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HAVANA (AP) — Hurricane Fiona has struck Puerto Rico’s southwest coast because it unleashed landslides, knocked the ability grid out and ripped up asphalt from roads and flung the items round. Forecasters stated the storm would trigger catastrophic flooding and threatened to dump “historic” ranges of rain, with as much as 30 inches (76 centimeters) doable in remoted areas. Fiona on Sunday is lashing a U.S. territory that’s nonetheless recovering from a string of sturdy earthquakes and Hurricane Maria, a Class 4 storm that brought on deaths and destruction throughout the island in 2017. Greater than 3,000 properties nonetheless have solely a blue tarp as a roof.

Bidens amongst hundreds paying respects to Queen Elizabeth II

LONDON (AP) — U.S. President Joe Biden paid his respects at Queen Elizabeth II’s coffin as hundreds of police, a whole bunch of British troops and a military of officers made ultimate preparations for the queen’s state funeral. The funeral on Monday at Westminster Abbey shall be a spectacular show of nationwide mourning that may also be the largest gathering of world leaders for years. Folks throughout Britain paused for a minute of silence at 8 p.m. to honor the queen. Additionally late Sunday, authorities closed a miles-long queue for folks to see the queen mendacity in state. New arrivals have been turned away, so that everybody within the line can file previous the coffin earlier than Monday morning, when it will likely be taken to Westminster Abbey for the queen’s funeral.

Zelenskyy guarantees no ‘lull’ in taking again Ukrainian cities

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy promised his nation Sunday there can be no letup after a sequence of Ukrainian victories taking cities and cities again from Russian troops. He stated there can be no lull till all of Ukraine is freed. Russian shelling hit cities and cities throughout a large stretch of Ukraine over the weekend. The British protection ministry warned that Russia is more likely to enhance assaults on civilian targets because it suffers battlefield defeats. A Vatican envoy distributing humanitarian support was amongst those that got here below fireplace. There have been no accidents. And prosecutors in Kharkiv are accusing Russia of torturing civilians in a single village that was lately freed.

Biden: Labeled paperwork at Mar-a-Lago increase considerations

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says the invention of top-secret paperwork at former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago property raised considerations that delicate information was compromised and calls it “irresponsible.” In an interview with CBS’ “60 Minutes” that aired Sunday, Biden says he has not requested for any specifics “because I don’t want to get myself in the middle of whether or not the Justice Department should move or not move on certain actions they could take.” The FBI served a court-authorized search warrant at Trump’s Florida house on Aug. 8. Brokers took about 11,000 paperwork, together with roughly 100 with classification markings present in a storage room and an workplace.

Biden: US would defend Taiwan towards Chinese language invasion

BEIJING (AP) — President Joe Biden says U.S. forces would defend Taiwan if China tries to invade the self-ruled island claimed by Beijing as a part of its territory. Biden’s remark provides to shows of official U.S. assist for the island democracy within the face of intimidation by the mainland’s ruling Communist Get together. Biden stated “yes” when requested in an interview on CBS News’s “60 Minutes” program whether or not “U.S. women and men would defend Taiwan” in the event of a Chinese invasion. CBS News said it was told by the White House after the interview that U.S. policy hasn’t changed. Washington doesn’t say whether it would send forces to defend the island.

They ended wanted pregnancies. Post-Roe, they face new pain.

Ashley Lefebvre hugs her unborn daughter’s urn each night. Sarah Halsey treasures the tiny hat worn by her baby who lived just 38 minutes. Abi Frazier lives in a new home because she couldn’t bear to return to the one with the furnished nursery and empty crib. All ended wanted pregnancies because of grave fetal medical problems.  Such seldom discussed abortions are different from the most common type performed early in an unwanted pregnancy. For many who have endured them, the abortion debate since Roe’s reversal has unleashed a torrent of pain — and also brought them together to support each other, speak out and share their stories.

In world beset by turbulence, nations’ leaders gather at UN

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — World leaders are gathering at the United Nations this week under the shadow of Europe’s first major conflict since World War II. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the fighting it produced has sparked a global food crisis and a division among major powers not seen since the Cold War at a time of increasing international turbulence. The many facets of the war in Ukraine are expected to dominate the annual General Assembly meeting. It is taking place as many countries across the globe are also confronting inequality, an escalating climate crisis, the threat of multiple famines and increasing misinformation and hate speech.

EXPLAINER: How the strong U.S. dollar can affect everyone

NEW YORK (AP) — The value of the U.S. dollar has been on a tear for more than a year against everything from the British pound across the Atlantic to the South Korean won across the Pacific. The dollar is hovering close to its highest level in more than two decades against a key index measuring six major currencies. Many professional investors don’t expect the dollar to ease off anytime soon. Its rise makes an impact on nearly everyone, even those who will never travel beyond U.S. borders. The strength helps to limit inflation, but it can also hurt profits for many U.S. companies.

First public global database of fossil fuels launches

On Monday, the world’s first public database of fossil fuel production, reserves and emissions launches. Called The Global Registry of Fossil Fuels, it was developed by the groups Carbon Tracker and the Global Energy Monitor, and contains data on over 50,000 oil, gas and coal fields in 89 countries, covering 75% of global production. It shows that the United States and Russia have enough fossil fuel reserves to exhaust the world’s remaining carbon budget to stay under 1.5 degrees Celsius warming. And it shows that if burned, the world’s reserves would generate 3.5 trillion tons of greenhouse gas emissions, which is more than all that’s been produced since the Industrial Revolution.

5 years after Maria, reconstruction drags on in Puerto Rico

LOÍZA, Puerto Rico (AP) — Practically 5 years have handed since Hurricane Maria struck Puerto Rico, a U.S. territory of three.2 million folks. However hundreds of properties and roads have but to be fastened or rebuilt — and a brand new storm is projected to strike on Sunday. The federal government has accomplished solely 21% of greater than 5,500 post-hurricane initiatives and a few municipalities report that not a single mission has begun. The top of the Federal Emergency Administration Company says officers centered on restoration and emergency repairs for the primary three years after Maria. She says reconstruction will take time as a result of authorities need to guarantee new buildings can stand up to stronger hurricanes.