VOA60: August 06, 2024

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris chooses Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate in the Democratic campaign for president.

In Bangladesh, student protesters say Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus was their choice to lead a temporary government after longtime Prime Minister Sheik Hasina resigned.

An Israeli airstrike hits a south Lebanon village, killing four people. Later, the Hezbollah militant group launches a drone attack on Israel, wounding at least 19.

And in Niger, the U.S. officially hands over its last military base in the country to local officials.---------

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