CARACAS, Aug 8, (APP/AFP) – Torrential rain in southeast Venezuela has affected 4,500 families and is sending floodwaters gushing through the country’s major hydroelectric dam, authorities and local media said on Monday. The precipitation caused the two main rivers in the country, the Orinoco and the Caroni, to surge over their banks, causing damage in […]
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4,500 families, major dam affected by Venezuela flooding
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Government report sees drastic climate change impact in US: NYT
WASHINGTON, Aug 8, (APP/AFP) – Average US temperatures have risen dramatically and fast, with recent decades the warmest of the past 1,500 years, according to a draft federal government report cited by The New York Times on Tuesday. “Americans are feeling the effects of climate change right now,” said the report by 13 federal agencies […]
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Venezuela legislature stormed by pro-Maduro officials: opposition
CARACAS, Aug 8, (APP/AFP) – Lawmakers in Venezuela’s opposition-controlled congress said late Monday their chamber was stormed by officials from a rival assembly loyal to President Nicolas Maduro with the backing of soldiers. The legislature posted photos on its Twitter account of a group of people in the chamber it uses in the Legislative Palace […]
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Kenyans to vote in tight, tense elections
NAIROBI, Aug 8, (APP/AFP) – Kenyans vote Tuesday in general elections headlined by a too-close-to-call battle between incumbent Uhuru Kenyatta and his rival Raila Odinga, sparking fears of violence in east Africa’s richest economy. Tensions soared in the last days of the campaign with the murder of a top election official and opposition claims that […]
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London V&A Museum’s ‘Europhile’ ex-director dies
LONDON, Aug 8 (APP/AFP): London’s Victoria and Albert Museum on Monday announced its “committed Europhile” former director, Martin Roth, has died months after stepping down. “We are extremely saddened to hear that Dr. Martin Roth has died. Martin will be remembered as a man of prodigious energy; a director with a global reputation both within […]
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Venezuela websites suffer cyberattack backing rebel group
CARACAS, Aug 8 (APP/AFP) – Dozens of Venezuelan websites, many of them for state bodies, were hit by a cyberattack on Monday by hackers lending support to an armed rebel group that staged a weekend raid on an army base. The hackers’ collective, calling itself The Binary Guardians, targeted the portals for the government, the […]