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Tens of thousands of holiday makers fled seaside towns on Australia’s east coast on Thursday ahead of advancing bushfires, as military ships and helicopters began rescuing thousands more trapped by the blazes. Fueled by searing temperatures and high winds, more than 200 fires are burning across the southeastern states of New South Wales (NSW) and Victoria, threatening several towns. Long queues formed outside supermarkets and petrol stations as residents and tourists sought supplies to either bunker down or escape the fires, emptying shelves of staples like bread and milk. More than 50,000 people were without power and some towns had…

British factory output fell in December at the fastest rate since 2012 as a tepid global economy hurt demand and businesses further reduced stocks of goods they had built up in case of a no-deal Brexit, a survey showed on Thursday. The output gauge in the IHS Markit/CIPS UK Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) fell to 45.6 from 49.1 in November, its lowest since July 2012. Readings below 50 denote contraction. The broader headline PMI, which combines gauges of output, employment and orders, fell to 47.5 from 48.9 – revised up only slightly from a preliminary reading of 47.4 and…

Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland customers were left without mobile and online banking for hours on New Year’s Day. Banks in the Lloyds group suffered an outage on the app and website which took several hours to fix. Some customers voiced their frustration on Twitter with one saying: “Banking app is down! Just when I was feeling brave enough to check my balance after Xmas!” In a statement issued in the early afternoon, Lloyds Bank apologised and said internet and mobile banking had gone back to normal. Account holders were able to use cash points and telephone banking services…

The lawyer for a man accused of going on a stabbing rampage during a Hanukkah celebration at a rabbi’s home north of New York City said his client has “severe psychiatric issues.” Federal prosecutors filed hate crime charges against Grafton Thomas. Thomas was arraigned on five counts of attempted murder in a state court on Sunday. Thomas is accused of stabbing five people on Saturday night with what the criminal complaint described as a “machete” after bursting into a Hanukkah celebration that included dozens of people at Rabbi Chaim Rottenberg’s home in Rockland County, about 30 miles (48 km) north…

Thousands of tourists and residents swarmed to beaches on Australia’s east coast to escape fierce wildfires bearing down on several seaside towns at the peak of the summer holiday period. People have been agonising over whether to evacuate or stay, as fires approached the coastal town of Batemans Bay in New South Wales. Footage obtained by Reuters showed people at the south coast of Batemans Bay evacuating heading for the beach from their homes at midday. The huge bushfires have destroyed more than 4 million hectares (10 million acres), with new blazes sparked into life almost daily by extremely hot…

Police are warning people not to attend New Year celebrations on the River Thames in London without a ticket, as the UK prepares to usher in 2020. More than 100,000 tickets have been bought for Tuesday night’s sold-out fireworks display. The Metropolitan Police urged those without tickets to watch from home or attend other events in the city. It comes as areas across the UK prepare to celebrate the beginning of the new decade. Large pyrotechnics shows are also to be held in cities including Manchester, Cardiff, Newcastle, Inverness and Nottingham. And in Edinburgh, celebrations have already begun, with thousands…

The Global New Year’s Eve Service with Pastor Chris holds December 31st, and will be streamed live to millions of people around the globe; via the Loveworld Networks; Web & Mobile Platforms; on major satellite, terrestrial and local TV and Radio Stations around the world. It’s a time to hear the New Years Message from the Man of God Pastor Chris and be fired up as you glide into the New Year with great expectations, full of power and purpose. To participate you download the Live TV mobile app on the Google Playstore and the Apple ios App store. Get…

Japanese stocks ended slightly lower on the last trading day of the year on Monday (December 30) as investors booked profits ahead of New Year holidays, although the Nikkei average held near three-decade highs in dollar terms. The Nikkei share average fell 0.76 percent to 23,656.62. On the year, the Nikkei was up 18.2% after a 12% drop in 2018, while the Topix was 15.2% higher after shedding nearly 18% in 2018. The Nikkei in dollar terms, a more important gauge for foreign investors, stood at 216.80, near a peak of around 220 hit this month and not far from…

Turkey unveiled its first fully domestically produced car, saying it aimed to eventually produce up to 175,000 a year of the electric vehicle in a project expected to cost 22 billion lira ($3.7 billion) over 13 years. The project has been a long-time goal of President Tayyip Erdogan and his ruling AK Party as a demonstration of the country’s growing economic power. Erdogan said the charging infrastructure for electric cars would be ready nationwide by 2022. Turkey is already a big exporter to Europe of cars made domestically by firms such as Ford, Fiat Chrysler, Renault, Toyota and Hyundai. The…

A volunteer firefighter died in New South Wales while more than 100 bushfires burned across Australia amidst an intense heatwave. The volunteer firefighter died and two others suffered burns after their truck rolled over when it was hit by extreme winds amid raging bushfires. The firefighters were working on a fire about 70 km (45 miles) east of Albury in New South Wales, fire authorities tweeted. Bushfires have destroyed more than 4 million hectares of forest and brush across Australia in recent weeks – an area the size of Japan. Aerial video taken by the NSW Rural Fire Service showed…