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'Pray for everybody': Irma begins its assault on Florida

Published:Sunday | September 10, 2017 | 12:00 AM

FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) -- Hurricane Irma roared through the Florida Keys today with punishing 130 mph winds and began pushing its way north, knocking out power to more than 1.5 million people across the state and collapsing a construction crane over...

Cuba sees devastation as Hurricane Irma veers toward Florida

Published:Sunday | September 10, 2017 | 12:00 AM

CAIBARIEN, Cuba (AP) -- Hurricane Irma ripped roofs off houses, collapsed buildings and flooded hundreds of miles of coastline as it raked Cuba after cutting a trail of destruction across the Caribbean. It has killed at least 22 people and has...

Fears in Florida as Hurricane Irma hits - Dangerous storm lashes Cuba and heads towards Tampa as Jose poses threat elsewhere

Published:Saturday | September 9, 2017 | 12:00 AM

CAIBARIEN, Cuba (AP):Irma battered Cuba with deafening winds and relentless rain yesterday, while a second hurricane, Jose, threatened to lash already-reeling islands elsewhere in the Caribbean.Cuban coastal cities were clobbered by high winds from...

Mexico mourns 66 dead after twin punch of quake, hurricane

Published:Saturday | September 9, 2017 | 1:43 PM

JUCHITAN, (AP) -- Amid the sounds of snare drums, saxophones and sobbing, Mexicans yesterday began mourning some of the 66 dead after a one-two punch from a monster earthquake and a Gulf coast hurricane.Hardest hit was Juchitan, an Oaxaca state city...

US-backed forces launch east Syria campaign against IS

Published:Saturday | September 9, 2017 | 10:36 AM

BEIRUT (AP):A United States backed Syrian force says it has launched military operations against the Islamic State (IS) group in eastern Syria, heightening the possibility of conflict with rival, Russian-backed government forces, which are running...

Preparing for Irma: More than 50,000 head to Florida shelters

Published:Saturday | September 9, 2017 | 12:00 AM

(AP): More than 50,000 people in Florida are seeking shelter in schools, community centres and churches as Hurricane Irma nears the state. The government-sponsored shelters were open Saturday as officials warned 6.3 million Floridians to evacuate....

63 killed in Mexico hit by 8.1 mag quake off southern Pacific coast, Hurricane Katia on Gulf

Published:Saturday | September 9, 2017 | 12:00 AM

JUCHITAN, Mexico (AP): One of the most powerful earthquakes ever to hit Mexico was followed by a Gulf coast hurricane, dealing a one-two punch to the country that killed at least 63 people as workers scrambled Saturday to respond to the twin...

Powerful quake rocks southern Mexico coast ; at least 32 die

Published:Friday | September 8, 2017 | 12:00 AM

MEXICO CITY (AP):One of the most powerful earthquakes ever to strike Mexico has hit off its southern Pacific coast, killing at least 32 people, toppling houses, government offices and businesses while sending panicked people into the streets more...

After Irma's injury comes Jose's insult

Published:Friday | September 8, 2017 | 12:00 AM

MIAMI (AP):Meteorology director Jeff Masters at Weather Underground says Hurricane Jose, now a Category 4 storm, will definitely add insult to the injuries caused by Hurricane Irma in the Caribbean. But he says...

As Irma spins, Cuba evacuates ; Floridians empty stores

Published:Friday | September 8, 2017 | 12:00 AM

Cuba evacuated tourists from beachside resorts and Floridians emptied stores of plywood and bottled water after Hurricane Irma left at least 20 people dead and thousands homeless on a devastated string...

Pope visits former Colombia war zone to preach forgiveness

Published:Friday | September 8, 2017 | 12:00 AM

VILLAVICENCIO (AP):Pope Francis travelled yesterday to an area once besieged by leftist rebels to pray with victims of Colombia's long conflict and urge them to overcome their grief by...

8.1 magnitude quake hits Mexico, death toll now 32

Published:Friday | September 8, 2017 | 12:00 AM

MEXICO CITY (AP): The death toll from Mexico's huge earthquake has risen to 32. Oaxaca state Governor Alejandro Murat told local news media Friday that at least 23 people in his state died after the magnitude 8.1 quake that hit just before...

