Portal:Current events/2013 October 24

• Nyanasamvara Suvaddhana, the 19th Supreme Patriarch of Buddhism in Thailand, dies at the age of 100. (ABC News via Associated Press)

• Twitter sets a modest-seeming goal of US$1.6 billion for its forthcoming initial public offering. (Reuters)

• China's Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources will send inspection teams to Chinese regional cities to inspect air quality following the 2013 Harbin smog incident. (Reuters Trust)
• An NSW Rural Fire Service pilot dies when his plane crashes while fighting fires near the town of Ulladulla, New South Wales, Australia. (Courier Mail)

• The World Health Organization reports that a polio outbreak has begun in the war-torn city of Deir Ezzor, Syria. (Reuters)

• Germany summons the United States Ambassador over claims that the US monitored Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel's mobile phone. (BBC)

• Portuguese Police reopen the investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann. (BBC)

• France's top football clubs announce plans for a strike in Ligue 1 and Ligue 2 at the end of November in protest at the President François Hollande's 75% supertax proposal. (AFP via Yahoo! Singapore)
• 2013 World Series: The St. Louis Cardinals defeat the Boston Red Sox 4-2 to tie the World Series at 1-1. (ESPN)