Friday, October 6, 2017

IN the NEWS - Eery Headlines for the week once again

Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth:
Luke 21:26

From CNN....Las Vegas attack is the deadliest mass shooting in modern US history
"A gunman, identified as 64-year-old Stephen Paddock, fires from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay
Bay Resort and Casino on a crowd of 30,000 gathered on the Las Vegas Strip for the Route 91 Harvest Music Festival. At least 58 people were killed and more than 515 injured. Police believe the gunman killed himself." CNN


From Express...NASA has confirmed it is monitoring the approach of a large celestial object, that a top scientist warned is "coming in D*** CLOSE."
"On October 12 New Yorkers will be closer to the object 2012 TC4
than to Tokyo.
Nasa earth defence specialists are keenly monitoring the close approach of the asteroid, with fears it could pass as near as just 4,200 miles away.
It was feared the asteroid could strike satellites orbiting Earth, but scientists now believe it will be 5,000 miles out from our planet.
It is believed to be bigger than the Chelyabinsk meteor which exploded above Russia, damaging thousands of buildings and injuring 1,500 people in 2013.
Nasa is convinced it will not impact, but say it will skim earth at a distance of about 27,300 miles.
At one stage it was feared it could come as close as just over 4,000 miles." Express

From CBS...Hurricane Nate? Tropical depression could be next named storm to reach U.S.
"A new tropical depression that could eventually reach the U.S. as a
hurricane was developing off of Central America on Wednesday while another system formed off the southern Pacific coast of Mexico.
The tropical depression formed off the Atlantic coast of Central America and the U.S. National Hurricane Center said it was likely to bring heavy rains to that region before a possibly striking the U.S. with hurricane-force strength over the weekend.
If the depression becomes the next Atlantic tropical storm, its name would be Nate." CBS

From U.S. News & World Report...CIA Official Predicts North Korean Provocation on Columbus Day
"A top CIA official for the Korean Peninsula warned Wednesday that the U.S. should be ready for a
new provocation by North Korea on Columbus Day on Oct. 9, which coincides with the anniversary of the founding of the political party that governs in Pyongyang.
Oct. 10 marks the anniversary of the founding of the Workers' Party of Korea in 1945.
Lee added that Pyongyang historically has been controlled by its fear of the Chinese abandoning its support for the Hermit Kingdom, or that the U.S. would carry out a military strike. Kim Jong Un no longer has those fears, Lee said." U.S. News & World Report

From FOX...Tropical Storm Ramon forms off Mexico's Pacific coast
"A new tropical storm has formed off the southern Pacific coast of Mexico.

The U.S. National Hurricane Center says Tropical Storm Ramon is expected to move parallel to the coast over the next day or so, bringing heavy rain to the region,..." FOX



From the Telegraph....Catalonia 'civil war' warning as independence declaration fears grow
"Spain’s constitutional court has suspended a Catalan parliament session planned for Monday in an
attempt to block an expected declaration of independence by the Catalan president, Carles Puigdemont.
Speaking ahead of Thursday’s court decision, the Spanish prime minister, Mariano Rajoy, warned that the situation could escalate further if the Catalan government carried on the path of a unilateral declaration.
More than 900 people were injured on Sunday after Spanish police attempted to halt the independence referendum by raiding polling stations, beating voters and firing rubber bullets at crowds." Guardian