🌬 Frustrations mount as Hurricane Ian’s effects linger
Days after the skies cleared and the winds died down in Florida, Hurricane Ian’s effects persisted Monday, as people faced another week without power and others were being rescued from homes inundated with lingering floodwaters. Frustrations mounted in the path the storm cut through Florida, and the hurricane’s remnants, now a nor’easter, weren’t done with the US.
Norfolk and Virginia Beach declared states of emergency as they watched to see how bad Monday’s high tides would be. Coastal flooding was possible from North Carolina’s Outer Banks to Long Island, the National Weather Service said.
At least 68 people have been confirmed dead. Search and rescue efforts were still ongoing b in Florida. More than 1,600 people have been rescued statewide, according to Florida’s emergency management agency. About 600,000 homes and businesses in Florida were still without electricity on Monday morning.
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Days after the skies cleared and the winds died down in Florida, Hurricane Ian’s effects persisted Monday, as people faced another week without power and others were being rescued from homes inundated with lingering floodwaters. Frustrations mounted in the path the storm cut through Florida, and the hurricane’s remnants, now a nor’easter, weren’t done with the US.
Norfolk and Virginia Beach declared states of emergency as they watched to see how bad Monday’s high tides would be. Coastal flooding was possible from North Carolina’s Outer Banks to Long Island, the National Weather Service said.
At least 68 people have been confirmed dead. Search and rescue efforts were still ongoing b in Florida. More than 1,600 people have been rescued statewide, according to Florida’s emergency management agency. About 600,000 homes and businesses in Florida were still without electricity on Monday morning.
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🇧🇷 Bolsonaro, Lula start the fight for support before Brazil's runoff
After garnering more than 90% of the vote in Sunday’s first round, leaving their competitors far behind, incumbent President Bolsonaro and ex-President da Silva are already eyeing options that can push them over the top, whether it's political alliances or endorsements from candidates now eliminated.
Political analysts say Bolsonaro will seek to capitalize on an unexpectedly strong showing by the right wing as a whole to shore up support from politicians seeking advantageous alliances while da Silva reaches out to moderates.
Bolsonaro has expressed no interest in bringing defeated presidential candidates to his side, while da Silva has said he already reached out to competitors, who garnered about 8% of the vote combined. The difference between Bolsonaro and da Silva in the first round amounted to 6.1 million votes, and more than 30 million people abstained.
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After garnering more than 90% of the vote in Sunday’s first round, leaving their competitors far behind, incumbent President Bolsonaro and ex-President da Silva are already eyeing options that can push them over the top, whether it's political alliances or endorsements from candidates now eliminated.
Political analysts say Bolsonaro will seek to capitalize on an unexpectedly strong showing by the right wing as a whole to shore up support from politicians seeking advantageous alliances while da Silva reaches out to moderates.
Bolsonaro has expressed no interest in bringing defeated presidential candidates to his side, while da Silva has said he already reached out to competitors, who garnered about 8% of the vote combined. The difference between Bolsonaro and da Silva in the first round amounted to 6.1 million votes, and more than 30 million people abstained.
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🚨 BREAKING | Residents on Japan's Hokkaido Advised to Seek Shelter after DPRK Ballistic Missile Launch Detected
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) continued its string of missile tests into October, carrying out its fifth test in the last two weeks.
The South Korean military said on Tuesday morning it had detected a new ballistic missile launch from the DPRK headed toward the Sea of Japan, which Koreans call the East Sea.
Japanese officials also detected the launch and issued a warning to residents of the northern island of Hokkaido to seek shelter.
Residents on Japan's Hokkaido Advised to Seek Shelter after DPRK Ballistic Missile Launch Detected
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The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) continued its string of missile tests into October, carrying out its fifth test in the last two weeks.
The South Korean military said on Tuesday morning it had detected a new ballistic missile launch from the DPRK headed toward the Sea of Japan, which Koreans call the East Sea.
Japanese officials also detected the launch and issued a warning to residents of the northern island of Hokkaido to seek shelter.
Residents on Japan's Hokkaido Advised to Seek Shelter after DPRK Ballistic Missile Launch Detected
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Residents on Japan's Hokkaido Advised to Seek Shelter after DPRK Ballistic Missile Launch Detected
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) continued its string of missile tests into October, carrying out its fifth test in the last two weeks.
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🇪🇺 Europe faces “unprecedented risks” to its natural gas supplies this winter after Russia cut off most pipeline shipments, the International Energy Agency said Monday, warning that European nations could wind up competing with Asia for already scarce and expensive liquid gas that comes by ship.
The Paris-based IEA said in its quarterly gas report that the European Union’s 27 countries would need to reduce natural gas use by 13% over the winter in case of a complete Russian cutoff amid the conflict in Ukraine.
High prices for natural gas, which is used for heating homes, generating electricity and a host of industrial processes, are fueling record consumer inflation of 10% in the 19 EU nations that use the shared euro currency. European governments and utilities have made up much of the Russian shortfall by purchasing expensive supplies of liquefied natural gas.
