WASHINGTON — The last monthly employment report before the presidential election comes out Friday — and it looks as though October will be another month of modest job gains. A widely followed survey released Thursday by a payroll processing firm found … Risk of death nearing in Turkish hunger strike, doctors say
ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Jailed Kurdish militants on hunger strike in Turkey may start to die within the next 10 days, Turkey’s main medical association warned on Thursday, saying the prime minister’s dismissal of the protest as a “show” risked hardening their resolve. The hunger strike entered its 51st day on Thursday, with some 700 prisoners refusing food in dozens of prisons across Turkey, demanding the government grant greater Kurdish minority rights and better conditions for their jailed leader. …
Ukrainian man accused of getting drunk, disrupting flight indicted on bribery, 3 other counts
SALT LAKE CITY – A Ukrainian man who authorities say had been drinking heavily before he ran to the back of a Salt Lake City-bound Delta Air Lines plane and tried to open an emergency exit was indicted by a federal grand jury Wednesday for disrupting the flight and attempting to bribe the FBI agents who arrested him.
Canadian manufacturing PMI growth slows, at 9-month low, in Oct
TORONTO (Reuters) – Canadian manufacturing growth slowed for a fourth straight month in October and hit a nine-month low, according to data released on Thursday, indicating that the third quarter’s underwhelming economic performance may continue into the end of the year. The RBC Canadian Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index was 51.39 last month, compared with 52.37 in September. It was the weakest reading since January. Still, the index was above the 50 mark that separates expansion from deterioration. …
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