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WASHINGTON, Oct 3, 2023 (AFP) – Meta is proposing to offer European users a subscription-based version of Instagram and Facebook if they would rather not be tracked for ads, a source said on Tuesday. The idea, first reported by the Wall Street Journal, comes as the social media giant seeks to comply with a growing list of EU regulations designed to curb the power of US big tech. The company founded by Mark Zuckerberg makes […]
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AFP) — Fifty-seven people have died and eight are missing in Honduras following Tropical Storm Eta, authorities said Monday, as the death toll doubled in one of the countries worst hit by the storm. Eta slammed into Central America last week as a Category 4 hurricane, leaving over 200 people across the region dead or missing. Honduras was one of the worst affected, with swathes of the country now under water and authorities […]
by Carlos Batista HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) — Tropical Storm Eta headed towards Florida on Sunday and was set to strengthen into a hurricane again after slamming Cuba and earlier cutting a deadly path through Central America and southern Mexico. As the storm left Cuba, the US National Hurricane Center said it was “forecast to become a hurricane as it moves near or over the Florida Keys tonight and early Monday.” The NHC warned of dangerous […]
TUXTLA GUTIÉRREZ, Mexico, (AFP) — Torrential rain and a bitter cold front linked to storm system Eta have claimed at least 20 lives in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas, officials said Saturday. And authorities in Honduras said flooding in the north and northwest caused by torrential downpours had now left 23 people dead after another 10 people lost their lives on Friday. The government of Chiapas — which borders Guatemala, where about 150 […]
