August 17, 2016
MARINE FORECAST
BAHAMAS MARINE FORECAST FOR THE BAHAMAS FOR 24 HOURS FROM 06AM WEDNESDAY 17TH AUGUST 2016 ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY AT 1000UTC. WARNINGS: BEACHERGOERS AND MARINERS IN THE SOUTHEAST BAHAMAS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE RISK OF RIP…
August 17, 2016
TROPICAL DEPRESSION SIX
NEWS ITEM ON TROPICAL DEPRESSION SIX ISSUED BY THE BAHAMAS DEPARTMENT OF METEOROLOGY FORECAST OFFICE SECTION, AT 6AM WEDNESDAY 17TH AUGUST 2016. … TROPICAL DEPRESSION MOVING NORTHWESTWARD OVER THE CENTRAL TROPICAL ATLANTIC … AT 5:00AM EDT, THE…
August 17, 2016
BAHAMAS PUBLIC FORECAST
BAHAMAS PUBLIC FORECAST FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT WEDNESDAY 17TH AUGUST 2016 GENERAL SITUATION: AN UPPER LEVEL LOW CENTERED BETWEEN NORTHERN CUBA AND ANDROS GENERATING WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY ACROSS THE NORTHWEST…
August 17, 2016
US election 2016: Trump overhauls campaign team again
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has overhauled his campaign team for the second time in two months, with two new leaders. Pollster Kellyanne Conway becomes campaign manager and Stephen Bannon of Breitbart News the CEO. Paul Manafort…
August 17, 2016
Patrick Hickey: Europe’s top Olympic official arrested in Rio
Police in Brazil have arrested the head of the European Olympic Committees, Irishman Patrick Hickey, in Rio over illegal Olympic ticket sales.Mr Hickey, 71, is suspected of illegally passing on tickets for the Games to be sold on at extortionate…
August 17, 2016
India: Three die as kite string slits their throats
Three people, including two children, have died after their throats were slit by glass-coated strings used for flying kites on India's Independence Day. Saanchi Goyal, 3, and Harry, 4, were looking out through the sunroof of their cars in different…
August 17, 2016
North Korea diplomat in London defects to South
A top North Korean diplomat who disappeared from the country's embassy in London has defected to South Korea, officials in Seoul have confirmed. Thae Yong-ho and his family are under the government's protection, a South Korean official said. Mr Thae…
August 17, 2016
North Korean diplomat at London embassy ‘defects to another country’
A diplomat at the North Korean embassy in London has defected to another country, BBC News understands. The diplomat left the embassy, based in Ealing, west London, earlier this month for a "third country", reports in the South Korean media say. The…
August 17, 2016
South Africa rape: ‘Shocking’ levels of violence in mining area
One in four women living in a key platinum mining area in South Africa has been raped in her lifetime, a survey by medical charity MSF has said. About half of women in Rustenburg had been subject to sexual violence or intimate partner violence, it…
August 17, 2016
Syrian conflict: Russian bombers use Iran base for air strikes
Russia's defence ministry says it has used a base in western Iran to carry out air strikes in Syria. Tupolev-22M3 long-range bombers and Sukhoi-34 strike fighters took off from Hamedan today, a statement said. The aircraft attacked jihadist…