Peru: Ex-president Toledo sentenced to more than 20 years
Alejandro Toledo was convicted of accepting $35 million in bribes. The court imposed the sentence after years of legal wrangling, including a dispute over whether the former president could be extradited from the US. A Peruvian court on Monday sentenced former President Alejandro Toledo to more than 20
Ukraine updates: Pentagon head in Kyiv ahead of US election
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin talked arms and strategy in a likely last visit before the US election on November 5. Meanwhile, NATO warns North Korea deploying troops to Ukraine marks an escalation. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Monday welcomed US Secretary of Defense Lloyd
Moldova narrowly votes ‘yes’ to EU membership
Earlier preliminary results had indicted a majority “no,” but a surge of
Indigenous Catholic priest gunned down in Mexico
Marcelo Perez, who was both a prominent Indigenous rights activist and a
Cuba: Hurricane Oscar makes landfall amid power outage
Authorities said that the hurricane could cause flooding along the coast in
Politics
Albania: Former President Ilir Meta arrested
The politician has been arrested on charges of corruption and money laundering. His lawyers say he is the victim political persecution. Police in Albania arrested former
Mozambique: Police fire tear gas at opposition leader
The capital of Mozambique, Maputo, was brought to a standstill by strikes and protests on Monday, before police dispersed demonstrators using tear gas. Caught
Pakistan: Why ex-PM Khan’s supporters are rooting for Trump
Supporters of former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan blame the Biden administration for his ouster and current legal woes. Would Donald Trump’s return to
Business
Ukraine updates: Zelenskyy touts ‘victory plan’ to lawmakers
During an address to Ukrainian lawmakers, Zelenskyy ruled out ceding territory to Russia and urged the West to extend an invitation to NATO. Meanwhile, Biden has announced more military aid for Kyiv.
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Culture
One Direction singer Liam Payne dies aged 31
Former One Direction singer Liam Payne has been found dead after he fell from a hotel balcony in Argentina. Payne had been vocal about
One Direction singer Liam Payne dies in hotel balcony fall
Former One Direction singer Liam Payne has been found dead after he fell from a hotel balcony in Argentina. Payne had been vocal about
Portrait by robot to be sold at Sotheby’s in world first
For the first time ever, a well-known auction house is selling an artwork that was painted by a robot. Sotheby’s will be auctioning off
Nobel Prize: Trio win 2024 award for economics
Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James A. Robinson were picked for their studies on how institutions shape the economic success of nations. The $1
Society
NASA launches probe to see if life possible on Jupiter moon
A NASA spacecraft has lifted off on a quest to explore one of Jupiter’s moons with scientists suspecting a deep ocean could exist beneath its icy crust. A NASA spacecraft lifted off on Monday
Nepali teen hailed after setting 8,000-meter peak record
Nima Rinji Sherpa has set a record as the youngest person in the world to summit all of the world’s 8,000-meter peaks. Scores of well-wishers came to greet him at the airport.
Ryanair slashes German services, complains about taxes, fees
Low-cost airline Ryanair is stopping all flights to three minor German airports and also cutting its operations in Hamburg by more than half. It blamed the government in Berlin for high taxes