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NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Former US cardinal Theodore McCarrick, the most senior Roman Catholic official in America to face criminal charges in the massive clergy abuse scandal, pleaded not guilty Friday to charges that he sexually assaulted a teenage boy. McCarrick, 91, arrived at Massachusetts District Court in the town of Dedham walking hunched over with the aid of a walker, amid some boos, video shared on social media showed. McCarrick’s attorney, […]
by Peter HUTCHISON Agence France Presse NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — The deaths of almost a dozen New Yorkers who could not escape their homes during flash flooding has exposed the perils of living in the city’s often-dangerous basements. With rents in the Big Apple among the most expensive in the world, below-ground units offer an affordable option for many low-income residents. But the cramped, sometimes windowless apartments can come with risks as […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — At least 25 people in the New York region have died from flash flooding caused by rainfall brought by the remnants of Hurricane Ida, officials said Thursday. Twelve people have now lost their lives in New York City, including 11 who were trapped in the basements of their home, the NYPD said. Ten were known to have died in New Jersey, according to officials there and another three […]
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AFP) — Haitian authorities announced Thursday they will delay the start of the school year in aftermath of last month’s devastating earthquake. Initially scheduled for September 6, schools will open September 21 for the majority of Haitian children in kindergarten through high school. In the three southern departments that were ravaged by the August 14 quake, classes will start on October 4. Prime Minister Ariel Henry said authorities need time to rebuild the […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zrLaT1wyLaE Climate change and increasingly extreme weather events, have caused a surge in natural disasters over the past 50 years disproportionately impacting poorer countries, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) said on Wednesday. According to the agencies’ Atlas of Mortality and Economic Losses from Weather, Climate and Water Extremes, from 1970 to 2019, these natural hazards accounted for 50 per cent of all disasters, 45 per cent […]
by Peter HUTCHISON and Nicolas REVISE NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — Flash flooding caused by the remnants of Hurricane Ida killed at least 41 people in the New York area overnight into Thursday, including several who perished in their basements during the “historic” weather event that officials blamed on climate change. Record rainfall, which prompted an unprecedented flash flood emergency warning for New York City, turned streets into rivers and shut down subway services […]
BOGOTA, Colombia (AFP) — A new coronavirus variant known as “Mu,” identified first in Colombia in January, is now the country’s predominant strain and behind its deadliest pandemic wave yet, a health official said Thursday. The variant was responsible for Colombia’s deadly third infection wave between April and June, health official Marcela Mercado told a local radio station. During this period, with about 700 deaths per day, nearly two-thirds of tests from people who died […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — New York Governor Kathy Hochul declared a state of emergency on Thursday as the remnants of storm Ida caused massive flooding in New York City and across the northeastern United States. “I am declaring a state of emergency to help New Yorkers affected by tonight’s storm,” Hochul tweeted, after Ida, which slammed into the southern United States as a Category 4 hurricane on Sunday, caused tornadoes and flooding as […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — A student was shot and killed Wednesday at a high school in North Carolina, authorities in the southern US state said. Police dispatched to Mount Tabor High School in Winston-Salem found one student who had been shot. The student was transported to a local hospital, where he “succumbed to his injuries,” police department chief Catrina Thompson said during a press conference. The shooting suspect, believed to be another student […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Moderna on Wednesday announced it had begun submitting an application to the US Food and Drug Administration to authorize a booster of its Covid vaccine after trial data showed a significant increase in antibodies against variants. The third shot of the vaccine, known as mRNA-1273, was given to 344 participants in a study six months after their second dose. The first two doses were 100 micrograms, while the booster was […]
by Alfred Acenas (EBC Hawaii-Pacific) HONOLULU (Eagle News) – Starting on September 13, customers on Oahu Island will need to show proof of either a full vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test in order to enter restaurants, gyms, movie theaters, museums, arcades, and other similar establishments. According to Honolulu Mayor Rick Blangiardi, the Safe Access Oahu program was developed in collaboration with business and restaurant leaders as part of a collective effort to aggressively counteract […]
GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) — Hurricane Ida, which slammed into the US Gulf Coast at the weekend, could become the costliest weather disaster on record, the UN said Wednesday, hailing though that prevention measures had dramatically limited casualties. Louisiana and Mississippi are still taking stock of the disaster inflicted by the powerful Category 4 storm that hit exactly 16 years after Hurricane Katrina made landfall and devastated the area. Ida is known to have killed […]
