The Independent

Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh’s prime minister of 15 years, has fled the country after protesters demanding that she step down stormed her residence on Monday.Ms Hasina, 76, reportedly handed over the country’s reins to the military before flying out in a helicopter to India, her strongest ally, bringing to an ignominious end her iron-fisted rule.Bangladesh, a country of 160 million people, plunged into turmoil in late June when Ms Hasina’s government launched a crackdown on mainly student protesters demanding the rollback of a contentious quota system for government jobs. The crackdown saw dozens of protesters killed, many more injured and thousands...

Sheikh Hasina: The woman who ruled Bangladesh with an iron fist for 15 years

Reuters

(Reuters) - Just over a month after he became Bangladesh's army chief, General Waker-Uz-Zaman has been thrust into the limelight, announcing the resignation of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina who fled the country on Monday.

Who is the Bangladesh army chief who announced Hasina's resignation?

(Reuters) - Sheikh Hasina resigned as Bangladesh's prime minister and fled the country on Monday following weeks of dedly protests that began as demonstrations by students against government job quotas but surged into a movement demanding her resignation.

Explainer-Why did Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina resign and where is she now?

Business Times

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus has been asked to lead an interim government in Bangladesh following the resignation and flight of long-serving Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. This decision comes in the wake of a powerful student-led protest movement that has swept through the country, culminating in the demand for new leadership.

Muhammad Yunus Tapped to Lead Bangladesh as Hasina Resigns Amid Protests

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It’s no secret that Prince Harry feels very strongly about the lack of private security he and his family will have when they visit the U.K., after he lost his right to public-funded private security when he and Meghan Markle stepped down as se...

King Charles Is Reportedly ‘Heartbroken’ After Prince Harry Tells Him He Cannot See His Grandkids Until Security Issues In The UK Are Resolved: A ‘Clear Message To The King’

Simone Biles is getting candid about a cosmetic procedure she got while she was preparing for the Paris Olympics 2024. On Friday, the 10-time Olympic medalist shared a video on TikTok in which she revealed she got a Botox injection as a birthday gift for herself when she turned 27 in March.

Simone Biles Regrets Getting Cosmetic Surgery While Training For Paris Olympics 2024, Affected Her Face During Practice

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Yesterday was the third time this year that an ad stating Chelsea Clinton lives in a beautiful Virginia home popped up on my laptop. My computer did not warn me this was a dangerous site, so this time, I clicked on the link.

Chelsea Clinton is rumored to be living in Virginia but probably still in NYC

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Shortly before 3 AM, people in the Chicago area may have felt their houses shake as a 3.4-magnitude earthquake occurred about 60 miles west of the city. (CHICAGO) The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 3.4-magnitude earthquake around Somonauk, IL. Somonauk is in DeKalb and LaSalle Counties, 64 miles west of Chicago.

Did You Feel the Earthquake?

Florida State

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Red Lobster, the popular seafood chain, has confirmed additional closures in Florida, adding to its recent wave of shutdowns following the company’s bankruptcy filing in May. The latest round of closures includes two more Florida locations, highlighting the ongoing struggles of the iconic restaurant chain.

Popular seafood chain announces more closures in Florida

The London Review of Substacks is a weekly feature in Flagship, Semafor’s daily global newsletter. “To students of technological progress, Bell Labs is a giant.” So notes Brian Potter in Construction Physics, pointing to a dizzying array of technological breakthroughs from AT&T’s research arm, and an astonishing number of Nobel and Turing prizes awarded to its scientists. Perhaps not surprisingly, then, policymakers, writers, and executives often discuss the possibility of establishing a contemporary equivalent. “Unfortunately,” Potter warns, “the conditions that made Bell Labs so successful were highly historically contingent and not the sort of thing that could be deliberately recreated.”

The London Review of Substacks

Virginia State

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The New York Post reveals that two men who died in a plane crash at MacArthur Airport were from Virginia. The men had been visiting friends in Long Island and were returning home when the tragedy occurred.

Life partners from Virginia have been identified as the victims of a New York plane crash

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Jacksonville Today

Republican Donald Trump has a 7-point lead over Democrat Kamala Harris among Florida voters, 49% to 42%, according to a new poll from the University of North Florida. Four percent are backing another candidate, and 6% are undecided or didn’t answer.

