Link: http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-california-fires-20171014-story.html

More than 10,000 firefighters from California and other states are fighting the fires in Northern California, said Dave Teter of the California Dpeartment of Forestry and Fire Protection, and officials are readying more crews in Southern California, where red flag warnings are in place through Sunday.

Firefighting efforts include 880 fire engines, 134 bulldozers, 224 hand crews and 138 water tenders, At first light Saturday, 14 helicopters were in the air conducting water drops.

Link: http://www.france24.com/en/20171007-polish-catholics-pray-borders-save-country

Thousands of Polish Catholics formed human chains on the country's borders Saturday, begging God "to save Poland and the world" in an event many viewed as a spiritual weapon against the "Islamisation" of Europe. Krakow archbishop Marek Jedraszewski called on believers to pray "for the other European nations to make them understand it is necessary to return to Christian roots so that Europe would remain Europe."Many Poles see Islam as a threat. The conservative government, which enjoys the backing of a sizeable portion of the population, refuses to welcome migrants to Poland, which has very few Muslims of its own.

Link: http://www.presstv.com/Detail/2017/10/16/538740/Portugal-Spain-Wildfires-

Six people killed in Portugal as the country was hit by a record number of forest fires, and three more died in Spain where authorities were blaming arson for some 17 fires which caused three deaths. Portugal, Prime Minister Antonio Costa announced a state of public calamity, as 3,700 firefighters battled 26 major fires stretching across the centre and north of the country four months after 64 people were killed and more than 250 injured on June 17, in the deadliest fire in the country's history.

Link: http://www.presstv.com/Detail/2017/10/16/538735/austria-elections-kurz-eu

The leader of Austria’s conservative People’s Party has declared victory in the country’s general elections, setting him up to become the world’s youngest head of government. The 31-year-old will be the world's youngest leader after Vanessa D'Ambrosio, 28, regent of San Marino, completes her rotating co-leadership arrangement at the end of October. Kurz is two years younger than North Korea's Kim Jong-un and eight years younger than France's Emmanuel Macron.

Link: http://www.pravdareport.com/news/society/stories/13-10-2017/138916-most_dangerous_cities-0/

The most dangerous city in the world is Karachi, Pakistan, a study conducted by The Economist magazine said.

The list of the world's most dangerous cities was based on such parameters as personal security, digital security, absence of health hazards and safe infrastructure.

The second place belongs to the city of Yangon in Myanmar (46.47 points), and the capital of Bangladesh, Dhaka, comes third with 47.37 points.

In addition, the list of most dangerous cities in the world includes Jakarta, Ho Chi Minh City, Manila, Caracas, Quito, Tehran and Cairo.

Link: https://sputniknews.com/europe/201710141058241275-swiss-sewers-see-lost-millions/

Researchers testing the waters at sewage treatment plants in Switzerland have discovered salvageable amounts of precious metals, including silver and gold, as well as rare-earth minerals that are continuously flushed into the wealthy country's wastewater networks. 95 pounds of gold — the equivalent of about $1.8 million at current exchange rates — are tossed down the drain annually, particularly in areas where the country's legacy watch-making and refinery industries are located.

Link: https://www.rt.com/usa/406741-tillerson-nkorea-bomb-drops/

Washington will continue its diplomatic efforts to solve the North Korean crisis only "until first bomb drops,” US State Secretary Rex Tillerson told CNN.

Tillerson appeared on CNN’s State of the Union on Sunday, where he told host Jake Tapper that President Donald Trump wants to resolve the Korean Peninsula crisis “diplomatically.”

“He is not seeking to go to war [with North Korea],” Tillerson stated. “He made it clear… that he will continue diplomatic efforts.”

Link: http://www.thedailysheeple.com/bitcoin-dash-can-now-be-spent-at-40-million-stores-worldwide_102017

“[Bitcoin] essentially rolls gold, cash, and our credit card system into one. It takes the strengths of each and leaves the weaknesses behind. It has the limited supply quality of gold, but can be used to purchase everyday items. It has the speed of a credit card, but respects and protects your privacy. Transactions are settled instantly like cash, but are recorded on a public ledger.”

Link: http://www.governing.com/topics/finance/gov-states-withhold-pot-revenue-cities-ban-marijuana.html

Oregon has already started keeping marijuana tax revenue from localities that effectively ban the substance. California plans to withhold pot-funded law enforcement and health grants from places with a commercial marijuana ban. And now, an effort is underway in Massachusetts to reduce the amount of money that cities and towns with bans and other restrictions on operations get from the state’s 17 percent tax on marijuana sales. Massachusetts was one of four states that legalized recreational marijuana by popular vote last year. The 2016 election season doubled the number of states with legal weed to eight plus the District of Columbia. The drug is now legal in Alaska, California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts, Nevada, Oregon and Washington state.

