An official in Nepal says all 5 people on board a helicopter that crashed are dead
KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) — An official in Nepal says all 5 people on board a helicopter that crashed are dead.
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CNNTyphoon Yagi: Asia’s most powerful storm submerges parts of Vietnam and Thailand
Typhoon Yagi, Asia’s most powerful storm this year, has left dozens dead since sweeping across southern China and Southeast Asia last week, leaving a trail of destruction with its intense rainfall and powerful winds.
- AFP News
Myanmar junta makes rare request for foreign aid to cope with deadly floods
Myanmar's junta chief made a rare request Saturday for foreign aid to cope with deadly floods that have displaced hundreds of thousands of people who have endured three years of war.In Myanmar more than 235,000 people have been forced from their homes by floods, the junta said Friday, piling further misery on the country where war has raged since the military seized power in 2021.
- The Independent
Myanmar junta issues rare appeal for foreign aid as scale of Typhoon Yagi devastation emerges
More than 235,000 people displaced in floods with capital Naypyidaw worst-hit
- BBC
Myanmar hit by deadly floods after Typhoon Yagi
Myanmar's ruling junta has requested foreign aid as large areas are inundated, state-run media report.
- Associated Press
Hawaii wildfire victims made it just blocks before becoming trapped by flames, report says
The wind pushed flames from house to house as a group of neighbors tried to escape their blazing subdivision, abandoning their cars in a blocked road and running to an industrial outbuilding for safety. The group, including an 11-year-old and his parents, was among the victims whose desperate attempts to escape the Lahaina wildfire were detailed for the first time in a report released Friday. The investigation by the Fire Safety Research Institute for the Hawaii attorney general’s office delved into the conditions that fed the deadliest U.S. wildfire in more than a century and the attempts to stop its spread and evacuate the town's residents.
- Associated Press
Firefighters gain ground on 3 huge Southern California blazes
Helped by cooler temperatures, firefighters gained ground Friday against three blazes in Southern California and authorities began scaling back evacuation orders that displaced thousands of people. The largest is the Bridge Fire east of Los Angeles, which has burned 81 square miles (210 square kilometers), torched at least 33 homes and six cabins and forced the evacuation of 10,000 people. After days of burning without fire crews being able to stop its forward march, it was 3% contained on Friday.
- Euronews
Four dead and dozens stranded after torrential rain hits eastern Romania
Rescue services also rushed to save 95 people in the hard-hit eastern counties of Galati and Vaslui.
- BBC
Fears of further flood deaths as rain lashes Europe
Four people have died in Romania, while rivers have swelled in Poland, the Czech Republic, and Austria.
- CNN
A ‘particularly dangerous situation’ develops as wildfires rage in the West
Rescue underway for three people trapped by wildfire in California and Nevada family loses home to a raging wildfire that experts say could get much worse.
- CNN
Israeli airstrike on Gaza school sheltering displaced people kills at least 18, including UN staff, Palestinian officials say
At least 18 people, including United Nations staff, were killed in an Israeli airstrike on a UN school-turned-shelter in the Nuseirat camp in central Gaza on Wednesday, according to the Gaza Civil Defense and hospital officials. At least 44 others were injured, they said.
- Reuters
Pope criticizes Harris and Trump, tells US Catholics to choose 'lesser evil'
Pope Francis on Friday criticized both former U.S. President Donald Trump over his plan to deport millions of immigrants and Vice President Kamala Harris over her stance supporting abortion rights. Asked about the U.S. presidential election on his flight back to Rome from Singapore, the pope said not welcoming migrants is a "grave" sin, and likened having an abortion to an "assassination". He said U.S. Catholics would have to "choose the lesser evil" when they vote in November, without elaborating.
- The Telegraph
Watch: Woman arrested for eating a cat amid Springfield pet controversy
Police have released video footage of an American woman being arrested for eating a cat – 170 miles away from Springfield, Ohio where Donald Trump claimed Haitian immigrants were devouring pets.
- The Daily Beast
Martha Stewart Just Quietly Made a Rare Presidential Endorsement
Martha Stewart has finally weighed in on the 2024 election and endorsed a candidate.During the 2024 Retail Influencer CEO Forum on Tuesday, Stewart shared that she would definitely be tuning in to the evening’s debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump: “Oh, you bet.” But for the first time this go-round, she also said who she’s voting for: “Kamala,” she said, with an emphasis on its correct pronunciation.Stewart supports Harris because she wants a president “who doesn’t hate New York” and “
- The Daily Beast
Trump Reveals Who He Will Blame If He Loses Election
Is Donald Trump gearing up to blame old folks if he loses the presidential election to Kamala Harris in November? It sure sounded that way Thursday at a rally held by the former president in Tucson, Arizona, where he took note of the changing demographic of his supporters and wondered aloud if they will be to blame if he’s defeated on Election Day.“We have a lot of young people here,” Trump said. “My audiences, they’ve gotten younger and younger, do you notice that?”Read more at The Daily Beast.
- Futurism
Psychiatrist Says Trump’s Speech Patterns at Debate Were Cause for Alarm
An expert psychiatrist is sounding the alarm in the wake of Donald Trump's bizarre presidential debate performance against Kamala Harris. "Tuesday’s presidential debate was, among other things, an excellent real-world test of the candidates’ cognitive fitness," Richard A. Friedman, a psychiatry professor at Cornell Weill Medical College in New York, wrote in The Atlantic, "and any […]
- The Hill
Van Jones: Harris could’ve stopped ‘elder abuse’ late in debate with Trump
CNN political commentator Van Jones said late Thursday that Vice President Harris “humiliated” former President Trump at this week’s debate, adding that the Democratic nominee could’ve stopped the “elder abuse” toward the end of the event. “Kamala Harris did something that no politician has done, ever,” Jones said during an appearance on “CNN NewsNight.”…
- Cosmo
Rita Ora just blessed our timelines with a new nude selfie
There simply aren't enough fire emojis, for Rita Ora's latest Instagram Story upload which sees her completely nude.
- Fortune
Protecting a billionaire CEO costs millions. Here’s how the world’s biggest companies measure up
Tech companies pay huge security costs to protect their leaders against attacks and kidnappings.
- SETHLUI.COM
Wong Mei Kee: Charcoal roast pork so juicy & crunchy it sells out in 3 hours
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- Evening Standard
Aaron Ramsdale issues classy message to Mikel Arteta after Arsenal exit
England international lost his place to David Raya at the Emirates Stadium last season