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US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer faced off against Republican rival Joe Pinion Sunday night in the sole debate between the candidates before election day. Pinion spent much of the time blaming the Democratic powerbroker for inflation, immigration, opioid deaths and the Russian invasion of Ukraine. “You bring home the bacon sure – but many people’s bellies are empty,” Pinion, 39, said. Pinion was asked about political violence following an attack by an alleged rightwing extremist on Paul Pelosi, husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. “It is Chuck Schumer whose divisive rhetoric has led to the environment that we see…

“In my entire life living here, it’s the first time we experienced this kind of flooding,” said Joselito Ilano, 55, whose house was flooded by waist-high water. “I am used to flooding here but this is just the worst, I was caught by surprise.” Nalgae inundated villages, destroyed crops and knocked out power in many regions as it swept across the country. It struck on an extended weekend for All Saints’ Day, which is on Tuesday, when millions of Filipinos travel to visit the graves of loved ones. Scientists have warned that deadly and destructive storms are becoming more powerful…

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva speaks during a campaign rally in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on July 7, 2022. Buda Mendes/Getty Images Updated 10:42 PM EDT, Sun October 30, 2022 Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was elected the next president of Brazil in a tight run-off race on Sunday.The victory represents the left’s return to power in Brazil and marks an abrupt about-face for Latin America’s largest country after four years of Jair Bolsonaro’s far-right administration.The vote also concludes a personal comeback for the politician, widely known as Lula, after a series of corruption allegations led to his imprisonment. The…

Michigan State football coach Mel Tucker announced the suspension of four players who were involved in roughing up a Michigan player following the end of their game over the weekend.Tucker said in a statement late Sunday night Tank Brown, Khary Crump, Angelo Grose and Zion Young effective immediately. Tucker said the suspensions came “after reviewing the disturbing electronic evidence collected to date of the altercations between Michigan State and University of Michigan student-athletes.” “We are currently working with law enforcement, Michigan State and Michigan campus leadership, and the Big Ten Conference to further evaluate the events in Ann Arbor, including…

PHILADELPHIA — The last time Noah Syndergaard started a World Series game, the right-hander fired a 97 mph fastball over the head of Kansas City shortstop Alcides Escobar with the first pitch of the game.  “I feel like it really made a statement to start the game off, that guys can’t dig in there and get too aggressive because I’ll come in there,” Syndergaard said after Game 3 of that 2015 World Series. “If they have a problem with me throwing inside, they can meet me at 60 feet, 6 inches away.”  It angered the Royals, who scored three runs…

James East had been on a night out in the Kingston area of London, when he attempted to sit on a walled area of a bridge, before plunging into the river Thames below A woman watched in horror as her boyfriend accidentally fell to his death from a bridge over the river Thames while they were speaking over video call, the young man’s heartbroken family has revealed. James East, 25, was on a night out in Kingston, London, with girlfriend Arabella Ashfield to celebrate her sister’s birthday, when the evening took a tragic turn when he attempted to sit on…

Stellantis said that shareholders of its loss-making joint venture producing Jeep vehicles in China have approved it to file for bankruptcy. The European carmaker said in a statement it had fully impaired the value of its investment in the venture in its results for the fist half of 2022, adding that it will continue to provide services to existing and future Jeep brand customers in China. Stellantis had terminated the joint venture with Guangzhou Automobile Group Co (GAC) in July, only months after it said it would raise its stake in the business to 75% from 50%. In the following…

TOKYO: Public approval ratings for the government of Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida touched a new low in one opinion poll and clung near lows in another, hit by his party’s ties to a controversial church and doubts about a massive spending plan. Support slid to 42 per cent in a poll conducted by the Nikkei newspaper at the weekend, the lowest since Kishida took office in October 2021. Approval edged up slightly in a Kyodo news agency survey to 37.6 per cent from 35 per cent at the start of October. The announcement of a US$200 billion economic stimulus…

Two brothers are desperate for any information about their missing father, who was last seen on Oct. 22. Nelson and Donovan Mendez said their dad, 51-year-old Mario Mendez Campos, left work that Saturday afternoon at 3 p.m. in the 1200-block of Frances Street in Vancouver.He has not been heard from since.Nelson, 25, said the last time he spoke to his dad was on Oct. 20 over the phone.They reported him missing on Oct. 28 as they thought he was busy at work and did not realize he had not spoken to anyone in the family during that time. It was…

At the track, Al Silvester was a fearless stunt driver and racer. Earlier this fall he lost his battle with cancer. Now friends and family are remembering the man who meant so much to the B.C. racing community and fulfilling his dying wish.Silvester became a fixture on the track and was a three-time champion at the PNE rollover competition.“There’d be a couple of times he’d get out of the car and say ‘I can’t move, I’m a little sore.’ But he’d back in the car and do it again,” Mike Grieve, Al’s crew chief told This is BC.Known as Al…