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The historic town of Mompox on Colombia’s Magdalena River is being highlighted as a rising star of South American tourism in a travel feature about an AmaWaterways river cruise excursion to the UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Bill Hill, an Alaska Native commercial fisher running as an independent, has emerged as a challenger to Republican congressman Nick Begich for Alaska's lone House seat, with the non-partisan Cook Political Report shifting the race from “likely Republican” to “leans Republican” days before the 3 November election.
In an opinion piece, money contributor Bec Wilson reports that research from super fund HESTA estimates 1.8 million Australians who could have moved their super into a retirement phase account have not done so, and could collectively be missing out on about $2.5 billion a year in potential tax savings. The article also discusses proposals to make it easier for people to access retirement income.
Ukraine has called for an emergency United Nations Security Council meeting after Russian strikes on Dnipro, Chernihiv and Kremenchuk killed 20 civilians, according to Ukraine's permanent representative to the UN, Andrii Melnyk. Melnyk announced the request on Oct. 30.
A former football club chief executive has pleaded guilty to offences relating to the drugging and rape of a woman by her husband and others. Karl Lindsay, 56, who resigned from Taunton Town Football Club before he was charged, entered his pleas at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court.
Two travellers who booked Qantas flights have described being moved from seats they selected months in advance, while another found his Qantas status was not recognised on a codeshare partner.
The Trump administration this week proposed loosening Biden-era methane regulations for oil and gas producers, a move it says will save billions of dollars and ease compliance burdens on small operators. The proposal, announced in Lubbock, Texas, by President Trump and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, comes as the national average for regular gasoline sits at $4.20 a gallon. Trump had pledged during his campaign to get gasoline below $2 a gallon.
A Kyiv Independent investigation found Ukrainians in Poland, Germany and Czechia are increasingly facing aggression, from insults on public transport to knife attacks.
Ohio prosecutors on Friday dropped charges against Eljay Crisp-Carr, the 20-year-old arrested in connection with the June 6 mass shooting at Toledo's Old West End festival that injured 12 people. Crisp-Carr had faced more than 50 felony charges, including 25 counts of attempted murder, and was released after spending about five months in jail.
The United States scrapped the traditional G20 "family photo" at the foreign ministers' meeting in Atlanta on Friday after diplomats from Europe, Australia and Canada objected to being photographed with Russia's Sergey Lavrov as the talks opened.
A wave of Houthi missile and drone attacks this month has shattered Aden’s relative calm and raised fears that the group may be seeking to capture the southern Yemeni city. The Houthis have claimed attacks on the airport, port and presidential palace.
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has warned that Israeli military actions in Gaza are raising fears of ethnic cleansing, as Palestinians are forced into an ever-shrinking part of the territory. Over the past two weeks, the UN agency documented the westward expansion of Israeli forces, triggering new displacement in Shujayea, Gaza City, and areas of central Gaza.
The Justice Department asked a federal judge on Friday to preserve and segregate every ballot ranking Daniel J. Sullivan in Alaska's US Senate race while it investigates whether voters confused the retired teacher with Republican incumbent Dan S. Sullivan, as the state's top federal prosecutor confirmed a parallel criminal investigation. The requests came days before Tuesday's election, in a race that could help decide control of the Senate.
Three men who admitted planning a firebomb attack on the Maryam Mosque in Galway in November 2025 have been sentenced at Ireland’s Special Criminal Court. The court heard that the planned attack, an offence aggravated by hatred, was intended to be the first of several targeting immigrants and people providing accommodation for asylum seekers.
Swiss Foreign Minister Ignazio Cassis made the first visit to North Korea by a Swiss government minister in more than two decades, as Switzerland reopened its diplomatic office in Pyongyang and he discussed regularising political relations with North Korean officials.
Prime Minister Andy Burnham used his address to the National Economic Council to set out a vision for deeper devolution in Scotland and Wales, calling for a collaborative approach to economic growth and industrial transition. He said he wanted the UK Government to work with devolved governments to deliver 'good growth in every postcode'.
Police are searching for a woman who slapped a six-year-old boy across the face on board a train in Edinburgh, in an attack witnessed by several people.
