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Hurricane Milton marches across central Florida, destroying homes
ST. PETERSBURG, Florida - Hurricane Milton marched across central Florida on Thursday after making landfall on the state's west coast...
Oct 11, 20243 min read
Tampa zoo animals hunkered down as Hurricane Milton nears
After millions of people were ordered to flee along Florida's Gulf Coast, the African elephants, Caribbean flamingos, pygmy hippos and...
Oct 11, 20242 min read
Explainer-When will Milton hit Florida, and how does it compare with other hurricanes?
Hurricane Milton became the third-fastest intensifying Atlantic storm on record as it headed towards Florida's west coast, threatening to...
Oct 11, 20242 min read
Spared by Helene, Florida citrus industry braces for Milton
NEW YORK - Many orange farms in Florida could be hit by Hurricane Milton when it makes landfall in the state on Thursday, according to...
Oct 11, 20242 min read
Situation in Lebanon should not turn into situation in Gaza, US State Dept says
WASHINGTON - The U.S. State Department on Wednesday warned that it would be unacceptable for Israel's military incursion in southern...
Oct 11, 20242 min read
Nobel chemistry prize 2024 goes to trio of protein pioneers
STOCKHOLM - U.S. scientists David Baker and John Jumper and Briton Demis Hassabis won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry on Wednesday for...
Oct 11, 20243 min read
Top UN envoy in Lebanon calls for truce, UN resolution enforcement
UNITED NATIONS - A call by the U.S. and France for a 21-day truce between Israel and Hezbollah "is still on the table," said the top U.N....
Oct 11, 20242 min read
Factbox-Who are the candidates running in the US presidential election?
Republican former President Donald Trump will face Vice President Kamala Harris in the Nov. 5 U.S. presidential election after Democratic...
Oct 11, 20244 min read
Exclusive-Gulf states must not allow use of airspace against Iran, Iranian official says
Tehran has told Gulf Arab states it would be "unacceptable" if they allowed use of their airspace or military bases against Iran and...
Oct 11, 20243 min read
Nobel prize in physics goes to machine learning pioneers Hopfield and Hinton
STOCKHOLM - U.S. scientist John Hopfield and British-Canadian Geoffrey Hinton won the 2024 Nobel Prize in Physics on Tuesday for...
Oct 11, 20243 min read
Mozambique vote counting starts as ruling party eyes another win
MAPUTO, Mozambique - Vote counting started in Mozambique on Wednesday evening for an election that is widely expected to deliver another...
Oct 11, 20242 min read
Israeli strike on residential building in Syria's Damascus kills seven civilians, state media says
CAIRO - An Israeli airstrike targeted a residential building in the Mezzah suburb west of the Syrian capital Damascus, killing seven...
Oct 11, 20241 min read
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