Dutch Voters Head to Polls in Snap Parliamentary Election

Abu dhabi: The Netherlands goes to the polls in a parliamentary election on Wednesday, less than two years after the last vote, with 27 parties in the race and all 150 seats of the lower house up for grabs. According to Emirates News Agency, the snap vote was triggered after the previous right-wing, four-party coalition collapsed in June after just 11 months in office. Opinion polls indicate a tight race among five parties, as voters prepare to decide the future political landscape of the country. The election comes at a time when political stability is crucial, following the sudden dissolution

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Hurricane Melissa Bears Down on Cuba After Devastating Jamaica

Havana: Hurricane Melissa churned toward Cuba’s second-largest city with the force of a powerful Category 4 storm, hours after making landfall in neighboring Jamaica as the strongest-ever cyclone on record to hit that Caribbean island nation. Melissa roared ashore near Jamaica’s southwestern town of New Hope, packing sustained winds of up to 295 kilometers per hour, according to the US National Hurricane Centre, well above the minimum 252 kilometers per hour wind speed of a Category 5 storm, the highest level on the Saffir-Simpson wind scale. According to Emirates News Agency, in southwestern Jamaica, the parish of St. Elizabeth was

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