- Taiwanese railway authorities say the driver of the derailed express train had reported problems with the train before the accident.
- U.S. National Security Adviser John Bolton is scheduled to explain the U.S. withdrawal from a nuclear missile treaty with the Soviet Union to Russian officials in Moscow.
- Reuters news agency has quoted a senior Saudi official as saying that journalist Jamal Khashoggi was choked to death.
October 22, Monday, 2018 (2:00 p.m.) Read by Mr. Yoshi Ogasawara and Ms. Emma Howard