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Joey Munoz shovels snow on a roof while he and his coworkers remove snow to avoid further damages to an evacuated building. — courtesy San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images
The mountain town buried by California winter chaos
LOS ANGELES — Few places experience both the beauty and the fury of California’s natural world like South Lake Tahoe.The picturesque city of 21,000, nestled high in the Sierra Nevada mountains and famed for its ski resorts, has endured a wildfire, drought, and now, dangerous amounts of snow - all in a roughly two-year period.Throughout March, high-altitude storm systems known as atmospheric rivers pummeled South Lake Tahoe during what climate scientists have dubbed a winter for the history books.The heavy snowfall and precipitation collapsed roofs, closed grocery stores, trapped residents in their homes, and rendered highways impassable.Parts of the region remain under flood advisories that could continue into spring, as the snow is expected to melt with incoming rain and warmer...
March 18, 2023

The mountain town buried by California winter chaos

The radioactive spill came from a pipe between two buildings at the Monticello nuclear power plant
US nuclear plant reports radioactive water leak
WASHINGTON — Officials are monitoring the clean-up of a leak of 400,000 gallons (1.5m liters) of radioactive water from a local nuclear power plant in Minnesota.Xcel Energy, the utility company that runs the plant, said the spillage was "fully contained on-site and has not been detected beyond the facility".State officials said there was no immediate public health risk.The leak was first discovered in late November, but state officials did not notify the public until Thursday.The water contains tritium, a common by-product of nuclear plant operations.A naturally occurring radioactive isotope of hydrogen, tritium emits a weak form of beta radiation that does not travel very far in air and cannot penetrate human skin, according to the federal Nuclear Regulatory Commission...
March 17, 2023

US nuclear plant reports radioactive water leak

Several cities in the northeastern state are suspending classes and public transport for safety reasons
Gangs sow terror in Brazil cities for third night
BRASILIA — Several cities in north east Brazil are suffering from serious unrest caused by marauding criminal gangs.For the third night, gang members set buses ablaze and carried out gun attacks on buildings in urban areas in Rio Grande do Norte state.The attacks are thought to have been sparked by conditions in jails holding gang members.Brazil's government sent hundreds of federal security forces to the region earlier this week.Justice and Security Minister Flavio Dino said hundreds more could be sent in the coming days as unrest continues. The state government has convened a crisis cabinet and has asked the federal government for more support.The attacks were ordered from within the state's jails when gang members' requests for televisions, electricity and conjugal visits...
March 17, 2023

Gangs sow terror in Brazil cities for third night

Most of the patients diagnosed with the infection reported using eyedrops and artificial tears
Blindness and injuries reported after US recalls eyedrops
WASHINGTON — US health officials say that eyedrops may have killed one person and severely injured several others due to drug-resistant bacterial contamination.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have identified 68 patients across 16 states with a rare strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa.The strain had never been found in the US before this latest outbreak.In addition to the one death, eight patients have suffered vision loss, and four have had eyes surgically removed.Most of the patients diagnosed with the infection reported using eyedrops and artificial tears, according to the CDC.Ten different brands were initially identified as possibly linked to the outbreak, the CDC said. Eyedrops that are made in India and imported to the US under two brands were subsequently pulled...
March 17, 2023

Blindness and injuries reported after US recalls eyedrops

Guo Wengui, also known as Miles Kwok, is seen in this Twitter profile photo.
US accuses Chinese tycoon of billion-dollar fraud
NEW YORK — US authorities have charged a Chinese property tycoon based in New York with orchestrating a billion-dollar fraud.Guo Wengui and one of his business partners, Kin Ming Je, are accused of wire fraud, securities fraud, bank fraud and money laundering.Guo is a critic of the Chinese government and an associate of ex-White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon.A fire broke out at Guo's Manhattan penthouse apartment hours after he was arrested.A spokesman for the city's fire department said the fire was put out, no injuries were reported and the cause is still under investigation.In an online post earlier, Guo said he was handcuffed and interrogated for more than an hour.Guo goes by several aliases including Miles Guo, Miles Kwok and "Brother Seven". He was named...
March 16, 2023

