Saudi Arabia forecasts slower growth, budget deficit this year (www.reuters.com)
Saudi Arabia has lowered its growth forecast and expects to post a budget deficit this year rather than an earlier projected surplus, a preliminary budget statement showed on Saturday....
Pro-Russian ex-PM Fico wins Slovak election, needs allies for government (www.reuters.com)
Nigeria offers wage rise to state workers as strike looms (www.reuters.com)
Beijing wants more openness and less China bashing from Europe: envoy (www.reuters.com)
China’s ambassador to Germany called for Europe to be more open to Chinese investment, urging deeper cooperation in areas such as electric cars and 5G technology after a series of clashes....
US House passes bipartisan bill to avoid government shutdown (www.reuters.com)
Nightclub fire kills at least 13 in Murcia in Spain (www.reuters.com)
MADRID, Oct 1 (Reuters) - At least 13 people have been killed in a fire in a nightclub in Murcia in southeast Spain, emergency services said on Sunday, adding that rescuers were still searching for people unaccounted for after the blaze....
Volvo to end diesel car production by early 2024 (www.reuters.com)
Italy's coast guard rescues 177 people aboard burning ferry (www.reuters.com)
Tens of thousands demand climate action in Swiss capital (www.reuters.com)
More than 60,000 protesters gathered in the Swiss capital Bern on Saturday demanding tougher policies to combat climate change, organisers said, less than a month ahead of a national election.
US jail practices are racist and an 'affront to human dignity,' UN experts say (www.reuters.com)
In a report published on Thursday, three U.N.-appointed experts said they had found practices in U.S. prisons that amounted to “an affront to human dignity” in visits in April and May....
Texas firm settles US charges it fraudulently took Madoff victims' money (www.reuters.com)
The U.S. Department of Justice said Fulcrum Capital Partners violated the federal False Claims Act between October 2016 and October 2022 by causing the Madoff Victim Fund (MVF) to make inflated payouts to victims, which they then turned over to Fulcrum, a “non-victim” of Madoff’s fraud....
US poor face economic hit as shutdown, childcare cliff, student loans converge (www.reuters.com)
About 12.4%, some 41 million, of the U.S.'s 333 million people live at or below the poverty line, the Census Bureau calculates, which is set at about $29,678 for a household of two adults and two chidren....
Apple asks US Supreme Court to strike down Epic Games order (www.reuters.com)
Biden says UAW should fight for 40% pay raise in Michigan strike visit (www.reuters.com)
President Joe Biden on Tuesday joined a picket line with striking autoworkers in Michigan, supporting their call for a 40% pay raise and saying they deserve a “lot more” than they are getting....
Exclusive: UAW to expand strike on Detroit 3 US automakers - sources (www.reuters.com)
Swedish PM summons army, police chiefs as gang violence rocks nation (www.reuters.com)
Taiwan says China knows armed threats backfire on influencing elections (www.reuters.com)
China's leadership knows that sabre rattling around Taiwan to force an outcome to its liking in elections does not work and Beijing is not likely to try such actions ahead of January's presidential vote, the Taiwanese foreign minister said Thursday.
Swedish PM summons army, police chiefs as gang violence rocks nation (www.reuters.com)
Philippines defending territory, not seeking trouble in South China Sea, president says (www.reuters.com)
Tesla sued by US agency over alleged harassment of Black factory workers (www.reuters.com)
Tesla trial over Autopilot fatality kicks off in California (www.reuters.com)
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 28 (Reuters) - Opening statements are set to begin on Thursday in the first U.S. trial over allegations that Tesla’s (TSLA.O) Autopilot driver assistant feature led to a death, and its results could help shape similar cases across the country....
Tesla sued by US agency over alleged harassment of Black factory workers (www.reuters.com)
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) said in the lawsuit filed in federal court in California that from 2015 to the present, Black workers at the Tesla plant have routinely been subjected to racist slurs and graffiti, including swastikas and nooses....