DURHAM, N.C. (WNCN) — UPDATE: Power has been restored to Duke Energy customers in Durham and Moore counties as of early Sunday afternoon. Previous story:Over 2,000 Duke Energy customers in Durham County are already without power Sunday morning as severe weather begins to move through central North Carolina. According to Duke Energy’s power outage map, 2,278 customers in Durham County are in the dark as of 11:50 a.m. Current estimates say power will be restored around 4 p.m.Further south, over 1,500 in Moore County are also without power late Sunday morning. According to the latest estimates from Duke Energy’s site, power is expected to be restored there around 3:30 p.m.

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HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — It’s been 2 years since Huntsville city leaders approved one of the largest road projects in Rocket City history. Known as the Northern Bypass, the project is part of a multi-layered roadway initiative that’ll eventually include an eastern and southern bypass. Huntsville city council members recently voted in favor of bringing in an engineering company to help accelerate the project. “This is one of the first steps that will be taken towards the initial completion of the Northern Bypass,” said Huntsville City Councilman Bill Kling. “If Huntsville is going to continue to prosper, we’ve got to do something about our traffic flow.”The Northern Bypass is a multi-million dollar project, which will create a circular like roadway concept in the center of the city.

The Australian iron-ore mining company Genmin has submitted to the Gabonese government a request for 15-year permit to commence iron ore drilling project at Baniaka field in the central African country. Joe Ariti, the Chief Executive Officer of the company met with the minister of Mining of the African country to discuss the application that follows positive results of the pre-feasibility studies released in November 2022. According to Joe Ariti, production will to reach up to 5 million tons in the early stages is expected to then increase every five years by 5 million tons. Baniaka Iron Ore Project is located in south-east Gabon and comprises the Baniaka and Baniaka West exploration permits, which cover a total area of 881km. Genmin, aside from Baniaka, is owner of iron ore Bakoumba Project and Bitam project located in the north of the African country.

WorldIsraeli tanks reach center of Khan YounisPostedIsraeli tanks battled their way to the centre of Khan Younis on Sunday in a major new push into the heart of the main city in the southern Gaza Strip which is sheltering hundreds of thousands of civilians who fled other parts of the enclave. Olivia Chan has more. This edit contains graphic content.

LUBBOCK, Texas — KLBK Forecaster Kathryn Campbell has your Saturday night weather update for December 9th, 2023. Tonight Lubbock will hit a low of 21 degrees for a hard freeze. Monday night will cool down to 31 degrees and Tuesday seeing a high of 55 with southeastern winds blowing at 10-15 mph. Tuesday night not warming much, with a low of 41 and Wednesday warming to 49 with a good chance of precipitation. Friday night will cool to 27 with Saturday starting the weekend in a not so warm way; another high of 48 degrees is expected.

COP28 hosts UAE and Saudi Arabia both face the likelihood of a 72 per cent GDP growth reduction. This highlights the threat posed to the region from the expansion of fossil fuels which make up 75 per cent of greenhouse gases. The study highlights the amount of damage caused to their GDP by climate change, compared to a scenario where climate change didn’t take place. “At COP28, we must commit to a just and equitable phase out of fossil fuels. Agreeing to phase out all fossil fuels is the single most significant thing that COP28 could achieve in reducing emissions and turning the tide on climate change.

China’ Customs Tariff Commission announced earlier this week the removal of tariffs for taxable products from six African countries, State-run Xinhua news agency reports. In November last year, Beijing took similar measures for nine African countries namely Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea‑Bissau, Lesotho, Malawi, Sao Tome and Principe, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia. Three other African countries, Djibouti, Togo, and Rwanda had benefited from the same measures in September the same year. Chinese agricultural imports from Africa are significant and growing, and the country has become the continent’s second largest export market after the USA. China imported a record $5 billion of agricultural products from Africa in 2021.

