Former Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton says President Donald Trump is "ignoring the intelligence community about an urgent threat," in refusing to stand up to Russia.

This mom decided to scare her two young girls after painting her face in scary makeup for a party. As she walked into their room, the kids loudly screeched and cowered away in fear.

After having launches at comic conventions and film festivals, "Halloween" finally had its premiere in Hollywood on Wednesday.

If you're anxious about earnings, you're not alone. They're getting revised down into 2019 and the S&P 500 is on track for its worst month since 2009 - despite still-strong GDP growth at 3.5% and employment near a half-century low.

Pennywise the Clown from 'IT' ranks number one for solo costumes. The classic witch costume is second followed by Spider-Man in third. The web-slinger's popularity stems from 'Spider-Man: Far From Home' and other recent flicks. Popular searches also include costumes of overweight Thor from 'Avengers: Endgame.'.

A team of ten scientists will investigate the origins of the new virus in a politically fraught mission that comes more than a year after the pandemic began and after accusations Beijing has tried to thwart the project. Finding the origins of the SARS-Covid-2 'could be a very long journey', says Peter Ben Embarek, head of the international WHO mission to China.

The World Health Organization's Africa chief speaks on patient zero for the separate, unlinked outbreaks of Ebola in Guinea and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Beijing said the use of spy agencies, not scientists, was "iron-clad proof" of Washington's attempts to politicize the origins of COVID-19. A new report published Friday shed little fresh light on how the virus emerged.

"Who's Black and Why?" is the title of a fascinating new book about the origins of racism. Back in 1739, the Royal Academy of Sciences in the French city of Bordeaux announced a contest for the best essay on the sources of "blackness".

We bring you the burning front pages of The Guardian and Liberation reacting to multiple UN reports about how we will soon be unable to reach our target of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees. Also, we look at reactions to Elon Musk's acquisition of Twitter and what it means for the social media platform.

According to South Korean media JTBC, 153 people were killed and 103 others injured in a stampede that occurred Saturday night at Itaewon, a district of the South Korean capital Seoul, during Halloween gatherings.

President Han Duck-soo said the government would carry out a "thorough investigation" as the casualty count continued to climb overnight. A 561-member task force will interview witnesses to the tragedy.