Oct 29 Bolsonaro, Lula make final appeals for votes ahead of Brazil's runoff By Mauricio Savarese, Associated Press Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva made their final appeals for support ahead of Sunday’s presidential runoff vote following an acrimonious face-to-face debate. Continue reading
Oct 29 Witnesses allege deadly abuses by Eritrean forces during Ethiopia peace talks By Cara Anna, Associated Press Even as Ethiopia’s warring sides attend their first formal peace talks in a devastating two-year conflict, witnesses in the country’s embattled Tigray region tell The Associated Press that forces from neighboring Eritrea are killing some civilians and looting as they and allied… Continue reading
Oct 29 How and why do crowd surges turn deadly? By Associated Press It happened at a music festival in Houston, a soccer stadium in England, during a hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia, in a Chicago nightclub, and countless other gatherings: Large crowds surge toward exits, onto playing fields or press up against a stage… Continue reading
Oct 29 Watch 7:55 News Wrap: Hundreds killed and injured in Seoul stampede In our news wrap Saturday, more than 140 people died in a stampede at a Halloween festival in Seoul, two car bombs killed scores of people in Somalia's capital city, Iran's Revolutionary Guard issued an ultimatum to protestors, Russia said… Continue watching
Oct 29 Watch 8:47 Unpacking Israel and Lebanon's historic maritime border deal By Andrew Corkery, Winston Wilde This week, Israel and Lebanon, two countries technically at war for decades, took a rare step towards easing tensions with a maritime border agreement brokered by the United States. Neri Zilber, a reporter based in Tel Aviv, and Maya Gebeily,… Continue watching
Oct 29 Iran's Revolutionary Guard issues warning to protestors about 'end of the riots' By Associated Press Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard issued a new warning on Saturday to antigovernment protesters, even as demonstrations continued in cities and university campuses across the country for the sixth straight week. Continue reading
Oct 29 Russia suspends Ukraine grain export deal over claims of Crimea ship attack By Andrew Meldrum, Associated Press Russia announced Saturday that it will immediately suspend its implementation of a U.N.-brokered grain deal that has seen more than 9 million tons of grain exported from Ukraine during the war and has brought down soaring global food prices. Continue reading
Oct 29 Death toll rises above 140 in Seoul after Halloween crowd crush By Kim Tong-Hyung, Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press At least 120 people were killed and 100 more were injured as they were crushed by a large crowd pushing forward on a narrow street during Halloween festivities in the capital of Seoul, South Korean officials said. Continue reading
Oct 29 Two explosions kill 'scores' of civilians near ministry offices in Somalia's capital By Omar Faruk, Associated Press Two car bombs exploded Saturday at a busy junction in Somalia's capital near key government offices, leaving “scores of civilian casualties,” police told state media. The attack came five years after a massive blast at the same location. Continue reading
Oct 29 Cholera cases, deaths spike in Haiti amid fuel and water crisis By Evens Sanon, Associated Press A rapidly spreading cholera outbreak is straining the resources of nonprofits and local hospitals in a country where fuel, water and other basic supplies are growing scarcer by the day. Continue reading