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Ecuador's First Lady Lavinia Valbonesi Loses Third Child After Pregnancy Complication
Government announces the death of Stefano Noboa Valbonesi and orders the presidential flag at half-staff for three days;...
Democrats Lock South Carolina in as First 2028 Primary State
The DNC has ratified an opening order of South Carolina, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Michigan and Virginia, with ...
Trump's 2024 Grocery Photo Op Becomes a 2026 Midterm Inflation Problem
Two years after Trump used supermarket staples as a campaign prop, food prices are still rising. Republican voters in sw...
Brazil Says CPLP Presidency Still Deadlocked Ahead of Dili Meeting
Brazil says the 2027-2029 CPLP presidency remains unresolved and questions Equatorial Guinea's democratic credentials as...
Brazil's Chamber Approves Bill to Punish Vehicle-Based Animal Abandonment
Drivers and boat operators could face serious traffic penalties, licence suspension and possible CNH cancellation after ...
French Prosecutors Open Probe Into Tax Authority Hack Exposing 700,000 Records
Paris's cybercrime unit is investigating a late-June intrusion that extracted sensitive tax and household data from the ...
Slovenia's DARS Names Acting CEO After Ribič Exit; SDS Candidate in Frame
DARS has appointed former RTV Slovenija chief Anton Guzej as acting CEO after Andrej Ribič's departure, amid political p...
Macau Lawmaker Calls for Annual Financial Forum Linking China, Lusophone and Hispanic Markets
Legislator Ip Sio Kai has asked Macau's government to create an annual finance forum spanning mainland China, Portuguese...
Australia's Largest Gun Buyback Since 1996 to Start in NSW on November 2
New South Wales will begin compensating firearm owners up to A$1,000 per weapon from November 2, part of the response to...
Daron Acemoglu Argues the College Divide Now Defines U.S. Politics
The MIT economist's new book excerpt contends that educational segregation has insulated college-educated elites from no...
U.S. Courts to Start Publishing How Often Judges Authorize Spyware Wiretaps
Starting with the 2028 Wiretap Report, to be published in 2029, U.S. courts will disclose how many times judges authoriz...
Georgia Governor Race Sharpens Over Medicaid Expansion and Rising Premiums
A University of Georgia survey shows premium worries cross party lines as Keisha Lance Bottoms and Rick Jackson split ov...
Texas Court Fight Over Surrogate, Newborn Heart Defect and Abortion Draws National Attention
A California couple, their Alaska surrogate and Texas officials are locked in a custody and medical-care dispute over a ...
Samara Court Removes KPRF Incumbent Matveev from Duma Ballot
Samara's regional court has struck KPRF incumbent Mikhail Matveev from the State Duma race in district No. 163 after a r...
South Korea's President Calls for Talks to Replace Armistice With a Peace System
Lee Jae-myung used the 81st liberation anniversary to urge dialogue with Pyongyang, saying Seoul respects the North's sy...
Russian Lawmaker Calls NASA Map With Crimea as Russian an 'Indisputable Fact'
A Russian State Duma deputy seized on a NASA livestream map that showed Crimea as Russian territory, though the same gra...
French Court Clears Defense and End-of-Life Laws, Sends Child Social Media Rules Back
The Constitutional Council has cleared major parts of the French government's agenda, including a doubled military budge...
Trump Promises to Declare Strait of Hormuz US Territory 'Soon' After Defeating Iran
Donald Trump said Washington would soon declare the Strait of Hormuz US territory, escalating a war in which Iran alread...
Spain-Morocco Security Crackdown Keeps Ceuta Calm After Online Migration Calls
Heavy policing, razor wire and naval patrols kept the Spanish enclave quiet on Saturday after online calls for a repeat ...
Chile's Constitutional Court Upholds Tax Stability in Reconstruction Law, Rejects Salmon Clauses
Finance Minister Jorge Quiroz called the Constitutional Court ruling 'unequivocally satisfactory' after it upheld tax in...
US Touts Timber-Trafficking Crackdown at APEC Forestry Ministerial in China
The US delegation says it negotiated a joint forestry statement and used recent illegal-timber prosecutions to press APE...
Kassab Says Flávio Bolsonaro's Election Chances Are 'Zero' and Centrão Is With Lula
PSD president and Caiado running mate Gilberto Kassab dismissed Flávio Bolsonaro's presidential bid, saying Centrão part...
What Jewish Voters Want in 2026: Domestic Issues and Safety, Not Just Israel
New polling shows Jewish voters remain firmly Democratic, but safety fears and kitchen-table worries now compete with Is...
Trump's Border Project Pushes Roads and Barriers Into Big Bend National Park
Construction has begun on about 200 miles of patrol roads, barriers and surveillance in the Texas park after environment...
Brazil Signals US Trade Retaliation Will Wait Until After October Vote
Brasília expects the reciprocity process to take 60–90 days, pushing retaliation past Brazil's runoff — unless Washingto...
Quaest Poll Leaves Lula in a Technical Second-Round Tie and Negative Approval
Quaest finds 48% disapprove of Lula and 46% approve, a second-round tie with Flávio Bolsonaro, and deteriorating economi...
Brazil Pays Lawmakers’ Earmarks on Time While Starving Federal Regulators
Anac, ANP and CVM face cuts that suspend inspections and certification even as the 2026 budget shields R$61 billion in p...
Modi Sets Target of 50 Indian Fortune 500 Firms and a Top Global Bank by 2047
Modi's Independence Day address sets corporate goals for 2047: 50 Indian Fortune 500 companies, a top global bank, and l...
PM Modi's Seven Streams of Strength Set India's 2047 Industrial Agenda
Prime Minister Modi's Independence Day address set out seven 'streams of strength' and new targets for semiconductors, n...
China's Landmark Ecological Code Takes Effect, Putting Xi's Green Doctrine Into Law
The new Ecological and Environmental Code, effective Saturday, makes Xi Jinping Thought on Ecological Civilization legal...