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Holders Italy secure Euro 2024 place, Czech Republic and Slovenia qualify
AFP, Published on 21/11/2023
» PARIS - Reigning champions Italy secured their ticket for Euro 2024 on Monday after holding on for a nervy goalless draw against Ukraine in their final qualifier, while the Czech Republic and Slovenia also clinched places at next year's finals.
Pope dismisses critical US bishop
AFP, Published on 11/11/2023
» VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis on Saturday dismissed US bishop Joseph Strickland, a prominent conservative who has repeatedly criticised his papacy, the Vatican announced.
As Otis toll climbs, Mexicans criticize government response
AFP, Published on 30/10/2023
» ACAPULCO (MEXICO) - Acapulco was struggling Sunday to recover from the extraordinarily powerful Hurricane Otis, which claimed 48 lives across southern Mexico and provoked widespread power outages and criticism of the government response.
What to know about dengue fever as cases spread
New York Times, Published on 25/10/2023
» NEW YORK - Cases of dengue fever, a mosquito-borne viral illness that can be fatal, are surging around the world. The increase is occurring both in places that have long struggled with the disease and in areas where its spread was unheard-of until the last year or two, including France, Italy and Chad, in central Africa. Last week, health officials in Pasadena, California, reported a first case of locally transmitted dengue.
Hurricane Lidia leaves two dead in Mexico
AFP, Published on 12/10/2023
» PUERTO VALLARTA (MEXICO) - Hurricane Lidia left at least two people dead in Mexico after making landfall as a powerful Category 4 storm, causing flooding, damage and blocked roads before dissipating, authorities said Wednesday.
Hurricane Lidia leaves at least one dead in Mexico
AFP, Published on 11/10/2023
» PUERTO VALLARTA (MEXICO) - Hurricane Lidia slammed into Mexico's Pacific coast as an "extremely dangerous" Category 4 storm Tuesday, causing flooding, blocked roads, fallen trees and at least one death, officials said.
Heists at sea: Shrimp bandits terrorise Ecuador farmers
AFP, Published on 06/10/2023
» GUAYAQUIL, Ecuador: From robberies on land to hold-ups at sea by rifle-toting, hooded men, Ecuador's shrimp industry is facing a wave of violent crime that is threatening the country's star export.
Not likely to survive
Oped, Postbag, Published on 29/09/2023
» Re: "Caption critique", (PostBag, Sept 28) & "Caged in a mall", (Opinion, Sept 27).
A timeless musician
Life, John Clewley, Published on 26/09/2023
» Eliades Ochoa was a key member of the legendary Buena Vista Social Club, which was established in 1996 and organised into a stellar ensemble of Cuban musicians, many of whom performed Cuban music of the 1940s and 1950s -- bolero, son and danzon. An album was released to great acclaim and a film documentary of the group garnered an Academy Award for director Wim Wenders.
California sues oil giants for ‘decades of deception’
Published on 16/09/2023
» The US state of California is suing several of the world’s biggest oil companies, claiming their actions have caused tens of billions of dollars in damage and that they deceived the public by downplaying the risks posed by fossil fuels.