World · past 14 days
The significant world news that fits no single desk: elections, institutions, disasters, and the slow-moving stories that later become market narratives.
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Flávio Bolsonaro leads Lula in Brazil's runoff polls as household consumption heads for its weakest growth since the pandemic
Datafolha shows the senator ahead 52% to 48% before the October 25 vote, after the Ibovespa rose 7.7% to above 200,000 points following the first round.
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Pakistan's Government Weighs Emergency Rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa as Its Feud With Imran Khan's Party Deepens
President Asif Ali Zardari approved emergency rule and governor's rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Sunday, dissolving the province's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government, after the federal cabinet recommended the move and police had already put districts on alert for violent protests.
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Justice Department Opens Antitrust Inquiry Into Five Networks That Suspended White House Pool Coverage
ABC, CBS, CNN, NBC and Fox News face questions over whether their joint protest amounted to an illegal group boycott.
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India Shuts Delhi Transport and Detains Hundreds to Stop a Youth Protest Against the Election Commission
Police detained thousands of protesters, journalists and lawyers and shut down transit across the capital before a planned march demanding the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar over a revision of the voter rolls that has removed more than 130 million names at the draft stage.
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EU trade chief opens Beijing talks as Germany blocks a COSCO purchase
Germany and France asked Brussels for stronger tools against Chinese imports days before a one-year Chinese pause on extra rare-earth export restrictions is due to expire.
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Lula trails Flávio Bolsonaro by about two points heading into Brazil's October 25 runoff
Lula's campaign will target the 21% of voters who abstained, especially those over 70. Senator Flávio Bolsonaro is seeking the support of the Centrão, a bloc of centrist parties, and of São Paulo Governor Tarcísio de Freitas.
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Sánchez announces 21 emergency housing measures as Spain heads to a snap election on November 29
The eviction of an 87-year-old woman in Madrid set off nationwide protests. Housing, migration and the rise of the right-wing populist Vox party are expected to dominate the campaign.
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Parti Québécois wins the Quebec election with 59 of 127 seats and less than 30% of the vote, reopening the independence question
Party leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon promises a third referendum but has said he would not hold one before January 2029, and Prime Minister Mark Carney pledged to work with the incoming minority government.
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Oman had barred Flydubai co-pilot from flying before attack on Israel-bound flight
The United Arab Emirates' attorney general said the co-pilot attacked the captain with the cockpit's crash axe in an attempted act of terrorism, as new details confirm he was previously barred from flying in Oman over extremist material found in his possession.
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French student protests spread as more than 1,900 people are detained
More than 700 of France's roughly 3,700 high schools have been affected, Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu has accused a left-wing political party of fueling the unrest, and officials estimate about €3 million in vandalism damage.
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US and Australia close consular services in Brazil two days before a knife-edge election
Brazilian federal police executed search warrants over suspected plans against US diplomatic facilities, as polls show Lula and Flávio Bolsonaro effectively tied.
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United Arab Emirates Opens Investigation Into Possible Terrorism Link in flydubai Cockpit Attack
Israeli carriers had a day of reversals over their landing permissions in Dubai: El Al cancelled Friday's rescue flights after the United Arab Emirates revoked approval, while Israir and Arkia received clearance and flew, as President Trump warned Iran would be hit "very hard" if investigators confirm a link to the attack.
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Brazil Votes Sunday With Lula and Flavio Bolsonaro Inside the Margin of Error
Federal authorities opened an investigation into an alleged United States plan to fund right-wing causes in Brazil, days before a first round that polls suggest will go to a runoff on 25 October.
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Cockpit Attack on Dubai-Tel Aviv Flight Prompts Saudi Arrest and Competing Accounts
The United Arab Emirates ordered a prosecution-led investigation and flydubai suspended its Israel flights, while Israel identified the suspect as an Omani national and accounts from Israel, the United States and India continue to differ.
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Costa Rica's Rebeca Grynspan Extends Her Lead in the Race to Lead the United Nations
She took 10 encourage votes to three discourage in the Security Council's fourth straw poll, ahead of Guyana's Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett and Argentina's Rafael Grossi on eight each.
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Dangote Presses Ahead With a $16 Billion Kenyan Refinery After a Court Freezes Work at the Site
A Kenyan judge ordered the status quo maintained at Lamu until an October 14 hearing brought by 133 residents claiming ancestral land, but declined to stop today's groundbreaking ceremony.
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Ethiopia Accuses Sudan and Eritrea of Backing Tigray Forces as Sudan Rejects Outside Solutions at the UN
Khartoum denies the Ethiopian allegation, and its foreign minister addressed the General Assembly after Washington refused a visa to General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan.
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Myanmar Air Strike on a Rakhine Market Kills Dozens, With Death Tolls Reported Between 33 and 49
Aid workers now put the toll from Monday's strike near a Kyauktaw township market at 50 dead and 58 injured, after early counts ranged from 33 to 49.
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Pakistan Expects a 25% Water Shortfall for Its Main Wheat Season
Reservoir carryover has fallen below 9.5 million acre-feet after a season in which the country already imported wheat to cover a shortfall of more than two million tonnes.