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Cartel gunmen terrorize Mexican city, free El Chapo’s son
October 18 (Reuters) - Heavily armed fighters surrounded security forces in a Mexican city on Thursday and made them free one of drug lord Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman’s sons, after his capture triggered gunbattles and a prison break that sent civilians scurrying for cover. Security Minister Alfonso Durazo said a patrol by National Guard militarized police first came under attack...
Extinction Rebellion volunteers rise in Sri Lanka
October 17 (newsin.asia) - Extinction Rebellion Sri Lanka (XR Sri Lanka) co-hosted its first ever beach-cleanup strike on 12th October at the Dehiwala beach along with Chibby’s Friends & House of Hope, Climate Action Now Sri Lanka, Waste Action Lanka, and Flipyarn. More than 40 volunteers attended the event and collected over 91 bags of waste from a 250-meter-long stretch...
Trump imposes sanctions on Turkey, says prepared to swiftly destroy its economy
October 15 (PTI) -Protesting Turkey's military offensive in northeast Syria, US President Donald Trump has announced sanctions against Turkish officials, raising of steel tariffs and ending negotiations on a USD 100 billion trade deal. Trump has signed an executive order that empowers his administration to slap sanctions on Turkey. The treasury department has already placed Turkish Defence Minister Hulusi Akar,...
Singapore to become first country to ban ads for sugary drinks
October 13 (AFP) - Singapore will become the first country in the world to ban ads for the most unhealthy sugary drinks in its latest move to combat rising diabetes rates, the health ministry said on Thursday. Products deemed "less healthy" must now display labels grading their nutritional and sugar content, with those considered to be most unhealthy banned from...
15 dead, over 40 wounded as Turkey bombards Syria; thousands flee for safety
October 10 (India Today) - At least 15 people have died since Turkey started bombarding Syria on late Wednesday night. Reports say at least eight of the 15 dead in the Kurdish-controlled region of northeastern Syria were civilians. News agency AFP reported that the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) has said at least two of the civilian victims were...
Cosplay Clean Up Sri Lanka
October 9 (newsin.asia) - Cosplay Clean Up was founded with the purpose of fighting plastic pollution through globally organized clean-ups. The best superheroes began as ordinary people like us, who rose up to fight for what was right - to put in the effort to make a difference. We are bombarded with daily articles about the many crises our planet...
‘Sorry, this is an emergency’: Climate protesters block streets around the world
October 8 (Reuters) - Thousands of climate-change protesters took to the streets in cities around the world on Monday, launching two weeks of peaceful civil disobedience to demand immediate action to cut carbon emissions and avert an ecological disaster. In London, police arrested 276 activists from the Extinction Rebellion group as they blocked bridges and roads in the city center,...
Portugal’s Socialists win national elections, set to rule for four more years
October 7 (AP) - The center-left Socialist Party got the most votes in Portugal’s general election Sunday, leaving it poised to continue leading the government for another four years. With 226 seats in the 230-seat parliament awarded in the official count, the Socialists reached 106 seats, compared with 77 for the second-place Social Democratic Party. The parliament chooses a government,...
Samsung ends mobile phone production in China
October 2 (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (005930.KS) has ended mobile telephone production in China, it said on Wednesday, hurt by intensifying competition from domestic rivals in the world’s biggest smartphone market. The shutdown of Samsung’s last China phone factory comes after it cut production at the plant in the southern city of Huizhou in June and suspended another factory...
Forever 21 closing stores in bankruptcy filing shows limits to fast fashion
October 1 (Reuters) - Fast-fashion retailer Forever 21 filed for bankruptcy late on Sunday, joining a growing list of brick-and-mortar companies that have seen sales hit by the rise of competition from online sellers like Amazon.com Inc and the changing fashion trends dictated by millennial shoppers. Forever 21 Inc, the privately held company that helped popularize trendy and cheap clothing,...
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