News Headlines - 15 October 2019

▽Typhoon Hagibis: Homeless men denied shelter in middle of typhoon - BBC News

The Japanese prime minister has said typhoon shelters "should be open to everyone" - after two homeless people were turned away during the country's worst storm in decades.
Typhoon Hagibis brought heavy rain and winds of 225km/h (140mph) to Japan at the weekend, killing 72 people.
But when two homeless men tried to use a shelter in Tokyo, they were turned away as they did not have addresses.

▽North, South Korea's World Cup Qualifier in Empty Stadium | Time

North Korea held South Korea to a 0-0 draw Tuesday in a World Cup qualifying soccer match played in an empty stadium in Pyongyang. Specific details of the game weren’t immediately available. South Korean soccer officials were unable to watch a telecast of the historic game at Kim Il Sung Stadium and South Korean spectators and media were denied entry.

▽ Father goes to bury dead baby, finds alive infant girl buried inside earthen pot

A newborn girl was found buried alive inside an earthen pot in a cremation ground in Uttar Pradesh's Bareilly.
The infant was found and rescued on Saturday by a man who had gone to bury his daughter.

▽NASA shows off patriotic new spacesuits for moon and Mars astronauts - CNET

The space agency broadcast a demonstration of new spacesuit designs for the Artemis moon mission at a Tuesday press conference, where NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine hosted a dramatic catwalk-style unveiling of the new suits.
The public event showcased two prototypes. The orange Orion Crew Survival System suit is meant to be worn during launch and reentry on board the Orion spacecraft. The red, white and blue Exploration Extravehicular Mobility Unit (xEMU) is for moonwalking.

▽Facebook forms its cryptocurrency council after key backers drop out

Facebook’s embattled cryptocurrency project has just announced its 21 founding members, a group that lacks many of the high-profile companies that originally voiced support for the effort.
The members, including Uber, Lyft and Spotify, met in Geneva, Switzerland, on Monday to sign onto the Libra Association charter, which will govern the libra cryptocurrency.