Oct 31 Brazil's voters return Lula to presidency, right-wing Bolsonaro yet to concede By Diane Jeantet, Mauricio Savarese, Associated Press Brazilians have delivered a very tight victory to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in a divisive presidential election, giving the leftist former president another shot at power in a rejection of incumbent Jair Bolsonaro's far-right politics. Continue reading
Oct 30 Lula edges ahead of Bolsonaro as final votes tallied in Brazil runoff election By Diane Jeantet, Carla Bridi, Associated Press Far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva were very close in Brazil’s runoff presidential election with more than 97 percent of the votes tallied. Continue reading
Oct 30 Global hunger concerns rise again as Russia resumes grain blockade of Ukraine By Sam Mednick, Associated Press Russia resumed its blockade of Ukrainian ports on Sunday, cutting off urgently needed grain exports to hungry parts of the world in what U.S. President Joe Biden called a “really outrageous” act. Continue reading
Oct 30 Watch 3:32 News Wrap: South Korea mourns victims of Seoul crowd crush In our news wrap Sunday, South Korea grieves after a fatal crowd crush in Seoul, terrorist group al-Shabab claimed responsibility for Saturday's bombings in Somalia's capital, at least 80 people died in a bridge collapse in India, polls have closed… Continue watching
Oct 30 Fearing a tsunami, Philippine storm victims ran toward deadly mudslide By Jim Gomez, Associated Press Victims of a huge mudslide set off by a storm in a coastal Philippine village that had once been devastated by a killer tsunami mistakenly thought a tidal wave was coming and ran to higher ground where they were buried… Continue reading
Oct 30 Lebanon's president leaves with no replacement amid political, economic crisis By Bassem Mroue, Abby Sewell, Associated Press President Michel Aoun left Lebanon's presidential palace Sunday, marking the end of his six-year term without a replacement, leaving the small nation in a political vacuum that is likely to worsen its historic economic meltdown. Continue reading
Oct 30 More than 60 dead, many injured in western India bridge collapse By Associated Press At least 60 people died and many are feared injured after a cable bridge collapsed into a river in the western Indian state of Gujarat on Sunday evening, local media reported. Continue reading
Oct 30 South Korea reels with grief, shock after deadly Halloween crowd surge By Kim Tong-Hyung, Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press Concerned relatives raced to hospitals in search of their loved ones Sunday as South Korea mourned the deaths of more than 150 people, mostly in their 20s and 30s, who got trapped and crushed after a huge Halloween party crowd… Continue reading
Oct 30 'There was no exit': Witness recalls harrowing moments in Seoul crowd surge By Associated Press As he watched a dozen or more unconscious partygoers carried out from a narrow backstreet packed with youngsters dressed like movie characters, an overwhelmed Ken Fallas couldn’t process what was happening. Continue reading
Oct 30 At least 100 killed in Mogadishu car bombings, says Somalia's president By Omar Faruk, Associated Press Somalia’s president says at least 100 people were killed in Saturday’s two car bombings at a busy junction in the capital and the toll could rise in the country's deadliest attack since a truck bombing at the same spot five years ago… Continue reading