Editorial
🇨🇳 Shanghai police crackdown on Halloween celebrations, arresting costumed revelers and forcing makeup removal. Heightened response follows last year’s mockery of CCP policies through surveillance
🇺🇸 CNN bans Trump supporter Ryan Girdusky after making racist “beeper” remark to Muslim journalist Mehdi Hasan during live discussion about Trump’s MSG rally. Network
🇦🇺 Brisbane dad ejected from LGBTQIA+ pub for wearing Trump 2024 hat during Halloween rave with family. Staff cited safety concerns, telling him “you’re not
🇱🇧 Hezbollah appoints Naim Qassem as new leader after Israel killed Hassan Nasrallah last month. Israel’s defense minister issues ominous warning on X: “Temporary appointment.
🇺🇦 Russian overnight drone barrage hits Ukraine’s largest cities: 4 killed in Kharkiv residential attack, 6 injured in Kyiv as debris rains down. Ukrainian forces
🇦🇺 Major Covid inquiry reveals Australians won’t accept harsh pandemic measures again: Report slams “heavy-handed” restrictions and vaccine mandates for eroding public trust. Government pledges
🇿🇦 Horrific case shakes South Africa: White farmer and two workers arrested for allegedly murdering two Black women and feeding their remains to pigs on
🇮🇱 Israeli airstrike obliterates residential block in northern Gaza’s Beit Lahiya, killing at least 93 Palestinians including 20 children. US calls it “horrifying” as rescue
NYT: Harris Aides Quietly Grow More Bullish on Defeating Trump Top Democratic strategists are increasingly hopeful that the campaign’s attempts to cast former President Donald
