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Beefed-Up Olympics Security Thins Out Tourists, Squeezing Merchants
New York Times· 4 hours agoFrench businesses had hoped the Games would bring an economic boom, but metal fences and police...
Philippines Says Landslide Killed Four People as Typhoon Slams
Bloomberg· 4 hours agoA 28-year-old pregnant woman and three minors were killed in a landslide in Batangas province south...
Al Roker reveals what he thinks summer blockbuster ‘Twisters’ got wrong
AOL· 4 hours agoTODAY's Al Roker only saw a tornado once, far in the distance. Al and a TODAY crew visited Moore, Oklahoma, after an EF-5 tornado hit in 2013. A camera can't capture the scale of destruction ...
Taiwan braces for Typhoon Gaemi to make landfall
Digital Journal· 4 hours agoTaiwan closed schools, suspended the stock market, and declared a typhoon holiday Wednesday as Gaemi barrelled towards the island, bringing torrential...
Monsoon rains kill at least eight in Philippines
Stroud News and Journal· 5 hours agoWhile Typhoon Gaemi, locally called Carina, and an earlier storm did not blow inland, the intense rains they enhanced in the past five days have set off at least a dozen landslides and floods ...
Drenched in blood - how Bangladesh protests turned deadly
BBC via Yahoo Canada News· 5 hours agoA student leader recovering in hospital described how he was blindfolded and tortured by people...
Taiwan prepares for Typhoon Gaemi that worsened monsoon rains in the Philippines, killing 12
The Globe and Mail· 5 hours agoTaiwan shuttered offices, schools and tourist sites across the island Wednesday ahead of a powerful...
Mudslides in Ethiopia have killed at least 229. It's not clear how many people are still missing
The Canadian Press via Yahoo Canada News· 5 hours agoADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Mudslides triggered by heavy rain in a remote part of Ethiopia have...
Monsoon rains worsened by offshore typhoon leave 8 dead and displace 600,000 in Philippines
Winnipeg Sun· 5 hours agoMonsoon rains worsened by an offshore typhoon have left at least eight people dead and displaced...
Taiwan prepares for a strong typhoon that worsened monsoon rains in the Philippines, killing 12
CityNews· 6 hours agoTaiwan shuttered offices, schools and tourist sites across the island Wednesday ahead of a powerful...
