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Hurricane Ian strikes Cuba as Florida braces for hit Hurricane Ian tore into western Cuba on Tuesday as a major hurricane, with nothing to stop it from intensifying into a catastrophic Category 4 hurricane before it hits Florida on Wednesday. - 2022-09-27 07:20:44 Puerto Ricans await aid, fret about post-hurricane recovery TOA BAJA, Puerto Rico (AP) — City worker Carmen Medina walked purposefully through the working-class community of Tranquility Village under a brutal sun, with clipboard, survey forms and pen in hand — part of a small army of officials... - 2022-09-25 15:48:43 Canada struggles to restore power, clear roads after storm TORONTO (AP) — Hundreds of thousands of people in Atlantic Canada remained without power Sunday and officials tried to assess the scope of devastation from former Hurricane Fiona, which swept away houses, stripped off roofs, and blocked roads... - 2022-09-25 14:11:04
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A day after being spared the rainy wrath of Hurricane Ian when it was a less-powerful tropical storm, the weather system drenched southern Jamaica with near-relentless rain for much of Monday, ravaging roads and triggering landslides as it...
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Assistant Commissioner of Police Gary McKenzie, who is head of the Public Safety and Traffic Enforcement Branch, said that the police are investigating the matter in which two men tried to break the locks of the floodgates that lead to the Bog...
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Belize: BDF captain awaiting trial found dead in cell
A captain of the Belize Defence Force (BDF), who was awaiting trial for violating a restraining...
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Do you remember what happened on this date – January 1, 2019? Well, that was the Government will impose a ban on single use plastic bags, straws and polystyrene. The ban covered the importation, manufacture and distribution of the materials. The plastic bags that were banned were those that were commonly referred to a 'scandal [...]
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Since we have all been under lockdown. I have tried to engage in all kinds of hobbies to keep me from sliding into ‘pandemic fatigue’ which essentially means I was going crazy and needed a mental boost. 1. Create a compost and use in your garden So one of my hobbies that I started was [...]
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Japanese former leader Shinzo Abe honoured at divisive state funeral
TOKYO (AP) — Japan's assassinated hawkish former leader, Shinzo Abe, was given a rare state funeral Tuesday that was full of military pomp and surrounded by throngs of mourners as well as by widespread protests, with thousands taking to...
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HAVANA (AP) — Hurricane Ian was growing stronger as it barreled toward Cuba on a track to hit Florida's west coast as a major hurricane as early as Wednesday. Ian was forecast to hit the western tip of Cuba as a major hurricane and then... - 
