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Itaewon was the location of a deadly stampede in Seoul Saturday night. Some 100,000 people were estimated to have passed through the area. (Image credit: SongJoon Cho/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Whether or not Rishi Sunak will attend COP27 is “under review”, Downing Street has confirmed – as the PM faces mounting calls to attend the climate conference in Egypt.

Like everything Trump touches, LIV Golf has become about him  POLITICO

Mexican survivor of Seoul Halloween crush feared she’d die in Itaewon  The Washington Post October 30, 2022 South Korea crowd surge news  CNN Two Americans Killed in Seoul Halloween Stampede Identified  Yahoo News South Korea’s Yoon calls for safety measures over unorganised large

There were few police officers around as a mass of revelers swelled. From within the crowd came calls to “push, push” and a big shove, according to witnesses. Then, they began to fall.

At 3:37 a.m. ET on Monday, China launched the last key component of its space station, the latest step in the country’s efforts to become a leading space power. The Mengtian (“dreaming of the heavens”) lab module, onboard a carrier

Musk Posts Then Deletes Tweet Spreading Conspiracy Theory on Pelosi Attack  Bloomberg Musk tweets, delets conspiracy theory about Paul Pelosi’s attacker  FOX 11 Los Angeles Elon Musk, new owner of Twitter, tweets unfounded anti-LGBTQ conspiracy theory about Paul Pelosi attack  Yahoo News White

Trio of Trump-related trials to be heard in New York on Monday  CBS News Bronx trial set to start in protesters’ 2015 suit against Donald Trump  New York Post Trump and His Company Have Cases in 3 NYC Courthouses This Week  Business Insider

The strikes in Kyiv and across Ukraine knocked out electricity and water supplies in parts of the country, as the Kremlin intensified its attacks on the country’s civilian infrastructure.

Shanghai Disney Resort, which includes Shanghai Disneyland, shopping and dining facilities, will be closed indefinitely starting on Halloween due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Image credit: Chen Si/AP)