Did you follow this year’s World Series between the Houston Astros and Washington Nationals? It was an entertaining matchup seeing the Nationals jump out to a two-game lead (even on the Astros’ home turf!), only to have the Astros storm back to take a 3–2 lead in the best-of-seven series, and then to see the Nationals come back and win in Game 7! We saw some of the best pitchers in the Majors face each other, while also facing off against some of the best hitters in the game. It was fun to watch, to say the least.

With the United States signaling it will not be around to provide military support for Europe, and Russia increasing its military presence on Europe’s borders, many European nations are taking greater action to rearm (The Guardian, September 30, 2019).

Towns in northern New South Wales and southern Queensland are in the midst of one of Australia’s most devastating droughts (Reuters, September 27, 2019). Many towns are now counting down to “day zero”—the day each town will completely run out of water. For most, this terminal date will fall in mid- to late-2020.