Indians celebrate Diwali by lighting a record number of earthen lamps – The Associated Press

  1. Indians celebrate Diwali by lighting a record number of earthen lamps  The Associated Press
  2. 'Bajrangbali's mace will protect Sanatan Dharma': Yogi Adityanath's Diwali message  Hindustan Times
  3. 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
  4. Video: Ayodhya Sparkles With Over 25 Lakh Diyas On Deepotsav, A New Record  NDTV
  5. Ayodhya sets Guinness World Records with 25 lakh diyas lit, 1,121 people performing aarti together  The Hindu
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How the U.S. Election Matters for the Rest of the World – The New York Times

  1. How the U.S. Election Matters for the Rest of the World  The New York Times
  2. Only Donald Trump can offer voters the kind of strong foreign policy the US needs now  New York Post
  3. The world braces for the fallout of next week’s US election  Semafor
  4. Breakingviews - How the US election affects the rest of the world: podcast  Reuters
  5. How this US election could change state of the world  BBC.com
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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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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.

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Mexico supreme court judges resign over reforms to allow voters to elect judiciary – The Guardian

  1. Mexico supreme court judges resign over reforms to allow voters to elect judiciary  The Guardian
  2. Majority of Mexico’s Supreme Court justices resign after judicial reform  CNN
  3. Mexico Passes Bill Barring Legal Challenges to Constitutional Changes  The New York Times
  4. 8 of 11 members of Mexico's Supreme Court to resign in protest of controversial judicial overhaul  The Associated Press
  5. Mexico's lower house restricts judiciary's power to challenge constitutional changes  Reuters Canada
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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.

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Sudan civil war: Women raped by RSF fighters in Gezira state die by suicide, activists say – BBC.com

  1. Sudan civil war: Women raped by RSF fighters in Gezira state die by suicide, activists say  BBC.com
  2. Sudan's RSF and Allies Sexually Abused Victims From 8-75 Years, UN Mission Says  U.S. News & World Report
  3. UN probe finds evidence of large-scale sexual violence by RSF in Sudan  Middle East Eye
  4. What’s the impact of Sudan’s war on its people and the region?  Al Jazeera English
  5. U.N. Mission in Sudan Warns of “Staggering” Levels of Sexual Violence by Paramilitaries  Democracy Now!
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Argentina’s Javier Milei fires foreign minister over pro-Cuba vote – Financial Times

  1. Argentina’s Javier Milei fires foreign minister over pro-Cuba vote  Financial Times
  2. Argentina's president fires his foreign minister after vote in favor of ending US embargo on Cuba  The Associated Press
  3. Argentina's Milei fires foreign minister for opposing US embargo on Cuba  BBC.com
  4. Milei Fires His Foreign Minister Who Put Out Diplomatic Fires  Bloomberg
  5. Argentina's Milei fires foreign minister over vote to end US embargo on Cuba  FRANCE 24 English
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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.

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North Korean troops in Russian uniforms moving toward Ukraine, Pentagon says – CBS News

  1. North Korean troops in Russian uniforms moving toward Ukraine, Pentagon says  CBS News
  2. Chaos as Russia tries to absorb North Korean troops, Ukraine spies say  USA TODAY
  3. Ukraine prepares to fight North Korean troops in Kursk as war escalates  Al Jazeera English
  4. North Korean troops sent to Russia may be pleased to be there, even as they face ferocious fighting  The Associated Press
  5. What does North Korea get out of sending its soldiers to fight Russia's war?  NBC News
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