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On Wednesday, MPs blocked Mr Johnson's plan for an early election. Conservative Party members of the upper house of parliament had tabled a series of amendments in an attempt to run down the clock on the delay bill and prevent it being passed before parliament is suspended on Monday.

Torrential downpours and massive flooding tore across the northwest Bahamas , with officials reporting a "tremendous" number of calls for help from the wrath of Hurricane Dorian. Prime Minister Hubert Minnis has confirmed at least five deaths on the Bahamas' Abaco Island, calling the destruction in the northern Bahamas "unprecedented and extensive".

Modi expressed his gratitude to President Putin and people of Russian Federation for conferring Russia's highest civilian award on him. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be attending the 5th Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostoc, Russia, as the chief guest between September 4-6.

Hong Kong stocks jumped, led by property developers, after news reports said Lam will formally withdraw the extradition bill that sparked months of protests . "If Carrie is genuine in wanting to restore peace to Hong Kong society, a mere withdrawal of the bill is far from enough", said Alvin Yeung, a pro-democratic lawmaker.

As protesters on the streets outside Parliament denounced a "coup", the lawmakers turned to a key piece of legislation that would prevent an immediate no-deal Brexit . The British pound has dropped below US$1.20 for the first time since 2017. The new chairman of the European Research Group of Conservative Eurosceptic MPs said if the Tories and Nigel Farage's party stand candidates against each other the result will be victory for a "Remain coalition".

But this was not the ordinary sort of Chiron one can buy for $3 million from the Bugatti factory in Molsheim, France . On 2 August 2019, Andy Wallace hit a vmax of 304.77mph (490.48kph) in a go-faster Chiron at Ehra-Lessien, becoming the first hypercar to break 300mph.

Additionally, Walmart will stop the sales of handguns in Alaska - the only state where they still sell them. Of its almost 5,000 USA stores, about half sell firearms. On August 3, a Walmart in El Paso was the scene of one of the worst mass shootings in American history. Walmart is also asking customers not to openly carry their firearms in the retail giant's US stores or in Sam's Club, another retail chain owned and operated by Walmart.

Advancing issues outnumbered declining ones on the NYSE by a 1.38-to-1 ratio; on Nasdaq, a 1.05-to-1 ratio favoured advancers. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 212.99 points, or 0.82%, at the open to 26,249.09. Major U.S. stock indexes are closing little changed after a listless day of trading ahead of the Labor Day holiday weekend, capping a solid week of gains.

Gov. Henry McMaster declared a state emergency for SC at midday Saturday in anticipation of Hurricane Dorian hitting the state. As of the 7:30am CDT update out of Miami , Hurricane Dorian remains a Category 4 storm with maximum sustained winds up to 145mph.

Thursday on MSNBC's " Morning Joe ", host Joe Scarborough reacted to Fox News Channel anchor Shep Smith criticizing President Donald Trump for failing to deliver on his promise of a wall at the United States' southern border. In fact, Trump has repeatedly claimed that Congress sent $92 billion of aid to Puerto Rico when in fact data shows that the island had only received less than $14 billion.

In other announcements of mergers, Sitharaman said that Union Bank, Andhra Bank and Corporation Bank will merge, while Indian Bank will merge with the Allahabad Bank , making it the seventh-largest bank in India. Also, with the merger proposals being pushed forward by the Centre as the majority shareholder rather than the bank boards, it is somewhat hard to rest hopes on overhaul of the governance at PSBs.