UAW GM reach tentative contract averting immediate strike
The United Auto Workers and General Motors reach a tentative contract covering about 53,000 U.S. workers, avoiding a strike while local leaders vote in Detroit on Wednesday and, if approved, workers at GM plants will vote next. Fiat Chrysler already approved its deal. Ford agreement not yet reached.
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Kerry pushes temple mount cameras amid Jerusalem tensions
The plan aims to calm violence around the Temple Mount and Al Aqsa compound but Palestinians fear it signals changes to the status quo. Netanyahu backs cameras to prove no change while Saeb Erekat accuses it of targeting Palestinians. details and start dates remain undefined.
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EU leaders clash as migrants flood Balkans crisis widens
At a Brussels emergency summit 11 EU and Balkan leaders pressed for border tightening and faster aid as nearly 250 000 migrants traverse the Balkans heading toward EU heartland. Serbia and Slovenia warned of collapse without fresh plans while UNHCR urged systematic refugee screening and Syria relief.
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Assad backs early elections after defeating terrorism
Russian lawmakers said Assad agreed to run in an early presidential poll and to hold parliamentary elections with constitutional reform talks only after defeating “terrorist” groups. The plan comes amid international efforts to fashion a political transition in Syria where opposition groups reject elections run by the government.
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Pope Francis closes synod with mercy vote on remarried Catholics
In St. Peter's Basilica the pope led a 275 member synod to back a 94 point final document. The key debate centered on whether civilly remarried Catholics may receive Communion without an annulment.
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