Hurricane Irma continues deadly rampage
Three people have died as the eye of Hurricane Irma struck Florida’s Key West with winds of 130mph. One man died when he lost control of the truck he was driving through Monroe County. He had been carrying a generator. Two others died in a car accident in Hardee County, Florida, the Florida Highway Patrol […]
MEXICO – Rescue efforts continue as quake death toll rises
The race to rescue those trapped in the rubble continues, more than 24 hours after a powerful earthquake struck off Mexico’s southern coast. The 8.1…
FRANCE – Terror suspects ‘wanted to blow up banks’
VILLEJUIF – A chance alert by a local tradesman has exposed a terror-linked bomb plot to target banks, French Interior Minister Gérard Collomb has revealed.…
TEXAS – Massive clean-up . . . Harvey’s floodwaters give way to steaming piles of garbage
HOUSTON – Roiling waters in the streets have given way to steaming piles of garbage on the curbs. Harvey’s record-setting rains created heaps of ruined…
USA – Texas governor: Harvey’s bill could be $180 billion 3 September 2017
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has said the bill for reconstruction after Hurricane Harvey could be as high as US$180bn (£138bn). He said the damage was…
COLOMBIA – Pope arrives in Colombia on mission to promote peace
BOGOTA – Pope Francis arrived in Colombia on Wednesday with a message of unity for a nation deeply…
USA – Florida braces for Irma
FLORIDA –– People in the Florida Keys are putting up hurricane shutters and wooden boards on homes and…
BANGLADESH – Pressure on as almost 125,000 Rohingya flee violence
SHAMLAPUR – Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi came under more pressure on Tuesday to halt violence against…
SEOUL/UNITED NATIONS – ‘Begging for war’ . . US urges strongest possible UN sanctions to halt north korea
SEOUL/UNITED NATIONS – US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said Monday that North Korean leader Kim…