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September 2017

IMF Debt Relief For Hurricane-Hit Barbuda Might Not Happen

A senior official from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has all but poured cold water on suggestions that Barbuda should be granted temporary relief from paying its debt to the Washington-based financial body. Barbuda, which was…

Italian couple and son die at Solfatara volcano crater

A boy and his parents have died after falling into a volcanic crater at Solfatara near Naples. What happened is still unclear, but Italian reports suggest the drama unfolded when the 11-year-old walked into a prohibited area. Read…

How Hurricane Irma Sucked the Sea in the Bahamas Dry

Videos and photos of water receding as far as the eye could see, from shorelines in the Bahamas up through Florida’s west coast after Hurricane Irma’s passage, have gone viral. And they have triggered fears that a tsunami is on the horizon.…

Pm Harris gets all hands on deck for Post-Irma efforts

(PRESS SEC) – Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris and his Team Unity Government reached out to the private sector over the weekend, to organize the transport of relief supplies to the neighbouring island…

Hurricane Irma will be ‘devastating’ to US – Fema head

Hurricane Irma will "devastate" either Florida or neighbouring states, the head of the US federal emergency agency has said. Brock Long said parts of Florida would be without power for days, and more than 100,000 people may need shelter.…