Link: http://govtslaves.info/2017/10/broke-more-americans-are-getting-their-electricity-cut-off/

More than 900,000 homes went dark in Texas last summer because of unpaid bills, almost triple the number 10 years ago. In California last year, it was 714,000, the most on record. The tally across the country is in the millions.

Link: https://www.rt.com/usa/406729-assange-wikileaks-bitcoin-investment/

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange posted a sardonic ‘thank you’ note addressing US authorities who forced the whistleblowing website into investing in Bitcoin in 2010. Julian Assange: My deepest thanks to the US government, Senator McCain and Senator Lieberman for pushing Visa, MasterCard, Payal, AmEx, Mooneybookers, et al, into erecting an illegal banking blockade against @WikiLeaks starting in 2010. It caused us to invest in Bitcoin -- with > 50000% return.

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/406767-drone-hit-plane-quebec/

A Canadian passenger plane hit a drone while descending on Quebec City’s Jean Lesage International Airport, a minister has said, raising concerns about aviation safety. The incident with the Skyjet flight occurred around 3km from the airport at an altitude of 450 meters on October 12.

Link: http://www.blacklistednews.com/5.4_magnitude_earthquake_strikes_Mexico_%E2%80%93_USGS/61261/0/38/38/Y/M.html

An earthquake measuring 5.4 on the Richter scale has struck the southern coast of Mexico, some 7.8km (4.8 miles) from San Dionisio del Mar. The quake had a depth of 59.5km, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS). It comes less than a month after Mexico was hit by a destructive 7.1 magnitude quake which killed at least 337 people. In early September, an 8.2 magnitude earthquake struck the country, killing at least 98 people and producing more than 5,400 aftershocks. Mexico sits atop five tectonic plates, the movement of which making it one of the most seismically-active countries in the world.

Link: https://www.rt.com/business/406490-bitcoin-all-time-high/

The world's most popular cryptocurrency bitcoin has seen another surge, pushing its value to a record $5,220 on Thursday. Bitcoin started the year trading at $966 per token and has soared over 750 percent in the last 12 months. It is now worth four times more than an ounce of gold.

Link: http://tass.com/world/970395

About 92% of the Syrian territory have been freed from militants of the Islamic State terrorist group (outlawed in Russia), according to weekly infographics published by the Russian Defense Ministry’s Krasnaya Zvezda newspaper on Friday.

According to the ministry, Russian Aerospace Forces performed about 517 combat sorties and destroyed over 1,260 facilities controlled by international terrorist groups in past week.

This figure includes over 139 sorties by drones,

Link: http://www.foxnews.com/science/2017/10/12/yellowstone-supervolcano-could-blow-faster-than-thought-destroy-all-mankind.html

The supervolcano last erupted about 630,000 years ago, according to National Geographic.

If another eruption were to take place, the researchers found that the supervolcano would spare almost nothing. It would shoot 2,500 times more material than Mount St. Helen did in 1980 and could cover most of the U.S. in ash, possibly putting the planet into a volcanic winter. In June, the supervolcano was hit with more than 400 earthquakes in one week, though researchers cautioned it was nothing nothing to be alarmed about.

NASA is working on a way to prevent the supervolcano from destroying mankind, including trying to cool the magma before it spills over.

Link: https://sputniknews.com/military/201710091058066107-india-women-mig21-fly/

For over 50 years, MiG-21 variants have been serving the Indian armed forces. India's first three women air combatants will be given the Russian made MiG-21 Bison to fly after they are officially inducted into the Indian Air Force (IAF) next month.

Link: https://www.rt.com/business/406517-catalonia-businesses-exodus-turmoil/

The flight of Spain's top corporations from Catalonia has turned into a stampede due to mounting fears of an unstable business environment. Catalonia is Spain's most economically productive region, hosting 7,100 multinationals, including Volkswagen, Nissan, and Cisco. It generates about 20 percent of the country's GDP and contributes 21 percent of its total taxes. Losing Catalonia would deprive Spain of about 16 percent of its people, a fifth of its economic output and more than a quarter of its exports

Link: https://www.rt.com/business/406175-governments-fear-bitcoin-tax-revenue/

With no centralized exchange to control or influence, national authorities around the world will find it increasingly difficult to determine a given citizen's income and thus their income tax owed, undermining a critical source of government revenue, according to technology pioneer and head of MGT Capital Investments John McAfee.

Link: https://www.rt.com/news/406314-catalans-disappointed-puigdemont-independence/

Catalans have expressed mixed feelings over the regional leadership’s failure to steam ahead and unilaterally split from Madrid, after its declaration of independence was immediately placed on hold pending talks with the central government.