Tropical storm Grace is strengthening over the southwestern Gulf of Mexico and is expected to regain hurricane force later on Friday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said in its latest advisory.
Spikes in COVID-19 infections and strong public messaging are starting to spur increased vaccination rates in hurricane-prone states, but more work is needed, the top U.S. official in charge of disaster relief, Deanne Criswell, told Reuters on Wednesday.
Brazilian prosecutors asked a bankruptcy court on Wednesday to compel miners Vale SA (VALE3.SA) and BHP Group Ltd (BHP.AX) to fully pay offtheir Samarco joint venture's 50.7 billion reais ($9.47 billion) debt, according to a court document reviewed by Reuters.
The German cabinet on Wednesday approved a 30 billion euros ($35.16 billion) recovery fund for areas in western and southern Germany hit by heavy rainfall and flooding last month that took many towns by surprise despite extreme weather warnings.