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Dominican Republic cracks down at border amid Haiti chaos

Haiti is rapidly spiralling into chaos and the neighboring Dominican Republic has responded with crackdowns on migrants and a military buildup the government claims will “guarantee border security.”

The Independent UK

Couple battling cancer have dream £2.5k holiday cancelled over 'payment mix-up'

TUI anger granddad after canceling luxury holiday but keeping his money - while his wife had cancer

Wales Online

How we met: ‘We decided to marry and I found the only white dress in town, which was cowboy style’

Irma, 53, was living in the Dominican Republic, and Keith, 60, in Wisconsin, when they met on an internet chatroom in 1997. Two months later they married in his hometown, and now live in Florida

The Guardian - UK

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Frog found inside bag of Sainsbury's bananas

The frog had travelled 4,300 miles from its home in the Dominican Republic

Wales Online

TUI cancels couple's £5,000 holiday due to missed payment amid cancer battle

Grandad Nick Eldridge is appealing to TUI to do what he believes is 'morally right' and refund the four-figure sum he paid for a trip to Mauritius with his wife Eileen

Daily Mirror

Conor McGregor unable to return to Ireland for Bellator show due to Hurricane Fiona

The UFC star is currently filming his Hollywood debut; Jake Gyllenhaal's remake of Road House, in the Dominican Republic, which is being hit heavily by the hurricane

Irish Mirror

Conor McGregor cancels trip home as film set is hit by Hurricane Fiona

The UFC star is currently filming his Hollywood debut; Jake Gyllenhaal's remake of Road House, in the Dominican Republic, which is being hit heavily by the hurricane

Daily Mirror

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Scandals dent trust in Danish leadership contender Søren Pape Poulsen

Conservative People’s Party leader takes poll hit after undisclosed meetings and accusations about husband

The Guardian - UK

PAHO says Brazil, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Peru at very high risk for polio as vaccination dwindles

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) on Wednesday said Brazil, the Dominican Republic, Haiti and Peru are at very high risk for the reintroduction of polio, as dwindling vaccination rates during the coronavirus pandemic has led to historic lows in protection against the illness.

Reuters

Hurricane Fiona heads to Bermuda, up to 8 dead in Puerto Rico

Hurricane Fiona strengthened to a powerful Category 4 storm on Wednesday as it headed toward Bermuda after carving a destructive path through the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, where the storm left most people without power and up to eight dead.

Reuters

Hurricane Fiona upgraded to Category 4 storm as it heads towards Bermuda

Hurricane Fiona continued its slow and devastating march northward after slamming the Turks and Caicos Islands on Tuesday and leaving a trail of destruction in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic.

France 24

Khamzat Chimaev reacts to Conor McGregor's confusing social media post

McGregor is currently on set in the Dominican Republic where he is filming his part in Jake Gyllenhaal's remake of Road House

Irish Mirror

Millions in Caribbean left without power and water in wake of Category 3 Hurricane Fiona

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — On the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Maria, a devastating killer storm that left still-unhealed scars, Puerto Ricans awoke Tuesday to a fresh scene of ruin from Hurricane Fiona.

Miami Herald

King Salman Receives Credentials of Ambassadors of Several Countries

Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz received in Jeddah on Tuesday the credentials of a number of ambassadors of brotherly and friendly countries appointed to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, reported the Saudi Press Agency. Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of…

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Hurricane Fiona is getting stronger, and 2 other systems could turn into depressions

Hurricane Fiona, which left devastating damage in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic, is bringing stormy conditions to the Turks and Caicos Tuesday morning as a Category 3 storm. Forecasters are also monitoring two other systems in the Atlantic that could turn into tropical depressions this week.

Reuters

How climate change is fueling hurricanes

After a quiet start to the season, Hurricane Fiona slammed into Puerto Rico and then battered the Dominican Republic, leaving more than 1 million people without running water or power.

Reuters

Puerto Rico power grid no match for Fiona; residents unsurprised

Some 80% of homes and businesses in Puerto Rico still lacked power on Tuesday as rains from Hurricane Fiona receded, leaving residents complaining that the island's troubled electrical grid was still a mess before the storm, despite billions of dollars in funding to improve it.

WEKU

Fiona barrels toward Turks and Caicos as a Category 3 hurricane

The intensifying storm kept dropping copious rain over the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, where a 58-year-old man died after police said he was swept away by a river in a central mountain town.

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Hurricane Fiona slams Turks and Caicos as Category 3 storm, heads for Bermuda

Hurricane Fiona slammed into the Turks and Caicos Islands as a powerful Category 3 storm on Tuesday, dumping heavy rains and triggering floods on the Caribbean archipelago after cutting a path of destruction through the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico.

Tribune News Service

NY to send troopers to Puerto Rico, drones to Dominican Republic for Fiona recovery

Gov. Kathy Hochul said Monday that New York would send drones to the Dominican Republic and more than 100 state troopers to Puerto Rico as Hurricane Fiona’s driving winds and rains crushed the Caribbean.

Miami Herald

Shutdown ordered as Turks and Caicos Islands brace for Hurricane Fiona

As an already catastrophic Hurricane Fiona set its sights on the Turks and Caicos Islands after making landfall in the Dominican Republic and the U.S. territory of Puerto Rico, the government of the British territory just south of Florida issued shutdown orders for three of its low-lying islands.

Daily Mirror

Conor McGregor "can't believe" he's being paid to film Hollywood movie

McGregor is currently filming in the Dominican Republic for the Hollywood remake of Road House and the UFC star can't believe he is being paid for his acting duties

Irish Mirror

Conor McGregor, Dee Devlin and kids in Dominican Republic hours before deadly hurricane hits

The hurricane sustained winds of 144 kmph and the US National Hurricane Center (NHC) said."Life-threatening flash and urban flooding is likely for eastern portions of the Dominican Republic.”

Irish Mirror

Irish family's 'absolutely terrifying' ordeal stranded in the Caribbean as Hurricane Fiona hits region

Mother and daughter Joanne and Zara Doyle are on holiday in the Dominican Republic but have been forced to stay in their hotel room

The Independent UK

Hurricane Fiona nears Dominican Republic after pounding Puerto Rico

Fiona knocked out a power grid and unleashed floods and landslides in Puerto Rico, where the governor said the damage was “catastrophic”

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