July 8, 2025
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UAE offers free-of-charge portable desalination plants to cover arid Cyprus’ summer water needs

Representative Image (AI-generated) NICOSIA: Cyprus will receive free-of-charge portable desalination plants from the United Arab Emirates to cover the tourism-reliant island nation’s water needs this summer as reservoir deposits are nearly depleted, officials said Thursday. Agriculture and environment minister Maria Panayiotou told the state broadcaster that the UAE agreed to provide Cyprus, at no cost, […]

‘Margarita or just water?’: Senator Chris van Hollen, El Salvador’s president trade claims over meeting optics

Senator Chris Van Hollen (left), Elsalvador president Nayib Bukele, Kilmar Abrego Garcia, Senator Chris Van Hollen on Friday accused El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele of staging a deceptive media stunt during his meeting with Kilmar Abrego Garcia — a man the US government wrongfully deported under the Trump administration — by planting margarita glasses on […]

‘Will keep escalating consequences’: Donald Trump threatens tariffs over Mexico’s water shortfalls amid treaty dispute

US President and Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum US President Donald Trump issued a warning to Mexico on Thursday, threatening trade repercussions unless it increases water supply to Texas under a long-standing treaty.Through his Truth Social platform, Trump stated, “Mexico has been stealing the water from Texas Farmers” and “last year the only Sugar Mill in […]

Helicopter crashes into Hudson river near Manhattan, wreckage floats on water

Helicopter crashes mid-air, falls into Hudson River. A helicopter crashed into the Hudson River near Manhattan on Thursday with eye witnesses recording remains of the helicopter falling into the waters. Rescue crews reached the site and there has been no words on survivors. Terrifying videos appeared on social media showing how the helicopter disintegrated mid-air […]

86-year-old US woman slapped with $22,800 water bill, agency refuses to admit mistake

An 86-year-old woman from Queens is at risk of losing her home after the city’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) hit her with a staggering $22,828.71 water bill, an amount she insisted is completely inaccurate.Margaret McGowan, who has lived in her modest Tudor-style house in Flushing for 50 years, says she had never paid more […]