Hurricane Milton tornadoes kill 4 in Florida amid rescue efforts

Agence France Presse 10/10/2024

SARASOTA, United States — Hurricane Milton tore a coast-to-coast path of destruction across the US state of Florida, whipping up a spate of deadly tornadoes that left at least four people dead and millions without power Thursday.…

Hurricane Milton draws near, Florida seaside haven a ghost town

Agence France Presse 10/10/2024

SARASOTA, United States — The normally pleasant seaside town of Sarasota looked deserted Wednesday, with most of its residents gone or seeking shelter as dangerous Hurricane Milton rumbled toward Florida. The town of 57,000 people sits on…

North Korea to ‘permanently’ shut border with South Korea

Agence France Presse 10/10/2024

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea’s army said on Wednesday it was moving to “permanently shut off and block the southern border” with the South and had informed the US military to prevent an accidental clash. Pyongyang…

Israel PM threatens Lebanon with destruction ‘like Gaza’

Agence France Presse 10/09/2024

JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Lebanon Tuesday it could face destruction “like Gaza” as Israel ramps up its ground offensive against Hezbollah along the southern section of the Lebanese coast. Netanyahu’s stark warning came as…

Trump secretly sent Covid tests to Putin, says Bob Woodward book

Agence France Presse 10/09/2024

WASHINGTON, United States — Then-president Donald Trump secretly sent Covid test kits to Vladimir Putin despite a US shortage during the pandemic, and spoke multiple times with the Russian leader after leaving office, Bob Woodward says in…

Nobel Prize winners in physics sound AI alarm

Agence France Presse 10/09/2024

STOCKHOLM, Sweden — British-Canadian Geoffrey Hinton and American John Hopfield won the Nobel physics prize on Tuesday for their pioneering work on the foundations of artificial intelligence, with both sounding the alarm over the technology they helped…

Hurricane Milton intensifies into Category 5, targets Florida

Agence France Presse 10/08/2024

TREASURE ISLAND, United States — Hurricane Milton exploded in strength Monday to become a potentially catastrophic Category 5 storm bound for Florida, threatening the US state with a second ferocious hurricane in as many weeks. Milton, which…

Drowned by hurricane, remote N. Carolina towns struggle for water

Agence France Presse 10/07/2024

ASHEVILLE, United States — Nicole Crane, exhausted, tearful and unwashed after a week of searching for a neighbor swept away by the raging waters of Hurricane Helene, dreams of taking a shower. But she and the other…

Typhoon Krathon makes landfall: Taiwan shuts down for second day

Agence France Presse 10/03/2024

KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan — Typhoon Krathon made landfall in Taiwan’s south on Thursday, the island’s weather agency said, after forcing schools and offices to shut for a second day amid winds and rain that have left two dead and…

Win the vote but still lose? Behold America’s Electoral College

Agence France Presse 10/03/2024

WASHINGTONG, United States — When political outsider Donald Trump defied polls and expectations to defeat Hillary Clinton in the 2016 US presidential election, he described the victory as “beautiful.” Not everyone saw it that way — considering…

Vietnam condemns China’s ‘brutal behavior’ in fisher attack

Agence France Presse 10/03/2024

  HANOI, Vietnam — Vietnam’s foreign ministry condemned on Wednesday China’s “brutal behaviour” during a violent attack on Vietnamese fishers in the disputed South China Sea. The 10 fishermen were reportedly beaten with iron bars and robbed…

Israel strike in Lebanon kills family of 17: No one left – dad

Agence France Presse 10/02/2024

BEIRUT, Lebanon — Qassem al-Qadhi left his home in east Lebanon this weekend to buy bread for 17 family members, but when he returned they were all dead. An Israeli air strike on Sunday hit the village of…

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