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Jamaicans wake to devastation as hurricane causes floods, power cuts & splits city in two
BBC NEWS
The normal soundtrack that accompanies Jamaican life is silent this morning as many have woken to no electricity.
Slovakia adopts speed limit for pedestrians
POLITICO
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia- You can only walk 6 kilometers per hour if you want to follow the law in Slovakia.
Gaza: Israeli strikes kill at least 50, including dozens of children
UPI
GAZA CITY, Gaza- At least 50 people were killed in Gaza, including more than two dozen children, in a wave of Israeli strikes in retaliation for the killing of an Israel Defense Forces soldier operating in an area of Rafah on the Israeli side of the so-called Yellow cease-fire line.
Louvre director faces grilling over €88m jewellery heist
BRUSSELS SIGNAL
PARIS, France- The jewellery stolen from the Louvre in Paris was valued at more than €85 million, a French prosecutor said, as the museum’s director faces security questions from a Senate committee over the brazen heist.
More than 40 people killed in a crash of buses and other vehicles in western Uganda
ASSOCIATED PRESS
KAMPALA, Uganda- Two buses and two other vehicles crashed early Wednesday on a highway in western Uganda, killing at least 46 people, police said, in one of the worst motor accidents in the East African country in recent years.
Japan elects 1st female prime minister ahead of Trump visit
PEOPLE
Japan has elected its first female prime minister, just days before President Donald Trump is set to make his first visit to the country since being elected to a second term.
Netanyahu says Israel giving 'peace a chance', but voices long term doubts
CBS NEWS
TEL AVIV, Israel- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met "CBS Mornings" co-host Tony Dokoupil late Tuesday at the Rabin Medical Center, just outside Tel Aviv, where the Israeli leader and his wife Sara visited newly-returned hostages and their families on their first full day back together.
China seizes 60,000 maps for ‘mislabelling’ Taiwan
THE INDEPENDENT
SHANGOND, China- Chinese customs officers in the eastern province of Shandong have confiscated 60,000 maps they said contained “errors”, including mislabelling Taiwan and omitting parts of the South China Sea that Beijing claims as its own.
US strikes another vessel off Venezuela coast, killing six
BBC NEWS
The US has struck another vessel off the coast of Venezuela on Tuesday, killing six people, President Donald Trump has said.
Cristiano Ronaldo is the world’s first billionaire footballer
THE TELEGRAPH
Cristiano Ronaldo has become the first billionaire footballer.
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