News Headlines - 09 November 2019
▽Emperor Naruhito 'deeply appreciates' celebration of enthronement - The Mainichi
The festival was held at the Imperial Palace Plaza in Tokyo in the afternoon, beginning with a procession of around 30 "mikoshi" portable shrines accompanied by musical performers and dancers.
▽Ireland to impose 'latte levy' by 2021 to cut plastic waste - Reuters
Ireland will impose a so-called latte levy on disposable coffee cups by 2021 in a bid to change consumer habits and cut the environmental impact from the use of single-use plastics, its minister for climate action said on Wednesday... The government hopes the proposed levy of up to 0.25 euros per cup will encourage coffee drinkers to instead carry around reusable “Keep Cups” that already allow customers to claim a discount in some coffee shops.
▽U.K. Police Confirm Identities Of All 39 Vietnamese Nationals Found Dead In Truck : NPR
Thirty-nine people found dead inside a truck container in southeastern England have been formally identified as Vietnamese nationals, according to Essex police. The victims - 31 men and eight women - were illegally smuggled into the United Kingdom in October as part of an alleged human trafficking ring.
A BRIT who was eaten by a shark has been pictured for the first time after his wife forced to identify him by his arm and wedding ring found inside the predator.
The 44 year old man, Richard Martyn Turner, was snorkelling on the Island of Reunion by himself when he vanished in an area where four sharks were later caught.
He was reported missing by his wife Verity on Sunday and the grizzly remains of the hand were found inside the stomach of a 9ft tiger shark after they were brought ashore.
▽Beatles album cover photographer Robert Freeman dead at 82 | Fox News
Photographer Robert Freeman, who helped define the image of The Beatles with some of the band's best-known album covers, has died aged 82... Born in 1936, Freeman began his career as a photojournalist for London's Sunday Times and captured portraits of leading jazz musicians before working with The Beatles. He shot the black-and-white cover for the 1963 album "With The Beatles," picturing the Fab Four's faces in part-shadow. It became a defining image of the group and was used for the 1964 U.S. album "Meet The Beatles!"
