Twenty workers have been killed in a mining accident in China's Inner Mongolia.State media CCTV said 30 others were injured as they were transported underground at a mine owned by the West Ujimqin Banner Yinman Mining Co and they are now being treated in hospital.The news outlet provided few details and did not report on the cause of the accident.A Xinhua news agency report said that a brake fault was to blame.The mine primarily extracts tin, zinc, lead and copper according to its company profile. … [Read more...] about Twenty killed in China mining accident
NKorea’s Kim sets off for Vietnam
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has set off by train for Vietnam for his second summit with US President Donald Trump next week, Russia's TASS news agency has reported.The report came hours after Vietnam announced that Kim would make an official visit in "coming days", as the Southeast Asian country prepares to host the summit with Trump on Wednesday and Thursday.No details of the leaders' travel arrangements, or for the summit, have been officially released.A landmark first summit between Trump and Kim in Singapore last June produced a promise by Kim to work toward the complete denuclearisation of the divided Korean Peninsula. But progress has been scant.Kim left the North Korean capital of Pyongyang at around 5 pm (1900 AEDT) in an armoured train, TASS said, citing a North Korean diplomatic source.North Korea's state media has yet to confirm either Kim's trip to Vietnam or his summit with Trump.It could take Kim at least two-and-a-half days to travel the thousands of kilometres … [Read more...] about NKorea’s Kim sets off for Vietnam
Brexit on the brink of being delayed as Cabinet ministers split from May
London (CNN)Brexit could be on the brink of being postponed. Three senior UK ministers have issued a warning to Theresa May that Britain's departure from the European Union should be delayed if there is no breakthrough on her deal in the next few days. Writing in the UK's Daily Mail newspaper, cabinet members Amber Rudd, David Gauke and Greg Clark signaled they would support a vote in Parliament to have the Article 50 process extended in order to prevent Britain leaving the EU without a deal. "If there is no breakthrough in the coming week, the balance of opinion in Parliament is clear -- that it would be better to seek to extend Article 50 and delay our date of departure rather than crash out of the European Union on March 29," the trio wrote in the article published Saturday. They added that if a parliamentary compromise is not found soon, there won't be enough time to agree a deal and pass legislation before March 29, the date when Britain is set to exit the bloc. Read More … [Read more...] about Brexit on the brink of being delayed as Cabinet ministers split from May
Care home staff left patient, 80, slumped over desk to ‘choke on her own saliva’
CARE home staff left an 80-year-old patient slumped over the desk and choking on her own saliva. Esther Brown’s son James found his mum “gasping for breath” and being choked by her own spit at the Altercare Noble Pond facility in Canton, Ohio. Brown visited his mum earlier that day and everything was normal, but when he returned later the same day he was told the women had been moved to a private room. He discovered her slumped over the office desk with a pillow to support her head after finding her with the family’s pastor Julia Wiggins. Brown told WOIO how he found his mother on February 15. He said: “In the pillow. Her head was in the pillow face down and there was a cover over her head and over her shoulders. “I walked over there, looked around and said, ‘What’s that?’ And I said, ‘That’s my mama.”’ Wiggins shared two photos on Facebook urging families to check on their loved ones in surprise visits to … [Read more...] about Care home staff left patient, 80, slumped over desk to ‘choke on her own saliva’
Builder who scooped £76million on Lotto shuns mansions for modest £700k house a short walk from his old pad
A BUILDER who scooped £76MILLION on EuroMillions has shunned a mansion to buy a £700k house just a short walk from his old pad. Andrew Clark, 51, snapped up a detached home worth just one per cent of his mega fortune. The grandad-of-three and wife Trisha, also 51, wanted to be close to pals so decided to stay in Boston, Lincs – rather than splash their cash on a manor elsewhere, reports the Mirror. A far cry from a stately home the four-bedroom property is by no means a two-up two-down.NEW MANOR It comes complete with indoor pool, a gym, triple garage and sits on two acres of grounds. Andrew and Trish also bought two cars with their winnings. But Frugal Andrew doesn’t have plans to kick back and flash his cash just yet - in fact he plans to honour all of the jobs he booked before his win. He won £76,369,806 when his numbers came in on November 2 last year but only found out about his new found fortune when he checked his ticket six weeks later. TRAGIC LOSS … [Read more...] about Builder who scooped £76million on Lotto shuns mansions for modest £700k house a short walk from his old pad