Irma could grow stronger before reaching Florida

Published:Thursday | September 7, 2017 | 12:00 AM

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP):Hurricane Irma's top sustained winds weakened by about 10 mph (16 kph) yesterday because of a bit of dry air and interaction with land on the island of Hispaniola, but it is still a top-of-the-scale hurricane.And according...

Hurricane Irma toll hits 10, increasing threat for Florida

Published:Thursday | September 7, 2017 | 12:00 AM

SAN JUAN (AP):Fearsome Hurricane Irma cut a path of devastation across the northern Caribbean, leaving at least 10 dead and thousands homeless after destroying buildings and uprooting trees on a track yesterday that could lead to a catastrophic...

Pope to Colombians: There has been too much hatred, violence

Published:Thursday | September 7, 2017 | 12:00 AM

BOGOTA (AP):Pope Francis urged Colombians yesterday to come together to heal the divisions spawned by five decades of armed conflict and address the entrenched inequality that sparked Latin...

Mayor resigns after dispute over 'Hitler bell'

Published:Wednesday | September 6, 2017 | 12:00 AM

BERLIN (AP):A small-town mayor in Germany is resigning following outrage over comments he made suggesting that the Nazi period wasn't all bad.Roland Becker, the mayor of Herxheim am Berg, said in a...

Boat with Rohingya refugees capsizes, killing 5 as more flee

Published:Wednesday | September 6, 2017 | 12:00 AM

KUTUPALONG (AP):A trawler carrying Rohingya Muslims fleeing violence in Myanmar capsized, killing at least five people, as the country's leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, blamed a misinformation...

Weather Service chief : Irma impossible to hype

Published:Wednesday | September 6, 2017 | 12:00 AM

ST. JOHN'S, Antigua (AP):National Weather Serv-ice Director Louis Uccellini says Hurricane Irma is so record-breaking strong it's impossible to hype.Uccellini told The Associated Press yesterday that he...

Hurricane Irma moving towards Virgin Islands

Published:Wednesday | September 6, 2017 | 12:00 AM

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, (CMC):Hurricane Irma was moving towards the Virgin Islands after pounding the British Overseas Territory Anguilla and St Martin as it makes its way through the Lesser Antilles yesterday.The authorities in St Barthelemy and St...

Flight attendant wins discrimination case against Aeroflot

Published:Wednesday | September 6, 2017 | 11:36 AM

MOSCOW (AP) -- A Moscow court yesterday ruled in favour of a flight attendant who said Russia's flagship airline stopped assigning her to work long-haul international flights because of her weight.The Moscow City Court overturned a ruling by a...

Trump rescinding DACA programme protecting young immigrants

Published:Tuesday | September 5, 2017 | 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON (AP):President Donald Trump's administration will "wind down" a programme protecting hundreds of thousands of young immigrants who were brought into the country illegally as...

Irma strengthens into Category 5 hurricane, nears Caribbean

Published:Tuesday | September 5, 2017 | 12:00 AM

SAN JUAN (AP):Hurricane Irma grew into a dangerous Category 5 storm, the most powerful seen in the Atlantic in over a decade, and roared towards islands in the northeast Caribbean yesterday on a path that could eventually take it to the United...

Tropical Storm Jose forms over Atlantic

Published:Tuesday | September 5, 2017 | 12:00 AM

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC): Residents in the Windward Islands – Dominica, Grenada, St Lucia and St Vincent and the Grenadines – were being urged to follow the path of Tropical Storm Jose as the 10th tropical storm of the 2017...

US rescinding DACA program protecting young immigrants

Published:Tuesday | September 5, 2017 | 12:00 AM

WASHINGTON (AP): United States President Donald Trump's administration will "wind down" a program protecting hundreds of thousands of young immigrants who were brought into the country illegally as children, Attorney General Jeff...

UN diplomats call for more sanctions against North Korea

Published:Monday | September 4, 2017 | 12:00 AM

NEW YORK (AP):UN Security Council members called for further sanctions against North Korea yesterday after a powerful nuclear test explosion added another layer of urgency for diplomats wrestling with what to do about the North's persistent weapons...

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