by Dan Ehrlich The latest summer floods to hit the US Midwest and South have devastated eastern Kentucky killing 38 people. Yet residents in these parts are getting used to their towns yearly being transformed into Waterworld. But just the opposite is the case in much of America’s Southwest, where drought conditions and wildfires persist. […]
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World “at a crossroads” in drought Management, up 29% in a generation and worsening, says UN Humanity is “at a crossroads” when it comes to managing drought and accelerating mitigation must be done “urgently, using every tool we can,” says a new report from the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD). Drought in Numbers, 2022, released […]
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The Reuters Daily Briefing Friday, August 12, 2022 by Linda Noakes Here’s what you need to know. Vote-rigging allegations begin in Kenya in a tight presidential race, Iran says an EU proposal to revive the nuclear deal could be ‘acceptable’, and world stocks eye a fourth week of gains Today’s biggest stories President Joe Biden […]
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By Sheri-Kae McLeod CNW- Shelian Allen, the 42-year-old Jamaican policewoman who was charged with smuggling more than 1,000 grams of cocaine into the US, has been sentenced to nearly three years in prison. Allen was handed her sentence of 33 months in a Florida federal court on July 18. The former cop had pleaded guilty […]
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ST GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Police have confirmed that several crew members of party boat Harbour Master are in custody following an incident on Wednesday in which world javelin champion Anderson Peters was injured. The Grenada Olympic Committee has condemned the “barbaric actions” of the perpetrators of the assault on Peters who returned to the island […]
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HAMILTON, Bermuda, CMC – Bermuda police say they have broken up a major drug-trafficking ring after seizing drugs with a street value of US$500,000 in raids on five houses. Officers also netted $25,000 in cash, removed eight illegal dogs, and made six arrests. Officers executed search warrants at five residences in Smith’s parish. A police […]
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CARACAS / BOGOTA, Aug 11 (Reuters) – Venezuela and Colombia on Thursday appointed ambassadors to each other’s capitals, moving to rebuild relations between the two countries that have been broken for more than three years. The appointments come days after the inauguration of Colombia’s first leftist president, Gustavo Petro, who has expressed his intention to […]
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By Jose Luis Gonzalez Summary Cows and donkeys die from lack of water Mexico suffers one of worst droughts in decades Stressed farmers long for rain COYAME, Mexico, Aug 11 (Reuters) – Hicterio Torres Franco’s animals are dying: deprived of water in one of the worst droughts Mexico has seen for 30 years. In […]
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R MEXICO CITY, Aug 11 (Reuters) – Mexican army divers were blocked by debris in their first attempt to descend deep into a flooded coal mine in northern Mexico where 10 miners have been trapped for a week, the country’s defense minister said on Thursday. The miners became trapped at a mine in the border […]
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By Peter Hoskins Business reporter BBC Argentina’s central bank has raised its main rate of interest to 69.5% as it tries to contain soaring inflation. The bank put up its 28-day benchmark rate by 9.5% percentage points, its second hike in as many weeks. It comes as new figures showed inflation in the country […]
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