World in brief: November 5, 2024
Rasmus Paludan, leader of Danish right wing party Stram Kurs, arrives to cast his vote during the parliamentary elections in Copenhagen, Denmark, June 5, 2019
CARIBBEAN: Tropical Storm Rafael headed toward the Cayman Islands today and was forecast to strengthen into a hurricane as it heads towards Cuba.
The storm, with its 60mph winds, ”is forecast to become a hurricane in the north-west Caribbean near the Cayman Islands with further strengthening before it makes landfall in Cuba,” according to the National Hurricane Centre in Miami.
SWEDEN: A court today sentenced far-right politician Rasmus Paludan to four months in jail for two counts of “incitement against an ethnic group” after making hateful comments at political rallies two years ago.
