Deadly knife attacks at a church in France

Police work behind a restricted zone near the Notre Dame church in Nice, southern France, after a knife attack took place, Oct. 29, 2020.
Daniel Cole/AP
A series of knife attacks on French citizens at the Notre Dame Basilica in the Mediterranean city of Nice on Thursday prompted the government to raise its security alert status to the maximum level. And, much of the chocolate that trick-or-treaters eat this weekend will have come from cocoa farms in West Africa that use child labor. Also, Japan's prime minister this week announced a goal of making the country carbon-neutral by 2050.
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