SAO PAULO—Apple Inc. said on Tuesday it will appeal a Brazilian order banning it from selling iPhones without a battery charger, pushing back on claims that the company provides an incomplete product to consumers. The Justice Ministry fined Apple 12.275 million reais ($2.38 million) and ordered the company to cancel sales of the iPhone 12…
Hurricane Kay Expected to Make Closest Pass to California in 25 Years
Hurricane Kay is forecast to pass near the southern coast of California over the next few days. Kay was a Category 2 hurricane Wednesday morning, but it’s expected to weaken to a tropical storm as it moves closer. It will be the closest pass for a hurricane along the U.S. border with Mexico in 25…
Hurricane Kay Weakens Slightly, Expected to Make Closest Pass to California in 25 Years
Hurricane Kay weakened slightly by Wednesday afternoon, authorities said, as the Category 2 storm headed closer to Mexico’s Baja California peninsula, causing flight cancellations throughout the region. It’s expected to pass near the southern coast of California over the next few days. As at 5 pm ET, the storm was located over the Pacific Ocean…
Earl Expected to Become Major Hurricane, Bring Rip Currents Along US Coast
Earl is forecast to strengthen into a major hurricane later this week, bringing dangerous surf and rip current conditions over the eastern U.S. coastline for the next few days, the NHC said on Wednesday. The hurricane was now about 460 miles south of Bermuda, packing maximum sustained winds of 85 miles per hour, the Miami-based…
Kay Strengthens Into Hurricane Off Mexico’s Pacific Coast After Killing 3
ACAPULCO—Tropical storm Kay strengthened into a hurricane off Mexico’s Pacific coast on Monday, weather authorities said, a day after leaving three people dead in the southwestern state of Guerrero. The National Hurricane Center (NHC) in Miami reported Kay had strengthened into a hurricane, forecasting that outer rain bands will continue to affect southwestern Mexico for…
Kay Strengthens Into Hurricane After Killing 3, Could Intensify to Major Hurricane
Tropical storm Kay strengthened into a hurricane off Mexico’s Pacific coast on Monday, a day after leaving three people dead in the southwestern state of Guerrero. Authorities said on Tuesday that Kay is expected to intensify to a Category 2 hurricane later in the day and could further strengthen to “major” storm over the next…
Fisherman Survives 11 Days Adrift in Freezer
A Brazilian fisherman who survived adrift by floating inside a freezer for 11 days has spoken about his experience. “I couldn’t take it anymore. One more day and I would die inside that freezer,” Romualdo Macedo Rodrigues told Record TV before leaving Suriname, where he was rescued. Rodrigues left the Brazilian city of Oiapoque, in…
7 Colombia Police Killed in Deadliest Attack Since Leftist Took Office
BOGOTA—Seven police officers were killed in an explosives attack in western Colombia on Friday, the government said, the deadliest attack on security forces since President Gustavo Petro took office promising to end the country’s nearly 60-year conflict. Petro, a former member of the M-19 guerrilla, has pledged to seek “total peace” by restarting talks with…
Blocking the Brazilian President’s Social Media: Supreme Court’s Threat to Democracy
September 5, 2022
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Commentary In Brazil, some judges have highly ambitious political goals and make decisions accordingly. The current presiding justice at the nation’s Supreme Electoral Court is Alexandre de Moraes. He was elected as the presiding electoral officer in August, in a public ceremony with 2,000 guests at the court auditorium. He was a member of the…
Chileans Vote Against Proposed New Constitution Criticized as Left Wing
A majority of Chileans voted on Sunday to reject a proposed new constitution which opponents argued would shift the country too far to the left. Over 13 million residents of Chile voted in a referendum either for or against the proposed changes to the South American country’s Constitution. With nearly all the votes counted, 62 percent…
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