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Bolsonaro and Lula clash on living costs, corruption in final Brazil election debate

Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva sparred over the cost of living and traded personal attacks on Friday in the last presidential debate before Sunday's runoff, as both candidates sought to win over undecided voters amid a tight race. Bolsonaro, son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, led Lula in the first round of the election earlier this month, but opinion polls have shown the two candidates about even this week after the gap between them narrowed.Bolsonaro and Lula repeated their campaign proposals during the over two-hour debate hosted by Globo, Br

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Lula, Bolsonaro reach out to undecided voters in last debate of Brazil's presidential race

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro faced off Friday in their second and final debate ahead of Sunday's presidential runoff election, but this time with cooler heads than a few days ago as they tried to reach out to the few undecided voters left in the tight race. The debate on TV Globo, Brazil's most popular broadcaster, lasted two hours and offered candidates a chance to talk about their plans in front of each other. Five days ago, the two exchanged barbs and accusations in a debate on TV Band. Friday's debate in Rio de Janei

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US is reducing staffing at 4 Middle East embassies over increased threats from Iran

The State Department is reducing staffing at four U.S. embassies in the Middle East after receiving intelligence that Iran has stepped up efforts to target American personnel in the region and elsewhere. In a memo sent Friday to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton said his teams “have received intelligence that Iran has substantially increased efforts to target U.S. personnel.” “The lethal plotting efforts by the Iranians against U.S. citizens have reached advanced stages in both the Middle East and certain other coun

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Ukrainian officials say Starshield restrictions still in place, despite Trump’s claims

US President Donald Trump on Thursday said Elon Musk had restored Ukraine’s access to a military-grade version of his Starlink internet service, but Ukrainian officials have said restrictions remain in place that are complicating Kyiv’s war effort.Trump asked Musk in a phone call in recent days to restore Ukraine’s full access to the Starshield satellite system, a person familiar with the matter told CNN. Trump had been seeking information about the slowdown and went to the billionaire owner of Starlink and Starshield’s parent SpaceX, after Ukrainian officials reported disruptions, the

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Conservatives funded efforts to undercut Sherrod Brown with Black voters in Ohio, filing shows

A mysterious group that has spent at least $2 million boosting a little-known socialist candidate in Ohio’s highly competitive Senate race is being funded by Republicans, according to a new campaign finance filing.Enough Promises Ohio has poured money into ads and mailers that criticize Democratic former Sen. Sherrod Brown, including messaging seeking to undercut his standing with Black voters, and urging them to back the independent candidate, Greg Levy, who denies any connection the group.The group revealed its donors for the first time Thursday ahead of the pre-election disclosure deadlin

Trump says LeBron James showed disrespect during US national anthem

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Amy Acton hugs woman who offers support over incendiary ad

Amy Acton was talking school budgets, local hospitals and generational farming at a farm event in northwest Ohio when she called on an attendee and asked her if there was anything she wanted to share.Karen Lortz didn’t want to talk about those issues.“My heart goes out to you,” Lortz said. “May I give you a hug?”The interaction was just a sliver of the outpouring Acton said she’s received in recent days since a political ad from her Republican opponent, Vivek Ramaswamy, surfaced featuring her estranged mother calling her a liar. It has drawn even more attention to one of the most c

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Fights over loyalty to America, party and Trump dominate Michigan and Kansas Senate debates

Michigan and Kansas held some of the final major Senate debates of the 2026 midterm elections on Wednesday night. And they were a study in contrasts.The Michigan Senate debate between Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed and Republican Mike Rogers was bitterly personal and ferociously contested — as befits a contest that could decide the chamber’s majority.Each candidate had a simple task.El-Sayed, the former executive director of the Detroit Health Department, needed to pin Rogers, a former congressman, to the deeply unpopular President Donald Trump and his economy — and to assuage questio

Senate Democrats launch first ad in Mississippi as their midterm optimism spreads in the South

Trump, Bloomberg ramp up spending ahead of midterms

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France braces for another weekend of protests as authorities launch massive security operation

France is bracing for yet another wave of protests this weekend with authorities racing to prevent a repeat of the kind of violence and riots that hit the nation last week.French authorities will be launching a massive security operation with some 70,000 police officers deployed across the country over the weekend, according to the interior ministry.Specialist SWAT units, helicopters, armored vehicles, police dogs and water cannons will all be part of the operation. On top of that, the number of French army soldiers that normally patrol Paris as part of the country’s counter-terrorism measur

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A shooting in the Paris suburbs kills 1 and wounds five in a suspected racist attack

A gunman firing from a vehicle at three locations in the Paris suburbs killed one person and wounded at least five others, including a 12-year-old girl, in what French authorities described as a racially motivated attack. The suspect was arrested soon after the shooting, and France’s National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor’s office took charge of the case. President Emmanuel Macron said it was “a racist terror attack“ and that the suspect's statements suggested it was premeditated. "These people were targeted because of their skin color or perceived religion, a

At least 8 people killed in unprecedented shooting at church in Jordan

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Meghan ‘deeply distressed’ over child sex abuse image allegations against father

Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, said Friday she was “deeply distressed” by a report that her father had a large collection of images depicting child sex abuse and revealed she had been told of “disturbing allegations” against him in 2018.Britain’s The Sun newspaper reported late Thursday that the son of Thomas Markle said he had uncovered a stash of indecent images of underage children at his father’s house in the Philippines and reported him to authorities in that country.Thomas Markle Sr. has denied the allegations.In an interview with The Sun, Thomas Markle Jr. said: “When I fo

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New York City bans horse-drawn carriages from June 2028

The New York City Council voted on Thursday to ban horse-drawn carriages from city streets and Central Park beginning in June 2028, ending a historic tourist attraction and long-standing industry. Out of the city's 51 lawmakers, 40 supported the bill, which was backed by Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who earlier this month said the horse-drawn carriage industry would come to an end. Seven council members voted against it and two abstained.Support for the ban grew after the death this summer of Romanch Mahajan, an 18-year-old tourist from India. Mahajan was thrown from a carriage and died on June 17,

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Trump DOJ sues to block Alaska US Senate results if Republican incumbent loses

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Zuckerberg makes deal with Meta to help him pay billionaire tax if it passes

Mark Zuckerberg has made a deal with Meta to help him pay a proposed billionaire tax that is on the ballot in California

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From LA to Scottsdale: The Founder Behind AdDynamix Is Building the Bridge Between AI and Business Tools

An LA digital advertising veteran of 28 years has moved to Scottsdale and is building what he calls the missing piece between business software and the AI assistants people now use every day. SCOTTSDALE, AZ. When Benoit Pecqueur talks about his latest company, he sounds less like a founder pitching a product and more like an operator who got tired of watching the same problem repeat itself. “Most small business owners are watching the AI revolution from the sidelines,” he says. “Not because they don’t want it. Because their tools don’t talk to ChatGPT or Claude. Their accountant still pulls