Classrooms near empty as school starts in crisis-stricken Venezuela
Venezuela’s school year began on Monday with few students arriving in classrooms amid a crippling economic crisis that has left many families unable to afford supplies or provide their children with enough food to focus on schoolwork.
Nigeria’s disasters agency says 100 people killed in floods across 10 states
Floods in much of central and southern Nigeria have killed 100 people across 10 states, the country’s emergency and disasters agency said on Monday.
Spain says it does not intend Gibraltar to hinder any Brexit deal
Spain does not intend the issue of Gibraltar, a British territory on Spain’s southern coast that will leave the EU along with the UK on March 29 next year, to hinder any Brexit transition deal, the Spanish government said.
Tesla’s Musk is sued for calling Thai cave rescuer pedophile
Elon Musk, the chief executive of Tesla Inc, was sued for defamation on Monday for falsely suggesting that a British caver who helped rescue 12 boys and their soccer coach from a Thailand cave in July was a pedophile and child rapist.
Hungary to challenge European parliament’s ruling in EU court
The Hungarian government will challenge a European parliament ruling that it has violated democratic standards in the European Union’s court, national news agency MTI quoted Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s chief of staff as saying on Monday.
Nairobi governor orders investigation into deaths of 12 babies at maternity hospital
The governor of Nairobi found the bodies of 12 infants in the mortuary of a hospital in the capital – an unusually high figure even amid declining standards of health care in Kenya – when he made a surprise visit to the facility at the weekend.
Colombia protests incursion from Venezuelan soldiers
Colombia said on Monday it had sent a letter of protest to Caracas after Venezuelan soldiers crossed into its territory last week and detained three Colombian citizens, the latest setback to relations between the two South American neighbors.
Russia and Turkey agree to create buffer zone in Syria’s Idlib
Russian and Turkish troops are to enforce a new demilitarized zone in Syria’s Idlib region from which “radical” rebels will be required to withdraw by the middle of next month, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday after a meeting with his Tu…
In blow to Canada’s Trudeau, legislator defects to opposition
A legislator from Canada’s ruling Liberals unexpectedly defected to the main opposition party on Monday, dealing a blow to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau a year before the next federal election.
Lula stand-in emerges second behind Bolsonaro: Brazil election poll
Brazilian far-right presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro held a solid lead ahead of the Oct. 7 election following a near-fatal stabbing, but Workers Party (PT) candidate Fernando Haddad has emerged in second place, signaling a potential polarized righ…
