A tanker ship collided with ‌a luxury paddle wheeler docked in New Orleans on the Mississippi River on Friday, causing the cruise vessel to roll over and sink as passengers scurried to disembark and dozens were flung into the water.

State and federal officers on Saturday searched a biofuels plant in Peoria, Illinois, for explosives after a device deemed a “credible threat” was found ​nearby, officials said, prompting a notice for residents to evacuate ‌an area with a 1-mile radius.

Democratic candidate Jonathan Kreiss-Tomkins has been elected governor of ​Alaska, according to projections by ‌the Associated Press and NBC News, the latest win for the party ​in a wave of midterm ​state government and US congressional election ⁠victories.

The Russian government has established a cull of up to 30% of brown bear populations;

The British government announced on Saturday that it would expand a programme to provide guaranteed jobs ​to young people and extend it nationwide as part ‌of measures to address the problem of youth unemployment.

As smog again settles over large parts of South Asia, Pakistani authorities are widening a crackdown ​on illegal stubble burning they say is fuelling the region’s annual pollution crisis.

Airlines canceled ​4,500 US flights and delayed 4,400 more on Saturday as the United States struggled to recover from the longest nationwide flight shutdown ‌since the September 11, 2001, attacks.

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s office summoned the telecommunications secretary on Saturday to explain how officials ordered the takedown of more than 100 websites based on fake court orders, two government officials said.

The US Federal Aviation Administration lifted a nationwide ground stop on Friday ​after a communications failure at air traffic control centers caused chaos at airports and triggered the longest nationwide shutdown since the September 11, 2001, attacks.

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A global outage of Microsoft Outlook and Teams was easing on Friday after more than 24 hours of disruption crippled online communications across businesses and governments, though ‌the company said it still had no timeline for full recovery of services.

A tanker ship collided with an ​American Cruise Lines passenger ship that was docked in New ‌Orleans on the Mississippi River, where rescue efforts were under way for multiple passengers in the water.