Mexico: Torrential Rains Cause Severe Flooding in CDMX, Trigger Traffic and Transit Chaos

Torrential rains caused widespread chaos in Mexico City on Monday, June 2, resulting in traffic gridlock, downed trees, and the suspension of Metro Line A service. The Mexico City government reported flooding in 53 areas, primarily in Iztapalapa, Xochimilco, Tlalpan, and Tláhuac, following the intense rains recorded.

UK: Farmers Stage Tractor Protest Over Inheritance Tax Changes

Farmers staged tractor protest outside the parliament on Monday, February 10, against the Labour Party's proposed changes to inheritance tax rules.

Offices Reopen As Curfew Is Eased After Protests Taper Off - Dhaka

Offices Reopen As Curfew Is Eased After Protests Taper Off - Dhaka

Following several days of eerily quiet streets, Dhaka residents woke up to traffic gridlock on Wednesday as public and private offices, including banks, reopened for limited hours with the government relaxing the curfew from 10am to 5pm. Offices had been closed for the past five days, including two weekends plus three days of general holidays that concluded on Tuesday. For now, the office hours have been fixed from 11am till 3pm. Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 24, 2024. Photo by Suvra Kanti Das/ABACAPRESS.COM

Offices Reopen As Curfew Is Eased After Protests Taper Off - Dhaka

Offices Reopen As Curfew Is Eased After Protests Taper Off - Dhaka

Following several days of eerily quiet streets, Dhaka residents woke up to traffic gridlock on Wednesday as public and private offices, including banks, reopened for limited hours with the government relaxing the curfew from 10am to 5pm. Offices had been closed for the past five days, including two weekends plus three days of general holidays that concluded on Tuesday. For now, the office hours have been fixed from 11am till 3pm. Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 24, 2024. Photo by Suvra Kanti Das/ABACAPRESS.COM

Offices Reopen As Curfew Is Eased After Protests Taper Off - Dhaka

Offices Reopen As Curfew Is Eased After Protests Taper Off - Dhaka

Following several days of eerily quiet streets, Dhaka residents woke up to traffic gridlock on Wednesday as public and private offices, including banks, reopened for limited hours with the government relaxing the curfew from 10am to 5pm. Offices had been closed for the past five days, including two weekends plus three days of general holidays that concluded on Tuesday. For now, the office hours have been fixed from 11am till 3pm. Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 24, 2024. Photo by Suvra Kanti Das/ABACAPRESS.COM

Offices Reopen As Curfew Is Eased After Protests Taper Off - Dhaka

Offices Reopen As Curfew Is Eased After Protests Taper Off - Dhaka

Following several days of eerily quiet streets, Dhaka residents woke up to traffic gridlock on Wednesday as public and private offices, including banks, reopened for limited hours with the government relaxing the curfew from 10am to 5pm. Offices had been closed for the past five days, including two weekends plus three days of general holidays that concluded on Tuesday. For now, the office hours have been fixed from 11am till 3pm. Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 24, 2024. Photo by Suvra Kanti Das/ABACAPRESS.COM

Offices Reopen As Curfew Is Eased After Protests Taper Off - Dhaka

Offices Reopen As Curfew Is Eased After Protests Taper Off - Dhaka

Following several days of eerily quiet streets, Dhaka residents woke up to traffic gridlock on Wednesday as public and private offices, including banks, reopened for limited hours with the government relaxing the curfew from 10am to 5pm. Offices had been closed for the past five days, including two weekends plus three days of general holidays that concluded on Tuesday. For now, the office hours have been fixed from 11am till 3pm. Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 24, 2024. Photo by Suvra Kanti Das/ABACAPRESS.COM

Offices Reopen As Curfew Is Eased After Protests Taper Off - Dhaka

Offices Reopen As Curfew Is Eased After Protests Taper Off - Dhaka

Following several days of eerily quiet streets, Dhaka residents woke up to traffic gridlock on Wednesday as public and private offices, including banks, reopened for limited hours with the government relaxing the curfew from 10am to 5pm. Offices had been closed for the past five days, including two weekends plus three days of general holidays that concluded on Tuesday. For now, the office hours have been fixed from 11am till 3pm. Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 24, 2024. Photo by Suvra Kanti Das/ABACAPRESS.COM

