The World in Brief from The Economist

Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party fared terribly in a snap election called by Ishiba Shigeru, the new prime minister. Also, Donald Trump held a rally at Madison Square Gardens in New York that was criticized for its lewd content.

Exit polls suggest that Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party is set to lose its majority in the House of Representatives in Sunday’s snap election.

China threatened “resolute countermeasures”, after America agreed to sell Taiwan $2bn-worth of weapons.

Israel launched its long-anticipated retaliation for an Iranian missile attack on October 1st.

Israel launched its long-anticipated retaliation for an Iranian missile attack on October 1st.

Chinese hackers attempted to access the phones of Donald Trump, J.D. Vance and possibly those of Kamala Harris’s campaign staff, the New York Times reported.

Turkey’s interior minister said it arrested 176 people linked to the Kurdistan Workers’ Party, or PKK, in response to a terrorist attack on an aerospace company that killed five people and injured scores near Ankara, the capital

Consumer sentiment in America reached its highest level since April