Police clashed Thursday with student protesters attempting to impose a “complete shutdown” in Bangladesh’s capital, following days of violent confrontations during demonstrations over a system of allocating government jobs. Students have been demonstrating for weeks against a quota system for government jobs they say favors allies of the ruling party, but the protests have escalated since violence…
He works two or three days a week at a Walmart warehouse and cashes his monthly Social Security check, which he said is enough to finance his “simple” lifestyle. He has no retirement savings, but he isn’t worried. “If I had $1 million, I don’t know what I would do with it,” he told Business Insider. Dziamniski’s finances pay…
An attack by at least five Russian golf carts laden with infantry ended in the usual way on or just before Monday, when Ukrainian forces blasted the flimsy all-terrain vehicles, halting the attack and likely inflicting heavy casualties on the Russians. The disastrous Russian attack on Ukrainian positions around the eastern town of Kupyansk—defended by the Ukrainian…
Omar bin Omran was just 17 years old when he vanished from a village in northern Algeria. His family never wanted to give up hope, however after years of searching, they eventually accepted that he may have been one of the many victims of the Algerian Civil War (1992-2002), which killed between 100,000 and 200,000. However, the…
Wild bodycam footage has been released showing the moment a police officer, clinging to a speeding car, shoots a fleeing suspect dead while a terrified child screams in the passenger seat. The shocking video, released by the Buffalo Police Department in New York on Thursday, captured Officer Ronald Ammerman pulling over 25-year-old Dae’von Roberts for…
Some Carroll County parents are facing child cruelty charges after deputies found they were living in an unclean home where food was kept under lock and key. Deputies say they initially learned of the living conditions after a woman called them out to talk about her 10-year-old grandson riding his bike on the highway. According…
A searing heat wave gripping much of the United States has potentially claimed the lives of at least 27 people in the past week, according to reports from state officials, medical examiners, and news outlets. According to Washington News, this number, based on preliminary reports from California, Oregon, and Arizona, is expected to rise as…
Twenty-two years ago, an avalanche buried American climber Bill Stampfl as he ascended one of the highest peaks in the Andes mountains. His family had little hope of finding him alive or retrieving his body from the thick snow and ice sheets covering the 6,700-meter (22,000-foot) Huascaran peak. In June, Stampfl’s son received a call…
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Over the Fourth of July weekend, three separate shark attacks in Volusia County resulted in two men being hospitalized and a 14-year-old sustaining injuries, according to a report by Yahoo. The latest incident occurred around 11 a.m. on Monday when a 14-year-old boy was bitten by a shark while running into…
Chicago experienced a spate of gun violence over the long Fourth of July holiday weekend during which 102 people were shot, including at least a dozen fatally, according to police reports. From July 3 at 6 p.m. CT through July 7 at 6 a.m. CT, at least 100 people were struck by gunfire, and 17…
