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;Disasters and accidents
*[[2018 Sulawesi earthquake and tsunami]]
**Authorities lower the casualty numbers for the September 28 earthquake and tsunami to 2,256 dead, 10,679 injured, and 1,075 still missing. [https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/ma065sulawesiaffectedpop-300dpi.pdf (reliefweb)]
;International relations
*[[Killing of Jamal Khashoggi]]
**[[Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia|Saudi Arabia Crown Prince]] [[Mohammad bin Salman]] will address an international audience for the first time since the killing of journalist [[Jamal Khashoggi]] at the Saudi consulate in [[Istanbul]]. [https://www.cbsnews.com/news/saudi-crown-prince-mohammed-bin-salman-speaks-amid-jamal-khashoggi-scandal/ (CBS News)]
**[[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[Donald Trump]] acknowledges that the [[Saudi Arabia]] crown prince "could have been" involved in the killing of Khashoggi, noting that "the prince is running things over there". [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/23/jamal-khashoggi-trump-cover-up-sanctions-visas (''The Guardian'')]
;Law and crime
*[[Russian interference in the 2018 United States elections]], [[cyberwarfare by Russia]]
**The [[United States Cyber Command]] contacts individual [[Russians]] with the hope to deter them from interfering with upcoming [[Elections in the United States|American elections]], including the [[United States elections, 2018|November midterms]]. [https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/23/us-warning-individual-russians-over-midterm-election-interference.html (CNBC)]
*[[October 2018 United States mail bombing attempts]]
**The [[United States Secret Service]] intercepts two suspicious packages described as "potential explosive devices" addressed to former President [[Barack Obama]] and former Secretary of State [[Hillary Clinton]]. One addressed to former CIA director [[John O. Brennan]] was received at [[CNN]]'s New York studios, which were evacuated. Other politicians who received similar packages include U.S. Representatives [[Debbie Wasserman Schultz]] (whose name and address was on the return label of a package meant for former Attorney General [[Eric Holder]] but had the wrong recipient address) and [[Maxine Waters]]. Authorities are also attempting to locate a suspicious package sent to former Vice President [[Joe Biden]] that was marked return to sender due to a bad address. [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/authorities-searching-for-package-addressed-to-joe-biden-amid-bomb-scare (''Washington Examiner'')] [https://www.npr.org/2018/10/24/660161491/u-s-intercepts-suspicious-packages-addressed-to-clinton-and-obama (NPR)]
*[[Junpei Yasuda]], a [[Japanese people|Japanese]] journalist kidnapped by [[Al-Nusra Front]] in [[Syria]], is released. [http://www.time.com/5432820/japanese-journalist-syria-released-turkey/ (Time)]
;Science and technology
*[[Settlement of the Americas]]
**Stone tools are found in [[Texas]] dating back 15,000 years, being the oldest evidence of humans in [[North America]]. [https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6313785/Oldest-weapons-discovered-North-America-reveal-Americans-arrived-earlier-thought.html (''Daily Mail'')]
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;Disasters and accidents
*[[2018 Sulawesi earthquake and tsunami]]
**Authorities lower the casualty numbers for the September 28 earthquake and tsunami to 2,256 dead, 10,679 injured, and 1,075 still missing. [https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/ma065sulawesiaffectedpop-300dpi.pdf (reliefweb)]
;International relations
*[[Killing of Jamal Khashoggi]]
**[[Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia|Saudi Arabia Crown Prince]] [[Mohammad bin Salman]] will address an international audience for the first time since the killing of journalist [[Jamal Khashoggi]] at the Saudi consulate in [[Istanbul]]. [https://www.cbsnews.com/news/saudi-crown-prince-mohammed-bin-salman-speaks-amid-jamal-khashoggi-scandal/ (CBS News)]
**[[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[Donald Trump]] acknowledges that the [[Saudi Arabia]] crown prince "could have been" involved in the killing of Khashoggi, noting that "the prince is running things over there". [https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/23/jamal-khashoggi-trump-cover-up-sanctions-visas (''The Guardian'')]
;Law and crime
*[[Russian interference in the 2018 United States elections]], [[cyberwarfare by Russia]]
**The [[United States Cyber Command]] contacts individual [[Russians]] with the hope to deter them from interfering with upcoming [[Elections in the United States|American elections]], including the [[United States elections, 2018|November midterms]]. [https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/23/us-warning-individual-russians-over-midterm-election-interference.html (CNBC)]
*[[October 2018 United States mail bombing attempts]]
**The [[United States Secret Service]] intercepts two suspicious packages described as "potential explosive devices" addressed to former President [[Barack Obama]] and former Secretary of State [[Hillary Clinton]]. One addressed to former CIA director [[John O. Brennan]] was received at [[CNN]]'s New York studios, which were evacuated. Other politicians who received similar packages include U.S. Representatives [[Debbie Wasserman Schultz]] (whose name and address was on the return label of a package meant for former Attorney General [[Eric Holder]] but had the wrong recipient address) and [[Maxine Waters]]. Authorities are also attempting to locate a suspicious package sent to former Vice President [[Joe Biden]] that was marked return to sender due to a bad address. [https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/authorities-searching-for-package-addressed-to-joe-biden-amid-bomb-scare (''Washington Examiner'')] [https://www.npr.org/2018/10/24/660161491/u-s-intercepts-suspicious-packages-addressed-to-clinton-and-obama (NPR)]
*[[Junpei Yasuda]], a [[Japanese people|Japanese]] journalist kidnapped by [[Al-Nusra Front]] in [[Syria]], is released. [http://www.time.com/5432820/japanese-journalist-syria-released-turkey/ (Time)]
;Science and technology
*[[Settlement of the Americas]]
**Stone tools are found in [[Texas]] dating back 15,000 years, being the oldest evidence of humans in [[North America]]. [https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-6313785/Oldest-weapons-discovered-North-America-reveal-Americans-arrived-earlier-thought.html (''Daily Mail'')]
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