Itaewon crush: First emergency call came hours before crush
The first call to police from Itaewon came at 18:34 local time - several hours before the deadly crush took place.
The caller to South Korea's 112 emergency number said they were on the main street to Itaewon and an alley next to the Hamilton hotel was becoming dangerously crowded.
"That alley is really dangerous right now people going up and down, so people can't come down, but people keep coming up, it's gonna be crushed. I barely made it to get out but it's too crowded. I think you should control it," the caller said.
Brazil judge orders police to clear roadblocks by pro-Bolsonaro truckers
Far-right president remains silent as supporters protest against his election defeat by Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Reuters in São Paulo
Brazil’s supreme court has ordered police to remove scores of roadblocks set up by supporters of President Jair Bolsonaro to protest against his defeat in the presidential election, while the far-right leader remained silent on the result.
The federal highway police (PRF) said truckers were blocking highways at 271 points, partially or fully, as part of protests that have spread to 23 of Brazil’s 26 states in the wake of Bolsonaro’s loss to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in a runoff election on Sunday. The police said another 192 roadblocks had been cleared.
Defector's death puts focus on anti-North bias in S. Korea
The recent death of a North Korean defector has shed new light on the isolation that many refugees from Kim Jong Un's regime experience, with other defectors saying they struggle to adjust to their new lives and are often subject to discrimination in the South.
According to police, a representative of the Seoul Housing and Communities Corp. visited the woman's apartment in the city on October 19 as she was several months behind with her rent.
The official found the body of the woman, who was 49 years old but has not been identified by name. An autopsy has been carried out, but decomposition of the body and the fact that it was clad in winter clothing indicate the woman died around one year ago.
'Last chance to win': Netanyahu eyes a return to power as polls open in Israel
Israel’s fifth election in less than four years opens on Tuesday, pitting familiar rivals against each other. None is more familiar than former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who is aiming to capitalise on the current political upheaval and return to power.
As ballot boxes open in Israel on Tuesday, Israelis hope to break the political deadlock paralysing the country for the past three and a half years.
The fifth election since 2019 has seen Israel gain the dubious honour of having the highest election frequency of any parliamentary democracy in the world. Yet opinion polls are predicting another tight race. And, once again, elections are set to be dominated by former Prime Minister Netanyahu, now in the running to regain power.
White socks, no jacket, no water: ‘Absurd’ rules frustrate nurses
By YUSUKE NAGANO/ Staff Writer
November 1, 2022 at 07:00 JST
What happens when an “angel in white” is caught wearing a hint of black?
A 27-year-old nurse working at a university hospital in Tokyo quickly learned the answer.
“What color are your socks?” her supervisor asked her at the nurses’ station. “Why are they black?”
Only a sliver of her black ankle socks could be seen beneath her trousers, but it was enough to earn a scolding for breaking the “white-socks-only” rule for nurses there.
What we know about India’s deadly bridge collapse
The deaths of 135 people in the collapse of a cable suspension bridge in India’s western state of Gujarat is one of the worst public safety tragedies to hit the country in recent years.
As authorities investigate the incident, questions have been raised about how the narrow walkway collapsed and the role of an electrical manufacturing company tasked with maintaining the colonial-era structure, which only reopened to the public last week after repairs.
Here’s what we know.
What happened?
Some 200 people are estimated to have been on the bridge across the Machchhu River in the town of Morbi when it collapsed into the water below on October 30 at around 6:30 p.m. local time, according to Gujarat authorities.
At least 30 children were among the 135 killed, officials said. It is unclear how many people remain missing and authorities have not released a figure for those injured.
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