(File photo: CFP) Egypt’s headline inflation dips to 34.6% in November Published on:Read < 1 minuteEgypt witnessed a decline in its annual urban consumer price inflation in November, marking a decrease from 35.8% in October to 34.6%, as reported by the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) on Sunday. This shift was attributed to a deceleration in the rate of food price escalations, according to CAPMAS data. The trajectory of annual inflation had been upward for the past two years, reaching a peak of 38.0% in September. However, the November reading indicates a downward trend, representing the lowest inflation rate since May. The data suggests a noteworthy moderation in inflationary pressures, particularly influenced by a slowdown in the acceleration of food prices.

Egypt’s Nuclear Power Plants Authority (NPPA) signed a cooperation protocol with Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) in the field of peaceful uses of nuclear energy, as per a statement on December 8th. The signing took place on the sidelines of COP28 in Dubai. In August, the Egyptian Nuclear and Radiological Regulatory Authority (ENRRA) approved the establishment of the fourth and last unit of El Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant with a capacity of 1,200 megawatts (MWs). Earlier in 2022, the Russian nuclear energy company Rosatom was permitted to build the Dabaa nuclear power plant, comprising four power units with a capacity of 1,200 MW each. Copyright © 2022 Arab Finance Brokerage Company All rights reserved.

We would like to thank them for their interest in developing co-operation with us and enhancing it strategically in the coming period. ""Our relationship with Mastercard is deeply rooted, and over the years, we have woven a relationship of mutual co-operation with various dimensions. Through this memorandum, we seek to strengthen these working relationships for the benefit of both parties. "QIIB has sensed the desire and co-operation from Mastercard to enhance joint work, pushing us to be optimistic about achieving more in the implementation of our digital transformation plans. "Elgibali stated, "Mastercard is pleased to strengthen its long-term partnership with QIIB, a leading bank in Qatar.

An intriguing new North-South binary has emerged in our political debate after the elections in four major states last week. The argument might look persuasive — that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) rules the North and the South continues to reject it, creating a horizontal divide in the Indian polity marked by the Vindhyas. I have used the description “intriguing” as a euphemism for the kind of simplistic and lazy theorising that calls for something stronger. First of all, the challenge to the BJP’s supremacy is not limited to the South. A quick look at the political map of India will show that the BJP is not a North-centric party but a party of its own heartland.

Countries which once colonised geographies for natural resources -- and wooed workers from Africa and elsewhere -- are hotspots of anti-immigration riots. The Euro zone economy faces structural issues -- its productivity is plummeting, its population is shrinking. The third world imagery streaming from first world countries is stark. The Euro zone economy faces structural issues -- its productivity is plummeting, its population is shrinking. The third world imagery streaming from first world countries is stark.

The Petaluma-based owners ‒ husband and wife team of Rachid and Reem Hassani ‒ are themselves unique and compelling personalities. Reem, who was born in Iraq, eventually moved to Cleveland, Ohio and began her university studies with an eye towards Biomedical Engineering. “Eventually, I studied art at University in Italy.”Upon returning to the United States, Reem moved to Boston, where she met Rachid at an art exhibit. I’ve been in graphic design for 25 or more years.”Reem and Rachid started dating, then stopped after a year, but they kept in contact. “I felt that our store really blended in with Petaluma, which has become such a diverse and vibrant town,” said Reem.

In 2020, the Abraham Accords normalized Israel’s relations with the United Arab Emirates, Morocco, and Bahrain. Israeli relations with Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, and Uganda, meanwhile, have been at an all-time high. Encouraged by the Donald Trump administration in the United States, Jair Bolsonaro’s Brazil, Jeanine Añez in Bolivia, and others espoused very right-wing pro-Israel views. In the United States, Latin America, and sub-Saharan Africa, the influence of Christian Zionists and evangelical churches has afforded Israel powerful friends. Europe’s renewed vassalage to the United States since the war in Ukraine began does not bode well for a truly independent position on the Israel-Palestine conflict.