A strengthening Hurricane Ian’s rain and winds lashed Cuba’s western tip, where authorities have evacuated 50,000 people, as it roared on a path that could see it hit Florida’s west coast as a Category 4 hurricane. Officials in Cuba‘s Pinar del Rio province set up 55 shelters, rushed in emergency personnel and took steps to […]
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By Gabriel Araujo SAO PAULO, Sept 26 (Reuters) – Fires in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest surged in September, already making it the worst month in more than a decade, government data showed on Monday, after a jump in deforestation during an election year. National space research agency INPE reported 36,850 fire alerts in the region […]
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BBC- Cuba has voted to legalise same-sex marriage in a national referendum. About two-thirds of the population voted to approve reforms in a new Family Code, which will also allow surrogate pregnancies and give gay couples the right to adopt children. It marks a big moment for Cuba, which saw gay people persecuted and sent […]
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By Malu Cursino BBC News A chronic gang, economic and political crisis has led to a humanitarian catastrophe in Haiti, the country’s UN envoy has said. Weeks of violence and attacks on food aid warehouses have rocked the nation’s food security, Helen La Lime told an emergency UN Security Council meeting. In protest of […]
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by Ellen Mitchell and Brett Samuels The Hill U.S. officials are walking a careful line in response to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s latest suggestion that he may be willing to resort to nuclear weapons. Following Putin’s thinly-veiled reference to the nuclear option in remarks last week, Biden administration officials have said they are taking the […]
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By Amir Vera, Holly Yan, Jennifer Gray and Nouran Salahieh, CNN CNN — Hurricane Ian keeps getting stronger as it barrels toward Florida, prompting urgent evacuations and threatening dangerous storm surges in places not used to getting hit directly by a hurricane. Ian is now a Category 2 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson wind scale, according […]
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Today’s Headlines Ukrainians scared by Russia’s preordained referendums KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — After seven weary months of war, many Ukrainians fear more suffering and political repression awaits them as referendums orchestrated by the Kremlin with…Read More Italy shifts to the right as voters reward Meloni’s party ROME (AP) — A party with neo-fascist roots, the […]
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By Santana Salmon The Airports Authority of Jamaica (AAJ) will be undertaking a security review following the recent multi-million cocaine bust at the Ian Fleming International Airport in St. Mary. In an interview, AAJ President and Chief Executive Officer Audley Diedrick said the drug bust has prompted the agency to take a closer look at […]
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Sept 23 (Reuters) – Ecuador’s Galapagos National Park is testing different coral replanting methods in an effort to restore fragile underwater ecosystems around the storied islands. Coral reef die-offs affect the marine food supply chain and are considered a major climate tipping point. The experimental project is run by park rangers and volunteers, with support […]
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Pop superstar Rihanna will headline the half-time show at February’s Super Bowl in Arizona, the NFL has announced. The nine-time Grammy winner broke the news by posting a photo of an NFL branded football to Twitter. Organisers called the 34-year-old a “generational talent” in a press release issued on Sunday night. The show is one […]
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