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State revamps curriculum, bans ‘woke garbage’ to teach all aspects of Obama-Biden-Trump era
EXCLUSIVE: Oklahoma’s 2025 school-year curriculum will look markedly different after major adjustments are made to eschew “woke garbage” while making sure students learn all aspects of complex figures like Thomas Jefferson and Donald Trump, and issues like the BLM and Capitol riots. State Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters said Wednesday his state is “taking the lead” on a “direct rejection” of politicizing influences on the curriculum like teachers’ unions and activist educators. “What we are not going to allow is these radical teachers’ unions to push lies in the classroom. That’s not how we’re going to teach.” Walters said school curricula are set every six years, and that he plans to hold schools accountable by withholding accreditation from any institutions that don’t follow suit. CHINESE INFLUENCE IN SCHOOLS A RISING CONCERN, EDUCATION LEADERS SAY He suggested the new rules are an extension of Oklahoma’s previous push to return the Bible to the classroom as an “important historical document” that shaped America’s founding – in that it is important to similarly give students a fuller perspective on landmark events and figures throughout the rest of U.S. history. “We are driving out this woke indoctrination and woke nonsense that has been injected into the classroom by undermining Republican presidents and American exceptionalism,” he said. “So our kids are going to know America is a great country. They’re not going to be taught to hate this country. They’re going to be taught to love this country and a patriotism to come from the principles that our country was founded in our history.” Giving the example of former President Ronald Reagan in the last generation’s education, and how some curricula focused more on shortcomings during Iran-Contra and Col. Oliver North’s hearings, Walters said he will not tolerate educators “maligning” President-elect Trump in the same way. “You’re not going to come in and teach President Trump wanted an insurrection on Jan. 6 [2021]. We’re not going to allow it. We will be crystal clear on what President Trump’s victories were in the White House,” he said. UNIVERSITY CUTS TIES WITH CONFUCIUS INSTITUTES AMID GOP SCRUTINY ON $17M DOD GRANT Similarly, the new curriculum will take a broader look at Elon Musk’s purchase of Twitter and the repercussions of coronavirus lockdowns. He cited a recent clip he saw of a student stating that the only thing they knew about Thomas Jefferson was that he was a slaveholder, and did not know he was a president or the primary author of the Declaration of Independence. “And so we will drive these lies out of the classrooms and get back to an understanding of American greatness throughout our history,” he said, noting that Oklahoma will teach “the good with the bad.” Walters was asked how the curriculum would teach COVID-19 lockdown history, given how states like Pennsylvania, New York and Hawaii were confident their zero-tolerance edicts were the right response, just as much as Florida believed its less restrictive response was right. “I don’t care to appease the left or make them happy. We’re going to teach facts. We’re going to stick to accurate history here. And they can be offended by that,” Walters said. “It is not debatable. Rights were taken from individuals during COVID. That’s not debatable. It’s also not debatable that lockdowns hurt kids. Lockdowns hurt families and businesses,” he said, adding that current curriculum often glosses over that argument and offers only a more proverbially-northeastern view of the COVID years. “We are ultimately going to let [students] come to their own conclusions,” Walters said of the curriculum writ-large. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP U.S. history is strewn with successes and failures on all sides, he said, adding that the most responsible way to prepare the next generation to lead the country is to instill in them the widest view of its history and law possible. “The left wants to browbeat kids into believing to hate their country, while conservatives, we just want history taught, and show that America is the greatest country in the history of the world.” “It will show you what policies work, what policies don’t work. A kid should come to their own conclusions. That’s why every state has to look at their [civics curriculum] standards.” Fox News Digital also reached out to union leader Randi Weingarten via the AFT for comment on the general tenor of partially blaming teachers unions for purportedly slanted curricula.
