Union officials are to hold crunch talks with administrators today to try to save thousands of jobs following the collapse of parcel delivery firm City Link. http://www.standard.co.uk/business/business-news/talks-held-in-bid-to-save-thousands-of-city-link-jobs-9946229.html
A 24-hour general strike has been declared by Israeli Arabs and protesters and thousands of people took to the streets in Kafr Kana in the country’s north after Israeli police violated protocol, shooting and killing a man during a raid. http://rt.com/news/203555-israel-arab-police-shooting/
Ebola has orphaned thousands of children in West Africa, and relatives are terrified of taking them in for fear of infection, the United Nations said. http://edition.cnn.com/2014/10/02/health/ebola-outbreak/index.html?hpt=iaf_c1
Thousands attended a peaceful demonstration outside the Chinese Embassy in Portland Place last night. http://www.london24.com/news/thousands_attend_hong_kong_protest_at_london_s_chinese_embassy_1_3791350
SURUC, Turkey (AP) — Some 130,000 Kurdish refugees fleeing Islamic militants have crossed the border from Syria into Turkey in the past four days, Turkey’s deputy prime minister said Monday as fighting raged close to Turkey’s southern border. … http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/22/syrian-refugees-turkey-isis_n_5859626.html?