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The U.S. military struck another alleged drug-carrying vessel on Friday, killing three people, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced on Sunday. It is the seventh known attack since last month.Hegseth said Friday's strike targeted a boat linked to Ejército de Liberación Nacional,
A tropical wave that moved into the eastern Caribbean on Sunday – designated Invest 98L by the National Hurricane Center on Saturday – is becoming increasingly organized and will likely become a tropical depression or tropical storm in the next day or two as it slows over the central Caribbean.
The threat of mosquito-borne illnesses such as chikungunya and dengue is continuing to grow as a result of climate change. By 2050, the WHO expects 5 billion people will be at risk from mosquito-borne infections as the bugs migrate.
A tropical wave, likely to become the next named storm of the season, is causing a headache for forecasters. Long-term model runs of the system show two scenarios: one that pulls the system over Hispaniola this week and out into the Atlantic Ocean,
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The bombing campaign has since spiralled into what the Trump Administration has called a “non-international armed conflict” and is now threatening to extend to target any boat suspected of being related to cartels, and Venezuela, which the White House accuses of backing the group, with little evidence.
Invest 98L in the eastern Caribbean is expected to strengthen into a tropical depression or tropical storm over the next few days.
Venezuela's top ambassador to the United Nations, Samuel Moncada, once again denounced the U.S. military strikes in Caribbean waters and urged the Trump administration to "stop this madness" during a press briefing with reporters at the U.N. on Thursday.