Informing, engaging & connecting the people of the world. NOVEMBER 4, 2019

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More than a year before voters cast ballots in the next presidential contest, the impeachment process is dividing voters in Wisconsin, a state both political parties view as critical to winning the 2020 presidential election.

ON THIS DAY IN AMERICAN HISTORY On November 4, 1979, hundreds of Iranian students storm the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and take more than 60 American hostages. The students, supporters of Muslim cleric Ayatollah Khomeini, demanded the return of Iran’s deposed leader, Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi, who was receiving cancer treatment in the United States. After the takeover, President Jimmy Carter ordered a complete embargo of Iranian oil. Iran held 52 hostages for 444 days.

There is not often good news coming out of the territorial disputes of the South China Sea, but Vietnam, in its tensions with China, could take solace in recent remarks from some of Washington’s high level emissaries, who have given a boost to the Southeast Asian nation.

VIDEO: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in April said he would give the U.S. until the end of the year to become more flexible on nuclear talks. Since then, he’s launched 12 missiles to back up that warning, including a launch on Thursday. So far, though, there is no evidence the U.S. is changing its stance, meaning the situation could soon get much more volatile.

On Saturday, South African rugby fans of all racial backgrounds cheered as the national rugby team, the Springboks, won a decisive 32-12 victory over England in a historic Rugby World Cup final. The win, at least temporarily, united a divided nation.

The White House plans to end Cameroon’s preferential trade status in 2020 because of alleged human rights violations, a charge the West African nation’s government disputes.