-- Hurricane Florence started its slow, prolonged assault on the Carolinas, where mammoth coastal flooding and destructive winds are forecast through at least Saturday.
-- Nearly 3,000 people died in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico. In a tweet, President Donald Trump disputed those figures as a hurricane barrels toward the Carolinas.
-- Trump also said JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon doesn't have the "smarts" to run for president after Dimon said he could beat Trump.
-- A gunman killed five people near Bakersfield, California, before taking his own life, police said.
-- Two US F-22 Raptor jets intercepted two Russian Tu-95 bombers this week west of mainland Alaska, the North American Aerospace Defense Command says. It's the second time F-22s have done so this month.
-- Pope Francis met in Rome with leaders of the American Catholic Church, the epicenter of a rapidly escalating clergy sex abuse scandal. He's facing more criticism over the speed of his handling of the crisis.
-- Countries in eastern Asia issued emergency alerts as Super Typhoon Mangkhut threatened parts of the Philippines.
-- Kofi Annan, the former UN secretary-general and Nobel Peace Prize winner, was laid to rest in his home country of Ghana.
-- Daniel Radcliffe confronted "Harry Potter'" memes</a> with the courage of a true Gryffindor on "The Tonight Show."
Bagikan Berita Ini
0 Response to "Quickly catch up on the day's news"
Post a Comment