Eight dead and an estimated 100 people missing after the latest Nigeria boat accident

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Eight passengers were confirmed dead and an estimated 100 were missing after their overloaded boat capsized in north-central Nigeria, the emergency services said Tuesday. It is the latest in a series of deadly boat accidents that increasingly point to regulatory failures. The passengers were being conveyed from Niger state’s Borgu district … Read more

In first public statement, new UN weather chief calls to bolster warning systems for extreme weather

The new head of the United Nations weather agency said Tuesday that strengthening early warning systems that monitor when and where extreme weather will happen is a key priority for her administration that will help reduce the risk of natural disasters that are exacerbated by climate change. Celeste Saulo, an Argentine and the first female … Read more

LaRouche, AIDS Called Major Issues in State’s Election

Moments after a controversial AIDS measure officially qualified for the November ballot Wednesday, its opponents and supporters predicted at sharply contrasting press conferences that political extremist Lyndon LaRouche, as well as AIDS, will share the limelight as central issues in the forthcoming campaign. The measure, sponsored by several LaRouche followers, could lead to the quarantining … Read more

Analysis: At Trump’s bully pulpit, it’s ‘us’ vs. ‘them,’ with race often used as a device to polarize

Supporters of President Trump applaud Friday at a campaign rally in Huntsville, Ala. (Evan Vucci / AP) For much of his time as president, Donald Trump has been the bully at the bully pulpit, castigating targets foreign and domestic. Much of Trump’s bluster attempts to divide people into us-against-them, and it often has a single … Read more

Politics 88 : Dole, Gephardt Win; Bush Third : Robertson Is a Surprise 2nd in GOP Polling

Kansas Sen. Bob Dole won a big victory in the opening round of the 1988 Republican presidential campaign in Iowa on Monday night, but former television evangelist Pat Robertson scored the biggest surprise by finishing second and relegating Vice President George Bush to a dismal third-place finish. “We got whipped,” George Bush Jr., the vice … Read more

China blasts president of the Philippines for congratulating Taiwan election winner

BEIJING (AP) — China’s Foreign Ministry summoned the Philippine ambassador Tuesday and denounced President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.’s congratulatory message to the winner of Taiwan’s presidential election, Lai Ching-te. Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning told reporters that Marcos’s remarks “seriously violated the political commitments made by the Philippines to China and rudely interfered in China’s internal affairs.” … Read more

French President Macron will hold a prime-time news conference in a bid to revitalize his presidency

PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron will hold his first prime-time news conference on Tuesday to announce his top priorities for the year as he seeks to revitalize his presidency, vowing to focus on “results” despite not having a majority in parliament. More than three years before the end of his term, Macron is … Read more

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