Offices Reopen As Curfew Is Eased After Protests Taper Off - Dhaka

Offices Reopen As Curfew Is Eased After Protests Taper Off - Dhaka

Following several days of eerily quiet streets, Dhaka residents woke up to traffic gridlock on Wednesday as public and private offices, including banks, reopened for limited hours with the government relaxing the curfew from 10am to 5pm. Offices had been closed for the past five days, including two weekends plus three days of general holidays that concluded on Tuesday. For now, the office hours have been fixed from 11am till 3pm. Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 24, 2024. Photo by Suvra Kanti Das/ABACAPRESS.COM

Offices Reopen As Curfew Is Eased After Protests Taper Off - Dhaka

Offices Reopen As Curfew Is Eased After Protests Taper Off - Dhaka

Following several days of eerily quiet streets, Dhaka residents woke up to traffic gridlock on Wednesday as public and private offices, including banks, reopened for limited hours with the government relaxing the curfew from 10am to 5pm. Offices had been closed for the past five days, including two weekends plus three days of general holidays that concluded on Tuesday. For now, the office hours have been fixed from 11am till 3pm. Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 24, 2024. Photo by Suvra Kanti Das/ABACAPRESS.COM

Offices Reopen As Curfew Is Eased After Protests Taper Off - Dhaka

Offices Reopen As Curfew Is Eased After Protests Taper Off - Dhaka

Following several days of eerily quiet streets, Dhaka residents woke up to traffic gridlock on Wednesday as public and private offices, including banks, reopened for limited hours with the government relaxing the curfew from 10am to 5pm. Offices had been closed for the past five days, including two weekends plus three days of general holidays that concluded on Tuesday. For now, the office hours have been fixed from 11am till 3pm. Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 24, 2024. Photo by Suvra Kanti Das/ABACAPRESS.COM

Offices Reopen As Curfew Is Eased After Protests Taper Off - Dhaka

Offices Reopen As Curfew Is Eased After Protests Taper Off - Dhaka

Following several days of eerily quiet streets, Dhaka residents woke up to traffic gridlock on Wednesday as public and private offices, including banks, reopened for limited hours with the government relaxing the curfew from 10am to 5pm. Offices had been closed for the past five days, including two weekends plus three days of general holidays that concluded on Tuesday. For now, the office hours have been fixed from 11am till 3pm. Dhaka, Bangladesh, July 24, 2024. Photo by Suvra Kanti Das/ABACAPRESS.COM

DPJ takes control of upper house

DPJ takes control of upper house

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito addresses the opening of an extraordinary session of the Diet in the House of Councillors chamber on Aug. 7. The main opposition Democratic Party of Japan took control of the upper house for the first time, with senior DPJ lawmaker Satsuki Eda elected president of the chamber, marking the start of political gridlock between the ruling and opposition camps.

Bangladesh's 1st metro rail to open in December

STORY: Bangladesh's 1st metro rail to open in December DATELINE: March 27, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:21 LOCATION: Dhaka CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of aerial view of Bangladesh's first metro rail project in Dhaka 2. various of Bangladesh's first metro rail building and structure constructed by ITD-Sinohydro JV (Joint Venture) in Dhaka 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): DAI JUN, ITD-Sinohydro JV 4. various of workers 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Bengali): RABIUL HASAN CHOWDHURY, Deputy safety manager of ITD-Sinohydro JV 6. various of aerial view of the country's first metro rail project in Dhaka 7. various of workers 8. SOUNDBITE 3 (Bengali): NAZMUL ISLAM, Civil engineer 9. various of aerial view of Bangladesh's first metro rail project in Dhaka STORYLINE: Bangladesh's first metro rail will begin commercial operations on Dec. 16, easing gridlock in capital city Dhaka. Dhaka Mass Transit Company Limited (DMTC), a Bangladeshi state-owned enterprise is behind the 20.1-km project, with work being carried out by joint ventures.

