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They Smash Chestnuts as a Sport. Then Controversy Hit.

World Conker Championships is a light-hearted event that has attracted contestants from all over the globe. This year, a cheating scandal took it by storm.

Sports - The New York Times - October 20

Yellow warnings in place as Storm Ashley hits

Warnings in Cumbria, Devon and Cornwall are issued for winds gusting up to 60mph (97km/h) and rain.

UK borrowing costs hit highest level this year as gilt sell-off intensifies

Bond markets unnerved by scale of extra borrowing in chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Budget

Business - Financial Times - October 31

Western consumer groups unconvinced by China’s economic stimulus efforts

Falling sales for luxury, beauty and beer companies fuel doubts about Beijing’s attempts to boost confidence

Business - Financial Times - October 31

Trump hits three battleground states

Former President Donald Trump held campaign events in Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Georgia on Sunday. Nikole Killion reports.

Trump and Harris make final push to break US election deadlock

Presidential candidates descend on Pennsylvania as polls in most crucial swing state show a dead heat

Business - Financial Times - 5 days ago

How violence became a theme of America’s election

Voters are on edge after a campaign season characterised by ‘unprecedented’ levels of extreme rhetoric

Business - Financial Times - 5 days ago

Harris urges Israel to ramp up Gaza aid, citing UN food report

Vice President Harris on Sunday pushed for Israel to ramp up aid to Gaza, citing a World Food Programme (WFP) report. “The UN reports that no food has entered northern Gaza in nearly 2 weeks. ...

Politics - The Hill - October 14

Middle East crisis live: Israeli attacks on UN forces in Lebanon must stop, say UK, Italy, France and Germany

Benjamin Netanyahu claims Israeli military did its utmost to avoid harming Unifil personnel while striking Hezbollah fighters. More now on the Hezbollah strike on an IDF training base we reported ...

World - The Guardian - October 14

The UN says over 400,000 children in Lebanon have been displaced in 3 weeks by war

A top official with the U.N. children's agency says more than 400,000 children in Lebanon have been displaced in the past three weeks

World - ABC News - October 15

Israeli airstrike kills more than 20 in northern Lebanon as UN peacekeeping row grows

Hezbollah fires rockets at Tel Aviv in wake of Israeli attack on Christian town, as UN security council voiced strong concern over IDF attacks on peacekeepers. More than 20 people have been killed ...

World - The Guardian - October 14

Middle East crisis live: US warns Israel it will withhold arms funding if Gaza aid doesn’t improve

US state department confirms reports that secretary of state and defense secretary warned Israel . See all our Middle East coverage here Israeli military strikes killed at least 40 ...

World - The Guardian - October 15

Southern Africa is enduring its worst hunger crisis in decades due to El Niño, the UN says

The United Nations' food agency says months of drought in southern Africa triggered by the El Niño weather phenomenon have had a devastating impact on more than 27 million people and caused the ...

World - ABC News - October 16

UN asks Asia-Pacific countries to invest more in preventing damage from disasters

A U.N. official says disasters, including those wrought by fiercer storms, are threatening more people and could derail economic progress in the Asia Pacific region if governments would not invest ...

World - ABC News - October 15

US demands proof that Israel does not have starvation policy in northern Gaza

Pressure grows on Israel to allow in more aid, as UN ambassador says US ‘will be watching’ its actions on the ground. Middle East crisis – live updates The US has demanded proof on the ground ...

World - The Guardian - October 16

The Taliban say they are investigating reports of Afghan casualties on the Iran border

World - ABC News - October 17

Yahya Sinwar’s death raises ceasefire hopes and is a ‘moment of justice’ says Biden – Middle East crisis live

US president tells Netanyahu ‘let’s make this moment an opportunity to seek a path to peace, a better future in Gaza without Hamas’. At least 28 people have been killed in an Israeli airstrike on a ...

World - The Guardian - October 18

North Korea’s Kim Jong Un calls South Korea a foreign, hostile country

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said South Korea is a foreign and hostile nation, state media reported Friday.

At least 87 killed in strike on northern Gaza, officials say, as UN warns 'nowhere is safe'

Israel says it is checking reports of casualties but added earlier - lower - figures from Hamas were "exaggerated".

Middle East crisis live: child among four people killed in Israeli airstrike at hospital in south Beirut

Lebanese health ministry says more than 20 were wounded as spokesperson for hospital says entrance of hospital was hit. Israeli forces blew up homes and besieged schools and shelters for displaced ...

World - The Guardian - October 21

‘Utter ruin’: Gaza economy would take 350 years to return to pre-conflict level, UN says

Report says ‘intense military operations in Gaza have left unprecedented humanitarian, environmental and social catastrophe’. Middle East crisis – live updates Gaza’s economy has been left ...

World - The Guardian - October 22

A UN report says it could take 350 years for Gaza to rebuild if it remains under a blockade

U.N. agencies have long warned that it could take decades to rebuild Gaza after Israel’s offensive against Hamas

World - ABC News - October 22

North Korea’s Kim Jong Un visits missile bases and cites U.S. nuclear threat

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has visited missile bases to examine their readiness to undertake actions of “strategic deterrence,” state media reported.

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