October 18, 2026

A stampede on Saturday night during the popular Hindu festival in the eastern Indian city of Kolkata has left at least 19 dead and 25 injured.

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China strongly condemned what it called Japan’s “negative moves” concerning the Yasukuni Shrine, saying the actions were a provocation against the postwar international order, according to a Saturday statement from the Chinese Embassy in Japan.

China is investigating Huang Ribuo, former vice chairman of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, for suspected “serious violations” of official duties, according to the nation’s anti-graft agency.

China’s railway network carried 3.71 billion passenger trips in the first three quarters, up 4.8% from a year earlier and marking a record for the period, China State Railway Group Co. said on Sunday.

Guyana will ban imports of vaping products, tightening restrictions on electronic cigarettes as concern rises about their growing use and health risks, President Irfaan Ali said Saturday.

Two jailed leaders of India’s Cockroach Janta Party are expected to be released Sunday, according to its legal head, as police barricades and a heavy security presence underscore continuing tensions in New Delhi over a contentious voter-roll revision.

Venezuela expects almost $76 billion of investment in its oil and gas sector over the next five years, Acting President Delcy Rodríguez said Saturday, as the country seeks to draw private capital into a push to boost energy production.