News Wire | October 2022 Archive

Rishi Sunak Becomes U.K. Prime Minister

By George Parker, Jim Pickard & Jasmine Cameron-Chileshe | Financial Times (free)

Rishi Sunak on Tuesday became Britain’s third prime minister in the space of two months and issued a bleak warning on the steps of Downing Street: “Our country is facing a profound economic crisis.”

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DOJ Accuses 10 Chinese Spies and Government Officials of ‘Malign Schemes’

By Devlin Barrett, Perry Stein & Ellen Nakashima | The Washington Post

The United States on Monday unveiled charges accusing two Chinese intelligence officers of attempting to subvert a criminal investigation into a China-based telecommunications company—one of three new cases that FBI Director Christopher A. Wray said shows Beijing is trying to “lie, cheat and steal” its way to a competitive advantage in technology.

Ethiopia Peace Talks Start in South Africa

Reuters

The first formal peace talks aimed at ending two years of war between the Ethiopian army and forces from the country’s northern region of Tigray started in South Africa on Tuesday and will end on Sunday, the South African government said.

Russian Court Rejects Griner Appeal Against Nine-Year Sentence

Associated Press (free)

A Russian court Tuesday upheld the nine-year prison sentence handed to American basketball star Brittney Griner for drug possession, rejecting her appeal.