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Dodgers win Game 6 against Blue Jays in World Series to force decider
With a 3-1 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays, the Los Angeles Dodgers put the World Series series in its final seventh game to restrain their hopes of becoming Major League Baseball’s (MLB) first repeat champion in 25 years.
A Dodgers team with no room for error and facing elimination for the first time this postseason started with Mookie Betts and Will Smith providing the offense in six solid innings starting against Yoshinobu Yamamoto.
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On a bizarre play in the ninth inning, Toronto thought it had tied the game after hitting a homerun inside the park at the bottom of the outfield fence, where Dodgers outfielder Justin Dean raised his hands to declare the play dead.
A video review turned out to be a ground rule double, leaving Toronto with runners on second and third without an out.
Before Kike Hernandez turned the double play when he fired the ball into second base to end the game, Ernie Clement then hit an infield pop and Andres Gimenez lined out to left.
Fans of the lone MLB team in Canada are desperate to celebrate the Blue Jays’ first World Series victory in 32 years with a one-day delay at least.
Game 6 puts the Dodgers’ entire season on the line.
Few people expected the Blue Jays to present much of a challenge and even fewer called for it to go the distance because the Dodgers were already an overwhelming favorite at the start of the season.
Los Angeles opened the scoring in the third inning with a run-scoring double from Smith before Betts added a pair of runs to put them ahead 3-0.
After scoring on a George Springer single in the bottom half of the third, Barger doubled before leading the Blue Jays to within two.
The Dodgers’ starting rotation had been their strength this postseason, but Yamamoto once more took matters into his own hands and took the team’s 3-2 lead in the World Series.
Before the Dodgers switched to a bullpen, which has been their weak link all season, the Japanese ace, who threw complete-game gems in his previous two starts, struck out six batters and gave up one run on five hits in six innings.
Before Roki Sasaki retired Bo Bichette and Daulton Varsho grounded out to end the inning, the Blue Jays made a threat in the eighth inning when they had one more out. Then they faced another run of the same name.
A spectator scaled the outfield wall and stormed the field with a United States flag in the sixth inning before being promptly taken down by security guards and escorted away.
On Saturday in Toronto, Game 7 will be played.
Melissa leaves 50 dead, toll expected to rise in Jamaica, Haiti
After enduring days of abuse in Jamaica, Haiti, and Cuba, Hurricane Melissa has finally left the Caribbean, leaving behind a trail of devastation that has claimed the lives of about 50 people.
Residents of Jamaica were weighing their losses and the lengthy road to recovery on Friday as a result of the hurricane’s powerful force that it had smashed into the country on Tuesday as a Category 5 storm.
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Nearly half of Jamaica’s water systems are offline, and more than 60% of the country is still without power.
Up to 90% of all structures in the historic seaside town of Black River, southwest of Jamaica, were left without roofs, and the storm also shattered power lines and toppled concrete structures.
As she watched a bag of groceries and household items for herself and a group of Greenfield residents, one of the many black-river communities that have been devastated by Hurricane Ike, “People are hungry,” said Monique Powell, “People are hungry.”
Michelle Barnes and her 13-year-old daughter were distributing their portion of handouts from neighborhood food stores, many of which had soaked and damaged and were now water-soaked.
According to a study conducted by Imperial College London, climate change contributed four times to the magnitude of the storm, one of the most powerful ever recorded.
Death trail
Authorities had “quite credible” reports of a potential five additional deaths, but had not yet been able to confirm, according to Jamaica’s Information Minister Dana Morris Dixon, who spoke at a briefing.
Although we’re only 19 confirmed, she said, “we do anticipate that to change today.”
Authorities in the nearby Haiti reported 21 missing and at least 31 fatalities, primarily in the southern region of the nation. More than 15 800 people were still in shelters.
More than 735, 000 people were evacuated from Cuba on Friday, but no deaths were reported. Dangerous flooding persisted in some areas on Friday as a result of the civil defense’s efforts to stop the island’s eastern region.
Climate finance and disaster bonds
Jamaica’s recovery costs are unknown, but the Caribbean nation has already made money available for disaster response, including through a special bond deal with the World Bank.
According to Dixon, the bond, which was issued in 2024, provides $150 million in financial security for Jamaica during the four hurricane seasons.
She stated on Friday that Hurricane Melissa had triggered this bond, which provides payouts in the event of natural disasters until 2027.
Jamaica is one of the many nations that is pressing wealthy countries to increase climate financing to cover the costs of climate-induced disasters.
In addition, Jamaica’s Minister of Science, Energy, and Technology, Andrew Wheatley, praised the country’s “deep appreciation of the global outpouring of support” following Melissa, but urged potential donors to be cautious of scams and to use the official government portal for donations.
Cuba rescues stranded residents who have been flooded.
In response to Melissa, Cuba was attempting to rescue residents who were still stranded by previously inaccessible floodwaters on Friday.
Around 380mm (15 inches) of rain fell on some areas of the island’s eastern end shortly after the Hurricane struck Cuba as a risky Category 3 hurricane.
Residents of the country’s longest river were rescued from the still-rising waters on Friday by emergency workers wad waist-deep in wetsuits and used military vehicles and boats.
Eduardo Verdecia, 83, a resident of Rio Cauto, claimed that while expected, the river would still be flowing. However, the persistent rains, runoff from nearby mountains, and a rapidly expanding reservoir, had surprised them.
