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Hurricane Sally intensifies, could wallop US coast with 177kph winds

BAY ST LOUIS, Missouri/HOUSTON, Texas (REUTERS) – Hurricane Sally rapidly strengthened on Monday (Sept 14) over the Gulf of Mexico, the US National Hurricane Centre said, and could hit the central Gulf Coast on Tuesday as nearly a major hurricane. The second strong storm in less than a month to threaten the region, Sally’s winds […]

Nevada City fines company that hosted indoor Trump rally, violating Covid-19 protocols

HENDERSON, NEVADA (BLOOMBERG) – The Nevada company that allowed US President Donald Trump to hold a rally indoors with few masks and little social distancing faces fines for violating Covid-19 safety regulations. The city of Henderson had warned Xtreme Manufacturing that the Sunday event would have to comply with state orders to keep gatherings under […]

Canada's Trudeau worried about uptick in coronavirus cases

OTTAWA (AFP) – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau warned Monday (Sept 14) that Canada was “not out of the woods” with the coronavirus, urging citizens to be vigilant amid an uptick in virus cases nationwide. The country recorded more than 1,300 cases over the weekend – a level not seen since early summer. On Monday, Quebec […]

California wildfires: Trump tells fire-ravaged state ‘It’ll get cooler’

Donald Trump had a simple message for emergency officials in California: “It’ll start getting cooler.” The US president, who in the past has blamed the widespread blazes on poor forest management, visited the state on Monday. Wade Crowfoot, California Secretary for National Resources, told Mr Trump: “We had temperatures explode this summer. You may have […]

'It will get cooler': Trump predicts climate to cool down in wildfires briefing

SACRAMENTO (AFP) – US President Donald Trump on Monday (Sept 14) suggested global warming will reverse itself and dismissed climate change as a cause of ferocious fires engulfing swaths of the US West during a briefing with local officials in California. Mr Trump, who flew into Sacramento in central California on the third day of […]

Potential sign of alien life detected on inhospitable Venus

WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – Scientists said on Monday (Sept 14) they have detected in the harshly acidic clouds of Venus a gas called phosphine that indicates microbes may inhabit Earth’s inhospitable neighbour, a tantalising sign of potential life beyond Earth. The researchers did not discover actual life forms, but noted that on Earth phosphine is produced […]

Mosquito clouds killing deer, cattle In Southwest Louisiana in wake of Hurricane Laura

Hurricane Laura left a wake of destruction across southwest Louisiana after making landfall late last month. In its aftermath, clouds of mosquitoes have overrun the area. The swarms of skeeters are so thick that as many as 400 cattle have been lost, according to Craig Fontenot, a large-animal veterinarian based in Ville Platte, Louisiana. The […]

Trump signs new executive order to lower drug prices

WASHINGTON (REUTERS) – US President Donald Trump said on Sunday (Sept 13) he had signed a new executive order aimed at lowering drug prices in the United States by linking them to those of other nations. “My Most Favored Nation order will ensure that our Country gets the same low price Big Pharma gives to […]