Hurricane Dorian devastation in Bahamas could cost $7 billion: KCC

Preliminary estimate of total insured and uninsured losses in the Bahamas from Hurricane Dorian is $7 billion, catastrophe modeling company Karen Clark & Company (KCC) said on Thursday.

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Survivor sees Dorian peel off his home's roof in the Bahamas: 'This can't be real'

Bahamas storm survivor Ramond King watched as Hurricane Dorian's swirling winds ripped the roof off his house in the Abaco Islands, and then as it churned to a neighbor's home to pluck the entire structure off the earth.

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Hurricane Dorian: Bahamas death toll expected to be ‘staggering’

Body bags are sent to areas of the Bahamas worst hit by Hurricane Dorian as hundreds remain missing.

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Hong Kong braces for weekend protests as leader fails to appease activists

Hong Kong is bracing for more demonstrations this weekend, with protesters threatening to disrupt transport links to the airport as embattled leader Carrie Lam's withdrawal of a controversial extradition bill fails to appease some activists.

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Make supermarket booze more expensive, says think tank

Alcohol should be more expensive in supermarkets compared with pubs, says think tank.

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Bahamas hurricane survivors tell of children swept away; looting seen

Richard Johnson said his six-year-old brother Adrian was just too small to withstand Hurricane Dorian. The boy was blown into churning storm surge and is among thousands of people missing, many children, after the worst hurricane to hit the Bahamas.

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Crew told of 'harrowing' California boat fire that killed 34: NTSB

The crew of a dive ship that caught fire and sank off the California coast told a "harrowing story" of their failed attempts to save 34 people trapped below deck in a bunk room already engulfed in flames, investigators said on Thursday.

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Sharpie-gate continued: Trump doubles down on Dorian's aim for Alabama

President Donald Trump, not someone who easily lets things go, doubled down on Thursday on his insistence that Alabama could have been hit by Hurricane Dorian and enlisted his top homeland security adviser to back him up.

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U.S. voices concern over Myanmar army's lawsuit against religious leader

The United States said on Thursday it was deeply concerned about the Myanmar army's filing of a lawsuit against a religious leader who told President Donald Trump the military oppressed Christians in the Buddhist-majority country.

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Brazil's Bolsonaro picks top prosecutor who agrees with him on environment

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro announced on Thursday that he picked Augusto Aras to be the country's new top public prosecutor, succeeding Raquel Dodge when her two-year term ends in two weeks.

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Hurricane prowls up US Atlantic coast

Prowling up the US coast, Hurricane Dorian brings tornadoes and a deluge to South Carolina's shores.

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Hurricane Dorian: US braced for 'life-threatening' storm surge

A deadly storm surge is feared from Florida to Virginia, as the Bahamas reels from the devastation.

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Hurricane Dorian: Trump map mysteriously loops in Alabama

President Trump insisted Alabama was in the storm's path, despite forecasters disagreeing.

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Early animal had 'complex behaviour'

A millipede-like creature from 550 million years ago is among the earliest examples of this.

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Accused drug dealer charged with supplying fatal dose of fentanyl to Mac Miller

A Los Angeles man who prosecutors say supplied counterfeit oxycodone laced with fentanyl to rapper Mac Miller two days before his death from an accidental overdose was arrested on Wednesday on federal drug trafficking charges.

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U.S. judge rules terrorism watchlist violates constitutional rights: NY Times

A U.S. judge ruled on Wednesday that a federal government database of people identified as "known or suspected terrorists" violates the constitutional rights of those placed on the watchlist, the New York Times reported.

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Bahamas staggers from Dorian's devastation, U.S. southeast fears storm surge

Survivors of Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas thronged rescue helicopters on Wednesday and the United Nations said 70,000 people needed immediate humanitarian relief after one of the most powerful Caribbean storms on record devastated the island group.

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The priest who survived the siege of Marawi

A priest held hostage by Islamists in the Philippines endured four months under bombardment. Then he escaped.

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The "OK" hand gesture that's rattled China's authorities

Why an "OK" hand gesture by a girl in a widely-shared video has rattled China's authorities.

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Why phones that secretly listen to us are a myth

A mobile security firm carries out a research investigation to test the popular conspiracy theory.

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Guatemala declares state of siege after suspected drug dealers kill three soldiers

Guatemala's government on Wednesday declared a state of siege in five northeastern provinces in an effort to regain control after three soldiers were killed by suspected drug traffickers, authorities said.

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Brazil's Bolsonaro irks Chile with personal attack on U.N.'s Bachelet

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro caused friction with regional ally Chile on Wednesday when he accused its former leader Michelle Bachelet of meddling in Brazil's affairs by criticizing rising police violence and erosions of democracy.

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