‘This Thing’s Going to Explode’: Hurricane Florence Packing Devastation and Catastrophic Flooding
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Category 4 Hurricane Florence drawing closer to Carolinas and threatens ‘catastrophic’ flooding
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Large and violent Florence is continuing on a beeline toward the East Coast as an “extremely dangerous” Category 4 hurricane. Catastrophic flooding and destructive winds are becoming very likely in the eastern Carolinas. Forecasts generally project the storm to make … Read More
Dollar edges higher on trade tensions, Swedish crown rises after vote
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The Swedish crown strengthened after an election in the country on Sunday that saw support for the nationalist Sweden Democrats surge. An emerging market currency index dipped more than 0.4 percent on Monday after booking its biggest weekly loss in … Read More
Protests in Russia: ‘Pension Putin off!’
MOSCOW, RUSSIA – SEPTEMBER 9, 2018: People take part in an unauthorized rally against the Russian pension reform in Petrovka Street. Mikhail Pochuyev/TASS Unauthorized protests against raising the retirement age took place in dozens of Russian cities on September 9, … Read More
Russia states U.S. attacked Syria, which Pentagon denies
Additional Protocols to the Geneva Conventions of 1949 bans the use of weapons with white phosphorus. The Telegraph Yesterday, Russian military stated that two U.S. F-15 fighter jets attacked Syria’s Deir al-Zor province with phosphorus bombs. The U.S. denies it, as Reuters reports. … Read More
Germany could join a military alliance with the US, UK, and France if Syria tries another chemical attack
A German air force Tornado jet takes off from the German army Bundeswehr airbase in Jagel, northern Germany December 10, 2015. REUTERS/Fabian Bimmer Germany is exploring the possibility of joining a military alliance with the US, France, and the United Kingdom … Read More
China calls on U.S., North Korea to implement Singapore agreement
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un meets with China’s Li Zhanshu, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress (NPC), in Pyongyang, in this photo released Monday. | REUTERS BEIJING – China’s top legislator voiced hope that North Korea … Read More
China envoy conveys President Xi Jinping’s letter to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un
A photo released on Sept 10, 2018, showing North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (right) meeting with China’s Li Zhanshu in Pyongyang, North Korea.PHOTO: REUTERS BEIJING – A high-ranking Chinese official who is visiting North Korea has conveyed China’s President … Read More
Iran nuclear chief announces completion of new facility to produce centrifuges
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Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (L) and Iran’s Atomic Energy Organisation chief Ali Akbar Salehi address journalists at the Bushehr nuclear power plant in Bushehr on January 13, 2015Mohammad Berno (Iranian Presidency/AFP/File) Iran’s nuclear chief Ali Akbar Salehi on Sunday announced … Read More