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Human Rights Concerns Grow Over Ecuador Prison Riots, UN Officials
United Nations human rights officials are concerned about Ecuador's prison violence crisis, they said on Thursday, after yet another riot at a jail in Guayaquil saw at least five inmates killed and left more than...
Major UN Powers Question Pacific Islanders’ Call for Nuclear Legacy Help
GENEVA (Reuters) — Nuclear powers have criticized an effort led by the Marshall Islands at the United Nations to seek help on dealing with the consequences of nuclear testing, sources following the talks involving countries...
Protesters Block Budapest Bridge in Support of Hungarian Teachers
Thousands of Hungarian students, teachers and parents blocked a Budapest bridge near parliament on Wednesday, Oct. 5 in support of teachers fighting for higher wages and teachers sacked for protesting. Teachers have launched an "I...
Alec Baldwin Settles With Slain ‘Rust’ Cinematographer’s Family
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (Reuters) — Actor Alec Baldwin and the producers of the Western movie "Rust" have reached a settlement in a wrongful-death lawsuit brought by the family of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, who Baldwin shot dead...
Goldman Hikes Third-Quarter GDP Growth Estimate to 1.9%
NEW YORK (Reuters) — Global investment firm Goldman Sachs boosted its third-quarter GDP growth estimate by a full percentage point, to 1.9 from 0.9 percent, on Wednesday, Oct. 5 after a series of economic indicators...
UN on Ethiopian Violence After 50 More Killed in Airstrike: ‘Saddening and Shocking’
United Nations spokesman referred to ongoing violence in Ethiopia as "saddening and shocking" on Wednesday, Oct. 5 after the latest attack in which more than 50 people were killed in an air strike. The attack...
Saudi Wealth Fund Raises $3 Billion in Debut Green Bonds
DUBAI (Reuters) — Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund was set to raise $3 billion on Wednesday, Oct. 5 in its first foray into the debt capital markets, taking advantage of a brief period of calm...
Biden Travels to Florida Following Hurricane Ian Wrath, Meets with DeSantis
FORT MYERS, Fla. (Reuters) — U.S. President Joe Biden traveled to Florida on Wednesday, Oct. 5 to pledge support to help the state recover from Hurricane Ian during a visit that includes a meeting with...
US Seeks Input on Climate Law’s $270 Billion in Tax Breaks
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The U.S. Treasury Department said on Wednesday, Oct. 5 that it would be seeking public input on how to implement $270 billion in new federal tax breaks for electric vehicles, clean manufacturing,...
‘Quantum is alive’: French Scientist Alain Aspect Among Nobel Physics Prize Winners
Scientists Alain Aspect, John Clauser and Anton Zeilinger won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics on Oct. 4 for experiments in quantum mechanics that laid the groundwork for rapidly-developing new applications in computing and cryptography....
Measuring Hurricane Ian’s Toll on Florida’s ‘Forgotten’ Neighborhoods
Betty and Hubert Toney have lost count of all the hurricanes they've lived through since moving into their house in the modest Dunbar neighborhood of Fort Myers, Florida, in 1958. But they had never before...
Ex Employee Charged With Staging Fake Explosion at Boston’s Northeastern University
A former employee of Boston's Northeastern University was arrested and charged with fabricating a report last month that a package delivered to the campus exploded and injured him, the FBI said on Tuesday. Jason Duhaime,...