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AFP/APP Havana: Hurricane Rafael, a powerful Category 3 storm, made landfall in Cuba, causing a national blackout just two weeks after a previous four-day outage. The blackout followed severe wind damage to the national power grid, as…

AFP/APP Washington: It will be the first time Kamala Harris and Donald Trump meet in person—and millions of Americans will get a ringside seat. The Democratic vice president and Republican former president will face off in…

News Desk Cape Town: In a decisive move to protect endangered waterfowl, South Africa has announced a plan to bomb Marion Island with pesticide-laden pellets to eliminate invasive rats that have been attacking and eating the island's…

AFP/APP Fukuoka, Japan: Typhoon Shanshan slammed into Japan's main southern island of Kyushu early Thursday, with authorities advising thousands of people to evacuate and issuing the highest warning level for wind and storm surges.…

AFP/APP Brazil: Residents of Porto Velho in the Brazilian Amazon have been struggling to breathe as thick smoke from forest fires shrouds their city. “We are struggling to breathe,” said 30-year-old teacher Tayane Moraes, one of the…