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Searches continue for two missing non-verbal 6-year-olds

CBC 

Searchers are still looking for two missing young children, one in B.C. and one in Manitoba. Six-year-old Oaklynn Schweder, who is non-verbal, disappeared near Burns Lake, B.C., on Thursday. Six-year-old Johnson Redhead, who is autistic, went missing from Shamattawa, Man., on Wednesday.

Fears of wider Israel-Hezbollah war grow as strikes intensify

CBC 

Hezbollah fired a barrage of rockets into northern Israel as fighting intensifies following IDF missile strikes that killed dozens in Beirut, including a senior Hezbollah commander. U.S. and UN officials are now urging both sides to step back.

Who is leftist leader Anura Kumara Dissanayake, Sri Lanka's newly elected president

Economictimes.indiatimes.com 

Anura Kumara Dissanayaka, a self-declared Marxist and leader of Sri Lanka's People's Liberation Front (JVP), has been elected as the country's president following a historic run-off election. His victory marks a shift in Sri Lankan politics, away from the traditional elite. Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated Dissanayaka and emphasized the importance of Sri Lanka in India’s regional strategy. The new president faces the challenge of rebuilding Sri Lanka’s economy after its 2022 crisis while navigating complex geopolitical relationships.

Four juveniles in custody after carjacking, crash in downtown Columbus

NBC4i.com 

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Four juveniles are in custody after they crashed a stolen car near the Ohio Statehouse Sunday evening, police said. According to Columbus Police Sgt. James Fuqua, a man was carjacked at gunpoint near East Main Street and Lilley Avenue at approximately 6:30 p.m. Watch: Four juveniles in custody after armed carjacking, [...]

US Cong leaders agree on 3-month funding, avoiding shutdown before Oct 1

Business Standard 

Congressional leaders announced an agreement Sunday on a short-term spending bill that will fund federal agencies for about three months, averting a possible partial government shutdown when the new budget year begins October 1 and pushing final decisions until after the November election. Lawmakers have struggled to get to this point as the current budget year winds to a close at month's end. At the urging of the most conservative members of his conference, House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., had... Читать дальше...

Financial services get highest foreign inflows in first half of September

Economictimes.indiatimes.com 

Overseas investors purchased Indian equities worth ₹32,779 crore across 17 sectors in the first half of September. Financial services received the highest inflows at ₹12,253 crore. Healthcare, consumer durables, and FMCG sectors also saw significant investments. However, the automobile sector faced the highest outflows at ₹1,983 crore.

This week in history: September 23–29

World Socialist Web Site 

Pinochet extradition hearing; US Trotskyists rally against police killing; Soviet atomic bomb; Assyrian Christians forced out of Turkey