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23 are dead across the US after weekend tornadoes. Texas is getting battered again 28 May 2024 - 07:05 pm
This handout photo taken on May 26, 2024, courtesy of Jacob Chambers shows an aerial view of widespread damage from a tornado in Valley View, Texas. Photo by Jacob CHAMBERS / HANDOUT / AFP.
World's island states blame richest countries for climate threats 27 May 2024 - 10:51 pm
File: Antigua and Barbuda is hosting this week's conference of the Small Island Developing States. (Photo by AFP)
At least nine dead in US tornadoes, storms 26 May 2024 - 09:49 pm
Photo by Brandon Bell / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP
At least 5 dead in Texas after severe weather sweeps across Texas and Oklahoma, authorities say 26 May 2024 - 04:29 pm
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Haiti still waiting for international force to tackle gangs 25 May 2024 - 05:41 pm
A police tank patrols the area where armed gangs have spread terror, in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on May 24, 2024. Photo by Clarens SIFFROY / AFP.
NASA launches ground-breaking climate change satellite 25 May 2024 - 05:33 pm
The United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket sits at Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on May 5, 2024. Photo by Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo / Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo / AFP / AFP.
Cicadas display Nature's artwork; discerning beholders find beauty in bugs 25 May 2024 - 04:00 pm
A cicada from brood XIX is seen on a tree in Angelville, Georgia on May 23, 2024. This year's event involves the 13-year Brood XIX, currently emerging in the Carolinas, followed by the 17-year Brood XIII in the Midwest. There could be a small area of overlap in central Illinois. Photo by Elijah Nouvelage / AFP.
Tornado leaves five dead in Iowa 23 May 2024 - 05:48 pm
An American flag is see as residents go through the damage after a tornado tore through town yesterday afternoon on May 22, 2024 in Greenfield, Iowa. Photo by SCOTT OLSON / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP.
At least 9 dead as stage collapses at Mexico election rally 23 May 2024 - 02:27 pm
The debris is seen covered with a tarp after a stage collapsed during a campaign rally for Mexican presidential candidate Jorge Alvarez Maynez in San Pedro Garza Garcia, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, on May 22, 2024. (Photo by Julio Cesar Aguilar / AFP)
One killed as explosion rocks Colombia fireworks factory 23 May 2024 - 02:26 pm
A member of the Red Cross works at the scene of an explosion at a gunpowder factory in Soacha, south of Bogota, on May 22, 2024. Photo by Andrea ARIZA / AFP
US reports second human case of bird flu tied to dairy cow outbreak 23 May 2024 - 12:04 am
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It's so hot in Mexico that howler monkeys are falling dead from the trees 21 May 2024 - 09:29 pm
A wild howler monkey (Alouatta pigra) is seen in the branches of a tree in Comalcalco, Tabasco State, Mexico, on May 20, 2024. (Photo by Yuri Cortez / AFP)
Peru to become 2nd country to exit IMF credit program 21 May 2024 - 05:20 pm
An exterior view of the building of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), with the IMG logo, is seen on March 27, 2020 in Washington, DC. AFP / Olivier DOULIERY
Haiti’s main international airport reopens nearly three months after gang violence forced it closed 20 May 2024 - 10:54 pm
People wait in line for a flight at Toussaint Louverture Airport in Port-au-Prince on May 20, 2024. (Photo by Clarens Siffroy / AFP)
Ship that caused deadly Baltimore bridge collapse refloated, returns to port 20 May 2024 - 04:36 pm
A section of the Francis Scott Key Bridge rests in the water next to the Dali container ship in Baltimore on May 13, 2024 after crews conducted a controlled demolition. Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFP
Uncertain future for thousands after deadly Brazil floods 20 May 2024 - 02:58 pm
A man navigates a boat through a flooded street in front of the public market in downtown Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil, on May 19, 2024. Photo by Nelson ALMEIDA / AFP
Ship that destroyed Baltimore bridge set to move Monday 19 May 2024 - 07:16 pm
A section of the Francis Scott Key Bridge rests in the water next to the Dali container ship in Baltimore on May 13, 2024 after crews conducted a controlled demolition. Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT / AFP
Death toll from Texas storm rises to 7 18 May 2024 - 11:18 am
Trees snapped by the storm are chopped up in Houston, Texas, on May 17, 2024, one day after the National Weather Service warned of