Tanzania and Angola have agreed to connect their railway corridors, Tanzania's president said, with a proposed route that would link the Atlantic and Indian Oceans through Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo and bring together multibillion-dollar infrastructure backed by Western governments and China.
About 400 supporters of Palestine Action face arrest by the Metropolitan Police when they gather for a demonstration outside the US embassy on Saturday, with Met Commander Adam Slonecki saying placard-holders should expect to be arrested and people playing key roles in organising, giving instructions or providing logistical support will very likely be committing an offence and face enforcement action.
Oberlin College professor Pipo Nguyen-Duy and his wife Tran Thi Phong were found shot dead in their Ohio home on Wednesday. The professor's son, Daniel Jones, 31, was arrested the same day and charged with six counts of murder, four counts of felonious assault and one count of tampering with evidence. He did not enter a plea and is being held on $3m bail.
A motorcyclist has died after a collision on Marine Drive in Llandudno on Thursday night sent the rider into the sea. Police were called at 22:31 to reports of a crash involving a black motorcycle about a mile from the Toll House towards the summit of the Great Orme.
Five gang members have been jailed at the High Court in Glasgow for their roles in a multi-million pound organised crime cash operation, after police broke into the EncroChat phone network in 2020.
The 'architect and organiser' of a prostitution ring that trafficked Romanian women into the UK has been sentenced to eight years and two months in prison. George Filip, 45, led an organised crime group responsible for the prostitution of at least 16 victims, earning hundreds of thousands of pounds, Cardiff Crown Court heard. He was assisted by his wife Ionela Filip, 35, to bring the women to work as prostitutes, while two other men, Alexandru Moco and Leonard Banica, were also involved in the conspiracy and were sentenced.
The Court of Session has ruled that the Scottish Information Commissioner 'erred in law' when he ordered ministers to disclose exempted material relating to the Salmond files, upholding the Scottish Government's appeal.
Ukraine and eight partner countries plan to sign an agreement on Nov. 30 establishing a new international defense bank, the Defense, Security and Resilience Bank (DSRB), which aims to begin operations in 2027 and could provide another source of long-term financing for weapons production and military purchases, the governments announced Oct. 29.
Coalition senators and the recording industry say allowing AI companies to train on creative works under copyright changes could breach the constitution, raising fears of massive compensation claims from rights holders worldwide.
Russia has carried out more than 350 attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure since September, damaging more than 800 pieces of equipment, Energy Minister Denys Shmyhal said on Friday, as Ukraine works to shore up its power system before the heating season.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has denied reports that Moscow is seeking a phone call between President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to avoid an in-person meeting. “Don't trust them,” Lavrov told Deutsche Welle journalists at the G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Miami, dismissing the Kyiv Independent's reporting without directly confirming whether Putin would speak to Zelensky by phone.
Pope Leo XIV has cast a mail-in ballot in the US midterm elections, becoming the first known pope to vote in a United States election. The Vatican confirmed on Friday that the pope, a US citizen from Illinois, submitted his ballot, saying he believes in the right and duty of citizens to participate in democratic processes. The pope requested the ballot on 3 October, less than two weeks before he underwent surgery to remove a cancerous tumour from his right lung.
Ukraine's military reported a new monthly record of 49,040 Russian casualties in October, bringing Kyiv closer to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's goal of 50,000 enemy casualties a month, a threshold he argues would outpace Russia's ability to replace its forces.
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado returned home on Sunday after about a year abroad, as the Trump administration disclosed its most detailed plans yet for moving the country toward elections.
Elena Rybakina has withdrawn from the Pan Pacific Open in Tokyo due to a neck injury, one day after clinching the year-end world number one ranking.
Tens of thousands of students, workers and farmers marched in more than 50 Italian cities on Friday during a general strike called by the grassroots union USB, as official data showed inflation at 5.4%, its highest level in more than three years. The national mobilisation, under the slogan 'Shut everything down', targets the soaring cost of living, education spending cuts and rising defence spending.
Christa Pike, the Tennessee death row inmate who survived a failed lethal injection last month, issued her first public statement on Friday, saying she remains in constant pain, still struggles to speak and is "deeply hurt by the incompetence that has put so many people in this terrible position."
