- Britain cranks up taxes by £40B and gambles on growth POLITICO Europe
- Budget 2024 calculator: find out if you are better or worse off The Guardian
- UK Business Minister Admits Tax Hikes May Hit Hiring and Pay Growth Bloomberg
- UK Budget poses new challenge for public finances, Moody’s warns Financial Times
- Rachel Reeves thought she was being clever: punishment has been swift The Telegraph
What Joe Rogan, Washington Post dramas say about the US election and media
Trump and Harris have both shunned newspapers in favour of podcasts, highlighting media's struggle for relevance.
Indians celebrate Diwali by lighting a record number of earthen lamps – The Associated Press
- Indians celebrate Diwali by lighting a record number of earthen lamps The Associated Press
- 'Bajrangbali's mace will protect Sanatan Dharma': Yogi Adityanath's Diwali message Hindustan Times
- Diwali 2024 Live Updates: We are putting our Army in the league of the world's most modern military forces, says PM The Times of India
- Video: Ayodhya Sparkles With Over 25 Lakh Diyas On Deepotsav, A New Record NDTV
- Ayodhya sets Guinness World Records with 25 lakh diyas lit, 1,121 people performing aarti together The Hindu
How the U.S. Election Matters for the Rest of the World – The New York Times
- How the U.S. Election Matters for the Rest of the World The New York Times
- Only Donald Trump can offer voters the kind of strong foreign policy the US needs now New York Post
- The world braces for the fallout of next week’s US election Semafor
- Breakingviews - How the US election affects the rest of the world: podcast Reuters
- How this US election could change state of the world BBC.com
Harris hails first-time and gen Z voters at Wisconsin rally: ‘I’m so proud of you’
Artists including Remi Wolf, Gracie Abrams and Mumford & Sons join VP at rally briefly interrupted by Gaza protesters
Kamala Harris warned a crowd that time was running out at a get-out-the-vote event in Madison, Wisconsin, on Wednesday, joined by a lineup of folk and pop musicians including Remi Wolf, Gracie Abrams and Mumford & Sons.
“We have six days left in one of the most consequential elections of our lifetime,” the vice-president and Democratic nominee told the crowd, denouncing Donald Trump and issuing a dire warning about the consequences of a second Trump presidency.
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Continue reading...New Jersey’s largest paper ends daily print editions but will continue online
Star-Ledger’s owner said decision was due to rising costs, decreasing circulation and reduced demand for print copies
The owner of New Jersey’s largest newspaper says it will stop publishing a daily print version of the paper early next year, but its online version will continue.
The Newark Morning Ledger Co said the decision announced on Wednesday was due to rising costs, decreasing circulation and reduced demand for print copies of the Star-Ledger. Two other daily New Jersey newspapers are also expected to end their print publications in the coming months, while a fourth daily newspaper, the Jersey Journal, is expected to cease publication altogether.
Continue reading...Mexico supreme court judges resign over reforms to allow voters to elect judiciary – The Guardian
- Mexico supreme court judges resign over reforms to allow voters to elect judiciary The Guardian
- Majority of Mexico’s Supreme Court justices resign after judicial reform CNN
- Mexico Passes Bill Barring Legal Challenges to Constitutional Changes The New York Times
- 8 of 11 members of Mexico's Supreme Court to resign in protest of controversial judicial overhaul The Associated Press
- Mexico's lower house restricts judiciary's power to challenge constitutional changes Reuters Canada
‘Why I spent my university fees on Somali TikTok battles’
Somalis gamble big money during livestream events as ancient clan fights are waged on social media.
Women raped in war-hit Sudan die by suicide, activists say
Several women raped by paramilitary fighters in Gezira state have taken their own lives, activists say.
Israel strikes historic Lebanese city of Baalbek after ordering evacuation
Tens of thousands flee as the Israeli military says it struck fuel depots belonging to Hezbollah.
A Gaza medic realizes he’s carrying his own mother’s body, killed by an Israeli airstrike – The Associated Press
North Korea launches ICBM in longest-ever ballistic missile test
Longest flight time recorded for North Korean intercontinental ballistic missile raises fears of new weapon.
Leading human rights lawyer Xu Zhiyong on hunger strike in Chinese prison, family says
Xu is protesting against what he describes as inhumane treatment in prison, including lack of contact with his family
Concerns are growing about the health of Xu Zhiyong, China’s most prominent imprisoned human rights lawyer, who is thought to have been on hunger strike for nearly a month.
Xu, a scholar and leading figure in China’s embattled civil rights movement, started his hunger strike on 4 October, according to Chinese Human Rights Defenders, an NGO. He is protesting against what he describes as inhumane treatment in prison, including lack of contact with his family and intensive surveillance by other prisoners, according to reports released through his relatives.
Continue reading...Sudan civil war: Women raped by RSF fighters in Gezira state die by suicide, activists say – BBC.com
- Sudan civil war: Women raped by RSF fighters in Gezira state die by suicide, activists say BBC.com
- Sudan's RSF and Allies Sexually Abused Victims From 8-75 Years, UN Mission Says U.S. News & World Report
- UN probe finds evidence of large-scale sexual violence by RSF in Sudan Middle East Eye
- What’s the impact of Sudan’s war on its people and the region? Al Jazeera English
- U.N. Mission in Sudan Warns of “Staggering” Levels of Sexual Violence by Paramilitaries Democracy Now!
Argentina’s Javier Milei fires foreign minister over pro-Cuba vote – Financial Times
- Argentina’s Javier Milei fires foreign minister over pro-Cuba vote Financial Times
- Argentina's president fires his foreign minister after vote in favor of ending US embargo on Cuba The Associated Press
- Argentina's Milei fires foreign minister for opposing US embargo on Cuba BBC.com
- Milei Fires His Foreign Minister Who Put Out Diplomatic Fires Bloomberg
- Argentina's Milei fires foreign minister over vote to end US embargo on Cuba FRANCE 24 English
Argentina’s Milei fires foreign minister for opposing US embargo on Cuba
President Javier Milei fires Diana Mondino after Argentina backs lifting the US economic embargo on Cuba at the UN.
Deadly Israeli strike targeted ‘spotter’ on Beit Lahia building’s roof, official says
Tuesday's Israeli strike left 93 Palestinians dead or missing, local health officials said. The US described it as "horrifying".
Military interaction with N Korea doesn’t breach int’l law: Russia UN envoy
US and South Korean defence chiefs call on Pyongyang to withdraw its troops from Russia.
Victoria to cut more than 130 bushfire forest service jobs – As it happened
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Young man dies in multi-vehicle crash in Queensland’s Bundaberg Region
A fatal multi-vehicle traffic crash last night at Elliot in Queensland’s Bundaberg Region last night is being investigated by the police forensic crash Unit.
All travel has been appropriately declared and is a matter of public record.
The only people that need to look at the rules are [shadow transport minister] Bridget McKenzie and Peter Dutton. They’ve got some serious explaining to do.
Continue reading...Prosecutors push for 17-year sentence for Pentagon leaker Jack Teixeira
A low-level airman, Teixeira pleaded guilty to sharing hundreds of classified files on the social media site Discord.