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Images from Jamaica show the powerful arrival of Hurricane Melissa, which made landfall Tuesday afternoon as a Category 5 hurricane. Coastal areas are facing intense wind and rain, as a third of the island is already experiencing power cuts, according to officials.
Hurricane Melissa is among the strongest hurricanes to have formed in the Atlantic Ocean since records have been kept, ranking as one the most powerful storms in terms of both wind strength and pressure. The storm, which formed last week, was an “extremely dangerous” Category 5 hurricane as it made landfall in Jamaica on Tuesday,…
Francesca Albanese, the United Nations special rapporteur on Palestine, has taken aim at states complicit in Israel’s genocide in Gaza, calling for a new multilateralism that will prevent it from happening again in future. Albanese presented her new report – “Gaza Genocide: a collective crime” – to the UN General Assembly on Tuesday, addressing delegates…
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Sudan’s military chief has confirmed the army’s withdrawal from its last western stronghold of el-Fasher after the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) declared control of the city. In a televised address on Monday evening, Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan said he had approved the withdrawal in response to the “systematic destruction and killing of civilians”. He…
Kingston, Jamaica — Hurricane Melissa was about to pummel Jamaica on Tuesday as a catastrophic Category 5 storm, the strongest to lash the island since recordkeeping began 174 years ago. The storm was expected to make landfall early Tuesday and slice diagonally across the island, entering near St. Elizabeth parish in the south and exiting…
Venezuela has suspended a major gas deal with neighbouring Trinidad and Tobago, citing the island nation’s reception of a United States warship. President Nicolas Maduro ordered the “immediate suspension” of a deal to provide natural gas to Trinidad and Tobago, state broadcaster TeleSUR reported on Monday. Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of list The…
Two HSBC bank logos are displayed on an office building in Mexico City, Mexico, July 25, 2025. Henry Romero | Reuters Europe’s largest lender HSBC on Tuesday beat third-quarter profit expectations as the bank’s net interest income rose while performance of its wealth segment was also robust. The bank’s profit before tax for the three…
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