06 MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2018 world Lion cubs conceived artificially in world first in S. Africa Brits, South Africa Trami pounds Japan atching the two little Wlion cubs boisterous- ly play with each other at Trami is the latest a conservation centre out- • side of South Africa’s capi- in a string of extreme tal Pretoria, it’s hard to see natural events in Japan anything out of the ordinary. KNOW WHAT But these cubs are unique. The storm made “These are the first ever landfall• at Tanabe city lion cubs to be born by means of artificial insemi- nation -- the first such pair • 75 people have Trami, with maxi- anywhere in the world,” an- sustained minor injuries mum gusts of 216 nounced the University of kilometres (134 Pretoria, whose scientists AFP | Kagoshima, Japan miles) per hour, are researching the repro- ductive system of female was expected to African lions. powerful typhoon lashed pass over most of The two cubs, a male and Japan’s mainland yester- the archipelago, female, born on August 25 A day after injuring doz- weakening slightly are healthy and normal, said ens on outlying islands, bringing but causing extreme Andre Ganswindt, the di- transport grinding to a halt and weather rector of the University of triggering warnings of fierce Pretoria’s mammal research winds, torrential rain, landslides institute. and floods. His team’s breakthrough Typhoon Trami has already hits. The typhoon is not expect- came after 18 months of in- snarled travel in the world’s ed to hit the capital head-on but tensive trials. third-biggest economy, with strong winds and heavy rain are “We collected sperm from bullet train services suspend- A couple crosses the street in the city centre of Naha, Okinawa prefecture still feared from late Sunday. a healthy lion,” Ganswindt ed, more than 1,000 flights can- Some businesses were already told AFP. celled and Tokyo’s evening train putting up shutters and hunker- Then when the lioness’ services scrapped. ly cuts from shattered glass -- broadcaster NHK, and officials “From around 2pm, we saw ing down. hormone levels were found The storm made landfall at and one woman was reported urged people across the country incredible winds and rain. I Trami is the latest in a string of to be viable, she was insem- Tanabe city, south of the western missing in the Miyazaki region, to stay indoors. stepped outside the city hall in extreme natural events in Japan, inated artificially. city of Osaka, around 8pm (1100 which was drenched by record Nearly 500,000 households the afternoon, and the rain was which has suffered typhoons, “And luckily it was suc- GMT), according to Japan’s Me- rainfall and suffered localised in the western region of Kyushu swirling in very strong wind. flooding, earthquakes and heat- cessful,” said Ganswindt, teorological Agency. flooding. and Okinawa have lost power, Enormous wind.” waves in recent months, claim- adding that “there were Trami, with maximum gusts According to local media, the local utilities said. “It was difficult to stay stand- ing scores of lives and causing several attempts, but sur- of 216 kilometres (134 miles) woman in her 60s was swept ing. It was very scary,” Ueno extensive damage. prisingly it didn’t take too per hour, was expected to pass away by gusts in a gutter while ‘Enormous wind’ said. As the typhoon barrelled Classed as a “strong” typhoon, much effort”. over most of the archipelago, working with her husband in Violent gusts and heavy rain east, rail authorities took the Trami pounded Kagoshima on He said the breakthrough weakening slightly but causing their ricefield. made it impossible to venture highly unusual step of cancel- the western tip of Japan early could be repeated, with extreme weather into Monday, Nationwide, authorities have outside, said Yuji Ueno, an of- ling evening train services in Sunday, causing minor injuries scientists hoping the tech- forecasters said. issued non-compulsory evac- ficial in the town of Shirahama Tokyo, one of the world’s busiest -- such as cuts from broken win- nique can be used to save In total, 75 people have sus- uation advisories to 1.5 million in Wakayama prefecture near networks, urging passengers to dows and people knocked over other endangered big cats. tained minor injuries -- main- residents, according to public Tanabe city. shelter indoors when the storm by gusts. Merkel warns Trump against ‘destroying’ UN 5 dead as migrant boat Frankfurt am Main, Germany -- added that she believed mul- capsizes off Turkey tilateralism was the solution to erman Chancellor Angela many of the world’s problems. Ankara, Turkey coastguard continued search GMerkel yesterday warned Trump failed to see the pos- and rescue efforts, the agency US President Donald Trump sibility for win-win solutions, ive people died after a boat added. against “destroying” the Unit- she said, instead seeing only one Fcarrying illegal migrants The cause of the incident ed Nations. winner from any international capsized off Turkey’s north- was not yet known but a Med- “I believe that destroying negotiation. western coast on Sunday, state iterranean storm is battering something without having de- In his second appearance media reported. Greece and brought heavy rain veloped something new is ex- before the UN’s annual gather- The Turkish coastguard and wind to Turkey’s Aegean tremely dangerous,” Merkel said ing last week, Trump told the found the bodies after the rub- cities. at a regional election campaign General Assembly that he and ber vessel sank off the Enez The agency did not give de- event in Bavaria. his administration “reject the district in Edirne province, tails of the migrants’ nationali- The veteran leader -- a close ideology of globalism, and we Anadolu news agency said. ties however Turkey hosts over ally of Trump’s bugbear Barack embrace the doctrine of patri- Fearing the numbers on three million Syrian refugees Obama while he was president German Chancellor Angela Merkel otism”. board could be higher, the and up to 300,000 Iraqis. Topless, singing Serena sparks internet breast cancer stir Sydney, Australia Touch Myself’ to remind women celebrated diva, Chrissy Am- mented: “This is power - to self-check regularly,” wrote phlett, who passed away from ful!! I’m a Breast cancer ennis superstar Serena Wil- Williams on the post. breast cancer, and who gave us survivor!!” Tliams caused an internet “Yes, this put me out of my her hit song to remind wom - The video appeared less sensation yesterday by posing comfort zone, but I wanted to en to put their health first,” than three weeks after her topless for a video while singing do it because it’s an issue that said the 23-time Grand Slam tempestuous US Open final “I Touch Myself” to raise aware- affects all women of all colors, champion. defeat to Naomi Osaka, where ness for breast cancer. all around the world. Early de- The video was viewed more Williams smashed a racquet In the Instagram video, Wil- tection is key -- it saves so many than 1.3 million times in the first and accused an umpire of liams covers her breasts with lives.” 10 hours after it was posted early sexism. her hands while singing a ver- The song was co-written by Sunday with fans lauding the Williams, who celebrated her sion of Australian band The Divinyls Australian vocalist tennis superstar for her bravery 37th birthday four days ago, Divinyls’ 1991 hit in support Chrissy Amphlett who died of in performing the song. pulled out of this week’s China of Breast Cancer Network breast cancer five years ago aged “Amazing Serena, important Open in Beijing to bring a pre- Australia. 53. message and such a beautiful mature end to her 2018 season, “This Breast Cancer Aware- “The music video is part of voice!” wrote one under the us- her first back on tour since giv- ness Month I’ve recorded a ver- the I Touch Myself Project ername deedpaula. ing birth to a daughter a year sion of The Divinyls global hit ‘I which was created in honor of Serena Williams. 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