Oct 04 Watch 5:21 News Wrap: U.S. adds 136,000 jobs as unemployment hits new 50-year low In our news wrap Friday, the Labor Department reports employers added a net 136,000 jobs in September and the unemployment rate fell to 3.5 percent--a new 50-year low. But factories shed 2,000 jobs amid fears the manufacturing sector is now… Continue watching
Oct 04 Watch 7:38 Why talking to Ukrainian officials disproves the Trump narrative on Biden By Simon Ostrovsky Ukraine lies at the heart of the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump, who has urged the country’s new president to investigate the Biden family. Special correspondent Simon Ostrovsky, who has reported from the country for years, returns there to… Continue watching
Oct 04 What is happening with the Uighurs in China? By Bryan Wood, Brennan Butler At least 1 million Muslim minority Uighurs are held in Chinese government-run detention centers. There are at least 85 known centers in Xinjiang, China, which the government claims are “re-education centers” for a population it sees as dangerous. But, Uighurs… Continue reading
Oct 04 Watch 15:37 China calls it re-education, but Uighur Muslims say it’s ‘unbearable brutality’ By Nick Schifrin, Dan Sagalyn Uighurs are Muslims who trace their roots back thousands of years in Central Asia, most currently living in the Chinese province Xinjiang. The group represents less than 1 percent of China's population, but they have endured what the U.S. calls… Continue watching
Oct 04 Peru plunges into political crisis, bringing dark days for a dynasty By Christine Armario, Associated Press The dissolution of congress has plunged Peru into its deepest constitutional crisis in nearly three decades, and it may also be the start of a final, bleak chapter for the country's most prominent political dynasty. Continue reading
Oct 04 Paris police force attack treated as possible terror act By Sylvie Corbet, Associated Press A longtime police employee stabbed four colleagues to death Thursday before he was shot and killed. A background search led to the investigation for murders committed "in relation with a terrorist enterprise" and "criminal association with terrorists," the Paris prosecutors'… Continue reading
Oct 04 Ukraine to review case into company that employed Hunter Biden By Yuras Karmanau, Associated Press Prosecutors are auditing all the cases that were closed or dismissed by former prosecutors, including several related to Mykola Zlochevsky, owner of the gas company Burisma that hired Hunter Biden in 2014,… Continue reading
Oct 04 Death toll in Iraq anti-government protests rises to 42 By Qassim Abdul-Zahra, Associated Press Iraq’s top Shiite cleric on Friday urged political leaders and the protesters to pull back “before it is too late.”… Continue reading
Oct 04 Hong Kong leader bans protesters from wearing masks By John Leicester, Eileen Ng, Associated Press Even as Carrie Lam wrapped up her announcement, protesters in masks and concealing themselves under umbrellas gathered in central Hong Kong. Continue reading
Oct 03 Watch 4:08 News Wrap: Iraqi security forces kill at least 12 more protesters In our news wrap Thursday, Iraqi security forces shot and killed at least 12 more protesters, raising the death toll to 33. The government cut off internet access in a bid to quell the unrest, but crowds defied a curfew. Continue watching