Sunday

September 6, 2015

Disasters and accidents

At least 10 people die and 8 are missing from a South Korean fishing charter that capsized Saturday night off the country's southern coast. Coast Guard officers said three people survived by clinging to the wreckage for 10 hours. (Sydney Morning Herald) (AFP via New Delhi Television)

The death toll from the September 1 chemical factory blast in China rises to 13. (AP)

A Spain car rally race crash leaves six dead after a car veers off a straight section into spectators. (BBC)

International Relations

European migrant crisis

Pope Francis asks Catholic faithful in Europe to host refugee families fleeing death from war and hunger, and announces the Vatican's two churches will welcome two families of refugees. (CNN) (NBC4 New York)