Spain sends ten thousand more troops, police as flood death toll continues to rise
• Nov 2, 2024, 9:10 AM
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Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced on Saturday that Spain will deploy an additional 10,000 soldiers and police to the eastern Valencia region, which has been devastated by floods that have killed over 200 people. Volunteers also sprang into action on Friday to assist the victims.
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Paying the price of climate change: Louisiana's insurance crisis
• 11:51 AM
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Since the storms of 2020 and 2021, many insurance companies have left the US state of Louisiana or gone bankrupt. Those that remain have increased their rates five-fold in some cases. The poorest homeowners are now unable to pay the insurance needed for
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Does Moo Deng have competition from a younger, Scottish pygmy hippo?
• 11:21 AM
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PRESS REVIEW – Tuesday, November 5: We take a look at the US front pages ahead of the country's landmark presidential vote. Also: what, if any, difference will the election result make to the ongoing war in the Middle East? Finally, a pygmy hippo born at
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