2025

October

31 days of people in the news

  1. 31FridayMoldova's parliament appoints Alexandru Munteanu as prime minister following the victory of President Maia Sandu's Party of Action and Solidarity in the September…2 stories
  2. 30ThursdayIn the United Kingdom, King Charles III begins the formal process of revoking Prince Andrew's royal title due to his dealings with deceased convicted sex offender and…3 stories
  3. 29WednesdayIn the Canadian province of Alberta, premier Danielle Smith says legislation has been passed to end the strike, invoking the notwithstanding clause to prevent court…5 stories
  4. 28TuesdayThe trial of Tetsuya Yamagami, the alleged killer of former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe, opens in Nara. It is expected to end by mid-December.2 stories
  5. 27MondayCzech president Petr Pavel asks former prime minister Andrej Babiš to form a new government after his party ANO won the most seats in the parliamentary elections earlier…4 stories
  6. 26SundayCameroonian opposition presidential candidate Issa Tchiroma says that police have detained more than 30 politicians and activists linked to his campaign or who endorsed…5 stories
  7. 25SaturdayIndependent candidate Catherine Connolly is declared winner of yesterday's election of the President of Ireland, after Fine Gael candidate Heather Humphreys concedes the…4 stories
  8. 24FridayThe Philippines' anti-graft court acquits former Senate president Juan Ponce Enrile, his former chief of staff Gigi Reyes, and businesswoman Janet Lim-Napoles of their…4 stories
  9. 23ThursdayMore than 30 people are arrested by United States law enforcement as part of an investigation into illegal gambling linked to the American mafia, including former…4 stories
  10. 22WednesdayArgentine foreign minister Gerardo Werthein submits his resignation to President Javier Milei.4 stories
  11. 21TuesdaySanae Takaichi is elected as Japan's first female prime minister by the House of Representatives after her party, the Liberal Democratic Party, agreed to form a…5 stories
  12. 20MondayCambodian prime minister Hun Manet formally inaugurates Techo International Airport, replacing the 70-year-old Phnom Penh International Airport as the main aviation hub…3 stories
  13. 19SundayCentrist candidate Rodrigo Paz Pereira of the Christian Democratic Party defeats independent right-wing candidate and former president Jorge Quiroga to win the…4 stories
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  15. 17FridayThe Ministry of National Defense of China announces that Vice Chairman of the Central Military Commission of China He Weidong, Director of the Political Work Department…5 stories
  16. 16ThursdayFour people are killed when police open fire to crowd control tens of thousands of people mourning opposition leader and former prime minister Raila Odinga, as his body…6 stories
  17. 15WednesdayHamas returns two more hostages' bodies to the Red Cross, with 19 still in Gaza despite the Gaza peace plan's deadline last Monday. Donald Trump also states Israel may…5 stories
  18. 14TuesdayTwenty people are killed and 16 others are injured when a bus catches fire in Rajasthan, India. Prime Minister Narendra Modi announces compensation payments of ₹200,000…6 stories
  19. 13MondayJoel Mokyr is awarded half of this year's Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for "having identified the prerequisites for sustained growth through technological…4 stories
  20. 12SundayIn tennis, Monégasque player Valentin Vacherot, who was ranked 204th on the ATP rankings, defeats his cousin Arthur Rinderknech in the Shanghai Masters final 4–6, 6–3…8 stories
  21. 11SaturdayBritish musician Ian Watkins of the band Lostprophets is killed in HM Prison Wakefield in West Yorkshire, England, where he was imprisoned for sexual crimes against…3 stories
  22. 10FridayVenezuelan activist María Corina Machado is awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her promotion of democratic rights in Venezuela.9 stories
  23. 9ThursdayHungarian novelist and screenwriter László Krasznahorkai wins this year's Nobel Prize in Literature "for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of…7 stories
  24. 8WednesdaySusumu Kitagawa, Richard Robson, and Omar Yaghi are jointly awarded this year's Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their work on metal–organic frameworks.4 stories
  25. 7TuesdayIris Stalzer, the mayor-elect of Herdecke, Germany, is left in a critical condition. She has told investigators it was her 17-year-old adoptive African daughter who…7 stories
  26. 6MondayFrench prime minister Sébastien Lecornu resigns after 27 days of being in office. With only 14 hours between the appointment of ministers and his resignation, Lecornu…6 stories
  27. 5SundayFrench prime minister Sébastien Lecornu announces his first batch of minister appointments, including former finance minister Bruno Le Maire as armed forces minister…4 stories
  28. 4SaturdaySanae Takaichi defeats Shinjiro Koizumi in a runoff election to become the next president of the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and prime minister-designate. She is the…6 stories
  29. 3FridayBishop of London Sarah Mullally is announced as the new archbishop of Canterbury, becoming the first woman to lead the Church of England and the Anglican Communion.10 stories
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  31. 1WednesdayVolodymyr Leontiev, the former Russia-installed mayor of Nova Kakhovka, is killed in a Ukrainian drone strike.6 stories