White House press secretary reacts to killing of Haiti’s president
White House press secretary Jen Psaki sends condolences from the White House to the people of Haiti after the Haitian President, Jovenel Moïse, was assassinated.
Continue ReadingWhite House press secretary Jen Psaki sends condolences from the White House to the people of Haiti after the Haitian President, Jovenel Moïse, was assassinated.
Continue ReadingBy Caitlin Hu and Laura Smith-Spark, CNN The assassination of Haiti’s President Jovenel Moise has stunned the country and shocked regional leaders. The Caribbean nation of roughly 11 million people, many of them living amid poverty and rising violence, now faces an even more uncertain future. Haiti’s acting Prime Minister Claude Joseph has assumed leadership
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Continue ReadingCNN Editorial Research Here’s a look at Haiti. Haiti makes up he western one-third of the island of Hispaniola in the Caribbean. The eastern two-thirds of the island is the Dominican Republic. About Haiti (from the CIA World Factbook)Area: 27,750 sq km (slightly smaller than Maryland) Population: 11,334,637 (2022 est.) Median age: 24.1 years Capital:
Continue ReadingHaiti’s President Jovenel Moise was killed during an attack on his private residence early on July 7, according to the country’s acting Prime Minister Claude Joseph. CNN’s Melissa Bell reports.
Continue ReadingBy Etant Dupain, Gerardo Lemos, Ivana Kottasová and Caitlin Hu, CNN Haiti’s President Jovenel Moise was killed during an attack on his private residence early on Wednesday, according to the country’s acting Prime Minister Claude Joseph, who has declared a state of seige in the country. The attackers stormed Moise’s home at around 1 a.m.
Continue ReadingTropical Storm Elsa has made landfall on Florida’s gulf coast, and flash floods and tornadoes are expected along the storm’s track. CNN meteorologist Tom Sater has the latest.
Continue ReadingBy Jason Hanna and Amir Vera, CNN As Tropical Storm Elsa creeps over the southeast and continues north, it has wreaked havoc near the Georgia-Florida border, leaving at least one person dead and multiple injured. Winds from Elsa caused a tree to fall on two cars during an afternoon commute in Jacksonville, Florida, killing one
Continue ReadingElsa strengthened to a hurricane and is expected to make landfall over the northern Florida Gulf Coast, according to the National Hurricane Center. CNN’s Tom Sater reports.
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Continue ReadingWoman mowing lawn in field killed by landing plane
Continue ReadingBy David Williams, CNN A woman mowing the grass at a small airfield in Quebec died after she was hit by a plane as it came in for a landing, authorities say. The 27-year-old woman, who has not been identified, was operating a tractor on Monday near the runway at the Saint-Esprit airfield in Quebec,
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Continue ReadingHurricane warnings have been issued for parts of the west coast of Florida as Elsa gains strength. CNN Meteorologist Tom Sater has the latest.
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