Salman Rushdie's agent, Andrew Wylie, told the Spanish-language daily newspaper El País in an interview published Saturday that the author lost the use of an eye and hand from a knife attack in New York in August.
Why it matters: It's the latest update on Rushdie's condition since the attack, during which Wylie said the author suffered three serious wounds in his neck and 15 more in his chest and torso.
Chinese President Xi Jinping secured an unusual third term as leader of the Chinese Communist Party, the country's most powerful position, after a weeklong Party congress session that ended on Sunday, according to Chinese state media Xinhua News Agency.
Why it matters: With Xi as China's unchallenged leader for another five-year term, Beijing is likely to continue itscurrent trajectory of confrontation with the West.
Far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is seeking a new trial after a jury ordered him earlier this month to pay the families of Sandy Hook school shooting victims $965 million in damages for falsely claiming the massacre was a hoax.
Driving the news: In a motion filed Friday, Jones asked a Connecticut judge to throw out the verdict against him and his company, and to order a new trial.
Russian authorities ordered residents of the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson to leave “immediately” Saturday ahead of a potential Ukrainian advance to reclaim the area, the Associated Press reports.
Why it matters: Kherson has been occupied by Russia since the early days of its invasion of Ukraine in February and is a part of a region that was annexed by Russian President Vladimir Putin in September.
