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Dutch police use water cannon to clear climate protesters from highway
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - Dutch police on Saturday used water cannon to clear several hundred people blocking a major highway in The Hague to protest government subsidies for the fossil fuel industry. "Al...
Sep 16, 2023
Maltese rescue team finds ‘hundreds’ of dead on Libyan beach
By Christopher Scicluna VALLETTA (Reuters) - A Maltese rescue team found hundreds of dead bodies on a beach in the flood-stricken Libyan city of Derna on Friday, the Malta Civil Protection Department ...
Sep 16, 2023
Flood-hit Libyan city counts losses as search for missing goes on
By Ayman al-Warfali and Ahmed Elumami DERNA, Libya (Reuters) - Residents of Derna in eastern Libya were counting their losses from a flood that devastated swathes of the coastal city as the search for...
Sep 16, 2023
Hurricane Lee nears New England, Canada
By Daniel Trotta (Reuters) - After churning for more than a week over the Atlantic Ocean, Hurricane Lee closed in on New England and Atlantic Canada on Saturday, and is likely to make landfall as a tr...
Sep 16, 2023
Australia swelters in ‘uncommon’ spring heat ahead of likely El Nino event
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Large parts of Australia were in the grips of "uncommon" spring heat on Saturday, the nation's weather forecaster said, forecasting that record temperatures could be set on Sunday. ...
Sep 16, 2023
Drug kingpin El Chapo’s son extradited to US, Attorney General Garland says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A son of drug kingpin El Chapo was extradited to the United States on Friday, U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement. "Today, as a result of United States and...
Sep 15, 2023
Mexican kingpin Ovidio Guzman extradited to U.S., sources say
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Ovidio Guzman, a son of incarcerated Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, has been extradited to the United States where he is wanted on drugs charges, two Mexican gover...
Sep 15, 2023
Death toll from Hawaii wildfires drops to 97, missing is now at 31 -Hawaii governor
(Reuters) - The death toll from last month's wildfires on the Hawaiian island of Maui has dropped to 97 and the number of missing is now 31, Hawaii Governor Josh Green told CNN in an interview on Frid...
Sep 15, 2023
New Mexico governor suspends guns in city’s parks, playgrounds
By Andrew Hay (Reuters) - New Mexico's governor on Friday narrowed her heavily criticized blanket suspension on the right to carry guns in the state's largest metropolitan area to one just covering pa...
Sep 15, 2023
US FAA cuts minimum flight requirements at New York airports through late 2024
By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Citing air traffic controller staffing issues, U.S. regulators announced on Friday they will again extend cuts to minimum flight requirements at congested Ne...
Sep 15, 2023
