Tag Archives: disaster
Analysis: Twin tragedies, and the strings that pull them
LONDON (AP) — Twin tragedies on opposite sides of the world are piling misery on people who have seen far more than their share.
‘No hope left’: Afghans in Canada who lived under Taliban say regime can’t be trusted
MONTREAL — Quebecer Fakhria Rezaie was seven years old when her family fled Afghanistan and says her memories from life under the Taliban are horrific. Rezaie, 29, says the Taliban's takeover of Mazar-i-Sharif in 1998, the city where she grew up
Montreal Haitian group urges Ottawa to speed up immigration files for quake victims
Montreal's Haitian community urged Ottawa on Monday to process immigration files more quickly for Haitians waiting to come to Canada, as its members tried to help their homeland following a deadly earthquake over the weekend. The head of the Montreal-b...
US probing Autopilot problems on 765,000 Tesla vehicles
DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. government has opened a formal investigation into Tesla's Autopilot partially automated driving system after a series of collisions with parked emergency vehicles.
Uzbekistan says it downed Afghan military plane crossing in
MOSCOW (AP) — An Afghan military plane was downed by Uzbekistan's air defense system on Sunday over an attempt to illegally enter the country's air space, Uzbek authorities said Monday.
Editorial Roundup: Texas
Dallas Morning News. Aug. 13, 2021. Editorial: Texas hospitals are facing a COVID-19 disaster. Gov. Abbott must act
The Latest: Official: Hungary won’t take in fleeing Afghans
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — BUDAPEST, Hungary — A Hungarian official on Monday criticized the pullout of American-led forces from Afghanistan and said Hungary will not take in refugees fleeing the country after its takeover by the Taliban.
Biden to address nation on deadly chaos in Afghanistan
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will address the nation on Monday about the U.S. evacuation from Afghanistan, after the planned withdrawal of American forces turned deadly at Kabul’s airport as thousands tried to flee the country after the Taliba...
EXPLAINER: Western states face first federal water cuts
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. officials on Monday are expected to declare the first-ever water shortage from a river that serves 40 million people in the West, triggering cuts to some Arizona farmers next year amid a gripping drought.
California fire threatens homes as blazes burn across West
QUINCY, Calif. (AP) — Thousands of homes in Northern California remain threatened by the nation's largest wildfire as unstable weather creates a high danger of new blazes erupting across the West.