Demonstrators call for governor’s resignation after deadly Rio police raid
In a protest against Rio state governor Claudio Castro’s resignation, hundreds of protesters have marched through one of the favelas that were the target of the most recent police raid.
The protesters’ vocal voices were heard on Friday in Vila Cruzeiro, a part of the Penha complex of favelas that were assaulted, as they gathered to protest the police operation that killed at least 121 people, including four police officers.
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On Tuesday, about 2,500 police and soldiers stormed the crowded, low-income neighborhoods known as the Complexo de Alemao and Complexo da Penha favelas in Rio de Janeiro, killing the notorious gang Comando Vermelho (Red Command) in the Complexo de Alemao and Complexo da Penha.
The officers drew retaliation from gang members, causing chaos in the city, with the aid of armored vehicles and helicopters.
Capturing gang leaders and halt Red Command’s territorial expansion were the stated goals. In recent years, the organization has grown in control of the city’s favelas and other locations.
Authorities initially claimed only 64 people had died, but residents discovered numerous bodies in a nearby wooded area the following day.
As they gathered in Vila Cruzeiro, where residents had laid out dozens of dead bodies days earlier, activists, and grieving mothers who lost their sons in previous operations, expressed their anger.
The right-wing governor of Rio de Janeiro received a lot of the support, with protesters calling him an “assissassin.”
Stop the massacres, Castro, out with us! protesters chanted and demanded that the governor resign or that he be imprisoned.
“Favelas isn’t public policy,” says the statement. Monica Benicio, a member of the local council, called it a massacre.
Castro argued that the operation was a “success” against “narco-terrorists,” claiming that those killed were drug users who opposed police. Of the 99 suspects so far, 42 had outstanding arrest warrants, according to the state government, and 78 had long-running criminal histories.
At the protest on Friday, there was a sign that read, “120 lives lost is not a success,” and another that read, “Castro has blood on his hands.”
Many also criticized the location of the bodies’ bodies. Several bodies were reportedly found with puncture wounds or tied up, while others were not.
Rights groups and the UN condemned the death toll, which was the highest level ever recorded during a Rio police operation. Human Rights Watch called for Brazilian authorities to conduct “a prompt, thorough, and independent investigation of each of the killings” and denounced the “disastrous operation.”
Castro is required to provide detailed details about how the operation was carried out in Brazil, according to the Supreme Court and lawmakers. A hearing with Castro and the heads of the military and civil police is scheduled for November 3 according to Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes.
Castro claims that the government of leftist president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is anti-crime, saying Rio de Janeiro has abandoned Rio in its fight against gangs.
G7 slams Russian attacks on energy as Ukraine decries ‘nuclear terrorism’
Following the accusations that Moscow’s most recent barrage was comparable to “nuclear terrorism,” the Group of Seven nations’ energy ministers have jointly condemned Russia’s attacks on Ukraine’s energy system.
The G7 energy ministers, which include Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States, stated in a statement that Russia’s attacks “continue to have devastating social, environmental, and economic consequences on the Ukrainian people.”
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According to the statement, “Russia’s recent attacks on Ukraine’s natural gas infrastructure have put communities and human lives at risk,” as well as weakened civilian infrastructure and Ukrainian people’s energy security.
The G7 stated that it continues to support Ukraine’s energy sector’s recovery “through direct financial assistance, credit facilities, risk insurance, policy and resource alignment, as well as setting conditions for long-term private sector investment.”
In recent weeks, Ukraine has accused Russia of repeatedly attacking its population’s suffering in preparation for the bitterly cold winter months.
Following a string of Russian attacks on energy facilities in the country’s central, western, and southeast on Thursday, which left seven people dead, Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said “the goal is to plunge Ukraine into darkness.”
On the eve of winter, Svyrydenko said, “Russia continues its systematic energy terror. It is striking at the lives, dignity, and warmth of Ukrainians.”
She continued, “We need more air defense systems, tougher sanctions, and maximum pressure on the aggressor” in order to stop the terrorism.
The Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs criticized what it claimed were “targeted strikes” by Russian forces on Ukrainian nuclear power stations on Friday.
It stated that “deliberate strikes on civilian energy facilities that directly affect the safe operation of nuclear installations are a grave violation of international humanitarian law.”
Following the attacks on Thursday, Kyiv announced nationwide restrictions on the supply of electricity to retail and industrial customers, and some regions also experienced disruptions to water and heating systems.
Three Ukrainian nuclear power plants were forced to reduce output as a result of the assault, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi warned that “the threats to nuclear safety continue to be very real and ever-present.”
He continued, “I call for maximum military restraint in the area of nuclear facilities.”
Moscow denies that it is attacking people who are civilians. It asserts that Ukraine’s strikes were merely an attack on Russian civilian infrastructure.
Moscow and Kyiv frequently accuse one another of attacking one another’s energy centers and engaging in military exercises that compromise the safety of Ukraine’s four active nuclear plants.
As fighting rages nearby, the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, which was taken over by Russian forces in the first few weeks of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, has become a major concern for the IAEA.
The Zaporizhia-based administration, which was installed in Russia, announced on October 23 that it had restored external power to the plant and repaired a damaged high-voltage line.
Since September 23, when its last external power line was severed in attacks that each side blamed on the other, it has been without external electricity for 30 days and relying on backup diesel generators.