Irma aims full fury at Florida’s Gulf Coast, floods central Miami
FORT MYERS, Fla./MIAMI (Reuters) – A weakening but still potent Hurricane Irma lashed Florida’s Gulf Coast on Sunday with tree-bending winds, pounding rain and surging surf, leaving more than 2.6 million homes and businesses without power statewide whi…
Slightly injured pope ends Colombia tour with unity appeal
CARTAGENA, Colombia (Reuters) – Pope Francis, his eye bandaged and blackened after a minor accident in the popemobile, left Colombia on Sunday after appealing to the country to “untie the knots of violence” after a 50-year civil war.
Blocking EU repeal bill is vote for chaotic Brexit, minister warns UK lawmakers
LONDON (Reuters) – Refusing to back legislation to sever Britain’s political, financial and legal ties with the European Union would be a vote for a chaotic Brexit, Britain’s Brexit minister David Davis said ahead of a parliamentary vote on Monday.
Israel’s Netanyahu says will meet Trump in New York next week
JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday he would meet U.S. President Donald Trump later this month during a visit to New York, where he will address the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 26.
British trade union conference evacuated over bomb threat
LONDON (Reuters) – A hotel and nearby conference center on the south coast of England where Britain’s Trades Union Congress (TUC) is holding its annual conference were evacuated on Sunday due to a bomb threat, police said.
Irma batters Florida with high winds, rising floodwaters
FORT MYERS/MIAMI (Reuters) – Hurricane Irma lost some strength as it pounded southern Florida on Sunday afternoon, but forecasts warned it would remain a powerful storm as it flooded Miami streets and knocked out power to about 2 million homes and busi…
Thousands of homes wrecked by huge Mexican quake, death toll at 90
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A massive earthquake off southern Mexico on Thursday night that killed at least 90 people damaged tens of thousands of homes and afflicted upwards of two million people in the poorer south, state officials said, as more details …
Caribbean faces hard road to recovery after Irma’s ravages
VARADERO, Cuba (Reuters) – From Cuba to Antigua, Caribbean islanders began counting the cost of Hurricane Irma on Sunday after the brutal storm left a trail of death, destruction and chaos from which the tourist-dependent region could take years to rec…
Slightly injured pope ends Colombia tour with human rights appeal
CARTAGENA, Colombia (Reuters) – Pope Francis, his eye bandaged after a minor accident in the popemobile, wrapped up his trip to Colombia on Sunday appealing for an end to modern forms of slavery and denouncing political violence in neighboring Venezuel…
France’s Macron will travel to Saint Martin on Tuesday
PARIS (Reuters) – French president Emmanuel Macron will travel to the battered Dutch-French island of Saint Martin on Tuesday following the passage of hurricane Irma and fellow storm Jose.
