Oct 28 Bolsonaro courts farm vote with former Brazilian minister of agriculture By Mauricio Savarese, Associated Press President Jair Bolsonaro's former agriculture minister has become the face of his campaign in Brazil's agribusiness heartland — a part of the country where the conservative incumbent appears to be leading his leftist rival, ex-President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Continue reading
Oct 28 Financial sanctions for organization that targeted author Salman Rushdie By Fatima Hussein, Associated Press The U.S. is imposing financial penalties on an Iranian-based organization that put a bounty on the head of British-American author Salman Rushdie, who was violently attacked in August at a literary event. Continue reading
Oct 28 Pakistani former leader Imran Khan starts march to Islamabad with supporters by his side By Zaheer Babar, Associated Press Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan and thousands of his supporters have started a long-promised march to the capital, Islamabad, to challenge his successor's government and demand early elections. Continue reading
Oct 28 U.S. warns North Korea on nuclear weapons as country continues missile tests By Hyung-Jin Kim, Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press South Korea says that North Korea has fired two short-range ballistic missiles toward the sea in its first ballistic weapons tests in two weeks. Continue reading
Oct 28 Floods and landslides ravage south Philippines, killing at least 50 By Jim Gomez, Associated Press Philippine officials say torrential rains set off flash floods and landslides that swamped a southern province, killing at least 42 people and leaving 16 others missing. Continue reading
Oct 28 Russia seeks good news in eastern Ukraine with artillery strikes of Bakhmut By Inna Varenytsia, Sam Mednick, Associated Press Russian soldiers are slowly edging closer to a city in eastern Ukraine they have tried to seize for months. Continue reading
Oct 27 Watch 4:35 News Wrap: U.S. GDP grows in third quarter, European Central Bank raises interest rates In our news wrap Thursday, the U.S. economy is showing pockets of strength as the GDP grew at a 2.6% annual rate from July through September, the European Central Bank raised interest rates by three-quarters of a percent to help… Continue watching
Oct 27 Watch 9:20 Russia's nuclear threats, false claims about Ukrainian bombs hang over the ongoing war By Nick Schifrin, Ali Rogin, Dan Sagalyn, Zeba Warsi Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed he had no plans to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine, despite previous threats to do so. His comments came as the U.S. Department of Defense released a set of major strategy documents. Under Secretary of… Continue watching
Oct 27 Watch 10:04 Brazil's Indigenous communities confront challenges to their land and way of life By Jane Ferguson, Dan Sagalyn, Teresa Cebrian Aranda, Charles Lyons This weekend, millions of Brazilians will go to the polls to vote in the final round of a hugely consequential presidential election. Special Correspondent Jane Ferguson takes us inside the Amazon to explore how this election could impact Indigenous people… Continue watching
Oct 27 Same-sex marriage is legalized in all of Mexico's states By Associated Press Lawmakers in the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas have voted to legalize same-sex marriages, becoming the last of Mexico's 32 states to authorize such unions. Continue reading