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Three people were arrested in the Dominican Republic in connection with the violent death of 55-year-old Dutchman Roy van Tinteren. He was found dead in the past week in the...

A 55-year-old Dutchman was shot dead in the Dominican Republic, where he lived. His remains were found Tuesday in the neighborhood of his hometown of Puerto Plata, on the...

On Sunday, a ship from the United States arrived with aid goods for Venezuela on Curaçao. The ship, the Midnight Stone, was on its way to the country but had to move away. According to a…

A 20-year-old entertainer of a cruise company is missing after being thrown overboard on a ship on his way to Sint Maarten.

A woman who was abducted at the age of thirteen has now been freed from her kidnappers 32 years later.

Thieves have stolen 123 young giant tortoises in the Galapagos Islands. The animals were taken from a breeding center on Isabela, the largest island of the Galapagos. The prosecution has started an investigation. The perpetrators can face up to ten years in prison if they are caught.

The US federal government is ready for the arrival of hurricane Florence. 'We're done like never before,' said President Donald Trump after consulting with the Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Emergency Response Service FEMA. ' He is going to be a big one \u0026 # x27; \u0026 # x27 ;, he referred to the hurricane. ' He is very big and very wet \u0026 # x27; \u0026 # x27 ;.

Mexican authorities are going to investigate the death of 113 rare sea turtles. The animals washed up in a piece of protected nature in Puerto Arista.

The 28-year-old left Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez from the Bronx gave a resounding surprise in Democratic primaries in New York. She defeated the 56-year-old veteran Joe Crowley, who has been in the House of Representatives in Washington since 1999.

The hurricane Maria probably killed a lot more people in Puerto Rico than previously thought. The official death toll stands at 64, but Harvard research shows that probably around 5000 people died.

In case of an accident with a bus that was dumped from a cliff in the south of Chile, at least two employees of the Chilean army were killed.

Almost the whole of Puerto Rico is without power due to a huge disruption. The cause is probably a mistake in an important pipeline in the center of the island.

A single fallen tree has caused a disturbance that causes nearly 900,000 people in Puerto Rico without power. The tree fell on one of the most important electricity cables towards the capital San Juan.

July Briskman became world famous at the end of last year when she unequivocally expressed her feelings for US President Donald Trump. As the presidential convoy drove past, the 50-year-old lady stuck up her middle finger while cycling. The gesture took July her job, but she did not let that happen without a struggle.

In a severe earthquake on the sea floor near Peru, a dead and seventeen wounded were killed mainly along the Peruvian coast. Local media reported that the epicenter of the quake was 56 kilometers off the coast at Puerto de Lomas and was at a depth of 48 kilometers. The maritime authorities reported that there was no danger of a tidal wave.

Intrusive water caused a short circuit in a battery of the disappeared Argentinian submarine. The navy announced on Monday that moisture ended up in the so-called snorkel, with which the vessel can absorb oxygen.

Argentina gets help in finding a submarine that has been out of touch since Wednesday. The ARA San Juan has a crew of 44 heads and was en route from the southern naval base Ushuaia to Mar del Plata, 400 kilometers south of Buenos Aires.

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More than four weeks after Hurricane Maria made a trace of destruction, almost 80 percent of Puerto Rico still has no electricity. In 23 of the 78 districts on the Caribbean island, the energy supply has again started somewhat. The United States Army Corps has recently received 240 million dollars for repairs. Beginning next week, more power generators are also ready for use.

US President Donald Trump has asked Congress to make available a $ 4.9 billion loan to the battered island of Puerto Rico. That has confirmed a government employee.

Google's parent company is able to deliver communications bubbles to Puerto Rico, which can restore mobile phone service on the island. More than 80 percent of all mobile communications transmitters are still unusable.

US President Donald Trump has helped the inhabitants of Puerto Rico, Hurricane Maria, in their own way. Trump visited an emergency shelter and handed out kitchen rolls to the deceased. He did that in a typical American manner, like a professional basketball player.

Maria is tanned from category 1 hurricane to tropical storm on Tuesday. That has revealed the National Hurricane Center (NHC). The meteorologists of the American Institute expect that wind speeds will decrease even further in the next 24 to 48 hours.

Maria, currently one category 1 hurricane, can lose weight in one day and downgrade to a tropical storm, reports the American National Hurricane Center (NHC).

The American island of Puerto Rico, according to President Donald Trump, is 'seriously in trouble' now Hurricane Maria has inflicted enormous damage. Trump wrote in a series of tweets that a solution must be found for the billion debt that the local authorities face.

At the airport of the capital of San Juan in Puerto Rico hundreds of stranded travelers are looking for a way to leave the island. In the waiting room there are long queues waiting for travelers to check in on one of the scarce flights. Per day, only a few aircraft can leave the airport.

The inhabitants in the Rio Guajataca River in the northwest of Puerto Rico still can not return to their homes. According to regional authorities, the dam dam in the river can still 'break at any time'.

The inhabitants in the Rio Guajataca river basin in northwest Puerto Rico were urged to seek a safe return as quickly as possible. The meteorological institute of San Juan, part of the US National Weather Service (NWS), hit a big alarm. A dam in the river can not break and threaten to break the huge influx of water. This leads to life-threatening floods.

Due to the natural violence of Hurricane Maria, at least thirteen people died in Puerto Rico. That said the governor of the Caribbean island of Ricardo Rossello on Friday against CNN news channel CNN. Local newspaper El Nuevo Día spoke of fifteen dead.

President Donald Trump said Thursday that Hurricane Maria Puerto Rico had 'totally destroyed.' He declared the state of emergency.