- Syrian museum reopening hailed as 'return to normal life': Archaeologists and restoration specialists attend ceremony at National Museum in Damascus https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/28/syria-national-museum-damascus-reopening-hailed-as-return-to-normal-life 12 comments worldnews
- [Record] Sérgio Conceição: ''João Mario returned from the national team half-asleep. But it's expected, bringing him back to normal is my job. Here he needs to understand he has a Portuguese coach and not a Spanish one.'' https://www.record.pt/multimedia/videos/detalhe/sergio-conceicao-e-a-primeira-internacionalizacao-de-joao-mario-veio-um-bocadinho-a-dormir?ref=FC+Porto_DestaquesPrincipais 10 comments soccer
- Claiming that the number of asylum seekers and irregular migrants from all registered and unregistered nationalities is close to 8 million, the Turkish opposition leader announced her plan for the return of refugees, which includes normalization with the Assad regime. https://www.trthaber.com/haber/gundem/meral-aksener-suriyeilerin-her-sartta-donmesini-saglamayi-hedefliyoruz-706832.html 7 comments europe
- A warming, rapidly changing Arctic is the "new normal" and shows no signs of returning to the reliably frozen region of the past. This is according to the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Arctic Report Card. http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-42330771 22 comments worldnews