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At a rally to remember Jose Marti, some protesters disavowed any interference in Cuba from US President Donald Trump.Source: www.aljazeera.comRead full article

Mother of the boys – aged six, eight and nine – said she frantically tried to save her sons from the freezing waterThree brothers ages six, eight and nine have died after falling through ice on a private pond near Bonham, Texas.The boys’ mother said she ran into the freezing lake and frantically tried to pull her sons from the water, but the ice kept breaking beneath them. The accident […]

At least 25 weather-related deaths were reported in the US as power outages linger and another storm loomsTennessee officials have reported eight weather-related deaths across the state after a powerful winter storm swept across much of the US in recent days, as forecasters are now monitoring another potentially significant winter storm that could impact parts of the east coast this weekend.The Tennessee health departmen confirmed on Tuesday that there were […]

People in south-west mop up after Storm Chandra and prepare for next bout of rain, with major incident declaredIn the early hours, the Wade family’s boxer puppy began barking. Thinking it needed to be let out, they traipsed downstairs and opened the back door – to be greeted not by their neat garden but an expanse of water.“It was like a sea out there,” said James Wade. Over the coming […]

Crisis on UK high street deepens as private equity owners of homeware chain with 137 stores pins collapse on ‘extremely challenging’ climateHow has your local high street changed since 2019? Check your postcodeStudy: ‘Labour risks election wipeout unless it improves high streets’The Original Factory Shop homeware chain has called in administrators, putting 1,200 jobs at risk, putting the decision partly down to higher costs from government policies.Administrators from Interpath have […]

French president says ‘Greenland is not for sale’ at meeting with Danish and Greenlandic prime ministers in Parisin ParisIn other news, a former French senator has been found guilty of drugging a fellow politician in order to sexually assault her, in a case that has shaken French politics. Continue reading...Source: www.theguardian.comRead full article

Aircraft carrying 104 personnel damaged lighting tower while making ‘wrong manoeuvre’ after landing on SundayA Qatari military cargo plane carrying security staff in Italy to assist with law enforcement for the Winter Olympics struck a lighting tower on Sunday as it manoeuvred upon landing at Milan’s Malpensa airport, it has emerged.The aircraft was carrying 104 personnel from the Gulf state’s elite security forces, plus huge jeeps and snowmobiles, as part […]