## Tsunami waves begin hitting Hawaii after 8.8 earthquake near Russia; alerts for West Coast

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An 8.7 magnitude earthquake near Russia prompts tsunami alerts along the West Coast, Alaska and Hawaii.

A massive magnitude 8.8 earthquake struck off the coast of Russia on Tuesday, sparking tsunami warnings -- and evacuations of coastal areas -- in Hawaii and alerts for other areas of the U.S. West Coast.

A tsunami watch means a distant earthquake has occurred and a tsunami is possible. »

### Man awarded $12,500 after Google Street View camera captured him naked in his yard in Argentina

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An Argentine captured naked in his yard by a Google Street View camera has been awarded compensation by a court after his bare behind was splashed over the internet for all to see.

On a website about its Street View policy, Google says it has implemented measures to protect the privacy of people when images are published to Google Maps.

In 2019, Google reportedly agreed to pay a $13 million settlement over the company's collection of people's private information through its Street View project. »

### UK to recognise Palestine unless Israel agrees ceasefire and ends Gaza suffering

Authored by inews.co.uk

Sir Keir Starmer has said the UK will recognise a Palestinian state in September unless Israel agrees to a ceasefire and takes steps to end the “appalling situation” in Gaza.

It marks a significant shift in the British stance on the issue after images showing people starving in Gaza provoked global horror.

Thornberry’s crossparty committee published a report last week urging the UK government to move forward in recognising the state of Palestine. »

### Trump says Epstein ‘stole’ underage victim Virginia Giuffre from his Mar-a-Lago spa, leading to feud

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President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he ended his friendship with Jeffrey Epstein because the disgraced financier “stole” young women working at his Mar-a-Lago spa too many times — including a 17-year-old Virginia Giuffre.

He confirmed that Epstein “took people that work for me” and did so again despite being admonished not to poach Mar-a-Lago workers by Trump.

“I told him, I said, listen, we don’t want you taking our people, whether it was spa or not spa. »

### Trump is being outsmarted by Putin and Xi

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Putin and Xi Jinping attend a welcoming ceremony in front of the Great Hall of the People in Tiananmen Square, Beijing, last year (Photo: Sergei Bobylyov/AFP).

According to Chinese accounts, in March 2023, Xi Jinping warned Putin against threatening to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine.

Even if the Trump administration does not want to pay for Ukraine’s defence, it cannot ignore the war. »

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