The last time Andrés Fernando Tufiño Chila’s sister heard from him was about a year ago when he told her he was heading out to fish for work, she said. Last week, she was shocked to learn that her brother was aboard an alleged drug vessel that was struck by the US military.

If Broadway musicians do go on strike on Thursday, Oct. 23, many musicals will be affected. AFM Local 802 shared a list on its website of the shows and the theaters.

The United States carried out another strike on a suspected drug-smuggling boat on Wednesday, killing three men in the second strike on a vessel in the Pacific Ocean in two days, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said.

It's decision day on Thursday for Minneapolis educators as union members are set to vote on whether to authorize a strike​ after another round of failed contract talks.

More than 200 flights across New Zealand were canceled on Thursday as some urban parts of New Zealand experienced wind speeds of 140 to 160 km (87 to 100 miles) per hour, with gusts in one remote, rural part of the South Island registering 230 km (143 miles) per hour.

Junior doctors have announced a five-day strike over renewed pay demands. The medics, now known as resident doctors, said the Government had failed to provide a credible plan to improve pay or job security. The British Medical Association (BMA) said the doctors would walk out from Nov 14 to 19.

The union and government have been in dialogue throughout the summer and early autumn since the last walkout at the end of July. But the BMA said with no progress being made there would be a five-day walkout starting on Friday 14 November. This will be the 13th strike in the long-running pay dispute since March 2023.