October 22, Thursday, 2020 (1:30 p.m.) Newsline

  1. Former U.S. President Barack Obama has campaigned in person for the first time in support of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden.
  2. Protest leaders in Thailand have issued an ultimatum to Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha step down or face another flood of people in the streets.
  3. An international NGO says the number of signatories ratifying the U.N. Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons may reach the required 50 mark as early as Friday.