By Tito Correa, Nyasha Chingono and Miguel Lo Bianco QUITO/HARARE/BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – From Zimbabwe’s capital Harare to Quito in Ecuador, green bills circulating on the streets and in shops with images of U.S. presidents reflect a big choice that has been made: picking the dollar over the local currency to bring economic stability. The … Read more
While the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza has been at the center of the world’s focus, international organizations have been sounding the alarm about the ongoing conflict in Sudan, where mass killings and rapes have been reported and millions of people displaced. War broke out in Sudan in April between forces loyal to the country’s military … Read more
BEIRUT — Hezbollah announced the deaths of five more militants as clashes along the Lebanon-Israel border intensified and the Israeli prime minister warned Lebanon on Sunday not to let itself get dragged into a new war. The tiny Mediterranean country is home to Hezbollah, a Shiite Muslim political party with an armed wing of the … Read more
CAIRO — The warnings had been clear however went unheeded. Consultants had lengthy mentioned that floods posed a big hazard to 2 dams meant to guard almost 90,000 individuals within the northeast of Libya. They repeatedly referred to as for rapid upkeep to the 2 constructions, positioned simply uphill from the coastal metropolis of Derna. … Read more
The Metropolitan Police was warned that considered one of its officers was a hazard to girls 5 years earlier than he raped a young person. Ex-Computer Adam Provan was jailed for 16 years for a collection of rapes spanning nearly a decade, at Wooden Inexperienced Crown Court docket on Tuesday. In 2005, a feminine officer … Read more
HELSINKI — Summer time is wildfire season in southern Europe, however this 12 months the continent’s north can also be in danger, with forest hearth warnings in impact from Scotland to the Nordic and Baltic international locations. A scarcity of rain and rising temperatures have led to dangerously dry situations within the area, resulting in … Read more
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia — The biggest wildfires ever recorded in Canada’s Atlantic Coast province of Nova Scotia continued to develop Thursday, forcing the evacuation of tons of of extra folks and prompting air high quality warnings in U.S. areas as far south as Virginia and Maryland. In all, there have been 4 wildfires within the … Read more
The US Federal Communications Fee has been ramping up its efforts to clamp down on unlawful robocalls which were harassing People. After sending a number of cease-and-desist letters to at least one offender particularly, the company has ordered their calls be totally blocked by US cellphone operators. In what the FCC claims is its first-ever … Read more