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At least 28 people have died after Hurricane Julia caused rains and landslides in several Latin American countries, including Guatemala and El Salvador. Guatemala’s disaster prevention agency said five people died after a hillside collapsed on their house in Alta Verapaz province, burying them. And in Huehuetenango province, near Mexico, nine people died, including a soldier involved in rescue work. Authorities in El Salvador said five Salvadoran army soldiers died after a wall collapsed at a house where they sought refuge in the town of Comasagua, where hundreds of police and soldiers have been conducting anti-gang raids. Another soldier was…

CNN  —  The House select committee investigating January 6, 2021, is holding their last hearing before the midterm elections Thursday, giving the panel one more opportunity to hammer home its message that former President Donald Trump is still dangerous to democracy. The committee is scheduled to return to the public eye at 1 p.m. ET, amid a markedly changed investigative landscape. In the months since the last hearing, the FBI searched the former President’s Mar-a-Lago estate as part of its investigation into the apparent mishandling and retention of sensitive government documents. In a separate probe, the Justice Department has fired…

Hello, This is Kenji from Hong Kong. The city’s attention is on events in Beijing where the once-in-five-year national congress of the ruling Chinese Communist Party is set to kick off on Sunday. The focus is on the highly anticipated extension of President Xi Jinping’s reign as party chief, a move that would break with the leadership term limits established by Deng Xiaoping in the aftermath of the disastrous Cultural Revolution.While Xi is most likely to further cement his power, the congress is expected to address other important issues, including how to cope with the ever-heightening rivalry with the US.…

An American tourist claims that he was kidnapped and left for dead at the end of his vacation to Mexico last February.After visiting Cancun with his wife, Dustan Jackson said he decided to call a cab to take him to buy chewing tobacco while they waited for their flight back to the U.S. His driver said he knew a store that sold snuff, but the tourist claims he was actually kidnapped. Jackson said he was ambushed by machete-wielding muggers as soon as he got out of the car. He said blacked out during the attack.”I get out and I’m like, okay,…

The United Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly approved a resolution Wednesday that recognizes the territorial integrity of Ukraine and condemned Russia for its “illegal” attempts to annex four Ukrainian regions. The resolution also called for Russia to reverse the annexations.The 193-member international body voted 143-5 to back Ukraine’s pre-annexation borders, a decision Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and President Biden applauded.”The protection of the territorial integrity of Ukraine is the protection of the entire international legal order, starting from the UN Charter,” Zelenskyy said in his nightly address. He added: “Various potential aggressors in the world are now watching the reaction of…

The end of the 2022 season is in sight. On the WTA Tour, just three standout events remain – San Diego, Guadalajara and the WTA Finals – before the curtain comes down. Only when the Finals have been played will it be possible to take complete stock of the season, but whatever happens over the next four weeks, this has already been Iga Swiatek’s season.If you need any reminder of just how dominant Swiatek has been on the WTA Tour in 2022 you need only look at the rankings and the enormous 5,600-point gap between Swiatek and world No. 2…

The Coalition has continued its attack on the government over its expected pledge to cut methane emissions as the chief farmers’ body warns Labor against introducing further regulations on the livestock industry.Agriculture Minister Murray Watt confirmed on Thursday the government was considering signing up to US President Joe Biden’s goal to cut global methane emissions by 30 per cent.But Labor has been urged not to follow in New Zealand’s footsteps and target the livestock industry to lower emissions.New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has flagged this week her government will introduce a tax on methane emissions from livestock from 2025…

Sharon Mawdesley was employed by Lancashire County Council’s library service at the time of the alleged offences which are said to have happened to numerous men over the space of eight monthsA prison librarian has denied molesting numerous inmates over an eight month period. It is alleged that Sharon Mawdesley sexually assaulted the men while she was working at HMP Kirkham. Several prisoners claim the 45-year-old carried out the sexual assaults on them while they were serving time at the prison. LancsLive reports the offences are said to have happened during an eight month period at the detention centre. Mawdesley…

The house in Milton Keynes, where human remains and personal belongings were found, was once occupied by a man jailed for sexual offences against two teenagers, according to reportsVideo LoadingVideo UnavailableThe video will auto-play soon8CancelPlay nowHuman remains believed to belong to missing teenager Leah Croucher were found in the former home of a convicted paedophile, it has been reported. A massive three-and-a-half year search for Leah, who was 19 when she went missing, is focusing on a house less than half a mile from where she was last seen while walking to work in 2019. Police launched a murder probe…

Global shares extended losses into a seventh session on Thursday ahead of a widely anticipated US inflation report that investors will scan for clues about how much further the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates.A FTSE gauge of worldwide stocks slipped 0.2 per cent in early London dealings while Europe’s regional Stoxx 600 fell 0.3 per cent and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index shed 1.6 per cent. Futures contracts tracking Wall Street’s S&P 500 added 0.1 per cent.The muted moves came ahead of the publication of the closely watched US consumer price index reading for September. Economists polled by Reuters…