Monday, 31 October 2022

City paid $1.1M to keep faucets running through March as the price of water skyrockets in California

Miles of brittle, uprooted almond trees lay dead on their sides on parched farmland in Coalinga, California, as an intensifying drought, new restrictions and skyrocketing water prices are forcing farmers to sacrifice their crops. Roadside signs warn against watering front lawns as residents brace for higher water bills as the precious resource disappears.

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1 dead and up to 6 injured in shooting at a Halloween party in Kansas City, Kansas, police say

One person was killed and as many as six others were injured in a shooting Monday night at a Halloween party at a home in Kansas City, Kansas, police said.

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In pictures: Brazil's next president

Luiz InĂ¡cio Lula da Silva is set to become the next president of Brazil after defeating his rightwing rival, incumbent Jair Bolsonaro, by a razor-thin margin on Sunday.

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By next RSV season, US may have its first vaccine

It's shaping up to be a severe season for respiratory syncytial virus infections -- one of the worst some doctors say they can remember. But even as babies struggling to breathe fill hospital beds across the United States, there may be a light ahead: After decades of disappointment, four new RSV vaccines may be nearing review by the US Food and Drug Administration, and more than a dozen others are in testing.

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Social media videos show huge crowd crammed into alley

South Korea's first big Halloween celebration since the end of Covid-19 restrictions turned to tragedy, when over 150 people died in a popular nightlife district in Seoul, officials said. CNN's Will Ripley reports.

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Sunday, 30 October 2022

Putin is using food as a weapon of war, says USAID head



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Analysis: Paul Pelosi attack unleashes partisan finger-pointing and sows fresh fears of political violence

America's toxic politics quickly turned the brutal attack on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband into the latest vicious partisan fight -- even before the full facts are known.

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