New Florida poll: Trump leads; support strong for abortion and recreational weed

Elon Musk could be summoned before the UK parliament over X’s alleged role in fueling the country’s far-right riots, Politico reported. Violent anti-Muslim attacks have gripped the UK after three children were killed in a knife assault last week. British lawmakers accused Musk’s social media platform of spreading misinformation about the attacker’s identity: He was wrongly identified as a Muslim asylum seeker, leading rioters to attack a mosque.

UK could summon Musk over riots

Bucks County Beacon

Conservatives have done the United States a huge favor by explaining in detail what they’ll try to do if Donald Trump is reelected. Project 2025 , a “presidential transition project” of the Heritage Foundation, helpfully lays out how a group of former Trump officials would like to transform the country into a right-wing dystopia where the rich thrive and the rest of us die aspiring to be rich.

Project 2025’s Plan to Gut Medicare and Medicaid

 A key organizer of Bangladesh's student protests said Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus was their choice as head of an interim government a day after the longtime Prime Minister Sheik Hasina resigned. The country’s figurehead president and the military chief said Monday that an interim government would be formed soon.Nahid Islam, the organizer, in a video post in social media said the student protest leaders have already talked with Yunus, who consented to take over considering the present situation of the country. Yunus faced a number of corruption accusations and was put on trial during Hasina’s rule. He received the Nobel in 2006 after he pioneered microlending, and he said the corruption charges against him were motivated by vengeance. Islam said the student protesters would announce more names for the government, and it would be a difficult challenge for the current leadership to ignore their choices. Hasina resigned and fled the country Monday after weeks of protests against a quota system for government jobs descended into violence and grew into a broader challenge to her 15-year rule. Thousands of demonstrators stormed her official residence and other buildings associated with her party and family.

Bangladesh protesters want Nobel Peace Prize laureate Yunus to lead country after Hasina’s departure

Protesters who overthrew Bangladesh’s prime minister pushed for Nobel Peace Prize-winner Muhammad Yunus to be installed as chief advisor of the new interim government. His potential ascension would carry huge symbolism: Yunus was lauded worldwide for pioneering microloans to the poor, but faced corruption charges at home, allegations he insisted were politically motivated.

Yunus proposed as Bangladesh leader

The world’s largest iceberg, A23a, is trapped in the Antarctic Ocean on top of a huge rotating column of water, a phenomenon that’s called a Taylor Column. A23a split from Antarctica in 1986 — taking a Soviet research station with it — but didn’t really start to drift until 2020, eventually being picked up by the powerful Antarctic Circumpolar Current. Now the iceberg, once estimated to be about the size of the Hawaiian island Oahu, is stuck in place turning 15 degrees anti-clockwise every day.

World’s largest iceberg trapped spinning on the spot near Antarctica

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Some beachgoers were in for a surprise this week when a bizarre looking prehistoric fish washed ashore in Colleton County along Edisto Beach at Edisto Beach State Park. It turned out to be an atlantic sturgeon.

Rare Atlantic sturgeon washes ashore on South Carolina beach

Minnesota State

Governor Tim Walz was largely unknown to voters outside Minnesota when Kamala Harris began her search for a running mate. Within just days, he made a name for himself with one “weird” trick — a viral attack depicting Republicans as oddballs — and became a favorite of progressives looking for a credible champion to hold off moderate Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro.

‘Pragmatic Midwestern governor’ or ‘cornucopia of liberal psychosis?’ The race to define Tim Walz begins.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has won the veepstakes to become Kamala Harris’ running mate on the Democratic ticket. Widely seen as an underdog at the start of the race, Walz’ record as a politician, both as governor and formerly as a Congressman for Minnesota, is suddenly under the microscope.

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Muhammad Yunus tapped by army to serve as Bangladesh’s interim leader

Nobel Prize-winning economist Muhammad Yunus will serve as Bangladesh’s interim leader, local media reported Tuesday. Protesters who overthrew the government had rallied behind the 84-year-old to...

Muhammad Yunus tapped by army to serve as Bangladesh’s interim leader

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