Two missing after hydroelectric dam bursts in Vietnam

Vietnam authorities on Wednesday said two workers were still missing after being swept away by rushing water when an hydroelectric dam burst in central Vietnam.

According to reports,  the accident occurred on Tuesday, when water overflowed in an underground tunnel at the dam in Quang Nam Province.

The Deputy Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee, Huynh Toan, told newsmen that heavy rain caused by tropical storm was responsible for higher than usual water levels at the dam.

Initial media reports also said 30 local inhabitants went missing after being hit by rushing water further down the river from the dam.

However, Local Chief of Police Nguyen Loi said that all those reported missing had since returned home safely or found.

According to reports, construction of the Song Bung 2 hydroelectric plant started in late 2012, and has a total capacity of 100 megawatts and is expected to go online later this year.

My conscience is clear- Platini

***bid farewell to UEFA

Michel Platini

Banned UEFA President Michel Platini on Wednesday insisted his conscience was clear as European football’s governing body prepared to elect his successor at an extraordinary congress in Athens, News Agency of Nigeria reports.

Platini told delegates having been given special permission to address the congress by world governing body FIFA.

“You are going to continue this wonderful mission without me.

“I have a clear conscience, I have not made mistakes and will continue my fight in court,’’ he said.

He was banned from football in connection with a disloyal payment of some 2 million Swiss francs (2 million dollars) he received from then FIFA president Joseph Blatter in 2011.

Platini said that the money was for work done as a FIFA presidential adviser a decade earlier.

Report says the 55 member associations of UEFA will choose between two candidates, Aleksander Ceferin of Slovenia and Michael van Praag of the Netherlands as Platini’s replacement.

“The winner will complete Platini’s third four-year presidential term, which expires in March 2019,’’ UEFA said. 

Powell: Trump is an International disgrace

Colin Powell

The former U.S Secretary of State Colin Powell has labeled Republican presidential,  nominee, Donald Trump as “national disgrace and an international pariah.”

Colin Powel in his leaked e-mails also described Trump as racist. CNN reports.

The former secretary of state tore into Trump as an embarrassing figure to represent the United States.

“Trump is a national disgrace and an international pariah,” Powell wrote in June.

“He appeals to the worst angels of the GOP nature and poor white folks,” Powell wrote in another email.

As Trump’s lead in the Republican primary solidified, Powell complained to CNN’s Fareed Zakaria about the network’s political coverage.

“That’s what the 99% believe. When Trump couldn’t keep that up he said he also wanted to see if the certificate noted that he was a Muslim,” Powell wrote in an August email.

The messages, the existences of which were first reported by BuzzFeed and The Intercept, were posted to DCleaks, an organization affiliated with other recent hacks of high-profile figures.

The emails are notable for their candor about Trump. Powell, who oversaw the State Department during the beginning of George W. Bush’s administration, hasn’t endorsed Trump and has largely sidestepped questions about his thoughts on the controversial GOP nominee.

Powell also lampooned Trump’s proposal that he could win over the African-American population.