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The Paris-based IEA said in its quarterly gas report that the European Union’s 27 countries would need to reduce natural gas use by 13% over the winter in case of a complete Russian cutoff amid the conflict in Ukraine.
High prices for natural gas, which is used for heating homes, generating electricity and a host of industrial processes, are fueling record consumer inflation of 10% in the 19 EU nations that use the shared euro currency. European governments and utilities have made up much of the Russian shortfall by purchasing expensive supplies of liquefied natural gas.
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🇮🇱 Israel’s prime minister welcomed a US proposal for setting the maritime border with Lebanon, saying the American plan for resolving a long-running dispute between the neighboring countries would lift Israel’s economy and boost regional security.
Prime Minister Yair Lapid said the proposal was delivered over the weekend to both Israel and Lebanon. While he said it was still being studied, he said the plan would strengthen Israel’s northern areas near the Lebanese border, allow Israel to produce additional natural gas and deliver new revenues to the national coffers.
Lebanon and Israel have been officially at war since Israel’s creation in 1948 and both countries claim some 860 square kilometers (330 square miles) of the Mediterranean Sea. Lebanon hopes to unleash offshore oil and gas production as it grapples with the worst economic crisis in its modern history, plunging three-quarters of its population into poverty.
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Prime Minister Yair Lapid said the proposal was delivered over the weekend to both Israel and Lebanon. While he said it was still being studied, he said the plan would strengthen Israel’s northern areas near the Lebanese border, allow Israel to produce additional natural gas and deliver new revenues to the national coffers.
Lebanon and Israel have been officially at war since Israel’s creation in 1948 and both countries claim some 860 square kilometers (330 square miles) of the Mediterranean Sea. Lebanon hopes to unleash offshore oil and gas production as it grapples with the worst economic crisis in its modern history, plunging three-quarters of its population into poverty.
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🏥 UnitedHealth Group said Monday that it completed its acquisition of Change Healthcare, closing the roughly $8 billion deal a couple weeks after a judge rejected a challenge from federal regulators.
The health care giant said that combination will simplify clinical, administrative and payment processes for care providers and bill payers. Minnetonka, Minnesota-based UnitedHealth Group’s rapidly growing Optum business process pharmacy claims, delivers care and provides technology support. UnitedHealth Group Inc. also runs the one of the nation’s largest health insurers.
The US Department of Justice had sued in February to block the deal. Regulators argued at the time that the deal would put too much information about health care claims in the hands of one company. But a District Judge issued an order denying the government’s request to scrap the deal.
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The health care giant said that combination will simplify clinical, administrative and payment processes for care providers and bill payers. Minnetonka, Minnesota-based UnitedHealth Group’s rapidly growing Optum business process pharmacy claims, delivers care and provides technology support. UnitedHealth Group Inc. also runs the one of the nation’s largest health insurers.
The US Department of Justice had sued in February to block the deal. Regulators argued at the time that the deal would put too much information about health care claims in the hands of one company. But a District Judge issued an order denying the government’s request to scrap the deal.
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🇸🇪 A Swedish geneticist has been awarded the 2022 Nobel prize in physiology or medicine. Svante Pääbo won the 10m Swedish kronor (£802,000) prize announced on Monday by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm.
Pääbo won for his discoveries concerning the genomes of extinct hominins including Neanderthals and human evolution, according to the formal citation from the Nobel committee. By studying DNA sequences from a small piece of bone discovered in a cave in Siberia, Pääbo also discovered the Denisovans, a previously unknown hominin group distantly related to Neanderthals.
His discoveries also have implications for modern medicine. Chunks of Neanderthal and Denisovan DNA are peppered throughout the human genome and their analysis is beginning to shed light on what makes our physiology unique, or similar, to that of our ancestors.
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Pääbo won for his discoveries concerning the genomes of extinct hominins including Neanderthals and human evolution, according to the formal citation from the Nobel committee. By studying DNA sequences from a small piece of bone discovered in a cave in Siberia, Pääbo also discovered the Denisovans, a previously unknown hominin group distantly related to Neanderthals.
His discoveries also have implications for modern medicine. Chunks of Neanderthal and Denisovan DNA are peppered throughout the human genome and their analysis is beginning to shed light on what makes our physiology unique, or similar, to that of our ancestors.
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📰 Former President Donald Trump filed a defamation lawsuit against CNN, accusing the network of defaming him "with a series of ever-more scandalous, false, and defamatory labels of 'racist,' 'Russian lackey,' 'insurrectionist,' and ultimately 'Hitler,'" according to the lawsuit.
In July, Trump sent the network a 282-page letter threatening a defamation lawsuit and demanding an apology from the network. The letter also asked the network to retract "numerous articles and televised transmissions" within 10 days.
Trump's lawyers filed the lawsuit Monday in federal court in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He is seeking at least $475 million in punitive damages, according to the suit. The lawsuit also seeks a trial by jury, according to court documents.
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In July, Trump sent the network a 282-page letter threatening a defamation lawsuit and demanding an apology from the network. The letter also asked the network to retract "numerous articles and televised transmissions" within 10 days.
