More than 6,000 people were killed in a three-day period during an attack by a Sudanese paramilitary group in Sudan's Darfur region in late October, according to the United Nations, while other international events, including the 2026 Winter Olympics, are also making headlines. The Rapid Support Forces' (RSF) offensive to capture the city of el-Fasher included widespread atrocities that amount to war crimes and possible crimes against humanity, the U.N. Human Rights Office said.
The RSF's actions in Sudan represent a "wave of intense violence shocking in its scale and brutality," according to the Associated Press. Meanwhile, the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milano Cortina are underway, with athletic achievements and setbacks being reported. Additionally, the India-Pakistan T20 World Cup cricket match is drawing attention.
In other international news, Japan recently saw a record-breaking election victory. The newly elected leader, the first woman to lead Japan after decades of rule by older men, is keen to revise the country's pacifist constitution and rebuild its military. She favors big government and public spending to spur growth and prefers strict immigration controls. Her party won 316 of the 465 seats in the lower house of Japan's parliament, the largest seat total since the party's inception in 1955. Japan has been struggling with stagnation and disillusionment due to deflation, wage stagnation, demographic decline, and a loss of confidence in the country's place in the world.
NPR's London correspondent, Lauren Frayer, arrived in London after years in India, where she was "always aware of being a white Westerner in a country with an Anglo-," according to NPR. Her work now focuses on covering Britain with the legacy of empire in view.
Finally, a study published in the American Journal of Political Science examines the spatial exposure of labor migration in Switzerland, comparing cross-border commuters and foreign residents. The study uses data from 2019 to analyze the percentages of each group at the communal level.
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