Flip By Hillary Andrews, Scott Sistek, Aaron Barker, FOX Weather September 22, 20229 Meteorologists at the FOX Forecast Center are closely monitoring a tropical disturbance near South America, which has a high likelihood of developing into a stronger system in the coming days. FOX Weather has named this system Disturbance 1. The National Hurricane Center has designated […]

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By Amanda Perobelli and Pilar Olivares     Tereza Arapium, from the Arapium indigenous people, candidate for Rio de Janeiro state deputy for the Rede Sustentabilidade party, talks to Indigenous Potira at the Aldeia Maracana in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil September 22, 2022. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares SAO PAULO, Sept 22 (Reuters) – A record number of […]

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By Hira Humayun and Caitlin Hu, CNN United Nations Headquarters (CNN) In his first address to the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, recently elected Colombian president Gustavo Petro delivered a fiery speech that recalled some of his campaign themes, slamming the war on drugs as a failure and accusing the global north of turning […]

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By Don Burgess and Ivelisse Rivera   HAMILTON, Bermuda, Sept 22 (Reuters) – Bermudians boarded up windows and stocked up on groceries and flashlight batteries as Hurricane Fiona drew nearer on Thursday after causing several deaths and leaving many people sweltering without power in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. Scott Barnes, who fishes for […]

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By Don Burgess and Ivelisse Rivera   1/4 Increasing wind pushes waves towards the south shore before the arrival of Hurricane Fiona in Bermuda September 22, 2022. REUTERS/Nicola Muirhead HAMILTON, Bermuda, Sept 23 (Reuters) – Hurricane Fiona threatened the Atlantic island of Bermuda on Friday, passing west of the British territory on its northward trek […]

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By Matt McGrath Environment correspondent BBC Carbon emissions in the Amazon region in 2019 and 2020 more than doubled compared to the average of the previous eight years, according to a new study. Deforestation for agriculture and fires were the main drivers of the increase, according to the authors. The scientists say that a “collapse” […]

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Biden clarifies COVID ‘Over’ comments: Pandemic ‘basically is not where it was’ by Brett Samuels The Hill NEW YORK — President Biden sought to clarify his comments from days earlier that the coronavirus pandemic “is over,” telling guests at a fundraiser that the COVID-19 situation is not as bad as it was. Biden attended a […]

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Rebecca Falconer Barceloneta, Puerto Rico, firefighters rescue a 91-year-old woman on Tuesday after flooding from Hurricane Fiona. Photo: Puerto Rico Firefighters Corps/Twitter President Biden approved a major disaster declaration for Puerto Rico and ordered federal aid to assist with recovery efforts in the areas affected by deadly Hurricane Fiona, the White House announced Wednesday evening. […]

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The tropical wave (Invest 98L) in the southeastern Caribbean Sea heading toward the Gulf of Mexico hasn’t changed much yet, but it’s expected to strengthen into a tropical storm by the weekend and possibly a hurricane by early next week, according to AccuWeather forecasters. Most computer models show the system moving northward into the Gulf around […]

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The Reuters Daily Briefing Thursday, September 22, 2022 by Linda Noakes Hello Here’s what you need to know. Russia begins its massive war call-up, Iranian protesters torch police stations, and Japan intervenes to stem the yen’s falls Today’s biggest stories Russian police officers detain men during an unsanctioned rally, after opposition activists called for street […]

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