New York Times: Trump secures relationship with Japanese prime minister
No concrete deals were concluded during U.S. President Donald Trump’s visit to Tokyo to meet new Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi on trade issues, but the two made agreements to expand the supply chain for rare earth metals. The leaders called relationship between the two conservatives “a new golden age of the U.S.-Japan alliance.” Also on the front page, China now has almost the same amount of nuclear reactors in construction as the rest of the world combined, and the country’s nuclear capacity will surpass the U.S.’s by 2030.
Miami Herald: Melissa barrels over Jamaica
Hurricane Melissa reached Jamaica on October 28, making the Category 5 storm the strongest on to hit the Atlantic since the Labor Day Hurricane of 1935. It slowed down before landing southwest of Montego Bay to 160 miles per hour (around 257 kilometers per hour) maximum sustained winds. Cuba begins to evacuate before Melissa’s arrival. Also in the news, the U.S. launched three strikes on four vessels suspected of trafficking drugs off the Pacific Coast of Latin America, killing 14 people.
The Irish Times: Israel strikes Gaza amid ceasefire
Defence forces conducted airstrikes in the Gaza strip on Oct. 29 after Israel said Hamas gunmen fired on Israeli soldiers. U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance told the press that the ceasefire will hold and that “there are going to be little skirmishes here and there.” The Irish paper also covered Hurricane Melissa touching down in Jamaica on Oct. 29, reporting that heavy flooding has destroyed buildings and left more than 240,000 citizens without power.
Financial Times: OpenAI valued at $4 trillion, Microsoft is its largest shareholder
After the software was restructured, the AI rose in value, and a new deal signed October 28 gives Microsoft a 27 percent stake in the company. The stake is valued at $135 billion, and the deal raised the value of Microsoft’s shares by 2 percent. In other news, Japan and the U.S. solidified their military alliance Oct. 28 after U.S. President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi met in Tokyo.
The Hindu: Cyclone causes damage in India
Cyclone Montha hit Andhra Pradesh on Oct. 28, causing a maximum of 167 mm of rainfall that submerged more than 43,000 hectares of farmland. Thirty-five thousand people had to evacuate, and 83,000 farmers are affected by the loss of crops. Financial news in India includes Tata Trust, the investment firm that holds the Indian conglomerate Tata Group, blocking Melhi Mistry, a friend of the former chairman Ratan Tata, from becoming renewing his term as a trustee.
El Mundo: Valencia continues its slow recovery after floods one year later
Residents from the 75 towns affected by the large floods in 2024 that killed 229 people still feel the effects of the heavy damage, such as schools still operating in temporary structures and over 700 elevators still broken. Government projects have taken a long time to start building after being approved. Another story on the front page focuses on a grandparent, who moved to Spain from Venezuela to care for his daughter and granddaughter, who is now the only surviving member of the family after the floods.
Der Standard: Climate change claims more than three million deaths annually
The burning of fossil fuels have caused heat waves, forrest fires, droughts, floods and food shortages that have led to these deaths. A study published in the medical journal The Lancet calls for phasing out the use of fossil fuels. The Austrian newspaper also covered U.S. President Donald Trump’s visit to Japan and his meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi ahead of the Oct. 30 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Summit.
