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Harry Houdini, the remarkable illusionist who stunned international audiences with his death-defying escape act, was shackled eternally by the Grim Reaper on this Halloween in history, Oct. 31, 1926.”As one of the outstanding personages of the American stage, [Houdini’s] popularity lasted for a quarter-century,” wrote the Los Angeles Times in its obituary of the performer, considered by many the greatest magician in history. “Houdini counted among his audiences the royalty of Europe and Asia.”Harry Houdini’s cause of death was peritonitis, caused by a ruptured appendix. ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY, OCT. 29, 1886, STATUE OF LIBERTY UNVEILED TO THE USBut questions continue…

TikTok owner ByteDance has launched a women’s fashion website called If Yooou. Pinduoduo launched an e-commerce site in the U.S. called Temu. The two companies are the latest Chinese tech giants to look to crack the international e-commerce market domianted by Amazon.Mike Kemp | In Pictures | Getty ImagesPinduoduo and TikTok owner ByteDance launched e-commerce websites overseas in the last few months, as they aim to take a crack at selling Chinese products to foreign buyers.The move sets the two Chinese technology firms up on a collision path with Amazon as they expand internationally.Pinduoduo, one of China’s biggest e-commerce companies,…

Despite a rough second half offensively, the Buffalo Bills used their exceptional first half to collect a win over the Green Bay Packers, 27-17, on their home turf Sunday night. It was a game where Josh Allen didn’t really light up the stat sheet, but an all-around performance on both sides of the ball showed a better Bills team, as the Packers continue to struggle to get their offense going. Allen finished the game with 218 yards on 13-for-25 through the air, while rushing for 49 yards on six carries. His favorite target, Stefon Diggs, had himself a night, though.  Diggs was…

During the Asian session, the Bitcoin price is trading near $20,480, struggling below the 61.8% Fibonacci retracement level of $21,000. Similarly, Ethereum has plunged over 2% to $1,579.Early on October 31, major cryptocurrencies were trading in the red. However, the global crypto market cap is still above $1 trillion, with a trading volume of $72 billion, down from $91 billion.This week, investors’ major focus will stay on the US Federal Reserve monetary policy, which is coming out on November 3. Top Altcoin Gainers and LosersThe top performers in the last 24 hours were Chiliz (CHZ), Algorand (ALGO), and The Sandbox (SAND).The price of CHZ has increased by more than…

World leaders praise conduct of election after losing rival Jair Bolsonaro made baseless claims of electoral fraud.Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has won Brazil’s election by a whisker, defeating incumbent Jair Bolsonaro in a closely-fought second-round vote. Brazil’s election authority said Lula, a former union leader who was previously president between 2003 and 2010, secured 50.8 percent of the vote in Sunday’s election compared with 49.2 percent for Bolsonaro. The 77-year-old tweeted a photo of his hand touching the Brazilian flag with the word ‘democracy’ written above in celebration of his victory, marking a stunning comeback for a politician who…

Sky News Political Editor Andrew Clennell looks at Australian Bureau of Statistics figures revealing why the Reserve Bank’s forecast interest rate rise tomorrow could be “as high as 0.5 per cent”. “Admittedly, the increase in spending here is pushed along by inflation, but have a look at this – another monthly rise in spending – 0.6 per cent,” Mr Clennell said. Mr Clennell said spending on food, such as in cafes and restaurants, is up by more than one per cent month on month.“Surely the news on electricity price rises from the budget, together with higher rates and rents, will…

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer said Sunday that he has faced death threats after discussing the brutal hammer attack against Paul Pelosi, the husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. “There have been more threats against elected officials. It’s been documented that I’ve received a few,” Schumer said during his Spectrum News NY1 debate against Republican rival Joe Pinion. “We have to calm the rhetoric down,” he said at Union College in Schenectady, “and condemn violence where it occurs.” But Pinion slammed Schumer for using divisive rhetoric and encouraging violence against two conservative Supreme Court justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh.…

The state and city of New York have agreed to pay a man and the family of his late co-defendant $36 million for their wrongful conviction in the 1965 assassination of civil rights leader Malcolm X.Muhammad Aziz, 84, and Khalil Islam, who died in 2009 at the age of 74, were convicted alongside Mujahid Abdul Halim in the fatal shooting of Black Muslims’ most high-profile spokesman, Malcolm X, during the start of a speech at Audubon Ballroom in New York City on February 21, 1965.The attorney for Aziz and Islam said Sunday that the city agreed to settle for a…

Family breakdown. Meri Brown didn’t hold back about her feelings toward Kody Brown — and former sister wife Christine Brown — in the latest episode of Sister Wives. “Obviously you don’t care enough to fight for her,” Meri, 51, said on the Sunday, October 30, episode of the TLC series of Kody’s choice to let Christine, 50, leave him and the family. “Obviously, you didn’t care enough to fight for me. I don’t understand that.” While Christine is the first of Kody’s wives to exit their plural marriage, she is not the first wife to express frustration with her and…

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. is set on Monday to fly over flood-submerged districts to inspect the damage after Tropical Storm Nalgae barreled across the Southeast Asian country over the weekend, killing at least 98 people. More than half the deaths were recorded in the southern autonomous region of Bangsamoro, often due to rain-induced landslides, the nation’s disaster agency said. Some 63 people were reported missing, while 69 people were injured, the agency said. The Bangsamoro region accounted for 53 deaths, with 22 people still missing, it said a bulletin. Damage to infrastructure due to heavy rains and strong winds…