Tag: Florida

• Friday, July 24th 2020 - 08:17 UTC

  US president Trump cancels the Republican Party convention in Florida because of Covid-19

  

  United States President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that he was scrapping next month's Republican Party nominating convention in Jacksonville, Florida, because of the COVID-19 outbreak.

• Thursday, June 25th 2020 - 05:40 UTC

  Saharan sand cloud darkened much of Cuba and is affecting Florida

  

  A massive cloud of Saharan dust darkened much of Cuba on Wednesday and began to affect air quality in Florida, sparking warnings to people with respiratory illnesses to stay home. The dust cloud swept across the Atlantic from Africa over the past week, covering the Caribbean island of Puerto Rico since Sunday and hitting south Florida in the United States on Wednesday, authorities there said.

• Friday, April 3rd 2020 - 07:56 UTC

  Cruise vessels Zaandam and Rotterdam with hundreds of sick on board dock at Fort Lauderdale

  

  Florida officials have officially permitted the MS Zaandam and the MS Rotterdam, Holland America cruise ships with hundreds of sick on board, to dock at Fort Lauderdale's Port Everglades and begin disembarking guests.

• Wednesday, April 1st 2020 - 07:54 UTC

  Trump calls on Florida to allow Zaandam to dock: “They are dying on the ship”

  

  U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday urged Florida officials to open an Atlantic Coast port to a Dutch cruise ship stuck at sea with a deadly coronavirus outbreak onboard, urging the governor to drop his opposition.

• Monday, March 30th 2020 - 07:48 UTC

  Trump said social distancing guidelines will be extended until 30 April

  

  President Trump announced on Sunday the nationwide social distancing guidelines will remain in place until April 30, saying the “peak” of the coronavirus pandemic is expected in two weeks. Mr. Trump said he expected the country to be “well on its way to recovery” by June 1.

• Thursday, February 20th 2020 - 13:23 UTC

  LATAM sued for the alleged rape of a child flying unaccompanied

  

  A man in Florida is suing one of Latin America's largest airlines, saying his 6-year-old son was sexually assaulted by an airline employee while traveling as an unaccompanied minor from Brazil to the U.S.

• Monday, February 17th 2020 - 07:50 UTC

  Snakes mating season date forces closure of public park in Florida

  

  A city in Florida closed off part of a park after residents spotted dozens of snakes that had apparently gathered for their annual coupling.

• Friday, October 18th 2019 - 10:35 UTC

  Trump's latest surprise: he will host the G7 economic summit at his Florida golf resort

  

  U.S. President Donald Trump will host next year’s Group of Seven economic summit of leaders of developed nations at his Florida golf resort, a move Democrats and others decried as more evidence of the president misusing his office for personal gain.

• Wednesday, September 18th 2019 - 09:46 UTC

  First-ever Falklands competition in a full sized international Cup: Hockey medallists in Miami

  

  The Falkland Islands competed in the LATAM Cup in Coral Springs FL, for the first time ever this year and came away with two medals, one each for the under 16’s and the senior team. This is the first time the Falkland Islands has ever competed in this size of tournament and on a full-sized rink.

• Wednesday, November 28th 2018 - 09:17 UTC

  Ex Chavez aide sentenced in US for money laundering and receiving US$ 1 billion in bribes

  

  A court in the United States has sentenced the former head of Venezuela's treasury, Alejandro Andrade, to 10 years in prison for money laundering. Andrade, 54, had pleaded guilty to taking US$ 1bn in bribes in exchange for offering access to preferential foreign currency exchange rates.