An Industrial Gem in Venezuela Now Embodies the Country’s Decay NYT | Top Stories By: Simon Romero and Adriana Loureiro Fernandez 1 June 2026 at 17:01 Cumaná was once an economic hub, producing Toyota Land Cruisers and exporting food across South America. Now it’s on the brink of disaster as public services collapse. Gathering water at a stream in Cumaná.
Havoc in Hawaii’s Coffee Fields After an Earthquake Destroyed Water Collection Tanks NYT | Top Stories By: Libby Leonard and Vivian Yee 1 June 2026 at 05:26 An earthquake destroyed many water catchment systems on Hawaii’s Big Island, capping a spring filled with devastating floods. © Megan Spelman for The New York TimesRoy Santana, 80, in front of his water catchment tank, which broke during a 6.0 earthquake earlier this month.