The Irish government plans to establish a body to assess the possibility of a united Ireland, Prime Minister Micheal Martin told The Irish Times in an interview published on Friday. Martin said Dublin would, for the first time, research and prepare for a union with Northern Ireland.
Qatari mediators held more than 12 hours of talks in Tehran on Friday in an effort to restart direct negotiations between the United States and Iran, according to diplomatic sources. A diplomatic source said there was “positive progress” and that talks were ongoing, and said the mediators were in regular contact with the White House during Friday’s session. Discussions were to continue in Doha on Saturday.
A new dog law comes into force in the UK on 1 November, requiring owners of banned dog breeds to ensure children under the age of 12 are not left in close contact with their pets in a private place without adult supervision. The regulation is part of a government crackdown on banned breeds; having a banned dog against the law can bring penalties including prison time.
Bulgaria’s presidential election will be decided in a runoff on Sunday, with acting President Iliana Iotova facing former interim Prime Minister Andrey Gyurov after a first round that saw record low turnout of just under 23 per cent. The two candidates, both running as independents, are backed by opposing factions and represent opposing foreign policy approaches and political alignments.
The rapid expansion of data centers has become one of Maine’s volatile campaign issues, as rural voters push back against resource strain and rising utility costs while tech and data center interests spend millions on the race. Republican Sen. Susan Collins and Democratic challenger Troy Jackson are campaigning amid a September poll in which 76 percent of respondents said they oppose building a data center in their community, in a contest that will help determine control of the U.S. Senate.
Beijing’s annual independent queer film festival has been cancelled after what is understood to have been a campaign of sustained harassment from the authorities, with organisers announcing the Love Queer Film Week cancellation late Thursday as police increased pressure through repeated phone calls in recent weeks.
A man who mowed down a head teacher and dragged him for more than a mile while trapped beneath his car has been found guilty of murder. Simon Richardson, 35, was convicted at Manchester Minshull Street Crown Court of killing Michael Mullins, 56, as he cycled home from Stretford Grammar School on 20 April. There were shouts of 'Yes!' from the public gallery as the verdict was announced, and others could be heard crying. The judge, Mrs Justice Brunner KC, told Richardson the only sentence for murder is life imprisonment. He will be sentenced on Monday.
The United States has upped pressure on its ostensible allies as part of a push for a truce in the Russia-Ukraine war. Kyiv has paused strikes on Russian refineries at Washington's behest, as Washington seeks to corral fuel prices, The Wall Street Journal reported, while Reuters reported that the Pentagon urged European leaders to calm their rhetoric over the threat of Russian aggression. The Trump administration has also waived new sanctions on Russian energy and reached a diesel deal with the Kremlin, decisions met with unease in Europe, which sees Washington as unnecessarily pressuring Kyiv.
Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg have followed President Trump's push to rebrand artificial intelligence as 'super intelligence' on their companies' earnings calls, a month after Trump ordered executive branch departments and agencies to make the switch. Other tech leaders, including Amazon's Andy Jassy, Microsoft's Satya Nadella and Alphabet's Sundar Pichai, continued to use the term AI on their calls this week.
Texas has unilaterally taken control of nine islands on the Rio Grande, prompting Mexico to demand respect for the 1970 Boundary Treaty. State Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham authorised the Texas National Guard to access the river islands to maintain operational security.
More than 1,400 Africans have been recruited since 2023 to fight for Russia in Ukraine, a sensitive issue that is absent from the Africa-Russia summit agenda. In Tunisia, concern is growing as families of several men who travelled to Russia for work or study are still searching for answers about their loved ones, according to a France 24 report.
A Russian drone strike killed at least 14 people at a train station in the Ukrainian city of Dnipro on Thursday, even as a US-brokered localized ceasefire in the occupied city of Oleshky held for a third day, Semafor reported.
The 2027 edition of the Dakar Rally will be hosted by Portugal and Morocco, organisers Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) announced, after the event was pulled from Saudi Arabia over security concerns. The prologue and opening stage will be in Portugal's Algarve region before the rally moves to Morocco for 11 stages.
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has reversed its decision to hold the Africa Cup of Nations every four years, announcing that the tournament will return to its traditional two-year cycle.