House GOP campaign chair makes prediction for 2026 midterms: ‘Going to be on offense’
The returning head of the House Republican campaign committee says President-elect Trump’s convincing 2024 White House victory gives the GOP plenty of home field advantage as the party aims to defend its razor-thin majority in the 2026 midterm elections. “The battlefield is really laying out to our advantage. There are 14 Democrats who won seats also carried by Donald Trump. There are only three Republicans in seats that were carried by Kamala Harris. So that tells me we’re going to be on offense,” National Republican Congressional Committee chair Rep. Richard Hudson emphasized in a recent Fox News Digital interview. Trump carried all seven crucial battleground states and, for the first time in three presidential elections, won the national popular vote as he defeated Vice President Harris last month. VANCE TO LIKELY BE 2028 GOP PRESIDENTIAL FRONT-RUNNER, BUT RNC CHAIR ALSO LIKES PARTY’S ‘BENCH’ The Republicans also flipped control of the Senate from the Democrats, and even though they had a net loss of two seats in the 435-member House, they’ll hold a fragile 220-215 majority when the new Congress convenes next month. Eight years ago, when Trump first won the White House and the GOP held onto their House majority, Democrats targeted roughly two-dozen Republicans in the 2018 midterms in districts Trump lost in the 2016 election. The Democrats, in a blue-wave election, were successful in flipping the House majority. Fast-forward eight years, and it’s a different story, as this time Republicans will be defending seats on friendly turf in districts that the president-elect carried. “There’s a whole lot more opportunity for us to go on offense,” Hudson, who’s represented a congressional district in central North Carolina for a dozen years, touted. SENATE REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE CHAIR SPELLS OUT HIS 2026 MISSION Hudson also made the case that House Republicans who will once again be targeted by the Democrats in the upcoming election cycle are “really battle tested. I mean, they’re folks who’ve been through the fire before. They’ve gone through several cycles now with millions of dollars spent against them.” “They’ve been able to succeed because they work very hard in their districts. They’ve established very strong brands, as you know, people who know how to get things done and how to deliver for their community,” he emphasized. “The Republicans who are in tough seats are our best candidates.” The three House Republicans who are in districts that Harris carried last month are Reps. Don Bacon of Nebraska, Brian Fitzpatrick of Pennsylvania, and Mike Lawler of New York. But there will be a big difference in 2026: Trump, who helped drive low propensity voters to the polls this year, won’t be on the ballot in the 2026 midterms. “I certainly would rather have him on the ballot because he turns out voters that don’t come out for other candidates,” Hudson acknowledged. But he argued, “If you look at the way this race is shaping up, we campaigned on a key set of issues of things that we promised we would deliver. If we deliver those things and have Donald Trump there with us campaigning with our candidates, I believe we can drive out a higher percentage of those voters than we have in midterms in the past.” Hudson said Trump “was a great partner” with House Republicans this year and will be again in the upcoming election cycle. “[Trump] cares deeply about having a House majority because he understands that a Democrat House majority means his agenda comes to a grinding halt. And so he’s been very engaged, was a very good partner for us this last election, and I anticipate that continuing.” Hudson, who is returning for a second straight cycle chairing the NRCC, said that at the top of his committee to-do list are candidate recruitment and fundraising. “I mean, first thing, we’ve got to go out and recruit candidates. You know, candidate quality matters. And then we’ve got to go raise the money. And so I’ll be on the road and be out there helping our incumbents. But I’m looking forward to it,” he emphasized. Fox News’ Emma Woodhead contributed to this report Editors note: Fox News Digital also interviewed Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee chair Rep. Suzan DelBene of Washington. That report will be posted on Friday.
