Indonesia tsunami: food and water run out as death toll tops 1,200
Residents block roads to intercept aid deliveries as police and troops guard fuel and shops in stricken city of Palu
Anger and desperation are growing in parts of Sulawesi as residents faced a fourth day without food and drinking water after the Indonesian island was devastated by an earthquake and a tsunami.
On Tuesday the official death toll from the disaster rose to 1,234, according to disaster agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho. It is still expected to climb steeply in the coming days.
Signs propped along roads in Sulawesi read “We Need Food” and “We Need Support”, while children begged for cash in the streets. Queues for fuel, which has almost run out in the area, were miles long and the national police and troops were deployed to guard petrol stations and food shops.
Cern physicist suspended over 'highly offensive' presentation on sexism in science
Professor Alessandro Strumia claims men in physics are discriminated against
A senior scientist at Cern has been suspended over a "highly offensive" presentation in which he claimed physics was "built by men".
During a seminar on gender issues in physics, and in front of a mostly female audience, professor Alessandro Strumia claimed men in the field were being discriminated against.
On Monday, officials at Cern, the world's largest particle accelerator, announcedthe suspension of the Italian scientist with "immediate effect", pending an investigation.
Slow gains in search for missing of Colombia's coca wars
In the shadow of a leafy coca plant lies an unmarked grave. Many like it are scattered in the lush plantations of Catatumbo, bearing unidentified victims of Colombia's deadly coca wars.
The International Committee of the Red Cross has taken on the task of locating graves and identifying remains for victims' families, cautiously stepping in where government and local authorities still fear to tread.
Locals believe the man in the grave is Polilla, "the moth." It's the nickname given to the coca-leaf harvester whose bullet-riddled corpse turned up here 15 years ago -- another victim of Colombia's legion of armed groups.
Chinese warship in 'unsafe' encounter with US destroyer, amid rising US-China tensions
Updated 0236 GMT (1036 HKT) October 2, 2018
A US Navy ship had an "unsafe" interaction with a Chinese warship Sunday while the US vessel was conducting a freedom of navigation operation near the disputed Spratly Islands in the South China Sea, causing the US ship to maneuver "to prevent a collision," according to US defense officials.
"A (People's Republic of China) Luyang destroyer approached USS Decatur in an unsafe and unprofessional maneuver in the vicinity of Gaven Reef in the South China Sea," Capt. Charles Brown, a spokesman for US Pacific Fleet, told CNN in a statement confirming the incident.
Brown said the Chinese warship "conducted a series of increasingly aggressive maneuvers accompanied by warnings for the Decatur to depart the area."
Political polarisation intensifies before Brazil's elections
After weekend of widespread rallies, divisions continue to deepen as Brazilians prepare to go to the polls on Sunday.
Political party canvassers were busy on Sunday at Rio de Janeiro's Gloria market in a last-ditch effort to persuade passersby to vote for their candidate, in advance of next weekend's elections.
A canvasser for a local leftist politician lambasted one man after he declined a leaflet and pledged support for far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro.
"Shame on you," the campaigner said, prompting a sharp stare in reply.
Indonesia air traffic controller hailed a hero for quake actions
An Indonesian air traffic controller has been hailed a hero after losing his own life while ensuring a passenger plane escaped a deadly earthquake.
Anthonius Gunawan Agung, 21, was at the control tower of Palu airport in central Sulawesi when the 7.5 magnitude quake struck on Friday.
He waited until the plane was airborne before jumping from the crumbling control tower.
He died before he could be transferred to a specialist hospital.
"Agung dedicated himself to his job until the end of his life and did not leave the control tower until the plane took off," Didiet KS Radityo, the corporate secretary for Air Navigation Indonesia, told the Jakarta Post.
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