Oct 16 Family mourns coal miner’s death in Turkey, demands punishment for explosion By Mehmet Guzel, Zeynep Bilginsoy, Associated Press Friday’s explosion at the state-owned Turkish Hard Coal Enterprise’s (TTK) mine in the Black Sea town of Amasra killed 41 miners and injured 11. Continue reading
Oct 16 Gates Foundation pledges $1.2B to eradicate polio. Here’s why it’s been a struggle for decades By Associated Press The initiative is trying to end the polio virus in Pakistan and Afghanistan, the last two endemic countries, the foundation said in a statement Sunday. Continue reading
Oct 16 Watch 5:36 News Wrap: Iran protests continue; deadly Tehran prison fire put out In our news wrap Sunday, Iran's state media says Saturday's fire at a prison in Tehran has been put out as protests continue across the country, Xi Jinping is poised to remain China's president for a third term, shelling in… Continue watching
Oct 16 British Prime Minister Liz Truss goes from triumph to trouble in six weeks on the job By Jill Lawless, Associated Press In just six weeks, the prime minister’s libertarian economic policies have triggered a financial crisis, emergency central bank intervention, multiple U-turns and the firing of her Treasury chief. Continue reading
Oct 16 President Xi Jinping calls for Chinese military growth as party congress opens By Joe McDonald, Associated Press Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Sunday called for faster military development and announced no change in policies that have strained relations with Washington and tightened the ruling Communist Party's control over society and the economy. Continue reading
Oct 16 Rockets strike mayor’s office in separatist, Russia-occupied Donetsk By Sabra Ayres, Associated Press Pro-Kremlin officials on Sunday blamed Ukraine for a rocket attack that struck the mayor’s office in a key Ukrainian city controlled by the separatists as Russia's war nears the eight-month mark. Continue reading
Oct 16 U.S., Canada send armored vehicles to bolster Haiti’s national police By Dánica Coto, Associated Press The U.S. and Canada sent armored vehicles and other supplies to Haiti on Saturday to help police fight a powerful gang amid a pending request from the Haitian government for the immediate deployment of foreign troops. Continue reading
Oct 16 Iranian officials say Tehran prison blaze killed 4 inmates, injured dozens By Associated Press A towering blaze at a notorious prison housing political prisoners and anti-government activists in Iran's capital killed four inmates, the country's judiciary said Sunday, in dramatic scenes that have reverberated across Iranian social media. Continue reading
Oct 15 Elon Musk says SpaceX might keep funding satellite service in Ukraine By Associated Press Billionaire Elon Musk suggested in a Saturday tweet that his rocket company SpaceX may continue to fund its satellite-based Starlink internet service in Ukraine. Continue reading
Oct 15 In France, fuel shortage frays nerves and tests commuters’ resilience By John Leicester, Associated Press Chronic fuel shortages in France sparked by strikes and panic buying are fraying nerves and testing both the resilience and ingenuity of millions of French workers who depend on their vehicles to do their jobs. Continue reading