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Eight dead at Florida nursing home, governor pledges full investigation
Sep 14, 2017 (AFP)
The nursing home deaths brought the total number of storm-related fatalities in Florida to 20 and illustrated the urgency of restoring electricity to millions o...
America asks: How did eight people die in Florida nursing home?
Sep 14, 2017 (AFP)
The matter is now in the hands of the law. Making the drama even more shocking, the deaths could perhaps have been prevented by hooking up an emergency generato...
Irma saw no borders on devastated French-Dutch island
Sep 14, 2017 (AFP)
"Come on in, buddy. There's lots of stuff here, even sunglasses," an islander beckons, helping herself to cosmetics at one of the beachfront duty free stores in...
Trump to visit hurricane-hit Florida as agents probe nursing home deaths
Sep 14, 2017 (AFP)
The deaths brought the total number of storm-related fatalities in Florida to 20, and illustrate the urgency of restoring electricity to millions of people acro...
Trump views flooding's aftermath in hurricane-ravaged Florida
Sep 14, 2017 (AFP)
A hurricane formed off the southwestern coast of Mexico, meanwhile, triggering warnings of life-threatening storm conditions in areas still recovering from a de...
Rebuilding tourism after Irma, an epic task for islands
Sep 14, 2017 (AFP)
The French-Dutch island of St Martin, where the massive storm killed 15 people, remains fringed by the white sands and turquoise waters that in happier times dr...
Long road to recovery for Irma-ravaged Cuba
Sep 14, 2017 (AFP)
Irma was the most powerful hurricane to hit Cuba since 1992, slashing its way through 13 of the country's 15 provinces, according to the National Defense Counci...
Residents return to storm-ravaged Florida Keys
Sep 13, 2017 (AFP)
As emergency workers picked through the rubble, Irma's death toll in Florida rose from an earlier figure of two. The storm has now killed at least 50 people acr...
Macron, Johnson visit hurricane-hit Caribbean
Sep 13, 2017 (AFP)
Macron's plane touched down in Saint Martin as anger grew over looting and lawlessness in the French-Dutch territory after Hurricane Irma. Speaking in Guadeloup...
New research disputes claims that climate change helped spark the Syrian civil war
Sep 13, 2017 (SPX)
Claims that a major drought caused by anthropogenic climate change was a key factor in starting the Syrian civil war have gained considerable traction since 201...
Five crew missing after boat collision off Singapore
Sep 13, 2017 (AFP)
A search effort was launched for the four Chinese members of crew and one Malaysian after the accident around the busy Singapore Strait, the city-state's Mariti...
Britain ups aid for storm-hit Caribbean, but Brexit fears loom
Sep 13, 2017 (AFP)
The self-governing territories of Anguilla and the British Virgin Islands were hard hit by the mega-storm that swept through the region last week, and London is...
Thousands need shelter, healthcare in Caribbean after Irma: UN
Sep 12, 2017 (AFP)
After its passage through the Caribbean and Florida, Irma has left at least 40 people dead, according to local authorities. In an overview of the situation, the...
Global split over Rohingya crisis as China backs Myanmar crackdown
Sep 12, 2017 (AFP)
Beijing's intervention appears aimed at heading off any attempt to censure Myanmar at the council when it convenes on Wednesday. China was one of the few foreig...
Misery, uncertainty after Irma hits Florida idyll
Sep 12, 2017 (AFP)
"We are afraid that they are going to bulldoze this thing and build a high rise condo and rich people's homes, but we don't have any other place to go," said th...
Monster success of It feeds primal fear of clowns
Sep 12, 2017 (AFP)
But while countless movies and television shows have cashed in on so-called "coulrophobia" -- or fear of clowns -- the primal dread associated with the long-sho...
US environmental regulators probe Arkema after explosions
Sep 12, 2017 (AFP)
The Environmental Protection Agency has asked the company whether it followed risk management plans submitted to the government ahead of the explosions at the p...
Hurricane Irma exacts heavy toll on Florida's mobile homes
Sep 12, 2017 (AFP)
The storm's fierce winds tore apart some of these small, prefabricated homes, which line what were tidy lawns in this neighborhood. Now, the streets are covered...
Hurricane Irma: International efforts in the Caribbean
Sep 11, 2017 (AFP)
There has been some criticism of the response, particularly in British overseas territories. Here's a snapshot of international assistance so far: - Britain - B...
Christchurch's quake-hit cathedral to be rebuilt
Sep 11, 2017 (AFP)
Much of the late 19th Century neo-Gothic structure collapsed in the 6.3-magnitude quake that levelled the South Island city's downtown area in February 2011, ki...
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