
FedEx jet skids off the runway at a Tennessee airport after landing gear failure
A plane operated by FedEx skidded off the end of a runway at an airport in Chattanooga, Tennessee, after reporting a landing gear failure, emergency officials said.
2023-10-05 17:59

UK Investigates Cloud After Ofcom Eyes Amazon, Microsoft
Amazon.com Inc. and Microsoft Corp.’s cloud services face an investigation by the UK’s antitrust watchdog over concerns the
2023-10-05 17:56

'The school is like a light for me:' The secret classrooms giving Afghan girls a chance to learn despite Taliban rules
Parasto Hakim was startled by a knock at the front gates. Heart pounding, she opened the door to find several Taliban members demanding to check if she was breaking any rules. She was. This was a secret school, set up to teach girls in Afghanistan despite a ban by the militant group.
2023-10-05 17:49

Auto worker strike highlights disparities between temporary and permanent employees
Among the many changes being sought by striking United Auto Workers is an end to a system that pays workers much different wages for doing the same job
2023-10-05 17:25

18 furious reactions to Rishi Sunak’s trans comments
Rishi Sunak has sparked fury on social media following his remarks on transgender people at the Conservative Party conference on October 4. During his speech, the prime minister weighed in on sex education and transgender rights. "It shouldn’t be controversial for parents to know what their children are being taught in school about relationships, patients should know when hospitals are talking about men or women," he said. "And we shouldn’t get bullied into believing that people can be any sex they want to be. They can’t, a man is a man and a woman is a woman. That’s just common sense." His comments follow a conference in which multiple Cabinet members have used their own speeches to mention transgender issues, with Health Secretary Steve Barclay announcing a ban on trans women from female NHS wards and Home Secretary Suella Braverman saying she would forbid sex offenders from changing gender. Sunak's speech has since prompted X/Twitter users to hit back at his "disgraceful" remarks: A day before Sunak's speech, Braverman attacked "gender ideology" and a "privileged woke minority", prompting heckling that saw Conservative London Assembly member Andrew Boff removed from the conference centre. Boff told the PA news agency after his removal: "This Home Secretary was basically vilifying gay people and trans people by this attack on LGBT ideology, or gender ideology. It is fictitious, it is ridiculous. "It is a signal to people who don’t like people who are LGBT+ people." Sign up for our free Indy100 weekly newsletter Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.
2023-10-05 17:19

House business is on ice without speaker
Lawmakers and aides arrived for work on Wednesday to find a House of Representatives stuck in freeze-frame, a giant blue screen declaring them "in recess" almost the entire day.
2023-10-05 17:18

Biden's dog Commander leaves White House after biting incidents
Commander, a two-year-old German Shepherd, has been involved in a series of biting incidents.
2023-10-05 16:57

India market levels show effective rate has risen; cenbank meeting in focus
By Dharamraj Dhutia MUMBAI (Reuters) -India's central bank is widely expected to keep rates on hold on Friday but any
2023-10-05 16:49

Kenya's Foreign Minister Alfred Mutua demoted in Ruto's reshuffle
President Ruto announces his biggest cabinet shake-up since he took office more than a year ago.
2023-10-05 16:23

Australia offers $17m payout to jailed Indonesian kids
Over 120 children - some as young as 12 - were detained and accused of people smuggling.
2023-10-05 16:19

Stock market today: Asian shares rise, buoyed by Wall Street rally from bonds and oil prices
Asian shares are mostly higher as a plunge in oil prices aided a recovery on Wall Street
2023-10-05 15:45

'Our grief is still too fresh': Lahaina residents petition to delay reopening West Maui to tourists after devastating fires
Residents in Lahaina are petitioning Hawaii Gov. Josh Green to delay reopening West Maui to tourists this weekend, saying the community is still grieving and needs more time to heal after the devastating wildfires that left 97 dead.
2023-10-05 15:27