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Heat projected to kill nearly five times more people by 2050
(AFP)— Nearly five times more people will likely die due to extreme heat in the coming decades, an international team of experts said Wednesday, warning that without action on climate change the “health of humanity is at grave risk”. Lethal heat was just one of the many ways the world’s still-increasing use of fossil fuels…
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Earth just experienced the hottest 12 months ever recorded
Click Here to Get the News Delivered Directly to You. The last 12 months were the hottest Earth has ever recorded, according to a new report by Climate Central, a nonprofit science research group. The peer-reviewed report says burning gasoline, coal, natural gas and other fossil fuels that release planet-warming gases like carbon dioxide, and…
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CARICOM Statement on the Situation in Gaza
The following statement was issued by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on Sunday: The Caribbean Community (CARICOM), aware of the catastrophic humanitarian crisis in Gaza that continues to worsen, Expresses horror and concern at the mounting death toll on the civilian population, including women and children, particularly in Gaza, but also in other areas of the…
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Donald Trump set to take the stand in New York civil fraud trial
Get the news delivered directly to your phone. Click here to Join our WhatsApp Group (AFP)— Donald Trump rose to political power touting the business acumen he says made him a fortune. On Monday, the 77-year-old once and potentially future president is expected to testify at a civil trial in which he stands accused of…
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Jamaican with extensive criminal history held by US authorities
Get the news delivered directly to your phone. Click here to Join our WhatsApp Group (CMC) – The United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency says it has arrested a 45-year-old Jamaican national with an extensive criminal history spanning more than 20 years. ICE said that the Jamaican’s numerous aggravated felonies include attempted murder,…
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Sam Bankman-Fried convicted of $10 billion fraud, capping crypto king’s epic fall
Now you can call him “Sam Bankman-Fraud.” A Manhattan federal jury has convicted Sam Bankman-Fried of stealing $10 billion from users of his crypto exchange and lying to lenders and investors — capping a fall from grace for an ex-billionaire who was once viewed as one of the crypto world’s brightest stars. The 31-year-old disgraced…
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Woman accused of inviting ex-husband’s parents and aunt to lunch and killing them with poisonous mushrooms
Get the news delivered directly to your phone. Click here to Join our WhatsApp Group (AP) — The host of a weekend family lunch at her Australian country home was charged today with murdering her ex-husband’s parents and aunt with poisonous mushrooms and attempting to murder a fourth guest, police said. Police arrested Erin Patterson,…
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Pence quits US presidential race after struggling to gain traction
Get the news delivered directly to your phone. Click here to Join our WhatsApp Group (AP) — Former Vice President Mike Pence on Saturday dropped his bid for the Republican presidential nomination, ending his campaign for the White House after struggling to raise money and gain traction in the polls. “It’s become clear to me:…
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Spanish clergy sexually abused more than 200,000 children, probe estimates
Get the news delivered directly to your phone. Click here to Join our WhatsApp Group (AFP) — Over 200,000 minors are estimated to have been sexually abused in Spain by the Roman Catholic clergy since 1940, according to an independent commission published Friday. The report did not give a specific figure but said a poll…
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NSW Boy, 14, raped by influencer, 46
Mum breaks down in court as she tells how her son, 14, burst into tears as he claimed he’d been raped by social media influencer, 46 Get the news delivered directly to your phone. Click here to Join our WhatsApp Group (Daily Mail) — The mother of a 14-year-old boy has broken down in court…
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‘Devil’ comet heading toward Earth. It’s 3 times bigger than Mount Everest
Get the news delivered directly to your phone. Click here to Join our WhatsApp Group The iceball cometh. As if things didn’t seem apocalyptic enough already, scientists reported that a “horned” comet three times bigger than Mount Everest exploded and is hurtling toward Earth. The blast originated on Oct. 5 from 12P/Pons-Brooks a cryovolcanic —…