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“Achieving peace is not something that just happens,” UN Secretary-General António Guterres said in a message for Monday’s International Day of Peace. “It is a shared and decisive choice to invest in a better future.”Invest in peace is this year’s theme, echoing the founding principles of the UN, built amid the ashes of the Second World War. As world leaders gather at UN Headquarters for the annual High-Level Week, Mr. Guterres called on them to strengthen diplomacy, dialogue, mediation and peacekeeping operations as essential means of preventing and resolving conflicts. Indeed, peace – a vital resource for human development – remains elusive in many parts of the world as conflicts increase in scale and complexity, he said. Watch the UN chief’s full message here: ‘We must talk to one another’At an event marking the day at the UN’s hub in Nairobi, Kenya, young people weighed in. Pointing to “something that does not help in maintaining peace”, Benedict Wambuya, an agriculture and technology student at Jomo Kenyatta University, reflected on recent deadly crackdowns at home, when young people felt their rights were being violated by State authorities.

CHICAGO (AP) Jake Evans scored twice and assisted on Kaiden Guhle’s goal and the Montreal Canadiens beat the Chicago Blackhawks 4-1 on Friday night. Evans’ third point, a feed to Guhle with 1:34 left in the second period, matched his career high. Montreal is 4-1-1 in its last six games, while Chicago has dropped two straight and four of its last six. A wide-open game tightened up late in the first period, which worked to Montreal’s advantage. Chicago opened the scoring on Connor Bedard’s second goal of the season 4:23 in, but the Canadiens began to control the play, and by mid-period were limiting Chicago’s chances. Jacob Fowler, who made 20 saves, was lightly tested the rest of the game despite five Chicago power plays, and needed to make only three saves in the final period. Evans’ first goal of the game and season tied it with 2:31 left in the first. His second, a wrist shot over goalie Spencer Knight’s stick side with the Canadiens skating short-handed, gave Montreal a 2-1 lead 7:51 into the second period. Guhle also beat Knight on the stick side, his shot from the left point screened by Josh Anderson. Mike Matheson added an empty-net goal with 2:38 remaining.

All four of Montreal's centres played reliable and predictable on Friday, which is exactly what the Canadiens will need to carry them through the adversity they’re facing without Nick Suzuki.

Necas gets goal, two assists, Kadri scores first of season; Tampa Bay had won three straight DENVER -- Nathan MacKinnon had a goal and three assists for the Colorado Avalanche in a 6-3 win against the Tampa Bay Lightning at Ball Arena on Friday.

MLB·RecapTrevor Megill struck out Jonny DeLuca with runners on second and third to wiggle out of a ninth-inning jam as the Milwaukee Brewers escaped with a 3-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays in Game 1 of the World Series. Milwaukee escapes 9th-inning jam to score 3-2 victorySteve Megargee · The Associated Press · Posted: Oct 24, 2026 12:46 AM EDT | Last Updated: 7 hours agoListen to this articleEstimated 6 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Milwaukee Brewers left fielder Jackson Chourio celebrates his RBI base hit during the seventh inning of Game 1 of the MLB World Series on Friday in Milwaukee. The Brewers beat the visiting Tampa Bay Rays 3-2. (Ashley Landis/The Associated Press)Trevor Megill struck out Jonny DeLuca with runners on second and third to wiggle out of a ninth-inning jam as the Milwaukee Brewers escaped with a 3-2 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays in Game 1 of the World Series on Friday night in Milwaukee.

MMA Fighting has UFC 333 results for the Volkanovski vs. Evloev fight card, live blogs of the entire main card, and more from Etihad Arena in Abu Dhabi on Saturday. In the main event, two-time UFC featherweight champion Alexander Volkanovski defends his title against the undefeated Movsar Evloev. Volkanovski is coming off of consecutive championship fight victories over Diego Lopes, while Evloev is 10-0 since making his UFC debut in 2019. The co-main event features a trilogy bout between bantamweight champion Petr Yan and Merab Dvalishvili. Yan defeated Dvalishvili this past December at UFC 323 to avenge a 2023 loss and claim the 135-pound belt a second time. He also prevented Dvalishvili from becoming the first fighter to successfully defend a UFC title four times in a calendar year and snapped Dvalishvili’s 14-fight win streak. Check out the UFC 333 results below. UFC 333 Main Card (Paramount+, 2 p.m. ET)Alexander Volkanovski vs. Movsar EvloevPetr Yan vs. Merab Dvalishvili 3Lone’er Kavanagh vs. Ramazan TemirovAlexander Volkov vs. Rizvan KunievAaron Pico vs. Losene KeitaUFC 333 Preliminary Card (Paramount+, 12 p.m. ET)Azamat Murzakanov vs. Dominick ReyesNikita Krylov vs.