Trump's lawyers filed the lawsuit Monday in federal court in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He is seeking at least $475 million in punitive damages, according to the suit. The lawsuit also seeks a trial by jury, according to court documents.
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🇺🇸Joe Biden in a conversation with a TV presenter in September said that he was going to seek a second presidential term, NBC reports, citing a source.
Until that moment, the current US President had refrained from such announcements, although his supporters talked about it
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Until that moment, the current US President had refrained from such announcements, although his supporters talked about it
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📹The Russian Defense Ministry has revealed footage showing how Russian airborne artillery performed a massive attack on the positions of the Ukrainian military, eliminating troops as well as tanks, weaponry and armored vehicles.
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Kanye West surprised people wearing a black sweatshirt with the slogan “White Lives Matter" at Yeezy fashion show in Paris.
▪️West’s “White Lives Matter” shirt may not come as a total shock to fans, as West is known for stirring the pot when it comes to his political views.
▪️In 2018, West sported a red MAGA hat on Saturday Night Live which his ex-wife, Kim Kardashian, tried to talk him out of wearing at the time. Fans can’t forget when West also wore a jacket with a Confederate flag patch on it in 2013.
▪️Previously, the Anti-Defamation League called the phrase “White Lives Matter” a hate slogan.
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▪️West’s “White Lives Matter” shirt may not come as a total shock to fans, as West is known for stirring the pot when it comes to his political views.
▪️In 2018, West sported a red MAGA hat on Saturday Night Live which his ex-wife, Kim Kardashian, tried to talk him out of wearing at the time. Fans can’t forget when West also wore a jacket with a Confederate flag patch on it in 2013.
▪️Previously, the Anti-Defamation League called the phrase “White Lives Matter” a hate slogan.
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🇦🇺Australia plans to stop the loss of any more species and end its status as "the mammal extinction capital of the world," its government says.
❗️Over 100 animals and plants are at risk, including species like the koala, the Australian sea lion, and the rarest marsupial in the world, Gilber’s Potoroo; they will be prioritized under new conversation strategies.
Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek said that the strategy is the government’s answer to the State of the Environment report, which found Australia has lost more species to extinction than any other continent.
💬“We are determined to give wildlife a better chance," she declared.
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❗️Over 100 animals and plants are at risk, including species like the koala, the Australian sea lion, and the rarest marsupial in the world, Gilber’s Potoroo; they will be prioritized under new conversation strategies.
Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek said that the strategy is the government’s answer to the State of the Environment report, which found Australia has lost more species to extinction than any other continent.
💬“We are determined to give wildlife a better chance," she declared.
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⚡️Russian Federation Council ratifies treaties on the admission of the DPR, the LPR, Kherson and Zaporozhye regions
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"Most EU countries can’t raise hundreds of billions through the issuance of bonds - as Germany is about to do - because of their weaker economies and high public indebtedness…The EU governments will soon be facing non-payment movements from their citizenry and cannot afford to be seen delivering cash money to Kiev." Gilbert Doctorow, an international relations analyst, said.
Read the details why experts believe that EU risks financial crisis or even disintegration if it continues to invest billions in Ukraine
Read the details why experts believe that EU risks financial crisis or even disintegration if it continues to invest billions in Ukraine
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EU Risks Financial Crisis, Disintegration If It Continues To Pour Billions Into Ukraine, Say Experts
The Biden administration has pledged to provide $1.5Bln a month to Kiev to keep the Ukrainian economy afloat and is pushing the EU to commit to a similar package, Bloomberg has reported. Meanwhile, the EU is facing a severe economic...
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⚡️The US Treasury has reportedly announced the preparation of sanctions to cap the price of Russian oil, but the decision hasn't been made yet
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“Another 'greetings' from the Ukrainian authorities”
📹WATCH how a resident of the Kherson region shows the aftermath of a rocket attack by the Ukrainian Army on a local hotel.
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📹WATCH how a resident of the Kherson region shows the aftermath of a rocket attack by the Ukrainian Army on a local hotel.
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❗️Russian Foreign Ministry condemns Warsaw 'offering' Russian Ambassador to oppose the special military operation in Ukraine
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❗️Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky approved the decision of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine on the impossibility of holding talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin - decree
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🌎 The overwhelming majority of countries realize Russia's righteousness, the escalation of confrontation against Moscow and the non-recognition of the results of referendums in the DPR, the LPR, the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions is ahistorical, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday.
🗯 "The vast majority of countries — I guarantee you — realize our righteousness. Not everyone has the courage and simply just the strength to objectively talk about it frankly… I am convinced that truth will prevail, " Lavrov told reporters.
▪️ He stressed that now, in the case of referendums in the DPR, the LPR, the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions, a scenario is being implemented that relies on the free will of people.
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🗯 "The vast majority of countries — I guarantee you — realize our righteousness. Not everyone has the courage and simply just the strength to objectively talk about it frankly… I am convinced that truth will prevail, " Lavrov told reporters.
▪️ He stressed that now, in the case of referendums in the DPR, the LPR, the Kherson and Zaporozhye regions, a scenario is being implemented that relies on the free will of people.
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