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President Donald Trump addressed a midterm campaign rally in Grand Island on Monday, October 5, urging Nebraska voters to support Republican candidates and framing the November 3 elections as a referendum on his administration. Trump told the crowd to imagine…
A powerful hailstorm swept through parts of Bogotá on Monday, October 5, covering streets, parks and sidewalks in ice and briefly making parts of the city look as if they had been hit by snow. It was hail, not snowfall.…
President Donald Trump faced questions about his position on mail voting after encouraging supporters to use a method he has repeatedly criticised. The exchange took place outside the White House on Monday, October 5, before Trump departed for a campaign…
The United States is sending another aircraft carrier strike group and about 9,000 sailors and Marines to the Middle East as tensions with Iran continue. The deployment gives US commanders additional military capacity, but it does not confirm that Washington…
More than 4,000 people have died in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Ebola outbreak, while the destruction of a displacement camp housing a transit centre for infected patients has added to the strain on the response. Government figures released on…
The Tigray Peace Forces, a pro-government militia, said it had taken control of Mekelle. Reuters reported that the Ethiopian military followed the militia into the city, while a humanitarian source and a resident also confirmed that government forces and their…
A global selloff in government bonds pushed the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury to 5.34% on Thursday, October 1—its highest level since 2002, according to Reuters. The yield later fell back as some investors returned to the market. On…
A woman claiming to be familiar with the families of TikTok creator Audrey Cyril and her fiancé, known as Mr Presh, says the couple are no longer together and that the groom called off their planned wedding. In an account…
Indonesian police have arrested the captain of a ferry that capsized in the Java Sea last month, killing at least 78 people. Police have named him a criminal suspect as investigators examine whether the vessel was fit to sail. The…
An avalanche buried a camp at the base of Himlung Himal in central Nepal, killing at least 15 Nepali workers who were preparing the site for the autumn climbing season. The avalanche struck over the weekend at the mountain’s base…