Portal:Current events/2014 October 29

Current events of October 29, 2014 (2014-10-29) (Wednesday)

Arts and culture New Zealand will hold a referendum regarding its national flag in 2016. (BBC) Disasters and accidents A mudslide in south-central Sri Lanka kills more than 100 people. (Reuters) Politics and elections Tunisian parliamentary election, 2014 The results of the recent Tunisian parliamentary election are announced with the secular Nidaa Tounes party winning a plurality of seats. (BBC) Guy Scott, the Vice-President of Zambia, becomes the interim President following the death of Michael Sata in London on Tuesday. (Voice of America) Sport In Major League Baseball, the San Francisco Giants win the 2014 World Series, defeating the Kansas City Royals by 4 games to 3 for the Giants' third World Series win in five seasons, followed by civil disorder in the streets. Giants pitcher Madison Bumgarner is named as series MVP. (The Guardian), (AP)