Rescue efforts under way after buildings reduced to rubble in capital and along northern coast

Hundreds of people are feared to have died and thousands have been injured in Venezuela’s largest earthquake in more than a century.

Two earthquakes of magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 hit 39 seconds apart near the town of Morón.

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Sorry, I’m a Lady, The Devil Sent You to Lorado and Sleepy-Time-Toy are reminders that no one remembers the bad times, the mind is selective and focuses on the positives. Baccara’s back catalogue is roughly one song long, the others are rightly forgotten, a figment of only a few people’s imaginations. Scotland needed a certain song and took it around America; well, from Boston to Miami at least. The nation arrived with hope, boasting European champions, Premier League and Serie A winners among their cohort on the pitch, hoping to get through the group while drinking cities dry. All they had to do was get past Haiti, African champions* Morocco and those boys from Brazil.

I’ve given up hope of ever being the author of the letter o’ the day with you lot but wish to join the 1,056 other California-based pedants and point out that the aforementioned cheese [Football Daily letters passim] is correctly referred to as ‘Monterey Jack’. Monterey is the city in California, Monterrey (with two Rs) is in Mexico” – Jim Broshar.

Congratulations to Scotland for finding new ways to extend the torture of their wonderful fans. In previous tournaments they would go out unbeaten, or in glorious defeat, with the goal of the tournament thrown in for good measure. Now, in keeping with this bloated GWC, they get an extra three-day wait in the Miami heat, while watching one team after another best them on goal difference” – Justin Kavanagh.

Fox Sports’ ‘The 32’ is punchier than the name here in Germany at least. As well as quarter-finals (viertelfinale), German has the semis as ‘half finals’ (halbfinale), the round-of-16 as “eighth finals” (achtelfinale), and so naturally the new stage is the ‘16th finals’ (sechszehntelfinale). Germany also considers the second-place team as ‘vice champions’ (vizemeister), probably as they’ve been second so often” – Chris Green.

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Check out the newest cover art for Time Magazine celebrating America’s 250th birthday. Read the full article about the art HERE and Shepard’s comments below.

I wanted to reinterpret the Statue of Liberty because it is iconic and has wide appeal, making it a powerful and universal symbol, but I think there are several aspects of its symbolism and history that are worth focusing on. First, the statue was a goodwill and partnership gift from the French as a commemoration of the U.S. centennial and its dedication to democracy. The subtitle “Liberty Enlightening the World” was a nod the the emancipation of slaves in the U.S. as well as the freedoms and progressive politics defining the nation. Second, the statue became a symbol of welcome to immigrants arriving by sea. Third, the statue is inscribed with the Emma Lazarus poem “The New Colossus” which calls Lady Liberty the “Mother of Exiles” and includes the famous line “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free”. With all of that in mind, my modern day Statue of Liberty is a beautiful multi-ethnic woman representing the melting pot of America and the promise of pluralism in a more fair and just society. -Shepard

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De politie is op zoek naar zes verdachten die betrokken zijn bij een woningoverval in de Saenredamstraat in Rotterdam-Overschie, eerder dit jaar. Ze drongen de woning binnen, bedreigden de bewoner en lieten hem vastgebonden achter. Daarna sloegen ze op de vlucht.

DEN HAAG (ANP) - Rijkswaterstaat adviseert weggebruikers om vrijdag alleen de weg op te gaan als dat nodig is. Het KNMI heeft voor het grootste deel van het land code rood afgegeven vanwege extreme hitte. Wie toch de snelweg op gaat, moet zich goed voorbereiden door bijvoorbeeld voldoende water en een paraplu of parasol mee te nemen, aldus Rijkswaterstaat.

Het WK voetbal is nu twee weken bezig. En gelukkig, de sport is nog niet kapot. Het evenement is met 48 landen groter dan ooit. Dat is een uiting van de megalomanie van de FIFA, maar maakt het WK ironisch genoeg ook tot een ontzagwekkende internationale sportbeleving.

24 jaar geleden maakte fotograaf Patrick Post een iconische foto van André Hazes, die nog altijd veelvuldig wordt gebruikt – vaak zonder zijn toestemming. Er blijkt nauwelijks iets tegen te doen. „Zelfs als je de zaak wint, kost het je nog geld.”