October 9, Friday, 2020 (1:30 p.m.) Newsline

  1. A typhoon is now barreling toward Japan. Meteorological Agency officials say Typhoon Chan-hom is unlikely to make landfall but is expected to bring strong winds and heavy rain across wide areas.
  2. This year’s Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to the World Food Programme, or WFP.
  3. Editors of a globally renowned U.S. medical journal have taken the extraordinary and unusual measure of asking Americans to vote out the administration of President Donald Trump for its failed handling of the coronavirus.