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Month: August 2023

NOAA doubles the chances for a nasty Atlantic hurricane season due to hot ocean, tardy El Nino

BY SETH BORENSTEIN AP Science Writer Federal forecasters are doubling chances of a nasty Atlantic hurricane season this summer and fall. Thursday’s forecast update by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration increased the chance for an above average storm season to 60%, which is twice the agency’s May forecast. NOAA is increasing how many storms

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Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas fires nearly all governors in West Bank in major upheaval

RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has fired most of the governors in the occupied West Bank. The move follows long-standing demands for a political shake-up as frustration grows with the semi-autonomous Palestinian Authority. Abbas issued a decree dismissing the governors of eight provinces under Palestinian administration in the occupied territory. The

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UN Security Council to hold first open meeting on North Korea human rights situation since 2017

By EDITH M. LEDERER Associated Press UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council will hold its first open meeting on North Korea’s dire human rights situation since 2017 next week. U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield told reporters that U.N. human rights chief Volker Türk and Elizabeth Salmon, the U.N. independent investigator on human rights in

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