Oct 20 Millions of Indians celebrate Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights By Associated Press The festival involves socializing, exchanging gifts and setting off fireworks. The celebrations were most visible in Ayodhya city in Uttar Pradesh state, where over 2.6 million lamps were lit. Continue reading
Oct 20 Israeli soccer game abandoned after rioting rival fans throw flares and smoke grenades By Sam Mednick, Associated Press In a statement early Monday, a police spokesman said a handful of fans had attended the game on Sunday and fired dozens of flares and smoke grenades onto the field. Continue reading
Oct 20 Louvre remains closed one day after jewel heist By Sylvie Corbet, Associated Press Culture Minister Rachida Dati said the heist lasted less than eight minutes and was highly efficient. Continue reading
Oct 19 Ukrainian drones strike Russian gas plant as Trump says Kyiv may have to give up land for peace By Associated Press In an interview that aired on Sunday, President Donald Trump suggested that Kyiv may have to give up territory in exchange for an end to Moscow's more than 3 1/2-year invasion, in the latest of apparent reversals on how to pursue peace. Continue reading
Oct 19 Watch 5:14 Ceasefire violations in Gaza strain fragile truce between Israel and Hamas By Leila Molana-Allen, John Yang On Sunday, there were major strains on the fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, which has only been in place for a little more than a week. Israel said it carried out strikes across Gaza in response to Hamas attacks… Continue watching
Oct 19 Watch 2:44 News Wrap: Thieves steal priceless jewels from Louvre Museum In our news wrap Sunday, a brazen daytime robbery took place at the Louvre Museum, Trump called Colombia’s president an “illegal drug leader” and said he is cutting U.S. aid to the country, and London police said they are investigating… Continue watching
Oct 19 Watch 3:00 Scientists study rare bloom in the Atacama Desert, one of the driest places on Earth By William Brangham, Lorna Baldwin Wildflowers are blooming in the Atacama Desert, an inhospitable stretch of land west of the Andes Mountains that normally gets just 2 millimeters of rain every year. But this July and August, a rare alignment of conditions led to a… Continue watching
Oct 19 Fact-checking Trump’s claim that each boat strike off Venezuela’s coast saves 25,000 lives By Maria Ramirez Uribe, PolitiFact President Donald Trump said U.S. military strikes on five Venezuelan boats have saved more than 100,000 lives because the maneuvers thwarted drug smuggling. Several aspects of Trump’s statement make it wrong. Continue reading
Oct 19 Bolivia holds tight presidential runoff as voters seek a leader to lift them from crisis By Isabel DeBre, Associated Press Bolivians voted on Sunday in an unprecedented presidential runoff between two conservative, capitalist candidates, ushering in a new political era after almost 20 years of one-party rule by the Movement Toward Socialism party. Continue reading
Oct 19 Trump calls Colombia’s Petro an ‘illegal drug leader’ and cuts off U.S. aid to the country By Chris Megerian, Dánica Coto, Associated Press The United States will slash assistance to Colombia because its leader, Gustavo Petro, “does nothing to stop” drug production, President Donald Trump said Sunday, escalating the friction between Washington and one of its closest allies in Latin America. Continue reading