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MIAMI, United States (AFP) — Hurricane Irma killed 72 people in Florida when it battered the southern state on September 10, according to an updated death toll that includes figures from individual counties. Florida Division of Emergency Management (FDEM) spokesman Alberto Moscoso confirmed an official toll of 54 to AFP Tuesday. But this figure does not include eight known victims in the Florida Keys, or 10 elderly victims who died in a nursing home north […]
CORONA, California (Reuters) — Crews were battling a major Southern California wildfire on Tuesday (September 26) that has destroyed at least one structure and forced 1,500 people to flee their homes amid high temperatures and gusty winds. The so-called Canyon Fire, which broke out in the Santa Ana Mountains east of Los Angeles on Monday afternoon, charred more than 2,000 acres and forced the evacuation of roughly 500 homes, according to the California Department of […]
by Elodie Cuzin and Yemeli Ortega Agence France-Presse MEXICO City, Mexico (AFP) — A week after an earthquake that killed more than 300 people, thousands of Mexicans were still unable to return Tuesday to their badly damaged homes, much less their normal lives. After a week of eerie quiet in Mexico City, the capital’s notorious traffic jams were visible again as the sprawling city of 20 million people began returning to work and school. But many residents still […]
CARACAS, Venezuela (AFP) — Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro called on his army Tuesday to ready their weapons to defend the country in an escalating war of words with US President Donald Trump. President Nicolas Maduro joined his army top brass at a military exercise near the northern city of Maracay, where he reminded them of their obligation to defend the country. “We have been shamelessly threatened by the most criminal empire that ever existed and […]
by Kelly Macnamara Agence France Presse SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — Donald Trump may have stumbled into dangerous new territory with tweets that North Korea interpreted as a declaration of war, alarming a region used to living on the edge but now seriously considering the possibility of conflict. Observers say the US president’s fondness for Twitter diplomacy is creating a situation ripe for dangerous misunderstandings as he pursues an increasingly personal row with Kim […]
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) — Vanuatu has declared a state of emergency and evacuated thousands of residents from an island in the Pacific archipelago after a volcanic eruption rained rocks and ash on nearby homes, reports and officials said Tuesday. After weeks of rumbling, activity from the Manaro Voui volcano — at the center of the northern island of Ambae — increased in recent days, the Vanuatu Meteorology and Geo-Hazards Department said. The department on Saturday […]
by Yulius Martoni Agence France Presse KARANGASEM, Indonesia (AFP) — Vehicles laden with food, facemasks and bedding have been sent to help more than 75,000 people who have fled a volcano on the tourist island of Bali, as the Indonesian president flew in to visit crowded aid centers. Mount Agung, 75 kilometers (47 miles) from the resort hub of Kuta, has been rumbling since August and threatening to erupt for the first time since […]
NEW DELHI, India (AFP) — The United States wants a diplomatic solution to the escalating nuclear crisis with North Korea, Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said Tuesday, toning down the shrill rhetoric between the two countries. “We maintain the capability to deter North Korea’s most dangerous threats but also to back up our diplomats in a manner that keeps this as long as possible in the diplomatic realm,” he said in New Delhi after talks with […]
NEW YORK, United States (AFP) — The United States dismissed as “absurd” North Korea’s accusation that President Donald Trump has declared war against the regime, after Pyongyang said it was ready to defend itself by shooting down American bombers. Speaking to reporters outside his New York hotel, Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho responded to Trump tweeting at the weekend that North Korea’s leadership “won’t be around much longer” if it keeps up its threats. Ri, who […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Violent crime jumped nearly 15 percent in America’s biggest cities last year, the Federal Bureau of Investigation announced Monday, amid an increase in murders in large cities ravaged by gangs. In its annual “Crime in the United States” report, the FBI counted an estimated 1,248,185 violent crimes last year, a 4.1 percent increase from 2015. Murder and non-negligent manslaughter offenses jumped 8.6 percent — most of those crimes perpetrated with […]
by Claire Cozens Agence France-Presse KUTUPALONG, Bangladesh (AFP) – Two hours’ walk from the nearest road, with no toilets or clean water and little proper shelter— the vast area of scrubland Bangladesh has set aside for more than 400,000 Rohingya refugees is a miserable place to call home. Over the last week, Bangladesh authorities have cleared hundreds of thousands of newly-arrived refugees from roadsides and private land near the border with Myanmar where they had set up camp, […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — South Korea urged the United States to help dial down tensions with the North on Monday, after Pyongyang accused President Donald Trump of declaring war. “It is very likely that North Korea will conduct further provocations,” South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha said in a speech in Washington. “It is imperative that we, Korea and the US together, manage the situation… in order to prevent further escalation of tensions or […]
