deadly and costly forest fires in California except that forest mismanagement is so poor. Read More Latin American Herald Tribune: Death Toll from California Fires Jumps to 25 PRN-Caribbean News from Michael_Novakhov (15 sites) MALIBU/BUTTE COUNTY, Calif. – At least 25 people have died in wildfires in California, officials said on Saturday. The Camp Fire, which has been raging in the north of the state since early Thursday and has become the most destructive in state history, has killed at least 23 people, CalFire said in a status report issued Saturday evening. Read More Latin American Herald Tribune: Israel Boosts Security Measures in Gaza amid Rising Tensions PRN-Caribbean News from Michael_Novakhov (15 sites) Israel Boosts Security Measures in Gaza amid Rising Tensions JERUSALEM – The Israeli authorities on Monday tightened security measures around the Gaza Strip following clashes that have killed an army official and wounded another, according to the Israeli military.The Gaza Health Ministry said an exchange of fire erupted Sunday night when Israeli forces claimed they were carrying out a military operation near the southern Gaza city of Khan Younis, which resulted in the deaths of seven Palestinians aged between 19-37 and left seven others injured.“During IDF (Israeli Defense Forces) special forces’ operational activity in Gaza, an exchange of fire broke out, during which an IDF officer was killed and an additional IDF officer was moderately injured,” the Israeli army tweeted.The IDF added that, after the gunfire, 17 missiles were fired from Gaza at the Israeli territory, three of which were intercepted by the Iron Dome.The Israeli authorities, in response, shut down the Israeli railway line from Ashkelon to Sderot, as well as schools in the Israeli communities adjacent to Gaza.Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who was in Paris along with other world leaders to commemorate the centenary of the end of World War I, cut short his visit to return to Israel to assess the situation.Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman held an assessment meeting with intelligence and military police officials in Tel Aviv’s IDF headquarters early Monday. Read More Latin American Herald Tribune: UK’s Prince Charles Leads Ceremony for Remembrance Day in London PRN-Caribbean News from Michael_Novakhov (15 sites) UK’s Prince Charles Leads Ceremony for Remembrance Day in London LONDON – The heir to the British throne, Prince Charles, led on Sunday a somber ceremony in London honoring the fallen in World War I on the hundredth anniversary of the armistice that marked an end to the brutal conflict, an event attended by a German president for the first time ever.After a two-minute moment of silence as the Big Ben chimed at 11 am, the Prince of Wales laid a poppy wreath in place of his mother, Queen Elizabeth II – who watched on from a balcony – at the Cenotaph, a war memorial erected on Whitehall, a road housing most government buildings in the center of the United Kingdom’s capital.German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier also laid a wreath in the name of his country – a bitter enemy of the British Empire in WWI – followed by other members of the British royal family such as William, Duke of Cambridge, second in the line of succession to the throne.Prince Charles also offered a floral tribute in the name of his 97-year-old father, Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, who at the end of last year announced his retirement from public life.Other prominent figures such as Prime Minister Theresa May and the leader of the opposition Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, then did the same.Representatives from the armed forces and many Commonwealth countries also attended the solemn event.Every attendee wore a pin of a poppy on their lapel, as the flower is traditionally sported to pay homage to British veterans from all wars in the weeks leading up to Remembrance Day.The leading role played by Prince Charles is seen by observers as another step in the ongoing transition within the UK’s royal family due to the advanced age of the reigning monarch, who has reduced the number of her public appearances and trips abroad, instead delegating more and more on her eldest son and heir. Read More Latin American Herald Tribune: TalCual: Hunger, Insanity in Venezuela PRN-Caribbean News from Michael_Novakhov (15 sites) By TalCual It is accepted that there is a peacefully causal relationship between hunger and insanity. These would make up what Sartre used to call "concrete totality." If hunger makes up a pole of that totality and insanity another, what determines their dynamism is reciprocity. Read More

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