Flames, smoke and heat: California grape workers push for change
Workers say they need more protection, support as ferocious wildfires become more frequent in California’s wine region.
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Romania’s parliament topples Citu’s minority government
No confidence motion filed after Prime Minister Florin Citu's coalition unravelled last month over development fund dispute.
Facebook products ‘harm children, stoke division’: Whistleblower
Former Facebook employee Frances Haugen is urging US lawmakers to regulate the social media giant.
Facebook crash exposes risks in social networking products
The networking problem brought down services used by more than 2.75 billion people.
Interrogation of play director stirs censorship fears in Lebanon
Director Awad Awad was taken into custody and questioned after allegedly criticising the president in his play.
J&J seeks US authorisation for its COVID booster shot
A panel of FDA health experts will meet next week to consider booster shots of the J&J and Moderna vaccines.
British PM’s envoy holds talks with Taliban in Afghanistan
UK says the two sides discussed Afghanistan's deepening humanitarian crisis and 'terrorism', among other subjects.
‘Dominate the system’: Iraqis wary vote won’t change old guard
An early vote emerged as one of the central demands from the bloody protests in 2019.
South African car industry fears impact as union starts strike
Largest South African metalworkers union calls an indefinite strike after salary talks with employer bodies fail.
UAE aims to land probe on asteroid between Mars and Jupiter
The United Arab Emirates project, which aims to collect data on the origins of the universe, will launch in 2028.
Roaringback: Bitcoin tops $50,000 for the first time in a month
The latest rally brings prices of the world's largest cryptocurrency to their highest levels since early September.
Blinken, Macron meet in Paris amid AUKUS tensions
French and US officials said the duo discussed restoring confidence after tensions over security pact, submarine deal.
As UK cracks down on protests, surveillance tech market grows
From phone trackers to facial recognition software, a range of spying tools were on sale at a recent London event.
Russian actor, director blast off to make first movie in space
Actor Yulia Peresild and director Klim Shipenko will be in space for 12 days to record scenes of the film, Challenge.
Rearrested Palestinian prisoner begins hunger strike
Mohammad al-Ardah, one of six who broke out of an Israeli jail last month, is protesting punitive prison measures.
Trio win Nobel Prize in physics for climate discoveries
Syukuro Manabe, Klaus Hasselmann and Giorgio Parisi share prize for climate models, understanding of physical systems.
The global scale of child sexual abuse in the Catholic Church
A series of abuse scandals, often involving children, have rocked the Catholic Church in recent decades.
Top US envoy brought up Khashoggi murder in talks with Saudis
National security adviser Sullivan and other US officials met Saudi crown prince in September.
Haiti top diplomat asks UN Security Council for help with gangs
Gang-related violence has displaced more than 19,000 Haitians in recent months, according to the UN.
Indian shop workers – most of them women – win the right to sit
Tamil Nadu second Indian state to enshrine 'right to sit' in law, citing health risks for retail workers - mostly women.