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La Guaira, home to a popular resort of the same name 40 kilometers from Venezuela's capital Caracas, was devastated by powerful back-to-back quakes on June 24 that left over 6,500 people dead.
From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026
Following a massive flood in northern Nepal and Tibet that left over 3,000 missing, China rejected claims that it could have provided Nepal with earlier warning of the deadly disaster.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
"We do not know if these magnesium organic compounds were contributed by brine chemistry or were simply left over from earlier impact shock processes."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 8, 2026
Both companies reported some of their lowest ever amounts of free cash flow, a measure of how much money a business has left over after paying for operations and investments.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
“By the time I get to Paris,” he said, “what’s left over of this little lot will go into a bottle labelled hairwash.”
From "Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie
