Taiwan: Deadly typhoon leaves 5 dead, 6 sailors missing

Agence France Presse 07/26/2024

The strongest typhoon to hit Taiwan in eight years killed five people and flooded parts of the island’s second-biggest city on Thursday, with rescuers searching for six sailors missing after their cargo ship sank in the storm. Typhoon Gaemi…

Kamala Harris using Beyoncé’s ‘Freedom’ as her campaign song

Associated Press 07/26/2024

NEW YORK — In Vice President Kamala Harris’ first 2024 presidential campaign video, a familiar rhythm rings out. The clip, which touches on issues of gun violence, health care and abortion, is soundtracked by Beyoncé’s “Freedom,” a…

Taiwan shuts down as deadly Typhoon Gaemi makes landfall

Agence France Presse 07/25/2024

Typhoon Gaemi made landfall on Taiwan’s eastern coast in the early hours of Thursday, after unleashing torrential rainfall and whipping winds across the island that left two people dead. On its path to Taiwan, Gaemi had also…

Gunman flew drone over Trump rally area before shooting — FBI chief

Agence France Presse 07/25/2024

The 20-year-old gunman who attempted to assassinate Donald Trump at a campaign rally flew a drone over the area about two hours before the former US president began to speak, the FBI director said Wednesday. FBI chief…

Pop world backs Kamala Harris: ‘kamala IS brat’

Agence France Presse 07/24/2024

The pop world has coalesced rapidly around Kamala Harris’s last-minute candidacy, as the US vice president gets a boost from an online explosion of videos mixing her speeches with hit songs. Janelle Monae, John Legend and Charli…

Butchoy, Carina leaves 8 dead, 1 missing – NDRMMC

John Eric Mendoza - Reporter / @JEMendozaINQ 07/24/2024

MANILA, Philippines — Tropical cyclones Butchoy and Carina have reportedly left eight persons dead, said the National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) said on Tuesday. Seven deaths were already validated while one of those reported…

Ethiopia: Devastating landslide kills 229

Agence France Presse 07/24/2024

Using shovels or their bare hands, local residents on Tuesday searched desperately for survivors after a landslide in a remote area of southern Ethiopia killed at least 229 people, the deadliest such disaster recorded in the Horn…

July 21 hottest day ever recorded globally — EU climate monitor

Agence France Presse 07/24/2024

July 21 was the hottest day ever registered globally, according to preliminary data published Tuesday by the EU’s climate monitor. The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) said the global average surface air temperature of 17.09 degrees Celsius…

Founder of tech giant Kakao arrested for stock manipulation

Agence France Presse 07/23/2024

The billionaire founder of South Korean internet conglomerate Kakao was arrested early Tuesday, a Seoul court said, accused of manipulating stock prices during the acquisition of K-pop powerhouse SM Entertainment. Founded in 2010, Kakao has grown to…

Biden passing torch to Harris: Anchovy pizza and 1 minute warning

Agence France Presse 07/23/2024

The end for US President Joe Biden’s election hopes was quick and unfolded in almost total secrecy — but Vice President Kamala Harris was ready. Isolated in his Delaware beach house with Covid, the 81-year-old Biden made…

US Secret Service chief: We failed in mission to protect Trump

Associated Press 07/23/2024

WASHINGTON — Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle said Monday that her agency failed in its mission to protect former President Donald Trump during a highly contentious congressional hearing with lawmakers of both major political parties demanding she…

Biden bombshell: A plot twist that roils Trump too

Agence France Presse 07/22/2024

Joe Biden’s withdrawal upends what was already a White House race for the ages, but it will rattle Donald Trump, too — forcing him to recalibrate a campaign that was focused almost entirely on his former opponent.…

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