| | | | | | | An Indonesian aircraft with 189 people on board crashed into the sea as it tried to circle back to the capital, Jakarta, from where it had taken off minutes earlier, and there were likely no survivors, officials said. | | |
| Beer, pies and Buddhist prayers helped endear Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha to Leicester City soccer fans even before the team owned by the Thai duty free billionaire became the Premier League’s most unlikely champions. Tragedy struck when his helicopter crashed in a fireball outside Leicester’s stadium in the UK on Saturday, killing him and four others on board. | | |
| Jair Bolsonaro, a far-right firebrand former Army captain, won Brazil’s presidential election in convincing fashion, wooing voters with promises to gut endemic political corruption and wage a brutal battle against powerful drug gangs. | | |
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| Commentary: "Populist nationalism is here to stay,” writes columnist John Lloyd. Though many liberals continue to hope that populism is merely an ugly phase in Western politics, populist nationalism is likely to become even more disruptive if the governments ruling in its name are voted out of office. “Populist leaders are confrontational, mendacious and ruthless – but those who follow them need to have their fears, resentments and beliefs addressed, if politics is not to descend further.” | | |
| | | @Reuters journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo have been imprisoned in Myanmar for 322 days. Follow updates on the case: https://reut.rs/2DbiqKl 12:05 PM - 29 Oct 2018 |
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| | | IBM has agreed to acquire U.S. software company Red Hat for $34 billion, including debt, as it seeks to diversify its technology hardware and consulting business into higher-margin products and services. 5 min read | | |
| With a strategy of loading up its revamped Ram 1500 full-size trucks with new features - ranging from 12-inch touch screens on the dashboard to large battery packs and electric motors to help adjust speed and gears and conserve fuel - the automaker is banking on a sustained surge in demand. 6 min read | | |
| The visitors are drawn to Greece by rock-bottom property prices and one of Europe’s most generous “golden visa” schemes, offering a renewable five-year resident’s permit in return for a 250,000 euro ($285,000) investment in real estate. 3 Min Read | | |
| With just days to go before renewed sanctions take effect Nov. 5, the reality is setting in: three of Iran’s top five customers – India, China, and Turkey - are resisting Washington’s call to end purchases outright, arguing there are not sufficient supplies worldwide to replace them, according to sources familiar with the matter. 3 min read | | |
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