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;Disasters and accidents
*[[2018 Pacific typhoon season]]
**The death toll from landslides and floods caused by [[Typhoon Yutu]] in the [[Philippines]] rises to 15 people. One man died in [[Hong Kong]], China. [https://www.news.com.au/world/breaking-news/hope-fades-for-survivors-in-philippines/news-story/af006c87d0f76f0c8e29f9bdab191c29 (News.com.au)], [http://www.atimes.com/article/man-dies-while-surfing-during-typhoon-in-shek-o/ (''Asia Times'')]
*[[Lion Air Flight 610]]
**Indonesian divers retrieve the [[flight data recorder]] from the ocean near [[Karawang]], [[Indonesia]], where the plane had crashed three days prior. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-indonesia-crash/indonesia-divers-retrieve-black-box-from-crashed-jet-media-idUSKCN1N63FO (Reuters)]
*[[2018 European floods]]
**The death toll from heavy floods and strong winds affecting [[Italy]] rises to 17 people. [https://www.repubblica.it/cronaca/2018/11/01/news/maltempo_pioggia_allerta_temporali_vento_veneto_lazio_toscana_campania_piemonte-210521322/amp/ (''La Repubblica'')]
*[[2018 Chongqing bus crash]]
**Chinese police announce that the driver of the bus that plunged into the [[Yangtze River]] in [[Chongqing]], [[China]], on October 28 was arguing and fighting with a passenger moments earlier, causing the accident. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-46068412 (BBC)]
;Health and environment
*[[Legality of cannabis]], [[Cannabis in the United Kingdom]]
**[[Medical cannabis]] becomes legal in the [[United Kingdom]] as the [[National Health Service]] can now prescribe it to some patients, including those with cancer, severe forms of [[epilepsy]], and [[multiple sclerosis]]. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-46045487 (BBC)]
;International relations
*[[Greece–Republic of Macedonia relations]], [[Macedonia naming dispute]]
**Commercial air travel resumes between [[Greece]] and [[Republic of Macedonia|Macedonia]] for the first time since 2006. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-46064986 (BBC)]
;Law and crime
*[[Capital punishment in Tennessee]]
**The state of [[Tennessee]] executes [[Edmund Zagorski]], a man convicted of the April 1983 murders of John Dotson and Jimmy Porter, making it the first time the state has executed an inmate by [[electric chair|electrocution]] since 2007. Zagorski requested that he be executed via electrocution. [https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/tennessee-set-execute-murderer-edmund-zagorski-electric-chair-thursday-night-n929776 (NBC News)], [https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/tennessee-set-electric-chair-1st-time-2007-58908190 (ABC News)]
;Politics and elections
*[[Meaza Ashenafi]] becomes the first woman in [[Ethiopia]]'s history to preside over the [[List of supreme courts by country|Supreme Court]]. [https://edition.cnn.com/2018/11/01/africa/ethiopia-first-woman-supreme-court-head-intl/index.html (CNN)]
*British [[Minister for Sport and Civil Society|Sports Minister]] [[Tracey Crouch]] resigns amid controversy over a delay on regulating [[fixed odds betting terminal]]s. [https://news.sky.com/story/tracey-crouch-quits-as-sports-minister-after-betting-machine-cut-delay-11541900 (Sky News)]
;Science and technology
*[[Asteroid belt#Exploration|Asteroid belt exploration]]
**[[NASA]]'s ''[[Dawn (spacecraft)|Dawn]]'' spacecraft exhausts all of its [[hydrazine]] [[Rocket propellant|fuel]] [[propellant]] and without a functioning [[Reaction control system|maneuvering system]] enters into uncontrolled [[Motion (physics)|motion]] around [[dwarf planet]] [[Ceres (dwarf planet)|Ceres]], thus ending its 11-year mission. [https://edition.cnn.com/2018/11/01/us/nasa-dawn-mission-end/index.html (CNN)]
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;Disasters and accidents
