Your Monday Briefing
Assessing Goni, the 18th typhoon to hit the Philippines this year.
Poets and Lovers: Do Rimbaud and Verlaine Belong in France’s Panthéon?
A petition seeks to honor them, but critics ask if it’s about poetry or sexuality, and whether such rebels would be out of place in an august shrine to national heroes.
Typhoon Goni Kills at Least 10 After Making Landfall in the Philippines
Typhoon Goni made landfall in the Philippines early Sunday with sustained winds up to 135 miles an hour, leaving at least 10 people dead in the Bicol region of Luzon. The storm largely spared Manila, the capital.
Tropical Storm Eta Forms, Tying a Record Set 15 Years Ago
Eta became the 28th named storm of the 2020 hurricane season, matching a record set in 2005.
After coughing, a State Department official met with European diplomats. Then he tested positive.
As part of a diplomatic tour through Europe in late October, the State Department’s director of policy planning briefed journalists in London about the Trump administration’s strategy toward China. A video of the virtual event showed him coughing at least six times during the hourlong discussion.
How are Americans catching the virus? Increasingly, they have no idea.
When the coronavirus first erupted in Sioux Falls, S.D., in the spring, Mayor Paul TenHaken arrived at work each morning with a clear mission: Stop the outbreak at the pork plant. Hundreds of employees, chopping meat shoulder to shoulder, had gotten sick in what was then the largest virus cluster in the United States.
2 Reported Killed in Halloween Stabbing Spree in Quebec City
The police arrested a suspect in the attack, a man in his mid-20s who they said was dressed in medieval garb. Five people were said to be injured in the attack.
7 Pro-Democracy Politicians Arrested in Hong Kong Over Heated Meeting
The Hong Kong politicians were arrested in connection with a contentious meeting in May, when the local legislature’s chambers were filled with protest over a battle for control over a key committee.
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James Bond Actors Say Sean Connery ‘Defined an Era and a Style’
Other actors who have portrayed Agent 007 remembered Mr. Connery, who died at 90, for his charm, screen presence and golfing.