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Haitians line the sidewalks as President Donald Trump's motorcade returns to Mar-a-Lago in West Palm Beach, Florida, on January 15, 2018. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
January 15, 2018, 11:35 pm
Trump marks Martin Luther King day out of view, buffeted by race claims
Haitian protesters jeer president as he approaches his Palm Beach Mar-a-Lago estate, shouting, ‘Our country is not a shithole’
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE
US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach on January 14, 2018. (AFP Photo/Nicholas Kamm)
January 15, 2018, 3:25 am
Trump denies ‘shithole countries’ comments, insists: ‘I’m not a racist’
Following global firestorm, US president says widely panned statements denouncing immigrants from Africa and Haiti ‘weren’t made’
By TOI staff and Agencies
In this January 10, 2018 photo, US President Donald Trump speaks during a joint news conference with Norwegian Prime Minister Erna Solberg in the East Room of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
January 13, 2018, 6:11 am
Who’d prefer their country to Trump’s US? Norwegians would
In 2016, only 1,114 Norwegians moved to the United States, while 1,603 Americans moved to the Scandinavian country
By AP
Hundreds of immigration activists, clergy members and others participate in a protest against President Donald Trump's immigration policies in front of the Federal Building on January 11, 2018 in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP)
January 13, 2018, 5:02 am
Diplomats scramble to contain outrage over Trump’s Africa remarks
In Washington and far-flung foreign capitals, US officials enter cleanup mode following president’s ‘shithole’ talk of African nations
By Josh Lederman and Jonathan Lemire
US President Donald Trump speaks alongside Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin (L) during a meeting on prison reform in the Roosevelt Room of the White House in Washington, DC, January 11, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB)
January 13, 2018, 3:29 am
Trump partly denies, but also defends, his vulgar immigrant comments
President reportedly asks why US should accept more immigrants from Haiti and ‘shithole countries’ in Africa
By AP
US President Donald Trump looks toward Brooke Rollins, president and CEO of the Texas Public Policy Foundation, as she speaks during a prison reform roundtable in the White House, January 11, 2018. (AP/Carolyn Kaster)
January 12, 2018, 11:18 am
Members of Haitian community react to Trump’s vulgar comments
US president described as ‘unfit for office’ after referring to ‘shithole countries,’ a phrase said to be ‘beyond bullying’
By AP
An aerial view shows the flooded neighborhood of Juana Matos in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Catano, Puerto Rico, on September 22, 2017. (AFP/Ricardo Arduengo)
September 23, 2017, 5:42 am
Dam fails in Puerto Rico, 70,000 told to evacuate
US territory already battling dangerous floods after Hurricane Maria ravaged the island early Wednesday
By AFP
Professor Steven Werlin works with the Fonkoze (short for 'Shoulder-to-Shoulder) non-profit to help microfinance impoverished Haitian families. (Courtesy Fonkoze)
April 16, 2017, 10:53 pm
In impoverished Haiti, a Jewish prof advocates for a hand up, not a handout
Steven Werlin charts his 20 years on the ground in the poorest country in the Americas in new book ‘To Fool the Rain’
By Cathryn J. Prince
Haitian people cross the river La Digue in Petit Goave where the bridge collapsed during the rains of the Hurricane Matthew, southwest of Port-au-Prince, October 5, 2016. (AFP PHOTO / HECTOR RETAMAL)
October 9, 2016, 9:41 am
Aid convoys arrive as Haiti gauges extent of hurricane damage
Officials count at least 522 dead in one area alone after Matthew rips through island, another 350,000 in need of aid; in US, weakened storm kills 10 in Florida, Carolinas
By AP
An official vehicle passes along the shoulder of Highway A1A after it was partial washed away by Hurricane Matthew, Friday, Oct. 7, 2016, in Flagler Beach, Florida (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
October 8, 2016, 3:52 pm
Weakening but still powerful Matthew plows up Atlantic coast
Hurricane drops to category 1 storm, with winds dropping by almost half; at least 4 killed in Florida, over 300 in Haiti
By BRUCE SMITH and Russ Bynum
A fallen tree from Hurricane Matthew blocks the road on St. Simons Island, Ga., after residents were ordered to evacuate, Friday, Oct. 7, 2016. (AP Photo/David Goldman)
October 8, 2016, 9:44 am
Hurricane Matthew lashes Florida, Georgia, South Carolina
Authorities order thousands to evacuate inland to shelters to protect themselves from Category 2 storm; over 400 dead in Haiti
By Leila Macor and Jennie Matthew
Vehicles drive around a fallen tree, in Ormond Beach, Florida on October 7, 2016 as Hurricane Matthew hits the Atlantic coast of the United States, (Drew Angerer/Getty Images/AFP)
October 8, 2016, 5:25 am
Millions affected as Hurricane Matthew lashes US
At least 4 die as torrential rain, fierce winds hit Florida; governor warns ‘worst effects are still likely to come’
By Leila Macor and Jennie Matthew
Saint Anne church lays totally destroyed by Hurricane Matthew in Camp Perrin, a district of Les Cayes, Haiti, Thursday, Oct. 6, 2016. (AP/Dieu Nalio Chery)
October 7, 2016, 9:52 pm
Haiti Hurricane Matthew death toll soars over 800
US Navy sends ship carrying Marines specializing in medical and emergency assistance; thousands displaced
By TOI staff and AFP
A police officer walks along the beach as waves crash ashore as Hurricane Matthew approaches the area on October 6, 2016 in Singer Island, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images/AFP)
October 7, 2016, 3:17 pm
Storm’s a-comin’
From thousands of miles away, the Hebrew-language press is awestruck over images of death and destruction wrought by Hurricane Matthew
By Adiv Sterman
Girls hold hands as they help each other wade through a flooded street after the passing of Hurricane Matthew in Les Cayes, Haiti, Thursday, October 6, 2016. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery)
October 7, 2016, 9:58 am
Haiti death toll jumps as receding waters reveal more bodies
At least 283 people die in just one part of Haiti’s southwest; local authorities begin reporting damage from areas cut off by Hurricane Matthew
By David McFadden and PIERRE RICHARD LUXAMA
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