*[[2018 Pacific typhoon season]]
**The death toll from landslides and floods caused by [[Typhoon Yutu]] in the [[Philippines]] rises to 15 people. One man died in [[Hong Kong]], China. [https://www.news.com.au/world/breaking-news/hope-fades-for-survivors-in-philippines/news-story/af006c87d0f76f0c8e29f9bdab191c29 (News.com.au)], [http://www.atimes.com/article/man-dies-while-surfing-during-typhoon-in-shek-o/ (''Asia Times'')]
*[[Lion Air Flight 610]]
**Indonesian divers retrieve the [[flight data recorder]] from the ocean near [[Karawang]], [[Indonesia]], where the plane had crashed three days prior. [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-indonesia-crash/indonesia-divers-retrieve-black-box-from-crashed-jet-media-idUSKCN1N63FO (Reuters)]
*[[2018 European floods]]
**The death toll from heavy floods and strong winds affecting [[Italy]] rises to 17 people. [https://www.repubblica.it/cronaca/2018/11/01/news/maltempo_pioggia_allerta_temporali_vento_veneto_lazio_toscana_campania_piemonte-210521322/amp/ (''La Repubblica'')]
*[[2018 Chongqing bus crash]]
**Chinese police announce that the driver of the bus that plunged into the [[Yangtze River]] in [[Chongqing]], [[China]], on October 28 was arguing and fighting with a passenger moments earlier, causing the accident. [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-46068412 (BBC)]
;Health and environment
*[[Legality of cannabis]], [[Cannabis in the United Kingdom]]
**[[Medical cannabis]] becomes legal in the [[United Kingdom]] as the [[National Health Service]] can now prescribe it to some patients, including those with cancer, severe forms of [[epilepsy]], and [[multiple sclerosis]]. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-46045487 (BBC)]
;International relations
*[[Greece–Republic of Macedonia relations]], [[Macedonia naming dispute]]
**Commercial air travel resumes between [[Greece]] and [[Republic of Macedonia|Macedonia]] for the first time since 2006. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-46064986 (BBC)]
;Law and crime
*[[Capital punishment in Tennessee]]
**The state of [[Tennessee]] executes [[Edmund Zagorski]], a man convicted of the April 1983 murders of John Dotson and Jimmy Porter, making it the first time the state has executed an inmate by [[electric chair|electrocution]] since 2007. Zagorski requested that he be executed via electrocution. [https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/tennessee-set-execute-murderer-edmund-zagorski-electric-chair-thursday-night-n929776 (NBC News)], [https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/tennessee-set-electric-chair-1st-time-2007-58908190 (ABC News)]
;Politics and elections
*[[Meaza Ashenafi]] becomes the first woman in [[Ethiopia]]'s history to preside over the [[List of supreme courts by country|Supreme Court]]. [https://edition.cnn.com/2018/11/01/africa/ethiopia-first-woman-supreme-court-head-intl/index.html (CNN)]
*British [[Minister for Sport and Civil Society|Sports Minister]] [[Tracey Crouch]] resigns amid controversy over a delay on regulating [[fixed odds betting terminal]]s. [https://news.sky.com/story/tracey-crouch-quits-as-sports-minister-after-betting-machine-cut-delay-11541900 (Sky News)]
;Science and technology
*[[Asteroid belt#Exploration|Asteroid belt exploration]]
**[[NASA]]'s ''[[Dawn (spacecraft)|Dawn]]'' spacecraft exhausts all of its [[hydrazine]] [[Rocket propellant|fuel]] [[propellant]] and without a functioning [[Reaction control system|maneuvering system]] enters into uncontrolled [[Motion (physics)|motion]] around [[dwarf planet]] [[Ceres (dwarf planet)|Ceres]], thus ending its 11-year mission. [https://edition.cnn.com/2018/11/01/us/nasa-dawn-mission-end/index.html (CNN)]
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