News moves at the speed of social media in today’s world, and that’s especially the case on the weekend. Take a look at the world news you might’ve missed this weekend through the 140-character lens of Twitter.
Welcome to the Weekend News in Tweets (12 August – 14 August).
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Struggling Hull City beat reigning Premier League champions Leicester City 2-1 in the opening match of the season. It’s the first time a reigning Premier League champion was beaten on the opening day of the season.
9️⃣0️⃣ | @HullCity 2 (Abel Hernández, Robert Snodgrass) @LCFC 1 (Riyad Mahrez) #HULLEI pic.twitter.com/zasabjHshJ
— Hull City (@HullCity) August 13, 2016
South Africa’s Chad le Clos, America’s Michael Phelps and Poland’s László Cseh shared the silver medal in the 100m butterfly final, after all three swimmers posted the exact same time. Singaporean Joseph Schooling won gold, after beating all three swimmers.
Rare result in the 100m butterfly final.
1) Schooling: 50.39
2) Le Clos: 51.14
2) Phelps: 51.14
2) Cseh: 51.14#rio2016 #swimming— Junia Stainbank (@mjstainbank) August 13, 2016
Louisiana and Mississippi are still suffering the effects of severe flooding this weekend, after torrential downpours caused many of the states’ rivers to burst their banks. At least three people have died.
WOW! Flash flooding yesterday pushes truck off the road near Clinton, Louisiana. Video via @WBRZ #Flooding #LAwx pic.twitter.com/KBYYEm25ht
— Mark Tarello (@mark_tarello) August 13, 2016
Weekend Google Search trends
The below graphs compare the search prevalence of some current global phenomena, like No Man’s Sky, Pokemon Go, the return of the Premier League, Donald Trump and the Olympic Games. It’s also interesting to note the global popularity of the various search terms in the countries across the world.
A dedicated and incredibly patient set of Cubans rolled a 90m-long cigar for Cuba’s former leader Fidel Castro. Castro tuned 90 Saturday, a birthday which was both celebrated and lambasted on Twitter.
Cuba rolls 90m cigar for Fidel Castro’s 90th https://t.co/IwD7oJM8Xz pic.twitter.com/9IGyVjrfd3
— SBS News (@SBSNews) August 13, 2016
South African sprinter Wayde van Niekerk smashed the previous 400m World Record to win gold in Rio early Monday morning. The time of 43.03 is 0.15 quicker than the previous WR set by America’s Michael Johnson.
Thank you to everyone…
GOD IS POWER pic.twitter.com/hQIRy0ynhN
— Wayde van Niekerk (@WaydeDreamer) August 15, 2016
American swimmer and the most successful Olympian of all time, Michael Phelps, bowed out of the Olympic Games with Gold in the team medley. It’s his 23rd Olympic medal, and largely thanks to him, the US team has never lost the Men’s team relay at the Olympics.
An emotional victory ceremony as @MichaelPhelps receives his 23rd #Gold alongside his teammates #USA pic.twitter.com/8KRPLOeNez
— Rio 2016 (@Rio2016_en) August 14, 2016
Jamaican Usain Bolt also won gold in the 100m final, to cement his place in the Olympic Games’ history books. He’s now the first man in history to win the 100m in three consecutive Olympic Games.
Thanks for all the support my peeps #blessed #TeamBolt #TeamJamaica #Rio2016 pic.twitter.com/rGFaLH8hP9
— Usain St. Leo Bolt (@usainbolt) August 15, 2016
Fresh protests erupted in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US this weekend, after an armed and fleeing man was shot by police. Violence continued through to the early hours of Monday morning.
VIDEO: Rioters chanting “black power” as gas station burns in #milwaukee pic.twitter.com/wQJ45WOocm
— Tim Pool (@Timcast) August 14, 2016
