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Philippines braces for another cyclone, after typhoon kills 20

Typhoon Goni, which battered provinces south of the capital Manila on Sunday with gusts of up to 310 kilometers per hour (190 mph), is the 18th to hit the Philippines this year and one of the strongest typhoons since Haiyan killed more than 6,300 people in 2013. The country’s disaster agency on Mon…
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Campaign draws to a close with US facing a crossroads

The candidates are seeking to lead a nation at a crossroads, gripped by a historic pandemic that is raging anew in nearly every corner of the country and a reckoning over race. More than 93 million people have already voted and each campaign insists it has a pathway to victory, though Biden’s…
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Philippines: 16 dead, thousands of homes damaged in typhoon

Goni blasted into Catanduanes province at dawn Sunday as a super typhoon with sustained winds of 225 kilometers (140 miles) per hour and gusts of 280 kph (174 mph). But the storm weakened considerably after making landfall and shifted direction to spare the capital, Manila, before blowing out into …
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Trump launches final battleground pitch; Biden focuses on PA

The president will hold five rallies in five states on Sunday alone. He’ll hold seven more on Monday to close out the final full day of the campaign. Down in the polls and at a cash disadvantage to his Democratic rival, Joe Biden, Trump is turning to rallies to help keep his message in front …
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Covid at Kwajalein Army base sparks worry, protocol changes

This follows the group of 27 islanders — who flew from Hawaii to the U.S. Army base Saturday on a scheduled United Airlines flight — completing a 14-day quarantine in a Honolulu hotel with multiple negative Covid-19 tests. The group includes Marshallese who were in other nations with Covid in addit…
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Coast Guard ramps up Pacific presence

The expansion is to ensure that the United States remains the “maritime partner of choice” in the region, said the White House National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien in a statement.  “The USCG is strategically home-porting significantly enhanced Fast Response Cutters, built in a proven Louisiana-…
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Super typhoon batters Philippines; 1 million in shelters

Typhoon Goni hit the island province of Catanduanes at dawn with sustained winds of 225 kilometers (140 miles) per hour and gusts of 280 kph (174 mph). It was blowing west toward densely populated regions, including Manila, and rain-soaked provinces still recovering from a typhoon that hit a week a…
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