The Week While You Were Out: Houthi strikes on Saudi Arabia, an Oleshky ceasefire, Brewers up 2-0

Houthi missiles target Saudi Arabia as Riyadh airport reopens

The Saudi-led coalition said it downed a ballistic missile aimed at Riyadh and two drones early Sunday, as Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport prepared to reopen after a two-week closure caused by Houthi strikes. Saudi civil defence reported falling…

✔ Sources: AFP via Citizen Digital, Al Jazeera, The National

Oleshky ceasefire set for Tuesday as new Ukraine talks are planned

Russia and Ukraine agreed to a local ceasefire in the Russian-occupied town of Oleshky in Ukraine's Kherson region, starting Oct. 27 at 4 a.m. Moscow time, so humanitarian aid can enter and civilians can leave. The White House says first lady Melania Trump…

✔ Sources: The Moscow Times, Hromadske, Reuters via Investing.com

About 410,000 march across France; nearly 1,000 arrests

About 410,000 people demonstrated across France on Saturday over school funding and rising living costs. Police fired tear gas and water cannon as the Paris march ended, the government said police made nearly 1,000 arrests, and the Louvre and other major…

✔ Sources: AP via CTV News, AP via CP24, Euronews

Trump votes early as Obama rallies Democrats, nine days out

President Trump and first lady Melania Trump voted early in person in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Saturday, before Trump rallied in Perry, Georgia, for Senate candidate Mike Collins and governor candidate Rick Jackson. Former President Barack Obama…

✔ Sources: AP via KSAT, AP via News4JAX, CBS News

Brent oil hits its highest level since 2022

Brent crude rose 3.1% on Friday to settle at $116.72 a barrel, its highest level since June 2022, after starting October below $97, the AP reports. The Dow fell 1.2% Friday and the S&P 500 posted a second straight weekly loss. The University of Michigan's…

✔ Sources: AP via BNN Bloomberg, AP via Yahoo Finance, Reuters via The Korea Times

Brewers rally to take a 2-0 World Series lead

The Milwaukee Brewers erased a 4-0 first-inning deficit to beat the Tampa Bay Rays 5-4 in Game 2 of the World Series on Saturday in Milwaukee, a day after winning Game 1 3-2. Sal Frelick tied the game with a sixth-inning home run and rookie Cooper Pratt…

✔ Sources: MLB.com, WSAW, MLB.com

Pope Leo needs no further cancer treatment, doctors say

The Vatican said Oct. 21 that final tests after Pope Leo's Oct. 13 surgery, which removed the lower lobe of his right lung, showed his lung adenocarcinoma was localized and that no further therapy is required. He held his weekly audience in St. Peter's…

✔ Sources: AP via Chicago Sun-Times, Reuters via KSL

CDC confirms a third U.S. measles death this year

The CDC confirmed a third measles-related death in the U.S. this year on Oct. 20, with 4,410 confirmed cases nationwide as of Oct. 15. Pennsylvania, the hardest-hit state, had 1,286 cases as of Oct. 19, and its officials have reported at least five…

✔ Sources: Reuters via Honolulu Star-Advertiser, Al Jazeera

Nigeria confirms its first Ebola case

Nigeria confirmed its first Ebola case this week, a woman who traveled to Abuja from Uganda; officials are tracing 44 contacts. The WHO says Nigeria is the fifth country to detect Ebola Bundibugyo virus since the outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the…

✔ Sources: ABC News, Al Jazeera

Supreme Court keeps block on transgender inmate care limits

On Oct. 21 the Supreme Court denied the Trump administration's emergency request to enforce a Bureau of Prisons policy ending gender-affirming medical care for transgender people in federal prisons, leaving in place a lower-court order blocking it while…

✔ Sources: Minnesota Lawyer, States Newsroom, The Advocate

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