- WorldCNN
New Zealand votes to legalize euthanasia for terminally ill patients
New Zealanders have voted in favor of legalizing euthanasia for people with a terminal illness -- clearing the way for the controversial proposition to become law in 2021.
- EntertainmentBUILD
Video The X Change Rate: Cheyenne Jackson
In "The X Change Rate," award-winning drag queen, entertainer and TV personality Monét X Change brings her signature wit, heart and style to BUILD Series. This week, Monét talked to Cheyenne Jackson, who stars in "Equal," the new HBO Max LGTBQ+ docuseries, and Pam Wiznitzer for a special Halloween edition of Cocktails with Pam.
- PoliticsThe Telegraph
Trump tries to block first African candidate for WTO chief
Donald Trump has dealt a blow to the first female, African candidate with a chance to run the World Trade Organization. The US said it would not back Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the former Nigerian finance minister, to replace Roberto Azevedo as the next director-general of the WTO. Washington has already paralysed the organisation’s role as global arbiter on trade by blocking appointments to its appeals panel. Now it threatens to render it leaderless for weeks or months. Despite having secured the support of EU member states this week, Dr Okonjo-Iweala requires consensus among the organisation’s 164 members to be appointed next month. Harry Broadman, a trade negotiator in the Bush and Clinton administrations and managing director of the Berkeley Research Group, tweeted: “The market signal the US is sending to the rest of the world by being the lone member blocking the needed consensus for appointing the next WTO director-general is disturbing amid a global crisis. US global economic leadership continues to take a nosedive.” The WTO has called a meeting for Nov 9, less than a week after the US presidential election. Sam Lowe, of the Centre for European Reform, said: “If Trump loses, they can just wait until he leaves and try to address these issues with an administration that is at least more amenable to compromise. If Trump wins, everything gets much more difficult.” Three WTO ambassadors, the “troika” charged with finding a successor to Mr Azevedo, had decided that the Nigerian candidate should be the next chief as she had secured wide cross-regional backing. But Washington instead supported South Korean trade minister Yoo Myung-hee. A spokesman for Dr Okonjo-Iweala's campaign said: "A swift conclusion to the process will allow members to begin again to work, together, on the urgent challenges and priorities."
- LifestyleWoman's Day
There's a Witch's Broom Hidden Among the Garden Tools. Can You Find It?
You may comb every inch of this picture and still not find it.
- BusinessQuartz
What $99 internet from space means for Americans
SpaceX’s novel broadband network in space has begun to demonstrate its chops for military pilots and firefighters. Now individual consumers will get their first crack at testing the service. According to leaks from testers, the price is $99 a month, plus a $499 on-boarding fee, presumably covering the cost of the satellite antennae users will need.
- LifestyleHouse Beautiful
Ciara and Russell Wilson Honor a Seattle-Based COVID-19 Nurse with a Home Makeover
See inside the new, tranquil sanctuary.
- PoliticsThe Independent
Ricky Martin says he finds Latinos supporting Trump ‘scary’ but is optimistic for Joe Biden
‘I think Biden is the only option we have,’ musician says
