Covering Haiti’s Triple Threat | Field Notes

VICE News

Mar 13, 2023  #VICENews #News

We hear from the team that was in Port-au-Prince, Haiti while the country faced a triple threat of gang violence, food insecurity, and a resurgence of cholera, which had already infected over 3000 people.

Watch the original VICE News Tonight report, "Cholera Resurges in Gang Gripped Haiti," here: 

Scientists track two icebergs drifting close to international shipping lanes | ITV News

ITV News

Mar 13, 2023

Scientists are tracking two icebergs which have broken off from Antarctica and are now drifting dangerously close to international shipping lanes in the Atlantic Ocean.

Pictures of one of the icebergs - dubbed A81 - show the object, which is thought to be the same size as Greater London, floating in the Weddell Sea. 

In January, it was carved off the Brunt Ice Shelf and has already travelled some 150km southwards.

However, scientists estimate the second iceberg - A76A - to be even bigger, around twice the size of A81 and as big as Cornwall.

Fuel supplies blocked on sixth day of French strikes

Reuters

Strikes blocking fuel deliveries from French refineries ran into a sixth day, piling further pressure on President Emmanuel Macron as he races to shore up support for unpopular pension reforms in a final parliamentary vote.