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AdvertisementMexicoWorldAmericasMexican mayor gunned down during Day of the Dead celebrationsCarlos Alberto Manzo Rodriguez was killed on Saturday in Uruapan by an unidentified man who shot him 7 times, officials said
Reading Time:2 minutesWhy you can trust SCMPAssociated PressPublished: 7:09am, 3 Nov 2025A mayor in Mexico’s western state of Michoacan was shot dead in a plaza in front of dozens of people who had gathered for Day of the Dead festivities, authorities said.
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The mayor of the Uruapan municipality, Carlos Alberto Manzo Rodriguez, was gunned down on Saturday night in the town’s historic centre. He was rushed to a hospital, where he later died, according to state prosecutor Carlos Torres Pina.
A city council member and a bodyguard were also injured in the attack.
The attacker was killed at the scene, Federal Security Secretary Omar Garcia Harfuch told journalists on Sunda..

AdvertisementCrimeWorldEuropeUK police release 1 of 2 men arrested over train stabbings, laud ‘heroic’ rail worker11 people were injured in the attack. The train crew member who tried to stop the suspects is in a life-threatening condition, police said
Reading Time:2 minutesWhy you can trust SCMPAgenciesPublished: 6:34am, 3 Nov 2025A 32-year-old British man was the sole suspect accused of a mass stabbing on a train in England, after another man arrested in the case was released on Sunday with no charges.
AdvertisementBritish police said the knife attack that put 11 people in hospital was not a terrorist incident. A 35-year-old man who had been arrested earlier was released after officers concluded he was not involved in the attack.
By late on Sunday, five of the injured had been discharged from hospital. Among those still being treated was a member of the train crew who tried to stop the attacker. He was in a life-threatening condition, police said.
“Detectives have reviewed the CCTV f..

Near the shadow of the Great Pyramid of Khufu, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, Egypt has officially unveiled the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM), a monumental project that has taken decades to complete and is now being hailed as the world’s largest archaeological museum.The museum, whose construction cost more than $1.2 billion, spans an astonishing 500,000 square metres, roughly the size of 70 football pitches, and houses around 100,000 artefacts chronicling over 7,000 years of Egyptian civilisation, from pre-dynastic cultures to the Greco-Roman era.But the greatest draw of all is the long-awaited full display of the treasures from Tutankhamun’s tomb, reunited for the first time since their discovery more than a century ago.
A century in the making: The complete Tutankhamun experienceThe discovery of King Tutankhamun’s tomb in 1922 by British archaeologist Howard Carter remains one of the most celebrated moments in archaeological history. The find, remarkably intact, offere..

Former Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has added fuel to speculation about his relationship with pop star Katy Perry after sharing a playful Halloween post that appeared to nod directly to her. Trudeau, 53, posted a photo on Instagram dressed as the “Left Shark”, the now-iconic character from Perry’s 2015 Super Bowl halftime performance, while posing with his youngest son, Hadrien, who was dressed as a surfer. The image, captioned “I’m the shark (to his left),” quickly went viral, with fans interpreting it as a light-hearted reference to his budding romance with Perry.A playful nod to Katy Perry’s Super Bowl momentThe “Left Shark” became a pop culture phenomenon during Katy Perry’s halftime show at Super Bowl XLIX in 2015, when one of her backup dancers in a blue shark costume famously went off-choreography, stealing the spotlight. By dressing as the same character nearly a decade later, Trudeau appeared to make a cheeky and affectionate reference to Perry’s career-defining mome..

AdvertisementCrimeWorldEuropeUK police arrest 2 after ‘multiple people’ stabbed on train near CambridgeA witness described seeing a man with a large knife and said there was ‘blood everywhere’ as people hid in the washrooms.
Reading Time:2 minutesWhy you can trust SCMPAgence France-PressePublished: 7:26am, 2 Nov 2025Updated: 7:35am, 2 Nov 2025UK police said they had arrested two suspects Saturday as “a number of people” were taken to hospital and a “large-scale” emergency response was mobilised after a stabbing on a train near Cambridge in eastern England.
Advertisement“We are currently responding to an incident on a train to Huntingdon where multiple people have been stabbed,” British Transport Police said on social media, adding that “two people have been arrested”.
Cambridgeshire police said: “A number of people have been taken to hospital.”
A witness described seeing a man with a large knife and told The Times newspaper there was “blood everywhere” as people hid in the washrooms.
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AdvertisementUnited StatesWorldUnited States & CanadaSnap benefits cut off during US shutdown, driving long lines at food pantriesUS judges have ordered the Trump administration to keep funding the programme, but it is not clear how and when payments will be made
Reading Time:3 minutesWhy you can trust SCMP1Associated PressPublished: 6:26am, 2 Nov 2025People across the US formed long lines for free meals and groceries at food pantries and drive-through giveaways on Saturday, after monthly benefits through the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Programme, or Snap, were suddenly cut off because of the ongoing government shutdown.
AdvertisementIn the New York borough of the Bronx, about 200 more people than usual showed up at the World of Life Christian Fellowship International pantry, many bundled in winter hats and coats and pushing collapsible shopping trolleys as they waited in a line that spanned multiple city blocks. Some arrived as early as 4am to choose from pallets of frui..