DOGE Caucus leader Joni Ernst eyes relocation out of DC for third of federal workers
FIRST ON FOX: Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, the leader of the Senate Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) Caucus, is hoping to take on the centralization of the federal workforce in the Washington, D.C., area with a new bill that would relocate nearly a third of workers. Ernst is leading a bill, titled the “Decentralizing and Re-organizing Agency Infrastructure Nationwide To Harness Efficient Services, Workforce Administration, and Management Practices Act,” or DRAIN THE SWAMP. The measure would authorize the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to relocate 30% of federal agency staff to places other than the metropolitan area surrounding Washington, D.C. PETE HEGSETH SAYS HE HASN’T HEARD FROM WEST POINT SINCE EMPLOYEE ‘ERROR’ DENYING HIS ACCEPTANCE Additionally, the rest of the federal workers remaining around the capital would be required to work in person 100% of the time. Under her bill, the OMB would further be directed to work to sell the unnecessary office space created by the relocations. MIKE LEE LOOKS TO HALT WELFARE FOR ILLEGALS GOING ON UNDER BIDEN WITH KEY BUDGET PROCESS “My investigations have exposed how bureaucrats have been doing just about everything besides their job during the workday,” Ernst said in a statement. “Federal employees have shown they don’t want to work in Washington, and in the Christmas spirit, I am making their wish come true. Instead of keeping them bogged down in the swamp, I’m working to get bureaucrats beyond the D.C. beltway to remind public servants who they work for.” “In addition to improving government service for all Americans, we can give taxpayers an extra Christmas gift by selling off unused and expensive office buildings.” FARM STATE REPUBLICANS APPEAR SKEPTICAL ABOUT RFK JR AMID HIS QUEST FOR HHS CONFIRMATION Ernst has long been investigating federal government agencies and programs and what she deems as waste. With Donald Trump’s announcement of DOGE ahead of his second administration, the Iowa Republican appears ready to hit the ground running with specific ideas already laid out for the president-elect. Companion legislation is being introduced in the House by Rep. Aaron Bean, R-Fla., who is a co-leader of the lower chamber’s DOGE caucus. “The swamp is thick and deep here in Crazy Town, and I’m here to drain it. It is time to remind Washington that our duty is to serve the American people. I’m proud to join Senator Ernst to ensure the government works for the people, not the other way around,” he said in a statement. In November, Trump announced that billionaire Elon Musk and former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy would lead DOGE, a proposed advisory board tasked with eliminating government waste. RFK JR. SAYS HE PLANS TO ALSO MEET WITH DEMS IN BID TO GET CONFIRMED AS TRUMP HHS HEAD “Together, these two wonderful Americans will pave the way for my Administration to dismantle Government Bureaucracy, slash excess regulations, cut wasteful expenditures, and restructure Federal Agencies – Essential to the ‘Save America’ Movement,” he wrote in a statement at the time. Afterward, caucuses were formed in both the House and Senate, led by Reps. Aaron Bean, R-Fla., and Pete Sessions, R-Texas, and Ernst and Blake Moore, R-Utah, respectively. Republicans in both chambers have already started rolling out a slate of bills aimed at fulfilling the mission of DOGE.
Experts praise long-awaited AI report from Congress: ‘A thoughtful and forward-thinking framework’
Congress’s bipartisan task force on artificial intelligence (AI) released its long-anticipated report this week, detailing strategies for how the U.S. can protect itself against emerging AI-related threats while ensuring the nation remains a leader in innovation within this rapidly evolving sector. Responses to the report, which sought to strike a “flexible sectoral regulatory framework,” were positive and with mixed concerns. “The Task Force report offers a thoughtful and forward-thinking framework that balances AI’s transformative economic potential with the imperative to address legitimate safety concerns,” said Dr. Vahid Behzadan, a professor in the computer science department at the University of New Haven. “That said, there’s still work to be done.” He pointed to the importance of developing an “international collaboration strategy,” especially with U.S. allies, the need to establish “clearer priorities among the many recommendations provided” and the need for more guidance on market competition and consolidation. FOX NEWS AI NEWSLETTER: OPENAI RESPONDS TO ELON MUSK’S LAWSUIT The Center for AI Policy, a nonpartisan research organization based in the nation’s capital, issued a press release that commended lawmakers for their work on the report. But the group echoed Behzadan’s remarks about the need for more detail. “The body of the report does not contain enough detail about how or when these frameworks will be created,” the group said after the report’s release. It also expressed concern over the report’s lack of emphasis on “catastrophic risks” posed by AI. “Congress has deliberated on AI for two years now, and it is time to start moving forward with decisive action,” the press release stated. Yaron Litwin is the chief marketing officer for Canopy, a digital parenting app and an expert in how AI technology is revolutionizing parental control and internet safety. He said “we need faster” and “stronger” protections than what was laid out in the report. “To me, the report appears more business-friendly than not.” The report pointed out that it would be “unreasonable to expect Congress to enact legislation this year that could serve as its last word on AI policy.” But while Congress may be slow to act, some states have already moved the ball forward on