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Tampa residents collect sandbags for flood prevention as “Irma” closes in

  By Jay Rosquites EBC Florida Bureau TAMPA, Florida– Some residents have begun collecting sandbags to be used as deterrents against possible flooding, as Hurricane Irma closed in on Florida after slamming into the Caribbean. The sandbags can be collected at several locations throughout Pinellas county, Hillsborough county, and Pasco county until Saturday. County officials are allowing residents 20 sandbags per person. “We’re expecting lots of rainfall. It’s a preventive measure because even if one […]

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Xi tells Trump Beijing firm on N. Korea denuclearization, talks

BEIJING, China (AFP) — China’s President Xi Jinping told Donald Trump Wednesday that Beijing remains committed to denuclearizing North Korea as the United States president warned again that any Pyongyang threat would trigger an “overwhelming” response. In a phone call with Trump, Xi also said China remains firm in its wish to resolve the issue through talks leading to a peaceful settlement, state news agency Xinhua reported, as tensions soared over North Korea’s pursuit of […]

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JUST IN: Trump says military action against N. Korea not ‘first choice’

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — President Donald Trump said military action against North Korea was not the “first choice” of his administration Wednesday, edging away from his harshest threats against the regime in Pyongyang. After a phone call with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping on how to deal with North Korea’s threatening nuclear and ballistic missile programs, Trump did not rule out military strikes, saying “we will see what happens.” But, he indicated, other avenues for […]

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PHL embassy in US urges Filipinos in East Coast to brace for Hurricane Irma

  The Philippine Embassy is urging Filipino communities in the East Coast to take all necessary precautions and brace themselves for Hurricane Irma, which is projected to hit the Caribbean islands and surrounding areas, Puerto Rico, and the state of Florida within the next few days. The US National Hurricane Center has now classified Hurricane Irma as a Category 5 hurricane, with potentially catastrophic damage to its path. “We advise all our kababayans staying along […]

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800,000 immigrants face uncertainty: What happens to ‘Dreamers’ after Trump revokes their residence rights?

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The Trump administration on Tuesday ordered the end of the “Dreamers” program that allowed illegal immigrants who came to the United States as children to remain in the country. That move threatens the futures of some 800,000 people, many now in schools, with jobs and families in the United States. What is the ‘Dreamers’ program?  In a presidential order in June 2012, president Barack Obama launched DACA  — Deferred Action […]

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Updated: Panic buying in Florida as Category 5 Hurricane Irma nears

Video courtesy Eagle News Service contributor Mike Robinson in Orlando, Florida.    Taken in Super Target, Hunters’ Creek.    (Eagle News Service)     (Video courtesy Ricky Bravo taken in Walmart in Gainesville, Florida) Hurricane Irma, now a category 5 hurricane, is expected to impact the central Florida region in the next few days. Because of this, Central Florida families have not wasted any time in preparing for this storm, which is being called the […]

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As category 5 hurricane Irma threatens Caribbean, tropical storm Jose forms in Atlantic

  MIAMI, United States (AFP) — As Hurricane Irma bore down on the Caribbean, a new tropical storm emerged in the Atlantic Ocean on Tuesday, the National Hurricane Center said. Tropical Storm Jose had formed in the open Atlantic to the east of Hurricane Irma, which has developed into a powerful Category Five storm, the Miami-based NHC said. The NHC did not issue any coastal watches or warnings for Jose, which is currently located some […]

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Honduran ex-president’s son jailed in US for cocaine trafficking

NEW YORK, United States (AFP) – A son of former Honduran president Porfirio Lobo was sentenced to 24 years in an American prison on Tuesday for conspiring to smuggle cocaine and sell it in the United States. The hefty punishment for Fabio Lobo was meant as a warning to corrupt members of Latin America’s political elite, the New York City judge ruling over the trial, Lorna Schofield, said. She said Lobo had used his connections […]

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Irma turns into ‘extremely dangerous’ Category 5 hurricane — US monitors

  MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Irma picked up strength and has become an “extremely dangerous” Category Five hurricane as it approached the Caribbean on Tuesday, the Miami-based National Hurricane Center reported. “Preparations should be rushed to completion in the hurricane warning area,” the NHC said in its 1200 GMT bulletin. The monster hurricane, the most powerful of the five-level Saffir-Simpson scale, is about 270 miles (440 kilometers) east of the island of Antigua packing […]

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US says N. Korea ‘begging for war,’ pushes for tougher UN sanctions

  by Carole Landry with Hwang Sunghee in Seoul Agence France Presse UNITED NATIONS, United States (AFP) The US has accused North Korea of “begging for war” and pushed for the “strongest possible measures” on Pyongyang following its sixth and most powerful nuclear test. As world powers scramble to react to the latest grave step in the North’s rogue weapons program, South Korea launched major live-fire naval drills to warn its isolated neighbour against any […]

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Huge blaze forces hundreds to evacuate in Los Angeles; state of emergency declared

https://youtu.be/q3YD3vaI6Q8 LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — A massive fire described as the biggest in the history of Los Angeles was raging Saturday, forcing hundreds of people to evacuate their homes. Mayor Eric Garcetti told reporters the blaze, which broke out Friday and lit up the hills surrounding the northern suburb of Burbank overnight, had already burnt 5,000 acres (2,000 hectares), adding: “In terms of acres involved this is probably the largest fire in L.A. […]

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US could sell S. Korea billions of dollars of arms amid tensions

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — United States President Donald Trump on Monday told his South Korean counterpart Washington was willing to approve arms sales worth “many billions of dollars” to Seoul following Pyongyang’s test of what it said was a miniaturized hydrogen bomb. President Trump “provided his conceptual approval for the purchase of many billions of dollars’ worth of military weapons and equipment from the US by South Korea,” said the White House, without providing […]

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