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The Small-Town Cop Who Helped ICE Deport His Neighbors

Ingram, Texas, was just rebuilding from a devastating flood when its tiny police department enrolled in ICE’s 287(g) deportation program. Within a year, cops would hand over the equivalent of 10% of t...

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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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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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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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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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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 votes in a tense Lula vs. Bolsonaro runoff with U.S. influence over Latin America at stake

The election pits the left-of-center veteran politician Lula against Bolsonaro, an ally of U.S. President Donald Trump and the son of imprisoned former President Jair Bolsonaro.

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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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I’ve covered Islamophobia for years. Trump’s GOP has taken it to a new level.

The shocking vilification of Muslims is one of the most troubling storylines of the midterms.

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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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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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2 beaches in Gaza and Israel. Just 40 miles apart, but worlds away

Forty miles separate the Israeli beach of Jaffa from the beach in Gaza City, but they are worlds apart. NPR's Frank Langfitt and Anas Baba report a tale of two beaches.

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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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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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Drone reportedly strikes business center in Russia's Voronezh as fires break out across city

Reports mentioned numerous explosions across the city and thick smoke rising from several locations. Some residents told ASTRA that they had not heard air raid sirens despite the ongoing attack.

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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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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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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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She voted for Trump every time. Then came cancer and the bills

Cindy Banda faces mounting medical bills after battling breast cancer. Despite the single mother's positive outlook, the financial strain combined with the high cost of living is overwhelming.

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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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Blanche on Alaska suit: 'There could be a crime'

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Police arrested a teenager in connection with the Oct. 24 mass shooting that left 11 people injured outside Florida A&M University's football stadium.

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Governorate's Druze majority in deadlock with Syrian government.

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Saudi-led coalition says it struck Houthi missile facilities

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Obama urges Maryland to back a ballot measure to open the door for Democratic gerrymandering

The state constitutional amendment would remove a provision that prevented Democrats from drawing a potential 8-0 congressional map in 2022.

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'We've been left behind': Residents in rural HRM talk housing, recreation, active transportation, taxes with Mayor Andy Fillmore - Halifax Examiner

Fillmore's last budget consultations will take place at St. Andrew's Community Centre in Halifax on Wednesday.

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Park24 to pay ¥3,000 to Times Car users hit by data breach

The company has confirmed that about 6.62 million user accounts were compromised.

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Ballon d'Or: Harry Kane favourite to win prestigious award after goal-filled season

Tonight's Ballon d'Or is one of the most anticipated in years, with Harry Kane the favourite to be named the world's best men's footballer.

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What Toronto’s Zoomers want in a candidate

Ten young Torontonians tell Canada’s National Observer what it will take to get their vote on October 26.

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Why is it getting harder to raise taxes in the UK?

IMF argues that major reform is needed of Britain’s tax complexity and competitiveness

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‘Still Just a Child’: The Russian Teenagers Fighting and Dying in Ukraine - The Moscow Times

“Why?! A young soldier who’d never seen combat … Still just a child,” Svetlana Serezhkina, a resident of the Moscow region, wrote on social media after news emerged of the death of Alisher Svirin, the...

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Ovintiv to buy Logan Energy for $890 million, expanding Montney oil position

Oil and gas producer Ovintiv said on Monday it would acquire Canadian producer Logan Energy in an all-cash deal valuing the company ‌at about $890 million, including debt.

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Ukrainian strike reportedly damages chemical plant in Russia's Voronezh

Voronezh Oblast Governor Aleksandr Gusev claimed that Russia had downed 113 Ukrainian drones over Voronezh and several districts of the region overnight and this morning, with over 70 of them heading...

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Brazil’s markets set to tumble as investors bet Lula will add to fiscal pain

Investors had been positioned for victory by rightwing Bolsonaro, seen as more willing to tackle budget deficit

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Trump, Netanyahu and the politics of escalation against Iran

Electoral defeat for the leaders of Israel and the US may not stand in the way of plans for a renewed assault

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The luxury Singapore apartments that nobody wants

Properties seized by authorities are as unpopular as the lifestyle favoured by the people who once lived in them

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Cracking AI trade has Wall Street looking for a hedge. An ex-Citadel quant may have the answer

Jasper Zhang runs Hyperbolic, a GPU exchange building a software for "physical" AI futures

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Iowa voters don't want police or Flock tracking their cars. Politicians are still catching up.

Opposition to license plate surveillance is crossing party lines in Iowa, where police departments have built an extensive camera network with limited public oversight.

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Trump Rages At TV Host In Wild 1,300-Word Rant

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‘Disturbing and pathetic’: German politicians slam Audi CEO’s appearance at Trump rally

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Verizon lifts annual forecasts, signs more than $2 billion AI infrastructure deal with AWS

Verizon raised its annual forecast for wireless subscriber additions on Monday, betting on strong demand for its simplified plans, and signed an AI infrastructure deal worth more than $2 ‌billion with Amazon Web Services.

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Abortion, taxes and redistricting: The key ballot measures to watch in November

Voters across the country are set to directly decide the future of several key policy areas in their states next month.

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Manufacturing descent: Canada’s industrial comeback won’t be easy

With Trump intent on knee-capping our industrial ambitions, the road back will be even tougher than it was already going to be

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Redistricting isn't playing out how the GOP hoped. And, Brazil's Lula wins 4th term

Republicans are spending millions on the midterms, and they still may not win districts drawn to favor them. And, Brazil's Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won a fourth term in a stunning political comeback.

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