AYA BATRAWY September 23, 2022, 2:20 PM NEW YORK (AP) — The death of an Iranian woman in the custody of the country’s morality police must be “steadfastly” investigated, Iran’s president said Thursday, even as he turned the tables on the country he was visiting for the U.N. General Assembly […]
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Fossil-Fuel Underinvestment Is Recipe for Disaster, UAE Says
(Bloomberg) — The world’s failure to invest enough in fossil fuels before cleaner alternatives can fully meet today’s energy needs is a “recipe for disaster,” according to Sultan Al Jaber, chief executive officer of Abu Dhabi National Oil Co. Most Read from Bloomberg Oil producers have limited ability to react […]
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Florida migrant-moving company gave GOP cash, has ties to DeSantis’ immigration ‘czar’ and Rep. Matt Gaetz
The air charter company Gov. Ron DeSantis’s administration hired for his migrant-moving program has contributed big money to some top allies of the governor and was once legally represented by Rep. Matt Gaetz and his former partner, who is now Florida’s “public safety czar” in charge of immigration policy. DeSantis’ […]
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Putin’s Ukraine escalation fuels unease in Russia
LONDON — The Kremlin has for months fought to maintain a sense of domestic normalcy while pursuing its faltering war in Ukraine. President Vladimir Putin’s declaration of a “partial mobilization” has, for some Russians at least, shattered that illusion. By the time Putin’s prerecorded announcement was done playing on TV […]
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New York AG sues Trump, his children and their company on charges of large-scale business fraud
New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a sweeping lawsuit Wednesday against former President Donald Trump, his three eldest children and the Trump Organization in connection with her yearslong civil investigation into the company’s business practices. In the suit, which runs more than 200 pages, James’ office details what it […]
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Philippines leader: Rich countries have put poorest at risk
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The world’s richest people have put its poorest at risk, Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. charged Tuesday at the United Nations, pushing for action on inequality, nuclear weapons and climate change. Addressing the U.N. General Assembly for the first time since taking office in June, Marcos […]
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Puerto Ricans wake up to eerily similar devastation on Hurricane Maria anniversary
Most people in Puerto Rico woke up Tuesday without access to power or water after Hurricane Fiona ravaged the island, a bleak reality that closely resembles what residents endured exactly five years ago with Hurricane Maria. “I could not imagine any of this,” Raquel Oliver Lopez, a resident of Levittown, […]
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Puerto Rico reels from Fiona, with 1.3M without power amid deluge, flash floods
Puerto Rico remains under tropical storm warning after Hurricane Fiona dumped more than 2 feet of rain over the weekend. More floods and landslides are expected Monday as intense rains are expected to continue until the end of day Tuesday. Since Puerto Rico is still in the emergency response phase […]
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Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Urges the West to Send More Weapons
(Bloomberg) — Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba urged western nations to supply more weapons so his government can press ahead with its counteroffensive against Russian forces. Kuleba said in an interview Monday with Bloomberg Television that Ukraine wants to add to its recent territorial gains and deny Russian President Vladimir […]
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Hurricane Fiona makes landfall in Puerto Rico, 1.4 million reported without power
More than 1.4 million were reported without power in Puerto Rico Sunday afternoon as Hurricane Fiona made landfall, touching down along the southwestern coast, near Punta Tocon, at around 3:20 p.m., with winds blowing an estimated 85 miles per hour, the National Hurricane Center reported. A hurricane warning is in […]