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AmericasA US federal appeals court has closely questioned the Trump administration's emergency bid to set aside around 20,000 California mail ballots, holding a rare Sunday hearing nine days before the midterm elections.
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AmericasLuiz Inácio Lula da Silva has won Brazil's presidential runoff, defeating Senator Flávio Bolsonaro to secure a historic fourth term as president. Lula wins Brazil runoff with 51.8% of the vote against 48.2% for Bolsonaro, electoral authorities said with more than 99% of votes counted. Brazil's electoral authority declared Lula the winner on Sunday after
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AmericasVenezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado has returned to Venezuela after more than 10 months abroad, announcing her arrival on social media on Sunday and appearing before supporters in the western state of Lara. “I’m here. With you all,” Machado wrote on X on Sunday morning, in a message that
Read full storyAmericasBritish Columbia’s Conservative Party has won a majority government for the first time in nearly a century, ending nine years of rule by the New Democratic Party (NDP) after a snap election on Saturday. Provisional results showed the Conservatives winning 64 of the 93 seats in the provincial legislature, with the NDP taking 27 and
Read full storyAmericasEleven people, including six children, were shot near Florida A&M University's Bragg Memorial Stadium in Tallahassee, Florida, on Saturday night after the university's homecoming football game, police said. A 12th person was injured while fleeing the scene, bringing the total number of injured to 12. FAKTA 11 people suffered gunshot wounds; a 12th person was
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AmericasUS President Donald Trump has signed an order removing 50% tariffs on some Canadian agricultural and forestry products, with the changes taking effect on October 30, just four days before the November 3 midterm elections. At the same time, the order adds a separate set of Canadian products to the 50% tariff list, partly offsetting
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AmericasVirginia state Senator L. Louise Lucas, one of the most powerful Democrats in the state legislature, surrendered to federal authorities on Thursday after a federal grand jury indicted her on charges including racketeering conspiracy, drug trafficking and money laundering. The Louise Lucas indictment, unsealed on October 22, 2026, accuses the 82-year-old lawmaker and six co-defendants
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AmericasRussian President Vladimir Putin has proposed meeting United States President Donald Trump in China, a suggestion that could bring the two leaders face to face as diplomatic efforts over the war in Ukraine continue. The Putin Trump China meeting proposal was raised as Putin welcomed US special envoy Steve Witkoff for talks in St Petersburg
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AmericasThe United States and Mexico are simultaneously described as close to a trade deal and stuck in stalled talks, after President Donald Trump said on 19 October that the two countries were "very close to a great deal" while reports on 20–21 October said negotiations had hit an impasse over tariffs on cars, steel and
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AmericasChina said on Tuesday that its navy had deployed forces to track and monitor an American warship near a disputed shoal in the South China Sea, accusing the vessel of entering the waters illegally and warning Washington to stop such operations. China’s Southern Theater Command Navy said the littoral combat ship USS Charleston had moved
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AmericasAt least 14 people were killed and seven injured when an illegal gold mine collapsed in southwestern Colombia, renewing pressure to regulate the country's informal mining sector. The Colombia gold mine collapse struck the rural Chambero sector of Santa Bárbara de Iscuandé in Nariño province, and authorities confirmed on Monday that search and rescue operations
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AmericasFour Canadian service members were killed and 39 others injured, including 19 in critical condition, when a fast-moving grass fire overtook soldiers conducting live-fire combat training at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright in Alberta, officials said on Sunday. Prime Minister Mark Carney described it as one of the worst peacetime tragedies for Canada's military on home
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