US accuses Chinese tycoon of billion-dollar fraud

A person clears snow from his driveway. — courtesy Getty Images
Storms cause power outages in California and northeast
WASHINGTON — Over 400,000 customers are without power in the US, after bicoastal storms brought rain, snow, flooding and high winds.Overflowing rivers and mudslides roiled California, where 40 of the state’s 58 counties had been under a state of emergency.Up to three feet of snow have fallen in some parts of New York, New Hampshire and Massachusetts. Storms on both coasts eased Wednesday morning but the damage remains.The storm sweeping along the north-east brought mounds of snow, downed power lines and toppled trees — one of which nearly flattened a parked car in the Bronx — and had winds recorded over 40mph (64km/h).Hundreds of schools and businesses in the region were closed. New York State and multiple counties in New Jersey issued states of emergency.In Derry, New Hampshire, a...
March 15, 2023

Storms cause power outages in California and northeast

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis seen in this file photo.
Florida’s DeSantis invited to visit Kyiv after ‘territorial dispute’ remarks
KYIV — Ukraine has invited Florida Governor Ron DeSantis to visit, after the Republican dismissed the Russian invasion as a “territorial dispute”.DeSantis is widely expected to run for president in 2024 and made his remarks in response to questions sent to possible Republican contenders.The former congressman said continued US support of Ukraine was not among the country’s “vital national interests”.The comment signaled he would probably scale back aid if he became president.It also aligned DeSantis with former President Donald Trump, the leading contender for the Republican nomination, who has opposed US support for Kyiv and criticized the Biden administration’s handling of the war.Their comments show the divide in the Republican Party between isolationists who are skeptical...
March 15, 2023

Florida’s DeSantis invited to visit Kyiv after ‘territorial dispute’ remarks

Honduran President Xiomara Castro campaigned on plans to establish diplomatic ties with Beijing.
Honduran president seeks diplomatic relations with China in blow for Taiwan
TEGUCIGALPA — Honduras is taking steps to begin official diplomatic relations with China, President Xiomara Castro announced on Tuesday, a move that would sever ties with Taiwan.China refuses to maintain diplomatic ties with any country that recognizes Taiwan and has spent much of the past 40 years attempting to isolate the self-ruled island by chipping away at its diplomatic allies with offers of economic support.Honduras is one of just 14 countries that still diplomatically recognize Taipei over Beijing but that now looks set to change.In a tweet, Castro said she had instructed Honduras’ foreign minister “to manage the opening of official relations with the People’s Republic of China.”Castro, a democratic socialist, won a landslide victory in 2021 after campaigning on a radical...
March 15, 2023

Honduran president seeks diplomatic relations with China in blow for Taiwan

A combo picture of Bill Clinton and Joe Biden.
Good Friday Agreement: Biden and Clinton to visit Northern Ireland
WASHINGTON — US President Joe Biden and former President Bill Clinton will both visit Northern Ireland for the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement.Biden said it was his intention to also visit the Republic of Ireland. Clinton will be joined by his wife, former US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, at an international conference at Queen’s University Belfast.The peace deal was signed on April 10, 1998 and was designed to bring an end to three decades of conflict in Northern Ireland.The current president said it was his intention to accept an invitation offered by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Monday. The two leaders were at Point Loma naval base in California to unveil details of a nuclear submarine deal.Sunak said: “I look forward to our conversations and also importantly,...
March 14, 2023

Good Friday Agreement: Biden and Clinton to visit Northern Ireland

US Predator unmanned drone.
Russian jet collides with US drone over the Black Sea
KYIV/ MOSCOW — The US military said a Russian jet has collided with an American surveillance drone over the Black Sea, causing US forces to bring the drone down in international waters.The US European Command said in a statement that two Russian Su-27 fighter jets “conducted an unsafe and unprofessional intercept” of a US MQ-9 drone that was operating within international airspace over the Black Sea.It said one of the Russian fighters “struck the propeller of the MQ-9, causing US forces to have to bring the MQ-9 down in international waters,” adding that several times before the collision, the Su-27s dumped fuel on and flew in front of the MQ-9 in “a reckless, environmentally unsound and unprofessional manner.”“This incident demonstrates a lack of competence in addition to...
March 14, 2023

Russian jet collides with US drone over the Black Sea

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