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A Serbian nationalist leader who courted MAGA just lost in a landslide

Corruption concerns helped oust Aleksandar Vucic, who pushed a Trump family project in Belgrade.

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Cybersecurity CEO Indicted for Allegedly Scamming Millions From Ransomware Victims

A federal grand jury indicted MonsterCloud CEO Zohar Pinhasi last month for allegedly defrauding clients of his ransomware data recovery business, which was the subject of a 2019 ProPublica investigat...

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Serbia's student movement ousts nationalist leader Aleksandar Vucic in parliamentary elections

Vucic conceded defeat less than two hours after polls closed. The victory in the snap vote comes after nearly two years of anti-government protests.

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Lula wins fourth term as Brazil president after historic upset over far-right Flávio Bolsonaro

Leftist incumbent Lula says unprecedented comeback was a ‘defeat for denialism’ as Bolsonaro refuses to accept election result * Lula wins election in stunning comeback – live updates Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, the Brazilian president, has staged a dramatic election fightback, defeating his far-right opponent, Flávio Bolsonaro, to claim a historic fourth term in power. With 100% of votes counted the 80-year-old leftist received 4.4m votes more than Bolsonaro, with a 51.79% share to his 45-year-old rival’s 48.21%. However, soon after Brazil’s electoral authority confirmed Lula’s victory, Bolsonaro refused to concede defeat and asked for the results to be annulled. Continue reading...

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In a Newly Drawn District, Black Voters May Get a Representative Who Spent Years Undermining Their Interests

Brent Taylor is the front-runner for one of Memphis’ U.S. congressional districts, recently redrawn from majority Black to majority white. As state senator, he repeatedly used his power to supersede l...

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Brazil's left-wing President Lula elected for fourth term

Brazil's 80-year-old left-wing leader President Lula defeats Flávio Bolsonaro in a bitterly contested runoff.

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Lula holds off far right with victory in Brazil presidential election

Leftist president mounts stunning comeback after unexpected first-round loss galvanised supporters of Flavio Bolsonaro.

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Russian-friendly Vucic concedes defeat to student protest movement in Serbian election

For almost two years, student-led demonstrations in Serbia rallied against Vucic's right-wing incumbent Serbian Progressive Party. Protesting against alleged corruption in the government, the movement...

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Lula's Suprise Win Blocks Trump’s Push for a Far-Right Brazil

The 80-year-old incumbent will serve a fourth term in office.

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Brazil's Lula defeats Flavio Bolsonaro with 51.75% of the vote after a chaotic day at the polls

The 81-year-old leftist President wins an unprecedented fourth term after a last-minute Supreme Court ruling extended voting by two hours.

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World reacts to Lula's victory in Brazilian presidential race

International leaders and politicians congratulate the Brazilian president on his re-election win.

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Trump failed to stop inflation. Now Republicans may pay the price in the midterm elections

One week before midterm elections, President Donald Trump is struggling to deliver on his promise to bring down costs.

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Brazil runoff live updates: polls set to close as Flávio Bolsonaro narrowly leads Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in race for presidency

Sunday’s election is a test for incumbent Lula: can he can rally enough support to overturn Bolsonaro’s lead?

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Israeli strike on Gaza university kills three

'Over the past six days, 10 students and educators have been killed by the occupation's fire,' according to Gaza's education ministry.

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The College of Magic turns ordinary kids into confident, top-hat wearing magicians

The students, many from marginalized communities, learn to conjure up candy, do card tricks — and face the world with a confident, creative and resilient mindset.

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Bolsonaro refuses to concede as would-be Ukraine peace mediator Lula wins Brazil election

Lula had expressed the view in 2024 that Brazil should remain neutral and not interfere in Russia's war against Ukraine, but in the years that followed had been engaging in diplomacy, including effort...

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US holding up air defense missiles for Ukraine for nearly a month, Zelensky says

A senior Ukrainian official previously told the Kyiv Independent that the batch awaiting U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's approval was "significant."

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Serbian leader Aleksandar Vučić concedes defeat in fiercely contested parliamentary election

Vučić’s 12-year reign looks to have been ended by record turnout of voters in election provoked by student-led protests Serbia’s veteran leader Aleksandar Vučić has conceded defeat to the student movement, ushering in a seismic political shift after two years of student-led protests gave rise to a fiercely contested parliamentary election. Speaking on Sunday, Vučić cited preliminary results that showed the student-backed protest movement surging ahead. “Based on a stratified sample, it is clear that we lost these elections,” Vučić told supporters at his party headquarters in Belgrade. Continue reading...

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U.S. measles cases more than double what they were last year as outbreak spreads

Pennsylvania is the worst hit state, with at least 1,338 cases of measles confirmed in 44 counties so far this year, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health.

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Lula, Brazil’s iconic working-class president, wins historic fourth term in dramatic comeback

Lula’s win deprives President Donald Trump of a major addition to what has been a growing bloc of friendly right-wing Latin American governments that have embraced Washington’s agenda on security and migration.

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Anthropic's Claude bypassed a paywall to access Georgia voter data without authorization

Anthropic says Claude pulled Georgia data on its own.

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Serbia’s strongman leader Vucic concedes defeat to student-led movement in seismic political shift

It was a seismic political shift in the Balkan country where Vucic, who had been endorsed by Russian President Vladimir Putin and who denounced the student movement as a foreign-led attempt to unseat...

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After Hungary, Serbia takes its turn to show the power of the people

Anger at corruption and an unaccountable government turned Serbs decisively against their autocratic leader Aleksandar Vučić

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States already have a good way to ensure election integrity—and MAGA hates it

The rejection of ERIC by GOP officials has, ironically, undermined their own voting systems.

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Democrats Release 50-Page Report on Trump’s Epstein Files Cover-Up

The report alleges Donald Trump was an “active participant” in Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse.

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US military 'feeling the effect' of Trump's war

Military personnel on a US aircraft carrier describe the difficulty of not seeing their families during a prolonged deployment.

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GB News is allowed to promote Reform, so I’m setting up Woke TV

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Election officials say ICE is unlikely to visit Colorado polling places but they’re preparing nonetheless

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Unconventional AI buys Israeli chip startup NeuReality to speed product development

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Trump administration weighs ultra-processed food definition

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These 'Seven Stories About Tammy' add up to one brilliant piece of writing

Elizabeth McCracken's connected short stories chronicle a family's encounters with their eldest son's girlfriend and eventual wife. This slim collection is so engaging, you may want to read it twice.

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Eric Bauza, modern voice of Bugs Bunny and other Looney Tunes characters, dies at 46

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Verizon says SpaceX will need 8 years and a half trillion dollars to compete in wireless

Verizon's CEO said he's assuming SpaceX will flawlessly execute its US ambitions, but those goals will require massive capital commitments.

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China’s most successful Astroturf operation: grassroots football

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Machado’s Venezuela Return Fuels Hope of Shift to Democracy

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado arrived in Caracas Sunday night, capping an 11 hour journey through five states that drew crowds of supporters and raised expectations for a return to democracy.

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Trump closed down the border — and ended it as a campaign issue

Communities along the southern border turned against Joe Biden as crossings surged. Now they’re souring on Trump as his immigration raids round up their neighbors.

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One-in-three European voters now support an authoritarian or populist party, new research reveals

A historically-high number of voters have chosen parties classified as authoritarian or populist, according to a new report analysing parliamentary election results for 260 parties in 31 countries since 1946, or since the year free elections were first held.

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Early voting to begin in Kentucky this week ahead of November election • Kentucky Lantern

For the November general election, early voting in Kentucky begins Thursday.

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