Friday, 16 September 2022

Migrants flown to Martha's Vineyard by Florida governor say they were misled

Friday, September 16, 2022

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Hundreds of bodies are found in a mass burial site in Ukraine, a judge rules for Trump over seized classified records, and why customers are holding up banks in Lebanon

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Signal tape is seen over a grave at an improvised cemetery in the town of Izium in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, September 15, 2022

WORLD

Ukrainian authorities found a mass grave containing 440 bodies in a northeastern city recaptured from Russian forces, calling it proof of war crimes carried out by the invaders in territory they had occupied for months. Here's what you need to know about the conflict right now.

Kyrgyzstan said it agreed a ceasefire with its Central Asian neighbor Tajikistan after a deadly border conflict between the two Russia allies escalated towards war, involving tanks and rocket artillery.

The miles-long queue of mourners waiting to see Queen Elizabeth lying in state in London was temporarily closed after it reached capacity. Tens of thousands of people have come to pay their respects to the late queen, joining a well-organized line that snakes along the south bank of the Thames then over the river to Westminster Hall.

At least eight people have been killed by torrential overnight rains and floods in the central Italian region of Marche, authorities said, as rescuers continued to search for four people missing.

Two COVID-19 antibody therapies are no longer recommended by the World Health Organization, on the basis that Omicron and the variant's latest offshoots have likely rendered them obsolete. The two therapies were some of the first medicines developed early in the pandemic.

Migrants gather after being flown in from Texas on a flight funded by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis at Edgartown, Massachusetts, September 15, 2022

U.S.

Some migrants who were flown to the wealthy island of Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, said they were duped about their destination, and Democratic leaders called for a probe of the move by Florida's Republican governor to send them there from Texas. Here's why Martha's Vineyard is center stage in the U.S. immigration fight.

A judge refused to let the Justice Department immediately resume reviewing classified records seized by the FBI from Donald Trump's Florida estate in an ongoing criminal investigation, siding with the former president.

Evidence is building that a wave of women voters might be the difference-maker if Democrats are to keep their Senate majority and stem their expected losses in the House of Representatives in the November 8 midterm elections. Wisconsin is one of several states where voter registrations among women have surged since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June.

New Hampshire's Republican candidate for the U.S. Senate, Don Bolduc, said that he believed the 2020 presidential election was legitimate, a reversal of his previously false claims that Joe Biden had won unfairly.

Donations for an Iowa teenager poured in, doubling the $150,000 amount a court ordered her to pay the family of a man whom she killed after he allegedly sexually assaulted her on multiple occasions.

BUSINESS

Shares of FedEx slumped in premarket trading as the global delivery heavyweight's forecast withdrawal sounded alarm about softening consumer demand and hammered equities in the sector worldwide.

British retail sales fell much more than expected in August, in another sign that the economy is sliding into recession as the cost of living crunch squeezes households' disposable spending. The pound tumbled to a fresh 37-year low against the U.S. dollar, and a 17-month trough against the euro.

China's economy showed surprizing resilience in August, with faster-than-expected growth in factory output and retail sales shoring up a fragile recovery, but a deepening property slump weighed on the outlook.

Germany took control of a major Russian-owned oil refinery in the latest move to shore up vital energy supplies that have been jeopardized by Russia's war in Ukraine.

Uber Technologies said it was investigating a cybersecurity incident, after a report that its network was breached and the company had to shut several internal communications and engineering systems.

Three Lebanese banks were held up by depositors seeking access to their own money frozen in the banking system, adding to a spate of holdups this week spurred by frustration over a spiraling financial implosion with no end in sight.

Quote of the day

"I was given a special talent to play tennis, and I did it at a level that I never imagined, for much longer than I ever thought possible"

Roger Federer to call time on glittering career

Video of the day

World's first flying bike makes U.S. debut

Riding the XTURISMO hoverbike was "exhilarating", according to Thad Szott, a co-chair of the Detroit Auto Show, who took the machine for a test flight.

And finally…

Michael Jordan jersey sells for record $10.1 million

The jersey from the opening game of the 1998 NBA Finals is the most expensive piece of game-worn sports memorabilia in history.

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