Tom Swan

Aug 23, 2024 | ctinsider.com | Amy Chester |Tom Swan

Last weekend, two women were swept to their deaths by rising floodwaters in Oxford. Communities from Southbury to Newtown and in between were battered by heavy rainfall and severe flooding. Sadly, this experience is not new to the state. In June, a man was killed by a falling tree during a sudden storm; his death was just one of 85 tree-related deaths in Connecticut over the past two decades, of which 58% were caused by high wind storm events.

Apr 12, 2024 | samoaobserver.ws | James Boorman |Joe Fulwood |Enid Westerlund |Tom Swan

Australia is surprisingly low-key about the recent launch of its new subclass 192 Pacific Engagement Visa lottery that aims to welcome 3,000 new permanent migrants annually from the Pacific and Timor-Leste. Following immense fanfare two years ago, its missed commencement date in July last year, and the long hiatus awaiting its enactment, the soft launch of the visa scheme last month was unexpected.