8: Talk about robbery in broad daylight! Well it literally happened at arguably the world’s most famed art gallery on Sunday, as four men used power tools to break into the Louvre in Paris and
steal eight objects – predominantly jewelry – including a necklace that
Napoleon Bonaparte gave to his wife. French authorities are still seeking the perpetrators and the items they took. The Louvre is
closed today.
2.5: Amazon Web Services, the largest cloud computing provider in the United States, was down for roughly two-and-a-half hours early this morning, disrupting several major economic sectors – including banks, airliners, social media platforms, and many others. AWS reported at 5:30 am ET that the systems were coming back online. The firm is still looking into the root cause of the shutdown, but said it stemmed from problems with Amazon DynamoDB, a system that lends computing power and storage to websites.
4: Tensions are high in Ivory Coast as President Alassane Ouattaraseeks a fourth term in Saturday’s election. Ouattara has sidelined his rivals: The 83-year-old leader has banned protests, cracked down on opposition, and ignored calls to step aside. Analysts warn his bid risks reigniting past instability in one of West Africa’s biggest economies.
2,600: An estimated 7 million people joined “No Kings” protests in
2,600 rallies across nearly all 50 states, accusing President
Donald Trump of acting like a monarch. Republicans and the White House rebuked the protests.