DPJ takes control of upper house

DPJ takes control of upper house

TOKYO, Japan - Emperor Akihito addresses the opening of an extraordinary session of the Diet in the House of Councillors chamber on Aug. 7. The main opposition Democratic Party of Japan took control of the upper house for the first time, with senior DPJ lawmaker Satsuki Eda elected president of the chamber, marking the start of political gridlock between the ruling and opposition camps. (Kyodo)

Gridlock'D (1997)

Gridlock'D (1997)

Thandie Newton & Tupac Shakur Characters: Barbara 'Cookie' Cook & Ezekiel 'Spoon' Whitmore Film: Gridlock'D (1997) Director: Vondie Curtis-Hall 29 January 1997 Date: 29 January 1997

Gridlock'D (1997)

Gridlock'D (1997)

Tupac Shakur & Tim Roth Characters: Ezekiel 'Spoon' Whitmore & Alexander 'Stretch' Rawland Film: Gridlock'D (1997) Director: Vondie Curtis-Hall 29 January 1997 Date: 29 January 1997

Gridlock'D (1997)

Gridlock'D (1997)

Thandie Newton Characters: Barbara 'Cookie' Cook Film: Gridlock'D (1997) Director: Vondie Curtis-Hall 29 January 1997 Date: 29 January 1997

Gridlock'D (1997)

Gridlock'D (1997)

Tupac Shakur, Thandie Newton, Tim Roth Characters: Ezekiel 'Spoon' Whitmore,Barbara 'Cookie' Cook,Alexander 'Stretch' Rawland Film: Gridlock'D (1997) Director: Vondie Curtis-Hall 29 January 1997 Date: 29 January 1997

FIVE EASY PIECES

FIVE EASY PIECES

FIVE EASY PIECES [US 1970] SUSAN ANSPACH, JACK NICHOLSON Date: 1970

FIVE EASY PIECES

FIVE EASY PIECES

FIVE EASY PIECES [US 1970] JACK NICHOLSON Date: 1970

GRIDLOCK'D

GRIDLOCK'D

GRIDLOCK'D [US 1996] TUPAC SHAKUR, TIM ROTH Date: 1996

GRIDLOCK'D

GRIDLOCK'D

GRIDLOCK'D [US 1996] TUPAC SHAKUR Date: 1996

Taiwan President Tsai calls for change in cross-strait gridlock

Taiwan President Tsai calls for change in cross-strait gridlock

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen speaks at a symposium organized to celebrate 30 years of cross-strait exchanges in Taipei on Oct. 26, 2017. It was Tsai's first public speech after the Communist Party of China concluded its twice-a-decade congress at which Chinese President Xi Jinping was made the most powerful Chinese leader in decades. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

Truck mishap ties up traffic in Fukushima

Truck mishap ties up traffic in Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Vehicles are seen in a traffic jam on a snow-covered stretch of Route 49 in the town of Nishiaizu in Fukushima Prefecture on Dec. 26, 2010. The gridlock, which left about 300 vehicles stranded for nearly 24 hours, was brought on after a large truck slid and veered across the highway amid heavy snowfall. (Kyodo)

Truck mishap ties up traffic in Fukushima

Truck mishap ties up traffic in Fukushima

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Vehicles are seen in a traffic jam on a snow-covered stretch of Route 49 in the town of Nishiaizu in Fukushima Prefecture on Dec. 26, 2010. The gridlock, which left about 300 vehicles stranded for nearly 24 hours, was brought on after a large truck slid and veered across the highway amid heavy snowfall. (Kyodo)

Taiwan's Tsai urges China's Xi to establish new model of interactions

Taiwan's Tsai urges China's Xi to establish new model of interactions

Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen (C) addresses the "Double 10" National Day celebrations in Taipei on Oct. 10, 2017. During the ceremony marking Taiwan's 106th anniversary, Tsai called on Chinese President Xi Jinping to work together to establish a new model of cross-strait interactions amid a gridlock in relations between the political rivals. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo