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5 things you should know this September 3: Will there be raids against immigrants seeking refuge for Dorian ?, change control in Argentina and more

2019-09-03T10:22:23.808Z


This is what you need to know to start the day: a pilot student lands a plane after his instructor faints. Is Dorian the most powerful hurricane in history? We have the ...


Pilot student lands plane after his instructor faints. Is Dorian the most powerful hurricane in history? We have the figures of the largest cruise ship in the world. This is what you need to know to start the day. First the truth.

1. Hurricane Dorian

Hurricane Dorian's travel speed has been at times 1.6 kilometers per hour, less than the speed at which most people walk. The pace of this cyclone's advance is not uncommon among hurricanes. Recent hurricanes Harvey and Florence also slowed down significantly after touching the ground. A high pressure system over the western Atlantic prevents it from moving north, and a weak high pressure system is slowing it down. It is believed that during the next few hours the system will weaken enough for the hurricane to begin to move north, apparently - according to projections - without entering the territory of the United States.

Further:

  • Is Dorian the most powerful hurricane in history? Six facts to understand the monstrous storm it is.
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2. Will there be raids against immigrants seeking refuge for Dorian?

The interim secretary of National Security of the United States, Kevin McAleenan, assured CNN that in the areas of risk due to the passage of Hurricane Dorian there will be no raids, and urged affected immigrants to seek refuge because the priority is the “protection of life".

3. Argentina establishes exchange control to try to maintain its reserves

Through a decree of necessity and urgency, the government of Mauricio Macri established that as of this Monday, the Central Bank of Argentina will have to be authorized to buy dollars. The measure will have different scopes for companies, institutions and savers, but it reminds of the controls for obtaining the US currency that were imposed during the presidency of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, now a candidate for the country's vice presidency.

4. Author of the shooting in Odessa had been fired from his job hours before the massacre

Seth Ator, the 36-year-old gunman who left seven people dead in a massacre in West Texas, had been fired from his job hours before the massacre began, a local police official told CNN on Monday. CNN is working to obtain more details, but the authorities have repeatedly warned that they have not yet established the reason for the shooting.

5. Constitutional Court orders Bogotá to provide sanitary napkins to street residents

In Bogotá, the case of a woman living in the street who used to reuse sanitary towels that she found in the garbage during her menstrual period caused the Constitutional Court of Colombia to order the sanitary authorities of the country's capital to provide mandatory towels to the inhabitants of the street. The Constitutional Court ordered that the health authorities of the district, including the Secretariat of Social Integration, be responsible for "the supply of such materials to absorb adequate menstrual fluids" to women living in the streets, the high court said Monday. CNN contacted the Secretariat of Social Integration to obtain a comment on the order of the Court, but has not yet received a response.

At coffee time

They arrest a man for buying a flight ticket just to accompany his wife to the boarding gate

The Singapore Police have issued a warning to residents not to "misuse" their boarding passes after a man was arrested for buying a ticket to take his wife to the door. And perhaps accompanying his wife was not his only interest.

Taylor Swift sets a new record with 'Lover', his sixth album number 1

In a single week, "Lover" earned 867,000 equivalent units of albums (679,000 of which were album sales) in the United States, according to Billboard.

The day's figure

245 days, 51 countries, 111 ports

Viking Cruises has just launched its “Ultimate World Cruise”: a 245-day luxury trip that is on its way to setting the Guinness record for the world's longest continuous passenger cruise. The Viking Sun set sail from Greenwich Pier in London on August 31. Around the world, you will reach six continents, 51 countries and 111 ports on your way.

The date of the day

"I'm not sure I've heard of a category 5 hurricane."

The president of the United States, Donald Trump, said he does not believe he has heard of a category 5 hurricane, despite the fact that four storms of this type, including Hurricane Dorian, have threatened the United States since taking office. This Monday, the president of the United States He played golf in Virginia.

And to finish

Pilot student lands plane after his instructor faints

When his instructor passed out, the pilot student Max Sylvester was left in charge of a small plane and had to land the aircraft in which he was his first lesson in that type of plane, according to 9 News, a CNN affiliate.

Source: cnnespanol

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