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Floods destroy 1.1 million tons of rice in Bangladesh
Floods in Bangladesh have destroyed an estimated 1.1 million metric tons of rice, according to data from the agriculture ministry, prompting the country to ramp up imports of the staple grain amid soaring food prices. The agriculture ministry said this year's flooding has resulted in a substantial loss of rice production. In response, the government is moving quickly to import 500,000 tons of rice and is expected to permit private sector imports soon, a food ministry official said.
USA TODAY
Ready for daylight saving time 2024? Here's when it ends and we 'fall back'
There are just two weeks until two crucial events on the American calendar: Election Day and the end of daylight saving time.
Associated Press
Israeli strikes on northern Gaza leave at least 87 dead or missing, Palestinian officials say
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israeli strikes on multiple homes in the northern Gaza Strip overnight and into Sunday left at least 87 people dead or missing, the territory's Health Ministry said. It said another 40 people were wounded in the strikes on the town of Beit Lahiya, which was among the first targets of Israel’s ground invasion nearly a year ago. The strikes came as the United States is investigating an unauthorized release of classified documents that assess Israel’s plans to attack Iran, according to three U.S. officials.
AFP
Gaza war, settler attacks ruin Palestinian olive harvest
After a year of relentless war, Gaza's olive harvest is set to suffer, while in the occupied West Bank, Palestinian farmers fear to tend their groves due to settler attacks.In the West Bank, the harvest has been marred by perennial fears of attacks by Israeli settlers, who regularly prevent Palestinians from accessing their olive groves or outright destroy their orchards.
CNN
Israel says it killed the Hamas mastermind behind October 7. Here’s what we know
More than a year after Hamas’ devastating October 7 attacks on Israel, the country’s military said Thursday it had killed the man it considers to have been the chief architect of that cross-border incursion – raising questions about the future of the war and of the militant group itself, which has faced blow after blow in recent months.
AFP
US, Iran in 'tug of war' over Lebanon: analysts
With Iran-backed Hezbollah on the defensive after a series of heavy Israeli blows, the United States and Iran are locked in a showdown over Lebanon's future, analysts said.The United States has pushed for ceasefire, but has also expressed support for Israeli attempts to "degrade Hezbollah's infrastructure".
USA TODAY
Is Trump 'exhausted'? Dems play the age card he used against Biden
A town hall where Trump cut off questions and pivoted to 39 minutes of music and dancing fueled questions about his fitness.
Reuters
'Everything is lost' says father, as Senegal repatriates citizens escaping Lebanon
Hussein Hachem hugged his injured daughter as she arrived in Senegal on a flight repatriating citizens escaping the escalating conflict in Lebanon. As Israeli forces pounded southern Lebanon and Beirut's southern suburbs in a broadening offensive against Hezbollah, Hachem's daughter Mariam, 11, who had suffered a broken foot, was among 117 Senegalese flown to Dakar on a government-organised flight. Senegal has a significant Lebanese diaspora community, and has historical ties to both Lebanon and Palestine.
USA TODAY
Three generations, one mission: Inside three women's quest to protect the vote
Three generations of Black women activists use different tactics and strategies to register voters.
CNN
How to watch the Orionid meteor shower, debris from Halley’s comet
The annual Orionid meteor shower is set to peak Sunday night into Monday at a rate of 10 to 20 meteors per hour. Here’s how to see the spectacle in the night sky.
AFP
Israel escalates Beirut bombing, accused of killing 73 in Gaza strike
Fighting raged on two fronts Sunday as Israel targeted what it said was a Hezbollah "command centre" in the Lebanese capital, while in Gaza rescuers reported 73 people killed in a single air strike.The Israeli military said it hit a Hezbollah "command centre of Hezbollah's intelligence headquarters" and underground weapons facility in Beirut, and that it also killed three Hezbollah militants in other strikes.
Reuters
Russian forces storming town in eastern Ukraine, bloggers say
Russian forces are fighting street-to-street battles with Ukrainian troops in the outskirts of the eastern Ukrainian town of Selydove as Moscow's forces push to gain control over the whole of the Donbas region, according to pro-Russian bloggers. Russian forces, which President Vladimir Putin ordered into Ukraine in February 2022, advanced in September at their fastest rate since March 2022, according to open source data, despite Ukraine taking a part of Russia's Kursk region.
AFP
Ex-general Prabowo takes office as Indonesia president
Former general Prabowo Subianto was sworn in Sunday as president of Indonesia, seeking a more prominent position on the global stage for the world's fourth most populous nation.Chinese President Xi Jinping sent a congratulatory message Sunday, saying he would maintain "close strategic communication" with Prabowo, state broadcaster CCTV said.
Associated Press
Moldovans cast votes to choose president and decide on EU path as Russian interference claims spike
Moldovans have started casting ballots in two key votes Sunday that could determine whether the European Union candidate country, which neighbors Ukraine, remains on a pro-western path amid ongoing allegations that Russia has tried to undermine the electoral process. Incumbent President Maia Sandu is the favorite to secure another term in office in a presidential race in which 11 candidates are running. By 1 p.m., more than 730,000 voters — about 25% of eligible voters — had cast ballots, according to the Central Electoral Commission.
AFP
Iraq Kurds head to polls with little hope for change
Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region headed to the polls on Sunday to elect a new parliament for the oil-rich region, where voters have expressed disenchantment with the political elite.In the last regional elections in 2018, voter turnout was 59 percent.
AFP
Harris turns 60, but prefers to talk about Trump's age
Kamala Harris turns 60 on Sunday in the final stretch of a knife-edge election battle with 78-year-old Donald Trump, who is now the oldest presidential candidate in US history.The two candidates will on Sunday again be in Pennsylvania, the battleground that is considered a must-win among the seven key states expected to decide the November 5 election.
CNN
How a one-time GOP critic found alliance with Trump in pivotal Michigan Senate race
The day after January 6, 2021, Mike Rogers was blunt.
AFP
Harris, Trump duel over endurance as celebrities join campaign trail
Kamala Harris and Donald Trump invited star power to the campaign trail Saturday, as they took shots at each other's endurance and urged early voting in battleground states key to the ever-tightening US presidential race.Both candidates are spending their final campaign days in pivotal battleground states where early voting is already underway.
Reuters
Indian ex-official indicted by US dismisses allegations, family says
An Indian ex-official charged by the U.S. with directing a murder-for-hire plot has dismissed the allegations, his family said, expressing shock that Vikash Yadav was wanted by the FBI. Yadav, 39, described the claims as false media reports when he spoke to his cousin, Avinash Yadav, the relative told Reuters on Saturday in their ancestral village about 100 km (60 miles) from the capital New Delhi. The U.S. Department of Justice charged Yadav with leading an unsuccessful plot to murder Sikh separatist leader Gurpatwant Singh Pannun last year.
NBC News
Elon Musk announces $1M giveaway for voters who sign petition in battleground states
Billionaire Elon Musk has upped his financial offer for registered swing state voters to sign a conservative-leaning petition.

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