regulating AI, and experts who spoke to Fox News Digital said the report could serve to bolster those efforts. AI-POWERED DECEPTION: THE SNEAKY MACOS MALWARE MASQUERADING AS YOUR NEXT VIDEO CALL Lawmakers in Colorado enacted the first comprehensive piece of AI legislation this year, which placed certain obligations on developers of “high-risk artificial intelligence systems.” Meanwhile, in California, lawmakers passed a bill this month aiming to regulate AI in health care. “These federal soft law standards could work alongside state efforts to protect consumers and give businesses clear, consistent, and science-based federal guidelines,” said Tatiana Rice, Deputy Director for U.S. Legislation at the Future of Privacy Forum, a nonprofit that explores challenges posed by technological innovation. Rice pointed out that an increasing number of state AI laws “include carveouts or assumptions of compliance if businesses adhere to federally recognized standards,” and she noted that Congress’s approach will likely “make it easier for businesses to meet legal requirements, incentivize consumer trust and safety, and reduce regulatory complexity.” Craig Albright, Senior Vice President of U.S. Government Relations for the Business Software Alliance, posited that the report could likely encourage states “to be more aggressively [sic] next year than what we are expecting to see in Congress.” LISA KUDROW BEGAN TO FEAR AI AFTER SEEING TOM HANKS MOVIE On the issue of whether the 25-page report strikes the balance that lawmakers were hoping for in terms of balancing regulation with the need to foster innovation, experts who spoke to Fox News Digital expressed optimism. “The House AI Working Group report strikes the right tone,” Dakota State University President José-Marie Griffiths told Fox News Digital. Griffiths has advised both the Senate and White House on AI policy, including Sen. Mike Rounds, R-S.D., co-chair of the Senate AI Caucus. “While there will always be debate over regulation versus not enough government oversight, the report is a step in the right direction,” said Griffiths. “With the development of any new technology, regulation requires a nuanced and flexible approach. My recommendation going forward will be for Congress to pick and choose to legislate on specific aspects of AI policy.” Griffiths’ reaction to the report was echoed by others who warned that in such a rapidly evolving industry, it will be critical not to get trigger-happy with regulations that could soon become obsolete. “It is encouraging that the report suggests taking an incremental approach to AI policy,” said JD Harriman, a partner at Foundation Law Group who has worked as outside patent council at technology corporations like Apple and Pixar. “Many areas of technology have been stifled by over-regulation before a complete understanding of the technology was undertaken.” “The task force’s honesty – ‘We don’t know what we don’t know’ – is both refreshing and daunting,” added Cassidy Reid, the founder of Women in Automation, a nonprofit group that supports women in the tech sector. “It acknowledges the speed of AI’s evolution but raises a bigger question: Are we ready to govern something so inherently unpredictable?”
Paris Hilton-backed bill aimed at stopping abuse in youth residential programs heads to Biden’s desk
A bill backed by celebrity and entrepreneur Paris Hilton is heading to President Biden’s desk after the House passed the act on Wednesday, a week after it was cleared unanimously by the Senate. The “Stop Institutional Child Abuse Act” requires more oversight for youth residential treatment facilities, a regulation Hilton has spent years lobbying for after testifying that she was sexually abused as a 17-year-old at a Utah boarding school. The bipartisan bill was co-sponsored by 23 lawmakers including Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Ct., Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Ore. and Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif. Once the bill is enacted, the Secretary of Health and Human Services has 45 days to enter into a contract with the National Academics of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine to “conduct a study to examine the state of youth in youth residential programs and make recommendations,” according to the text. PARIS HILTON URGES HOUSE TO PASS ‘STOP INSTITUTIONAL CHILD ABUSE ACT’ AFTER SENATE’S UNANIMOUS APPROVAL Hilton celebrated Congress passing the bill in a social media post on Wednesday where she stated, in part, “today is a day [she] will never forget.” “This moment is proof that our voices matter, that speaking out can spark change, and that no child should ever endure the horrors of abuse in silence. I did this for the younger version of myself and the youth who were senselessly taken from us by the Troubled Teen Industry,” she wrote on X. She thanked the “countless survivors who shared their stories,” the “families who stood with us” and the legislators “who chose courage over complacency.” “And to the children still trapped in these systems: I will never stop fighting for you. Change is possible!” she concluded. PARIS HILTON CHAMPIONS CHILD WELFARE REFORM: ‘MOST TRAUMATIZING EXPERIENCE OF MY LIFE’ The act requires the National Academies to submit a report within three years, and every two years thereafter for a decade, detailing various issues, including the “nature, prevalence, severity, and scope of child abuse, neglect, and deaths” in the programs. The reports must also include who is funding the youth residential programs at the state and federal levels. Recommendations will also be made on how to better train those working in fields that may come into contact with institutionalized youth, and how to implement “positive behavioral interventions.” Hilton has also influenced similar legislation protecting institutionalized minors in eight states.
Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 1,029
Here are the key developments on the 1,029th day of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Here is the situation on Thursday, December 19: Fighting The governor of Russia’s southern Rostov region said that Ukraine had launched an attack with at least 13 missiles and dozens of drones, triggering a fire at the Novoshakhtinsk oil refinery. The Ministry of Defence said Russian air defences shot down 84 drones, including 36 over the Rostov region. South Korean lawmaker Lee Seong-kweun claimed that at least 100 of the thousands of North Koreans deployed to support Russia’s war effort in Ukraine have been killed since entering combat in December. Nearly 1,000 may have been injured, according to the country’s National Intelligence Service. Britain said it would send an additional 225 million pounds ($286m) of military equipment to Ukraine to help it in the war against Russia. North Korea would be capable of producing ballistic missiles and supplying them to Russia for use in Ukraine within months, according to the United Kingdom-based Conflict Armament Research organisation. The group’s head, Jonah Leff, informed the United Nations Security Council that remnants of four North Korean missiles found in Ukraine included one that indicated it was produced in 2024. Authorities in Russia arrested a suspect over the killing of Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, the head of the Russian army’s chemical weapons division, and his aide in Moscow earlier in the week. The Investigative Committee said the 29-year-old Uzbekistan national had been “recruited by Ukrainian special forces” to carry out the assassination, which involved the remote triggering of a bomb hidden in an electric scooter. Russia’s Defence Ministry claimed the capture of two new settlements – Stari Terny and Trudove – in the Donetsk region of east Ukraine. Both are located near the industrial town of Kurakhove, which Russia appears close to capturing. Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said security agencies had evidence that Ukraine had repeatedly dropped white phosphorus munitions from drones in September. Kyiv denied the allegations. Ukrainian Armed Forces servicemen rest in a shelter close to their position near Chasiv Yar, Donetsk region, Ukraine, 12 December 2024 [File/EPA-EFE/24th Mechanized Brigade Handout] Politics and diplomacy North Korea’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs lashed out at “reckless provocation” by the United States and its allies for criticising the country’s support for Russia’s war in Ukraine, accusing them of “distorting and slandering” Pyongyang’s “normal cooperative” ties with Moscow. Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said that journalists at The Times were considered “legitimate military targets after the newspaper ran an editorial calling Ukraine’s assassination of Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov “a legitimate act of defence”. NATO chief Mark Rutte met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other European leaders in Brussels to strategise over Russia’s war ahead of Donald Trump’s return to the White House. He said he wanted Ukraine to be “in the best possible position” when peace talks start, specifically alluding to the provision of air defence systems and other weapons. French President Emmanuel Macron held separate talks with the Ukrainian president, his office stating that France would make reinforced support for Ukraine its ″absolute priority″ and would continue giving Ukraine ″the means to defend itself and to make Russia’s war of aggression fail″. Advertisement Adblock test (Why?)
Israel committing ‘acts of genocide’ by cutting off water in Gaza, HRW says
Human Rights Watch has accused Israel of committing “acts of genocide” by denying clean water to Palestinians in Gaza, and called on the international community to impose targeted sanctions. In a new report released on Thursday, the New York-based watchdog said that since October 2023 – when Israel launched its military offensive in Gaza – Israeli authorities have “deliberately obstructed Palestinians’ access to the adequate amount of water required for survival in the Gaza Strip”. “What we have found is that the Israeli government is intentionally killing Palestinians in Gaza by denying them the water that they need to survive,” Lama Fakih, Human Rights Watch Middle East director told a news conference. The 184-page study described how the Israeli government cut off the water supply piped into Gaza from Israel, cut off the electricity supply needed to operate water pumps, and blocked and restricted the fuel needed to run generators in the absence of electricity. It also blocked United Nations agencies and humanitarian aid organisations from delivering water-related materials and other humanitarian aid. Advertisement Satellite imagery analysed by the organisation found extensive damage and destruction to water and sanitation infrastructure, including the “apparently deliberate, systematic razing of the solar panels powering four of Gaza’s six wastewater treatment plants by Israeli ground forces, as well as Israeli soldiers filming themselves demolishing a key water reservoir”. As a result, Palestinians in Gaza had access to only a few litres of water a day in many areas, far below the 15-litre threshold for survival. A large number of the more than 2.3 million people living in Gaza were deprived of access “to even that bare minimum amount of water, which has contributed to death and widespread disease”. This policy amounts to “acts of genocide” under the Genocide Convention of 1948, it concluded. “Israeli authorities intentionally inflicted on the Palestinian population in Gaza ‘conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part.’” Israel rejects findings Israel has repeatedly rejected any accusation of genocide, saying it has a right to defend itself after the Hamas-led attack from Gaza on October 7, 2023. On Thursday, it rejected HRW’s report, calling its findings “appalling lies”. Proving the crime of genocide against Israeli officials before international courts also requires establishing an intent to commit this crime. The Genocide Convention, enacted following the mass murder of Jews in the Nazi Holocaust, defines the crime of genocide as “acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group”. Advertisement The report cited statements by some senior Israeli officials which it said suggested they “wish to destroy Palestinians” which means the deprivation of water “may amount to the crime of genocide”. It also argued that Israel violated provisional measures issued by the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in January, as part of a case brought by South Africa alleging that Israel is violating the Genocide Convention. The court required Israel to enable the provision of basic services and humanitarian assistance to demonstrate it has no genocidal intent. In light of its findings, HRW called on the international community to issue “targeted sanctions, suspension of arms transfers and military assistance, and review of bilateral trade and political agreements” to pressure Israel to comply with the ICJ’s provisional measures. The report follows another study by Amnesty International issued earlier this month that also concluded that Israel’s actions in Gaza amount to genocide. The International Criminal Court (ICC) last month issued arrest warrants for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his former defence chief for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity. Israel’s war has killed more than 45,000 Palestinians, displaced most of the population and reduced much of the coastal enclave to ruins. Adblock test (Why?)
‘It’s chaos’: Aftermath of Cyclone Chido in Mayotte
Days after Cyclone Chido hit the French Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte, residents are still struggling to access water and food, as rescuers race to find those missing. The cyclone devastated entire neighbourhoods and killed at least 31 people, according to France’s interior ministry. Among the damaged and destroyed homes in Mayotte’s capital, Mamoudzou, people lined up with jugs to get water or waited to charge their phones. On Thursday morning, French President Emmanuel Macron arrived in Mayotte to assess the devastation wrought by the cyclone. His visit to the French overseas territory comes after Paris declared “exceptional natural disaster” measures for Mayotte late on Wednesday night to enable swifter and “more effective management of the crisis”. Officials have warned that the death toll from the most destructive cyclone in living memory could reach hundreds, possibly thousands, as rescuers race to clear debris and comb through flattened shantytowns to search for survivors. “The tragedy of Mayotte is probably the worst natural disaster in the past several centuries of French history,” Prime Minister Francois Bayrou said. Advertisement Located near Madagascar off the coast of southeastern Africa, Mayotte is France’s poorest region. An estimated one-third of Mayotte’s population lives in shantytowns whose flimsy, sheet metal-roofed homes offered scant protection from the storm. Cyclone Chido – which hit Mayotte on Saturday – was the latest in a string of storms worldwide fuelled by climate change, according to meteorologists. Experts say seasonal storms are being supercharged by warmer Indian Ocean waters, fuelling faster, more destructive winds. At Mamoudzou’s Mayotte Central Hospital, windows were blown out and doors ripped from hinges, but most of the medics had taken to sleeping at their battered workplace on Wednesday as Chido had swept their homes away. “It’s chaos,” said medical and administrative assistant Anrifia Ali Hamadi. “The roof is collapsing. We’re not very safe. Even I don’t feel safe here.” Adblock test (Why?)
Mumbai ferry crash: Two passengers, man and a child, still missing day after deadly collision
Thirteen persons, including a Navy personnel and two contractual naval employees, were killed when the Navy craft dashed against the passenger ferry ‘Neel Kamal’, carrying more than 100 passengers from the Gateway of India to Elephanta Island.