What are the midterm elections?

A guide to the basics of the 2018 elections in the United States.

Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2018/11/05/what-are-midterm-elections/

Pilot to be sentenced in sabotage that crippled Quebec power grid

Much of the trial has been held in secret, including the exact method of the sabotage, to protect national security and presumably to discourage copycats.

Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2018/11/02/pilot-be-sentenced-sabotage-that-crippled-quebec-power-grid/

The Nigerian army’s defense after it shot and killed protesters? Trump’s remarks on the migrant caravan.

“They want to throw rocks at our military, our military fights back," Trump said in his Nov. 1 remarks.

Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2018/11/02/nigerian-armys-defense-after-it-shot-killed-protesters-trumps-remarks-migrant-caravan/

A blockbuster Polish movie about abusive priests triggers a new wave of accusations

"Kler" has defied church calls to boycott the film to become one of the most successful movies in the history of post-communist Poland.

Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2018/11/02/blockbuster-polish-movie-about-abusive-priests-triggers-new-wave-accusations/

More than 200 are raped per month in Congo’s Kasai conflict, says new report

Eighty percent of patients at a Doctors Without Borders clinic reported being raped by armed men.

Source: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2018/11/02/more-than-are-raped-per-month-congos-kasai-conflict-says-new-report/