Our daily trip ‘round the world

🇰🇷 At least 153 people were killed, and dozens more injured, in a stampede at a Halloween parade in South Korea. Those killed or hurt were mostly teens and people in their 20s, local officials said. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared a national day of mourning yesterday, and vowed to investigate the cause of the accident and review all relevant safety protocols. While Halloween isn’t a traditional holiday in South Korea, costume parties at bars and clubs have become popular among teens and young adults in recent years, the AP reports.

🇧🇷 Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will become Brazil’s next president after defeating incumbent Jair Bolsonaro. Lula had 50.8% of votes compared with 49.2% for Bolsonaro with 99+% of votes counted, enough to "mathematically define" the outcome of the race, per the country’s elections board. Lula previously served as Brazil’s president from 2003 to 2010, but was later jailed for 19 months on bribery convictions that were overturned by the county’s Supreme Court last year. He’ll be sworn in as Brazil’s leader on January 1, 2023.

🇷🇺 Russia is indefinitely suspending an UN-brokered deal ensuring safe passage of Ukrainian grain exports. Officials in Moscow said the move came about because Russia can’t "guarantee safety of civilian ships" after an alleged series of Ukrainian drone attacks on its Black Sea fleet. Ukraine accounted for ~10% of the world’s grain exports pre-invasion (60+ million tons). Since its deal with Russia was reached in July, Ukraine has exported nearly 10 million tons of grain and other food products.

+Elsewhere: An estimated 232 million people in China are currently under Covid lockdown, per a new survey from Japanese bank Nomura, up from 225 million people last week.