In a review of top headlines in today’s evening paper, Hurricane Irma tops most news in an aggregation of the seven continents’ top newspapers and news sources, William Lapoda and Timothy Wahome compile.Top African Stories
In Kenya, the Daily Nation reports that the country’s Independent election body, IEBC, reiterates of its independence from top political parties even after the East African country prepares for fresh presidential poll in October of the year after the annulment of the previous win by the incumbent, President Uhuru Kenyatta in favor of opposition chief, Raila Odinga.
In Nigeria, the Guardian reveals that a section of southern leaders are agitating for the replacement of the 1999 constitution, touting that the current one does not cater for the democratic dispensation owing to the backdrop of military regimes under which it was created.
Top North America Stories
In the United States, The Washington Post reports that Hurricane Irma is on its way to Florida end week after hammering the Caribbean including Virgin Islands, with the paper hailing it as the most powerful in more than ten years.
The New York Times reports further on Hurricane Irma’s devastating 185-meters-per-hour winds. The NYT underscores that the storm is one of the most powerful ever recorded and may prove as one of the most devastating, too.
Europe Top Stories
In the UK, The Times reveals that university VCs rise in pay to more than that of the Prime Minister must be justified or else the institutions’ remuneration boards that contravene this face a fine. British PM, Theresa May, currently receives a salary of 150,000 Sterling Pounds, reveals the paper.
Still in the UK, the BBC reports further on the apocalypse that is Hurricane Irma as it ‘flattens islands’ in the Caribbean. The international broadcaster also touches upon the concern for Britons caught up in the storm.
In Germany, The Local newspaper, English version, reports on Chancellor Angela Merkel’s ongoing campaign in the eastern town of Torgau where she met with catcalls whereby she tried once again to calm the interruption to her advantage.
Asia Pacific and Australasia papers
China’s People’s Daily has the top story today evening about the phone correspondence between President Xi and Trump concerning thinning the ice in the denuclearization of North Korea.
Japan Times, on the other hand, reports on the same issue pertaining the agreement between Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in, to tighten pressure on North Korea with more stringent UN embargoes following recent nuclear tests.
In the Indian subcontinent, The Times of India reports on the 1993 series of blasts in Mumbai. The paper reveals that Taher Merchant and Feroze Khan have received terminal sentences for their actions that on March 12, ’93 left 257 dead and 713 injured. One other convict received a lighter sentence.
In Australia, The Sydney Morning Herald‘s top news story is that banks giving home lines are facing headwinds. The paper further reports on the immense strength of Hurricane Irma that has left an island in the Caribbean with 95 percent of its property destroyed.
South American Papers
Argentina’s Bueno Aires Herald paper reports on a development in neighboring Venezuela citing that president Maduro has verged on a ‘point of no return’ following a split-minute ban on any protesters during the upcoming partially unwelcome vote on Sunday for new constituent assembly members to rewrite the Latin American country’s constitution.
End of today evening’s paper review.
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