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Germany secures more gas shipments as Scholz visits Gulf

(AP) — German Chancel- of Prince Mohammed's al-
lor Olaf Scholz planted a leged involvement in the kill-
tree at a mangrove park in ing of Saudi journalist Jamal
the United Arab Emirates Khashoggi.
on Sunday, a token nod to
environmentalism during Scholz told reporters after the
a two-day visit to the Gulf meeting that he had discussed
region focused mainly on "all the questions around civil
securing new fossil fuel and human rights" with the
supplies and forging fresh prince, but declined to elabo-
alliances against Russia. rate.

Germany is trying to wean it- German officials noted ahead
self off energy imports from of the trip that Scholz is one
Russia in response to the of several Western leaders to
invasion of Ukraine, while meet with the Saudi crown
avoiding an energy shortage prince in recent months, in-
in the coming winter months. cluding U.S. President Joe
Biden, former U.K. Prime
To do so, the German gov- Minister Boris Johnson and
ernment has sought out new French President Emmanuel
natural gas suppliers while Macron.
also installing terminals to
bring the fuel into the coun- German officials said all en-
try by ship. RWE announced Sunday that Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al ues for the tournament, but ergy agreements will take
it will receive a first shipment Thani, and discuss bilateral left open whether he would into account the country's
After visiting the Jubail Man- of liquefied natural gas from relations, regional issues such attend any of the games him- plans to become carbon neu-
grove Park in Abu Dhabi, the Abu Dhabi National Oil as tensions with Iran and the self. tral by 2045, requiring a shift
Scholz met with UAE Presi- Company this year. In a sepa- Gulf nation's upcoming host- from natural gas to hydrogen
dent Sheikh Mohammed bin rate deal, RWE will partner ing of soccer's World Cup. The German leader's first produced with renewable en-
Zayed Al Nahyan to sign an with UAE-based Masdar to stop Saturday was Saudi ergy in the coming decades.
accord on energy coopera- explore further offshore wind Speaking to reporters in Arabia, where he met with
tion and discuss the country's energy projects, the company Doha, Scholz acknowledged Crown Prince Mohammed Saudi Arabia, which has vast
hosting of next year's U.N. said. that there had been progress bin Salman. regions suitable for cheap so-
climate talks. on improving conditions for lar power generation, is seen
From Abu Dhabi Scholz flew foreign workers involved in Human rights groups criti- as a particularly suitable sup-
German utility company to Qatar to meet the emir, the construction of the ven- cized the meeting because plier of hydrogen, they said.

Canada sends troops to help clear Fiona’s devastation

(AP) — Hundreds of she couldn't count the num- seemingly beyond anything
thousands of people in At- ber of homes damaged in her before seen in the province.
lantic Canada remained own neighborhood.
without power Sunday Entire structures were
and officials tried to assess She said it was critical for the washed into the sea as rag-
the scope of devastation military to arrive and help ing surf pounded Port Aux
of from former Hurricane clear debris, noting that the Basques, Newfoundland.
Fiona, which swept away road to the airport is inacces-
houses, stripped off roofs sible and the tower has sig- Much of the town of 4,000
and knocked out power nificant damage. had been evacuated and But-
across the country's Atlan- ton said officials on Sunday
tic provinces. McDougall said it is amazing will identify areas where
there are no injuries. people can safely go back to
After surging north from their homes. He asked for pa-
the Caribbean, Fiona came Prince Edward Island Pre- tience, noting some residents
ashore before dawn Saturday mier Dennis King said few are showing up at barricades
as a post-tropical cyclone, firmed fatalities in Canada, More than 415,000 Nova communities were spared angry and wanting to go to
battering Nova Scotia, Prince authorities on Sunday were Scotia Power customers — damage, with the devastation home.
Edward Island, Newfound- searching for a woman miss- about 80% in the province of
land and Quebec with hur- ing in the hardest hit town of almost 1 million people —
ricane-strength winds, heavy Channel-Port Aux Basques had been affected by outages
rains and huge waves.
on the southern coast of Saturday.
Newfoundland.
Defense Minister Anita Utility companies say it could
Anand said Canadian troops As of Sunday morning, more be days before the lights are
would help remove fallen than 256,000 Nova Scotia back on for everyone.
trees throughout Eastern Power customers and over
Canada, restore transporta- 82,000 Maritime Electric Cape Breton Regional Mu-
tion links and do whatever customers in the province nicipality Mayor Amanda
else is required for as long of Prince Edward Island — McDougall said Sunday over
as it takes. She didn't specify about 95% of the total — re- 200 people had been dis-
how many troops would be mained in the dark. So were placed and were in tempo-
deployed. more than 20,600 homes and rary shelters. Over 70 roads
businesses in New Bruns- are completely inaccessible in
Fiona was blamed for at least wick. her region, which declared a
five deaths in the Caribbean, state of emergency. She said
and while there were no con-