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A woman looks at a beach littered with trash at Bull Bay, Jamaica, in the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl on July 4, 2024. - Beryl powered towards Mexico and the Cayman Islands early on July 4, threatening strong winds and a storm surge after battering Jamaica's southern coast. Beryl weakened to a Category 3 storm overnight, sustaining winds of 125 miles (200kms) an hour, but is forecast to be "at or near major hurricane intensity" while it passes by the Caymans, according to the US National Hurricane Center (NHC). (Photo by Ricardo Makyn / AFP)

Beryl foreshadows future hurricanes, says UN weather agency

The World Meteorological Organization, which is tracking Hurricane Beryl’s deadly course through the Caribbean, told AFP that more storms with its hallmarks could be expected in the future. The WMO, the United
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Gunmen kill 10 in northern Afghanistan

Gunmen stormed a provincial attorney general’s office in northern Afghanistan on Thursday, killing at least 10 people, police said. The four armed assailants who launched the attack on the attorney general’s office
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Guard shot dead at US Census Bureau

A US Census Bureau guard was shot and killed by a suspect who fled and was injured in a shootout, the Washington Post reported. The Census Bureau confirmed on Twitter that there
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