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Hurricane Melissa slams Caribbean and accelerates towards Bermuda

Hurricane Melissa, which swept through the Caribbean on Thursday and was seen gaining speed as it moved across open water towards Bermuda, left a path of destruction and high winds from Jamaica to Cuba. As the storm passed, people in the Bahamas and Turks and Caicos were slammed with rain and dangerous winds. Bermudans, located around 600 miles (970km) northeast of the last position of the storm, prepared for the expected evening arrival. Authorities in the region are struggling to keep up with the devastation. They have confirmed 25 deaths, 10 of which were children, in Haiti and four in

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Melissa is a Category 4-hurricane as the Caribbean prepares for impact

Doctors without Borders closes Haiti's emergency clinic as a 'last-resort'

Doctors without Borders announced on Tuesday that it will close an emergency clinic located in Port-au-Prince, Haiti's capital city. The closure is due to the violent clashes which have been ongoing in the area and are a threat to the safety of both staff and patients. MSF has been suspending operations at the Turgeau health clinic, which is located near an high school and several government ministries, ever since March. MSF reported that its vehicles, which were clearly marked, were targeted by gunfire 15 times during the evacuation. Why it's important Haiti has been in a conflict for years with

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Document reveals Trump's 'America First" foreign aid funding plan

Mutual aid networks are growing as Trump cuts disaster response.

In November, the Trump panel will offer reform recommendations The cities would struggle to replace federal funds Mutual aid networks report a growing response. By Carey L. Biron Her neighbors were also in the same situation - if there were any doors left over after the storm of September 2017, which caused 3,000 deaths and $115 billion worth of damage. Aviles-Vazquez stated that it felt like residents of the U.S. island territory were all alone, but they also had each other. She said, "I could hate the neighbor but we couldn't get through this if we didn’t help one another."

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U.N. condemns reported Haitian massacre that killed more than 40 people

The Secretary-General of the United Nations condemned Saturday an attack in which armed gangs killed at least forty people in a village of fishermen north of Haiti's Capital. Local media in Haiti reported widely that the attack occurred on Thursday night in Labodrie. This is another sign that gang violence has escalated outside of the capital. The United Nations released a statement saying that the Secretary-General was alarmed at the level of violence in Haiti. He urged the Haitian authorities "to ensure perpetrators of all human rights violations and abuses are brought to trial." A spokesperson from the National Police

Bankers in Latin America urge Latin America's governments to lower barriers to attract renewable energy funds