Wednesday, October 26th, 2022 

Audi confirms that they will compete in Formula One races beginning in the 2026 season, after they agreed to partner with Swiss-based Sauber, who have been involved in the sport since 1993 and currently compete under the name of Alfa Romeo with Ferrari engines. (Reuters via The Guardian) 

The United States Armed Forces successfully conducts a test of its Long-Range Hypersonic Weapon off the coast of Virginia ahead of the missile’s expected deployment in 2023. (Reuters) 

A Russian missile strike on Dnipro kills two people, including a pregnant woman. (The Guardian) 

Mercedes-Benz withdraws from Russia due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and plans to sell shares in its subsidiaries to a local investor. (BBC News) 

At least 15 people are killed and 40 others are injured in a mass shooting by three gunmen at a Shah Cheragh Shia mosque in Shiraz, Fars province, Iran. Two of the attackers have been caught and the other remains at large. The Islamic State claims responsibility for the attack. (Al Jazeera) 

Inflation in Australia reaches a 32-year record high amid increasing energy prices and higher interest rates. (The Guardian) 

The Polish Senate approves a resolution formally recognizing the Russian government under Vladimir Putin as a “terrorist regime”. (Ukrinform) 

Lawmakers in Germany draft a plan to legalize the recreational use of small amounts of cannabis, pending formal approval by the Bundestag in 2024. (AFP via MSN News) 

Tuesday,  October 25th, 2022 

The Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirms the apparent existence of two illegal Chinese police stations in the Netherlands, one in Rotterdam and one in Amsterdam, that have been in operation since 2018. (NU.nl) 

Gunmen kill two Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps officers, including a colonel, in Zahedan, Sistan and Baluchestan province, Iran. (Al Arabiya) 

More than 30 people are killed and 15 others are reported missing after tribal clashes on Kiriwina Island in Milne Bay Province, Papua New Guinea. (The Guardian) 

Two people are killed and another is critically injured in a shooting in Ilford, East London. A manhunt for the suspect is underway, according to the Metropolitan Police. (Sky News) 

A United States Air Force airstrike kills two al-Shabaab terrorists in Buloburde, Somalia. The United States Africa Command says that the neutralized terrorists were attacking Somali National Army forces. (VOA) 

A young woman attempts to shoot either the Presidential Security Force of Indonesia or the President of Indonesia Joko Widodo at the Istana Negara in Central Jakarta, before being arrested. (DetikNews) 

Israeli soldiers raid a Lions’ Den headquarter in Nablus, in the West Bank, killing three militants, including one of the group’s founders. Two Palestinian civilians are also killed in nearby areas. Protests later occur in the town of Nabi Salih, resulting in a Palestinian man being killed by Israeli soldiers. (BBC News)

Adidas and Def Jam Recordings terminate their respective Yeezy and GOOD Music partnerships with rapper Kanye West following multiple remarks that West made, which were perceived as anti-semitic. (Complex) 

Ford announces that the Fiesta model, first introduced in 1976 and now in its 7th generation, will be discontinued, with production ending in mid-2023. (BBC News) 

Finnish seismologists at the University of Helsinki say that they have detected five explosions in Russian territorial waters of the Baltic Sea, with the largest explosion causing a 1.8 magnitude earthquake last week. The cause of the blasts is currently unknown. (Reuters) 

Rishi Sunak becomes the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom after meeting with Charles III. He is the first British Asian and Hindu to hold the office. (Times of Israel) 

Monday,  October 24th, 2022 

The French government survives three motions of no confidence tabled by the left-wing and right-wing opposition. (TF1) 

Two people are killed and eight others are injured during a mass shooting at the Central Visual and Performing Arts High School in St. Louis, Missouri. The perpetrator is killed by police. (The Guardian) 

Thirteen people are killed, several others are injured, and an unknown number of people are reported missing after a passenger ship catches fire off the coast of East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. 263 passengers have been rescued. (Xinhua) 

Ethan Crumbley pleads guilty to four counts of murder, seven counts of attempted murder, 12 counts of use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, and one count of terrorism. (WJBK-TV) 

The End Tuesday 

Monday,  October 24th, 2022 

Xi Jinping is re-elected as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party by the Central Committee, beginning a third term as the paramount leader of China. (Al Jazeera) 

Rishi Sunak is elected as the Leader of the Conservative Party and is set to be the next Prime Minister of the United Kingdom—the first prime minister of Indian origin and the first non-white leader of the United Kingdom—after Penny Mordaunt withdraws her bid.(STV News) 

The Atomic Energy Organization of Iran‘s Nuclear Power Production and Development company’s emails are leaked after the email server was hacked. (Tasnim) 

At least 50 people are killed and 100 more injured as the military launches airstrikes at a concert in Kachin State celebrating the 62nd anniversary of the founding of the separatist Kachin Independence Army. (BBC) 

In a landmark finding affecting collision sports, the United States National Institutes of Health have formally acknowledged a causal link between repeated blows to the head and the neurodegenerative disease CTE. (The Guardian) 

The End