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Hurricane Ian intensifies into a Category 3 storm as it nears landfall in Cuba, bringing life-threatening storm surge and 115 mph winds  CNN Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis provides update as Hurricane Ian prompts evacuations, National Guard deployment  Fox News Hurricane Ian to

Platteville police release video from arrest of road rage suspect, who sustained serious injuries after being left in patrol vehicle parked on train tracks

Foreign dignitaries on hand to pay last respects to the country’s longest-serving premier, as small protests held against ceremony opposed by most Japanese

Sweden issues warning of two gas leaks on Nord Stream 1 pipeline  Reuters Nord Stream 2 pipeline pressure collapses mysteriously overnight  The Guardian Nord Stream 2 gas leak drains into Baltic Sea: Danish authorities  The Hill Gas from Russia’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline

TOKYO — A rare and controversial state funeral for assassinated former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe began Tuesday in tense Japan where the event for one of the country’s most divisive leaders has deeply split public opinion. Abe’s widow, Akie Abe,

Arrests come on top of internet restrictions and blocking of Instagram and WhatsApp, which activists say is aimed at preventing details of the protests from reaching the world

Government officials also confirmed Canada is dropping the vaccine requirement for people entering the country at the end of the month. (Image credit: Alex Lupul/AP)

The package would also provide major new aid to Ukraine, but its fate in an initial Senate vote on Tuesday is uncertain.

Japan says official blindfolded, had head restrained and hands bound, demands formal apology over Moscow’s ‘absolutely unacceptable’ treatment of consular official

Certificate of Sephardic Ancestry validates identity, while an online ancestral database of 45,000 Sephardic family names makes searching for roots easier