Day: May 15, 2023
NYC converts hotels to shelters to accommodate asylum seekers
The historic Roosevelt Hotel in Manhattan is set to reopen as emergency shelter for asylum seekers, as New York City faces a space shortage to house incoming migrants. Mayor Eric Adams revealed the city would utilise the hotel to accommodate up to 1,00…
Florida man sets record for living underwater
A university professor, Joseph Dituri, broke a world record this weekend for the longest time spent living underwater without depressurization at a Florida Keys scuba diving lodge. Dituri has been living in Jules’ Undersea Lodge at the bottom of a 30-f…
Mem Fox book Guess What? banned in Florida county under Ron DeSantis bill
Agent for bestselling Australian children’s author says she has ‘nothing to say’ about the ban and Duval county ‘is not important’Follow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily new…
Powerful Cyclone Mocha floods streets, cuts communications in western Myanmar, at least 3 killed
Powerful Cyclone Mocha has flooded streets, blew off roofs and severed communications in western Myanmar.
Powerful Cyclone Mocha floods homes, cuts communications in western Myanmar, at least 700 injured
Rescuers early Monday evacuated about 1,000 people trapped by seawater 3.6 meters (12 feet ) deep along western Myanmar’s coast after a powerful cyclone injured hundreds and cut off communications. Damage and at least five deaths have been reported, bu…
Container ship Shiling to be towed back to Wellington
Authorities say owner is working to confirm a suitable location where the vessel can safely anchor or berth
Containership Shiling to be towed back to Wellington
Authorities say owner is working to confirm a suitable location where the vessel can safely anchor or berth