News Headlines - 18 June 2018
▽At least 3 dead in Osaka quake - NHK WORLD
At least 2 elderly men and a little girl are dead in Osaka from a magnitude 6.1 earthquake... The strong earthquake struck before 8 am in northern Osaka. It's categorized as a six-minus on a scale of zero to seven on Japan's seismic intensity scale.
▽N.J. shooting: 1 dead, several wounded at cultural event
A dispute between rival gang members was the probable cause behind a shooting that erupted in the early morning hours of a popular all-night arts festival in Trenton, killing one, injuring 22, and leaving New Jersey's capital in a state of shock on Father's Day.
▽FARC peace deal at risk as conservative Duque wins Colombia presidency
Conservative Ivan Duque won Colombia's presidential election on Sunday, June 17, after a campaign that turned into a referendum on a landmark 2016 peace deal with FARC rebels that he pledged to overhaul.
Duque, 41, polled 54% to his leftist rival Gustavo Petro's 42% with almost all the votes counted, electoral authority figures showed.
▽Loch Ness Monster: Scientists hunt for Nessie DNA in Scottish loch | Express.co.uk
Myths and legends of giant monsters lurking in the murky water of Loch Ness date back more than 15 centuries.
But an academic from the University of Otago in New Zealand is ready to figure our whether there is any grain of truth to the legend of the Loch Ness Monster.
Dr Neil Gemmell plans to collect and scan 300 DNA samples from the Scottish loch to prove or disprove Nessie’s existence.
At approximately 11.30 am Sunday, seismic sensors in Mexico City detected a small earthquake. But it was triggered in an "artificial manner," according to the group monitoring the gauges... Moments before, the Mexican national football team had scored a goal against powerhouse Germany in their group-stage match in the World Cup in Moscow.
