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The Gisele Pelicot Rape Trial Hits Painfully Close to Home in This French Town
The town of Mazan, where Gisèle Pelicot was drugged and raped by her husband and strangers, has been shaken by the revelations. “It feels a bit like it’s in our family,” one resident said.October 18 -
Top stories - CBS News
Massive blackout hits Cuba after major power plant fails
A massive outage left millions of Cubans without power and prompted the government Friday to implement emergency measures to slash demand.October 18 -
World - ABC News
Cuba’s electrical grid goes offline after one of the island's major power plant fails, said the energy ministry
Cuba’s electrical grid goes offline after one of the island's major power plant fails, said the energy ministryOctober 18 -
Top stories - NBC News
Power goes out on entire island of Cuba, leaving 10 million people without electricity
Cubans expressed alarm at the situation and one resident said they felt the country had reached the “bottom of the barrel.”October 18 -
World - The Guardian
Cuba suffers complete blackout after national electrical power grid fails
Most businesses were closed on Friday as officials blamed deteriorating infrastructure and fuel shortages for failure. Cuba restored a trickle of power to its grid by mid-evening on Friday, ...October 18 -
Top stories - NBC News
Spirit AeroSystems to furlough 700 workers as Boeing machinist strike continues
Boeing supplier Spirit AeroSystems will furlough some 700 workers as a strike by machinists at the plane maker enters its sixth week, a spokesman for the supplier said Friday.October 18 -
World - The Wall Street Journal
Cuba Suffers Mass Blackout as Energy Crisis Deepens
The Communist government ordered the closure of nonvital activities hours to avoid power grid collapse.October 18 - Energy -
World - The New York Times
Israeli Strike Hits Lebanese Municipal Building, Killing Mayor
The strike, in the south of Lebanon, killed at least 16 people, Lebanese officials said. Israel, which also struck near Beirut, said it was targeting Hezbollah militants.October 18 - Israel -
Business - CNBC
Spirit AeroSystems to furlough 700 workers as Boeing machinist strike continues
Spirit AeroSystems had been scrambling to cut costs after more than 32,000 Boeing machinists walked off the job Sept. 13.October 18 -
World - The Guardian
Jews shut down the New York Stock Exchange to protest Israel. Here’s why | Elena Stein
As the descendant of a survivor of a genocide, the Holocaust, I refuse to be a bystander to another genocide. Time after time, Sha’ban al-Dalou, a 19-year-old software engineering student living in ...October 18 - New York -
Business - MarketWatch
U.S. industrial output falls in September, held down by Boeing strike and hurricanes
U.S. industrial production fell 0.3% in September, held down by the strike at Boeing Co and by the two recent hurricanes, the Federal Reserve reported Thursday.October 17 -
Politics - The Hill
US hits Houthis with precision strikes on weapon facilities in Yemen
The U.S. announced late Wednesday that it had conducted multiple strikes on Yemen’s Houthi rebel group, targeting its underground bunkers with stealth bombers. U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said ...October 17 -
Top stories - The New York Times
Judge Strikes Down Multiple Georgia Election Rules
The measures had been promoted by the State Election Board. The judge called them “illegal, unconstitutional and void.”October 17 -
World - The Wall Street Journal
Israel Strikes at Hezbollah in Southern Lebanon, Hitting City Building
The mayor of Nabatieh was killed, according to Lebanese state media, in an air raid that Israel said was targeting Hezbollah.October 16 - Israel -
Business - Financial Times
London Underground workers to strike over pay
Aslef and RMT unions announce series of walkouts in NovemberOctober 16 -
Tech - GameSpot
XDefiant Is Not Shutting Down, Executive Producer Says, Year 2 Still Planned
After rumors surfaced of a potential shutdown for Ubisoft's free-to-play shooter XDefiant , the game's executive producer, Mark Rubin, says the leak is not true and that Year 2 content is still ...October 16 -
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Boeing strike enters second month as workers rally in Seattle
Boeing factory workers held a large rally in Seattle on Tuesday to demand a better wage deal, mounting pressure on new CEO Kelly Ortberg to end a bitter strike that has plunged the planemaker ...October 16 -
Tech - ABC News
How the tiny Caribbean island of Anguilla has turned the AI boom into a digital gold mine
The artificial intelligence boom is providing an unusual windfall for Anguilla, a tiny island in the CaribbeanOctober 15 -
World - The Guardian
‘Amorous couple’ blamed for causing flooding that shut down two Melbourne CBD train stations
Minister says sprinkler was dislodged before Melbourne Central and Flagstaff stations were evacuated on night of Olivia Rodrigo concert. Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates ...October 16 -
World - ABC News
Violence-hit Pakistan locks down its capital for an Asian security meeting
Pakistani authorities have locked down the capital in a major security move as senior officials from several nations arrive for an Asian security group meetingOctober 15 - Pakistan -
World - The New York Times
Deadly Israeli Strike Hits Central Gaza Hospital Complex
Israel said it targeted Hamas fighters inside the hospital compound, where displaced people were living in tents. A separate strike killed several people at a Gazan school turned shelter.October 15 - Israel -
Business - MarketWatch
Google becomes the latest tech giant to strike a nuclear-power deal for AI
Amazon, Microsoft and Oracle all have nuclear arrangements of their own as tech companies seek clean-energy solutions for AI’s massive power needs.October 14 - Google -
Business - Inc.
Seattle Hotel Workers Join Hilton Strike
The planned weeklong work stoppage puts the total of West Coast hospitality workers on strike in Seattle, Honolulu, San Francisco, and San Diego past 4,300.October 14 -
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Business - The Wall Street Journal
Boeing to Cut 10% of Workers Amid Strike, Delay New 777X Production
The plane maker plans to book $5 billion in charges on troubled programs and warns of a deeper quarterly loss amid machinists strike.October 11