USA

Storm Isaias heads near Florida’s east coast

Editorial Bureau August 2, 2020

MIAMI (US) – Though Isais, came down from being a hurricane but it was still a powerful tropical storm, which came close to Florida on Sunday. The National Hurricane Center said that by 5 am (0900 GMT), Isaias was about 45 miles (75 km) southeast of West Palm Beach, moving northwest with

USA

Hurricane Isaias pounds Bahamas before bearing down on Florida

Editorial Bureau August 1, 2020

FLORIDA (US) – Gaining strength slightly, hurricane Isaias lashed Bahamas on Saturday and was expected to reach southeast Florida later in the day. The National Hurricane Centre said Isaias was carrying top sustained winds of 85 mph (140 kph) and was located about 80 miles (125 km) south-southeast of Nassau at 5 am (0900 GMT), […]

USA

With over 15,000 new cases, Florida sets record

Editorial Bureau July 13, 2020

WASHINGTON (US) – The US state of Florida witnessed a record spurt in the number of infections with over 15,000 new COVID-19 cases over 24 hours on Sunday. This comes as the government is renewing its push for schools to reopen and anti-mask protests were planned in Michigan and Missouri. The state’s daily spurt in […]

Entertainment

Walt Disney World welcomes visitors with mandatory masks and social distancing

Editorial Bureau July 12, 2020

FLORIDA (US) – From a distance, Mickey Mouse waved at visitors who wore colourful face masks with mouse ears on Saturday when Walt Disney World in Florida reopened after four months. This comes amid the surge in coronavirus cases in the state. Walt Disney Co welcomed visitors to its two parks on the Orlando complex. […]

Entertainment

Disney presenting its reopening plan for Walt Disney World

Ren Leen May 27, 2020

LOS ANGELES (Entertainment) – Walt Disney Co will present its proposal for a phased reopening of its Orlando, Florida, theme parks to a local task force on Wednesday, the company said in a statement. Disney closed theme parks around the world starting in January to help prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus. It began […]

Entertainment

Disney to reopen Florida resort’s shopping area on Wednesday

Ren Leen May 17, 2020

(Entertainment) – Walt Disney Co shall partially reopen its Disney Springs entertainment and shopping complex at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida on May 20, it said late on Saturday. Disney and unions representing workers at Florida’s Walt Disney World reached an agreement on safeguards to protect employees from the coronavirus, a union statement said […]

Middle East

Saudi military trainee expelled from U.S. after Florida shooting

Ren Leen January 12, 2020

WASHINGTON – More than a dozen Saudi servicemen who are training at U.S. military bases will be expelled from the United States in the aftermath of a Pentagon review prompted by the deadly Dec. 6 shooting by a Saudi Air Force officer at an American naval base in Florida, CNN reported on Saturday. The Saudi […]

Business

1968 Ford Mustang driven by Steve McQueen in ‘Bullitt’ sold for $3.4 million

Ren Leen January 11, 2020

The 1968 Ford Mustang GT that Steve McQueen drove in the classic car chase from the movie “Bullitt, one of the most famed cars from American cinema, sold for $3.4 million (£2.60 million) at auction in Florida on Friday, Mecum Auctions said. It was the highest price ever paid for a Ford Mustang at auction, […]

Middle East

Saudi airman in U.S. for training suspected in deadly shooting at Florida naval base

Ren Leen December 7, 2019

PENSACOLA, Fla.- A Saudi Air Force second lieutenant killed four people and wounded eight others on Friday in an unexplained shooting rampage at a U.S. Navy base in Florida where he was training, U.S. officials told Reuters. Sheriff’s deputies responding to the early-morning incident shot and killed the gunman, who was armed with a handgun […]