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Allianz confident for 2017 after hurricane-battered Q3
Nov 10, 2017 (AFP)
The Munich-based group on Thursday reported a net profit down 17.3 percent year-on-year at 1.6 billion euros ($1.9 billion) between July and September. Revenues...
Dutch to give storm-hit isles 600 mln euros to rebuild
Nov 10, 2017 (AFP)
Most of the funds, some 550 million euros, will go to the Dutch part of Saint Martin -- the island split between the Netherlands and France -- where 70 percent ...
Fighting overdose epidemic, US bans all fentanyl-type drugs
Nov 09, 2017 (AFP)
Authorities moved to plug legal loopholes in which producers of fentanyl -- which can be 50 times more potent than heroin -- slightly alter the chemical makeup ...
Back to school in Puerto Rico, but still without power
Nov 09, 2017 (AFP)
The girls only have to look around. There is no electricity and they "roast" in the heat, Andrea says. At the back of the room, computers and televisions collec...
French robbers target big-spending Chinese tourists
Nov 09, 2017 (AFP)
As a guide, he knows all too well that cash-flush visitors lugging bags of valuables are easy prey for muggers and pickpockets. "It's happened many times. The l...
Mexico earthquake reconstruction will cost $2.5bn: Pena Nieto
Nov 08, 2017 (AFP)
Speaking at a public event, the president said the quakes partially or totally damaged 184,000 homes, while 14,000 businesses and 16,000 schools were also affec...
Lifeline trails restored to Nepal's quake-hit villages
Nov 08, 2017 (AFP)
Without these trails used by porters and mules to ferry in goods, more than one million people living in isolated villages in central Nepal were desperately sho...
Air force error allowed Texas shooter to buy guns despite conviction
Nov 07, 2017 (AFP)
Devin Kelley -- who shot dead 26 people at a Texas church -- could therefore have passed the background check required to buy a gun, which would have raised red...
UN council weakens response to Myanmar after China objects
Nov 06, 2017 (AFP)
The statement calls for an end to the violence, full access for humanitarian aid workers to Myanmar's Rakhine state and for the return of hundreds of thousands ...
Dozens of alligators captured prior to child's death at Disney
Nov 04, 2017 (AFP)
In the 15 months before an alligator dragged two-year-old Lane Graves underwater on June 14, 2016, 45 of the reptiles were captured on Disney property, accordin...
Crime writer Ian Rankin predicts rise of 'kind and gentle' books
Nov 03, 2017 (AFP)
The Scottish writer has made millions penning dark tales of serial killers and murderous gangsters, but thinks the current bleak outlook for world affairs may b...
In reversal, US tech firms back bill on human trafficking
Nov 03, 2017 (AFP)
The Internet Association, which includes giants Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Amazon, said in a statement it supported the measure after reaching a compromise...
New SOFT e-textiles could offer advanced protection for soldiers and emergency personnel
Nov 02, 2017 (SPX)
The advancement could have big implications for the military, emergency service personnel and other workers that rely on "haz-mat" protection to perform their w...
SATCOM and Disaster Recovery Plans Withstand Irma
Oct 31, 2017 (SPX)
As a satellite communications provider, Intelsat's ability to quickly recover from a disaster is crucial for maintaining both our own business continuity as wel...
Displaced Puerto Ricans find refuge in New York
Oct 31, 2017 (AFP)
Uprooted from the island they love, they are angry at corruption and the political system in Puerto Rico, and its complicated ties to the United States, which t...
$129 bn in extreme weather losses last year: climate report
Oct 30, 2017 (AFP)
There was a 46-percent increase in weather disasters from 2010 to 2016, with 797 "extreme" events recorded last year, according to research published in The Lan...
Five years on, New Yorkers still live with the scars of Hurricane Sandy
Oct 29, 2017 (AFP)
Two young women install a door frame on the two-story house's ground floor under the watch of Ben Fransua, who manages construction for an organization renovati...
Fighting to farming: New life for Colombia's ex-rebels
Oct 28, 2017 (AFP)
Like dozens of other former FARC guerrillas in his village, Salcedo is trying to earn a living legally after his rebel movement disarmed under a December peace ...
Puerto Rico 'heartbreaking' five weeks post-storm
Oct 27, 2017 (AFP)
Doctor Kevin Munjal, assistant professor of emergency medicine, and nurse Stacey Conklin were part of a team from Mount Sinai Health System who worked 12-hours ...
Munich Re expecting Q3 losses after costly hurricane season
Oct 26, 2017 (AFP)
The group now forecasts a loss of 1.4 billion euros ($1.7 billion) in the third quarter, saying that hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria had inflicted some 2.7 bi...
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