http://www.businessinsider.com/10-most-important-things-in-the-world-right-now-october-22-2014-2014-10
1. Islamic State militants continue to shell the Syrian town of Kobani after US aircraft dropped weapons, ammunition, and medical supplies to Kurdish forces there.
2. The World Health Organization said it's fast-tracking the testing of two experimental vaccines for Ebola, which could be ready for use on 20,000 health workers in Liberia by January, The Guardian reports.
3. A televised first meeting between student leaders of the pro-democracy movement in Hong Kong and government officials showed little progress.
4. A new poll showed Wednesday that Brazil's president Dilma Rousseff gained 1 percentage point on her pro-business candidate Aecio Neves, ahead of the Oct. 26 runoff to the presidential election.
5. Traders say three major changes — stablizing energy stocks, a possible delay in US interest rate hikes, and subsiding panic over Ebola — have sent markets surging back.
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