Tag: intensify
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King Charles acknowledges ‘painful’ slavery past as calls for reparations intensify
APIA, Samoa — King Charles said Friday that the Commonwealth should acknowledge its “painful” history, as African and Caribbean nations push for reparations for Britain’s role in transatlantic slavery. Representatives of 56 countries, most with roots in Britain’s empire, are attending the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting that began in Samoa on Monday, with slavery…
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Storm set to intensify and cause ‘catastrophic’ damage across Florida
Share Florida’s Big Bend braces for major hurricane impact Patrick SmithPatrick Smith is a London-based editor and reporter for NBC News Digital. The Big Bend Coast is set for “catastrophic” wind damage, flash flooding from heavy rain, tornadoes and lethal storm surges, the National Weather Service office in Tallahassee warned early today. Damaging winds would…
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Northern Israel braces for war with Hezbollah as cross-border attacks intensify
KIRYAT BIALIK, Israel — Those who remain in the northern city of Kiryat Bialik are preparing for the worst-case scenario: a full-blown war between Israel and the Hezbollah militant group just across the country’s northern border with Lebanon. After months of tit-for-tat cross-border attacks, the damage in the city in Israel’s Haifa region is plain…