October 7, 2022: A nuclear ‘Armageddon’ risk, Thailand shooting, Oath Keepers, Vegas stabbing, COVID

October 7, 2022: Putin's nuclear threat risks ‘Armageddon,’ Thai attack, Oath Keepers, Vegas stabbing, COVID

1. Russian President Vladimir Putin's threat to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine has brought the world closer to "Armageddon" than at any time since the Cold-War Cuban Missile Crisis, U.S. President Joe Biden said.

2. Grief-stricken relatives sobbed and clutched toys at a children's daycare centre, a day after a former policeman killed 34 people, most of them young children, in a knife and gun rampage there that has horrified Thailand.

3. U.S. prosecutors will present fresh evidence as they bring forward new witnesses on Friday in the trial of Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes and four associates for their alleged role in the Jan. 6, 2021 assault on the Capitol.

4. A man wielding a knife with a long blade stabbed eight people, two of them fatally, in an unprovoked rampage along the casino-lined Las Vegas Strip, and was arrested a short time later, local authorities said.

5. A new COVID wave appears to be brewing in Europe as cooler weather arrives, with public health experts warning that vaccine fatigue and confusion over types of available vaccines will likely limit booster uptake.