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...The Caribbean island previously suffered from the devastating Hurricanes Irma and Maria in 2017, which killed thousands of people and cost billions of dollars....
...It too had promised to pay for vaccines, using money from Venezuelan bank accounts in the US frozen under Washington’s sanctions regime....
...In Washington, the body best placed to create and enforce such regulation would be the Securities and Exchange Commission....
...In the years after these institutions were established, Brussels and Washington supported a transfer of power to “local ownership”....
...The Fed is watching currency orders from banks closely and as always has a stock of bills ready, according to its board of governors in Washington....
...Hurricanes are the costliest disasters: Maria, Irma and Harvey caused insurance losses of $92bn across the US and Caribbean in 2017....
...But red tide and two major hurricanes (Michael and Irma) in the past two years have changed minds....
...Hurricane Irma’s path diverted away from the state in 2017. Matthew in 2016 caused major damage....
...Puerto Rico’s lack of political representation in Washington had hindered it since Maria hit, Mr Rosselló said: “It was always harder for us....
...The sharp move lower came after Washington state-based Expedia — which operates a stable of travel booking sites — reported third-quarter results on Thursday evening that left investors rattled....
...Last year we spent $265bn on three big storms, Maria, Irma and Harvey — that’s one-third of our defence budget....
...Estimates from Moody’s Analytics put the total physical damage from Harvey and Irma at $150bn-$200bn — comparable to that following Katrina....
...Still, forecasters warned Irma’s effects could be felt as far as 200 miles from its centre....
...slip further back in the mind of traders for now, and whilst the potential threat is unlikely to disappear entirely anytime soon, there has at least been a pause in the rising geopolitical tension between Washington...
...It will also need to hammer out a disaster relief package for areas of the country hit by storms Harvey, Irma and Maria, as well as California, which faced devastating wildfires at the close of 2017....
...Irma has gained strength as it passes over water that is up to 1 degree Celsius warmer than normal....
...The US National Hurricane Centre said Irma was likely to cause “life-threatening storm surge and wind impacts” to much of Florida....
...Further tightening the screws, Donald Trump, the US president, partially reversed in June Washington’s two-year gradual rapprochement with Havana....
...While investors remained nervous about the stand-off between Washington and Pyongyang — which contributed to several flashes of volatility in August — “we didn’t get any sabre-rattling this weekend”, Mr...
...At a summit in Vladivostok, the Russian leader lambasted Washington and Seoul’s drive to toughen sanctions against North Korea....
...Additional reporting by Jim Pickard in London and David J Lynch in Washington...
...Edward Acton, a strategist with Citi, said the corporate bond sales had a “very subdued” effect on Treasuries on Tuesday given the news out of North Korea and Washington....
...who claim it has been tardier than those seen after hurricanes Harvey and Irma hit Texas and Florida on the US mainland....
...Democratic congressional leaders have said they will only approve supplemental aid packages for states hit by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma if those packages also include support for Puerto Rico in the wake...
...The drive to eradicate corruption, the leitmotif of Mr López Obrador’s campaign, would be led by Irma Eréndira Sandoval, an academic, as public function minister....
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