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Dutch tourists in the Dominican Republic are afraid of scary moments, now shaving Maria Kapping along their resorts in Punta Cana.

Are you in Punta Cana or elsewhere in the Dominican Republic and do you have to hide from Hurricane Maria?

The latest Hurricane Maria, now Category 5, is heading straight to the popular Dominican resort of Punta Cana. Thursday this busy tourist spot with dozens of luxury hotels is expected to be severely affected.

The storm damage on the Dominican Republic seems to fall on Thursday night. This is evidenced by reactions from Dutch tourists and hoteliers on the spot, after Hurricane Irma.

Cuba, the new government of Donald Trump offered constructive cooperation. ' The United States and Cuba can live together in harmony and with respect. But Cuba will not tolerate infringement of its sovereignty and independence, '' said Chief Executive Raul Castro Wednesday at a summit of Latin American and Caribbean countries in the Dominican Republic.

Airline passengers screamed and stood on the seats, after they had identified two tarantulas in a unit of Air Transat. The poisonous spiders crawled through the cabin during a flight from Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic to Montreal in Canada, the Canadian CBC channel reported Friday.

A British adventurer who wanted to cross Antarctica alone without help, did not survive the journey. The 55-year-old polar explorer died in a hospital in the Chilean city of Punta Arenas by organ failure, as did his wife on Monday.

Former President of France Nicolas Sarkozy is angry because an investigative judge who has requested his phone records. Thus Sarkozy's name popped up suddenly in a controversial investigation into drug trafficking between the Dominican Republic and Saint Tropez.