Hurricane Fiona swept across the Turks and Caicos Islands on Tuesday as a Category 3 storm after having ravaged Puerto Rico, where most people remained without electricity or running water and rescuers used heavy equipment to lift survivors to safety. The storm’s eye passed close to Grand Turk, the capital of the small British territory, after […]
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Hurricane Fiona hits Turks and Caicos after ravaging Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic
IMF Downgrades its Growth Forecast for Asia, says Covid Still ‘Ravaging’ the Region
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday downgraded its 2021 economic growth forecast for Asia after the Covid-19 delta variant caused a spike in cases in parts of the region. The IMF said it expects Asia’s economy to grow by 6.5% in 2021, compared with its April forecast for a 7.6% expansion. “The global COVID-19 pandemic […]
Breaking Baghdad: How Iraq’s crystal meth epidemic is ravaging the nation
I t wasn’t until Ali tried to sell the cooking gas canister he had stolen from his parents’ stove that he realised it was drugs that were consuming him – not the other way around. The 27-year-old Iraqi had already sold his mobile phone, chairs, bed, even the very mattress he slept on to buy just […]
Black death plague ravaging Madagascar will ‘get WORSE’ as antibiotics AREN’T working
At least 165 people have been killed by the devastating outbreak of an airborne disease spreading like wildfire in Madagascar. Around another 2,000 people have been struck down by the – called pneumonic plague – by the lethal “medieval disease”. Infection and immunity expert Dr Matthew Avison, of University of Bristol, has revealed […]