Irma lashes Bahamas and Cuba on a path toward Florida
HAVANA (Reuters) – Hurricane Irma lashed Cuba and the Bahamas as it drove toward Florida on Friday after hitting the eastern Caribbean with its devastatingly high winds, killing 21 people and leaving catastrophic destruction in its wake.
At least 36 die in Mexico’s strongest quake in 85 years
JUCHITAN, Mexico (Reuters) – At least 36 people died when the most powerful earthquake to hit Mexico in over eight decades tore through buildings, forced mass evacuations and triggered alerts as far away as Southeast Asia.
U.N. aviation agency to call for global drone registry
MONTREAL (Reuters) – The United Nations’ aviation agency is backing the creation of a single global drone registry, as part of broader efforts to come up with common rules for flying and tracking unmanned aircraft.
Irma pummels Bahamas and Cuba on its track toward Florida
HAVANA (Reuters) – Hurricane Irma menaced Cuba and the Bahamas on Friday as it drove toward Florida after lashing the Caribbean with devastatingly high winds, killing 21 people and leaving catastrophic destruction in its wake.
South Africa’s Dlamini-Zuma, ANC leadership contender, to become MP
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – South African veteran politician and anti-apartheid activist Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, a leading contender to take over as head of the ruling ANC in December, will be sworn in as a member of parliament next week, a senior party o…
Foreigner killed in car explosion in central Kiev, police say
KIEV (Reuters) – A Georgian man was killed and a woman was injured in a car explosion in the center of Kiev, Ukraine’s capital, in Friday evening’s rush hour, police said.
‘Ghost boats’ drop Tunisian migrants onto sunny Italian tourist beaches
ROME (Reuters) – The figures jumping from a small boat into the clear shallow waters and running ashore on an Italian beach look like troops practicing a D-Day-style landing, but this is no drill, and these are not soldiers.
Strongest quake to hit Mexico in 85 years kills at least 34
JUCHITAN, Mexico (Reuters) – At least 34 people were killed when the most powerful earthquake to hit Mexico in over eight decades tore through buildings, forced mass evacuations and triggered alerts as far away as Southeast Asia.
Pope’s peace appeal boosted by Colombia rebel’s forgiveness plea
VILLAVICENCIO, Colombia (Reuters) – Pope Francis, visiting an epicenter of violence during Colombia’s guerrilla war, on Friday urged the country to rise from the “swamp” of bitterness, his message boosted by a top rebel leader’s forgiveness plea.
Zimbabwe to start compiling new voter register next week
HARARE (Reuters) – President Robert Mugabe on Friday said Zimbabwe will begin compiling a new voter register next week ahead of the 2018 presidential and parliamentary elections, in which the 93-year-old is seeking to extend his 37-year hold on power.
