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Hurricane Debby makes landfall in northern Florida as Category 1 storm
By Kimberly Chandler And Christopher O'meara, The Associated Press on August 5th, 2024
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) – Hurricane Debby has made landfall Monday in northern Florida as a Category 1 storm. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said Debby has maximum sustained winds of 80 mph (129 kph). The storm made landfall in Steinhatchee, a tiny community of less than 1,000 residents in the Big Bend area of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigns and leaves Bangladesh, ending 15-year rule
By Julhas Alam And Krutika Pathi, The Associated Press on August 5th, 2024
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) – Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned on Monday, ending 15 years in power as thousands of protesters defied a military curfew and stormed her official residence. The news was confirmed by officials from the military and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who requested anonymity they were not authorized to speak to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Internet back in Bangladesh as protesters plan to march to capital after a weekend of violence
By Julhas Alam And Krutika Pathi, The Associated Press on August 5th, 2024
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) – Broadband internet and mobile data services were restored across Bangladesh on Monday, while anti-government protesters vowed to march to the capital to demand the prime minister’s resignation, defying a military-ordered curfew after a weekend of violence that left about 100 people dead. The protests began peacefully as frustrated students demanded an ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hurricane Debby to bring heavy rains and catastrophic flooding to Florida, Georgia and S. Carolina
By Kimberly Chandler And Christopher O'meara, The Associated Press on August 5th, 2024
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) – The center of Hurricane Debby is expected to reach the Big Bend coast of Florida early Monday bringing potential record-setting rains, catastrophic flooding and life-threatening storm surge as it moves slowly across the northern part of the state before stalling over the coastal regions of Georgia and South Carolina. Debby was ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Internet down in Bangladesh as protesters plan to march to capital after a weekend of violence
By Julhas Alam And Krutika Pathi, The Associated Press on August 5th, 2024
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) – Broadband internet and mobile data services were cut off across Bangladesh on Monday as anti-government protesters vowed to march to the capital to demand the prime minister’s resignation after a weekend of violence that left dozens of people dead, as the military ordered an indefinite curfew. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hurricane Debby to bring heavy rains and catastropic flooding to Florida, Georgia and S. Carolina
By Kimberly Chandler And Christopher O'meara, The Associated Press on August 4th, 2024
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) – The center of Hurricane Debby is expected to reach the Big Bend coast of Florida early Monday bringing potential record-setting rains, catastropic flooding and life-threatening storm surge as it moves slowly across the northern part of the state before stalling over the coastal regions of Georgia and South Carolina. Debby was ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tropical Storm Debby strengthens into a Category 1 hurricane as it heads toward Florida
By Kimberly Chandler And Christopher O'meara, The Associated Press on August 4th, 2024
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) – Tropical Storm Debby strengthened into a Category 1 hurricane as it approached Florida on Sunday evening, according to the national weather service. Debby is the fourth named storm of the 2024 Atlantic hurricane season after Tropical Storm Alberto, Hurricane Beryl and Tropical Storm Chris, all of which formed in June. Forecasters ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Renewed anti-government protests leave nearly 100 dead, hundreds more injured in Bangladesh
By Julhas Alam, The Associated Press on August 4th, 2024
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) – Nearly 100 people were killed and hundreds more injured Sunday as renewed anti-government protests swept across Bangladesh, with protesters calling for the prime minister to resign and the prime minister accusing them of “sabotage” and cutting off mobile internet in a bid to quell the unrest. The country’s leading Bengali-language daily ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!UK leader Starmer condemns attack on asylum-seeker hotel as far-right violence spreads
By Pan Pylas, The Associated Press on August 4th, 2024
LONDON (AP) – U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer strongly condemned an attack Sunday on a hotel housing asylum seekers, describing it as “far-right thuggery” as more violence broke out in several towns and cities across the country in the wake of a stabbing rampage at a dance class that left three girls dead and many ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!UK leader Starmer condemns attack on hotel as act of ‘right-wing thuggery’
By Pan Pylas, The Associated Press on August 4th, 2024
LONDON (AP) – U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer has condemned the attack on a hotel housing asylum seekers, describing it as “far-right thuggery” as violence broke out in several towns and cities across the country. In a statement from 10 Downing Street on Sunday afternoon, the prime minister vowed that “we will do whatever it ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Renewed anti-government protests leave dozens dead, hundreds injured in Bangladesh
By Julhas Alam, The Associated Press on August 4th, 2024
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) – Dozens of people were killed and hundreds injured Sunday as renewed anti-government protests swept across Bangladesh, with protesters calling for the prime minister to resign and the prime minister accusing them of “sabotage” and cutting off mobile internet in a bid to quell the unrest. The country’s leading Bengali-language daily newspaper, ... Read More »
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