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Major Hurricane Roslyn approaches Mexico's Pacific coast
Major Hurricane Roslyn approaches Mexico's Pacific coast
World
by  AFP

Hurricane Roslyn strengthened to a major Category 4 storm on Saturday as it approached Mexico's Pacific coast, the US National Hurricane Center said, warning of potentially damaging winds, dangerous storm surge and flash flooding. In October 1997, Hurricane Pauline struck Mexico's Pacific coast as a Category 4 storm, leaving more than 200 dead. bur-st/bbk

Berlin rally for Iran draws 80,000
Berlin rally for Iran draws 80,000
World
by  AFP

Some 80,000 people joined a Berlin rally Saturday in solidarity with women-led protests in Iran sparked by the death in custody of Mahsa Amini, a police spokesman told AFP. "Today, thousands of people are showing their solidarity with courageous women and demonstrators in Iran," tweeted Germany's Green Party minister for family affairs, Lisa Paus.

Spanish soccer star Garcia 'glad to pay more tax to help out'
Spanish soccer star Garcia 'glad to pay more tax to help out'
Business and Economy
by  AFP

Athletic Bilbao forward Raul Garcia agrees with the Spanish government's plan to impose a temporary tax on the richest people in the country. "Obviously we live in a comfortable financial situation, but it does not isolate me from the situations that my friends, my family are living in," Garcia told Spanish newspaper El Pais.

Pro-Russian authorities tell Kherson residents to leave 'immediately'
Pro-Russian authorities tell Kherson residents to leave 'immediately'
World
by  AFP

Pro-Russian authorities on Saturday urged residents in the southern Kherson region, which Moscow claims to have annexed, to leave the main city "immediately" in the face of Kyiv's advancing counter-offensive. Kyiv's forces have been advancing along the west bank of the Dnieper river, towards the Kherson region's eponymous main city.