Hong Kong Police Launch Dawn Raid To Dismantle Protest Site Plus 4 More Stories

Your NPR stories for October 17, 2014 update preferences

Daily Briefing A look at the day's top stories News Hong Kong Police Launch Dawn Raid To Dismantle Protest Site Officers moved into the camp in the city's congested Mong Kok district, rousing sleeping protesters and clearing the road of metal and bamboo barricades set up by pro-democracy demonstrators. Read this story World Bank Head On Ebola: Put The Fire Out Where It's Raging World Bank President Jim Kim believes the world has moved too slow in battling Ebola. And closing off travel from West Africa, he says, is not the answer. Read this story Silicon Valley Companies Add New Benefit For Women: Egg-Freezing The addition of the benefit by Facebook and Apple comes as tech companies face mounting pressure to hire more women, but some warn it may increase pressure those employees feel to put off having kids. Read this story Free Speech In Hong Kong, Then And Now NPR's Frank Langfitt has traveled to Hong Kong since 1997, when the former British colony reverted to Chinese rule. Back then, residents spoke openly and gave their full names. Not anymore. Read this story The Most Common Jobs For The Rich, Middle Class And Poor What do people up and down the income ladder do for work? Read this story more news stories

This email was sent by: NPR, 1111 N. Capitol St. NE, Washington, D.C., 20002. Privacy Policy This message was sent to ignoble.experiment@arconati.us based on your NPR.org email subscriptions. If you no longer wish to receive these emails, you may unsubscribe at any time.