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Lula draws the line amid Trump interference in Brazil’s close and tough election

September 29, 2026 admin

In an unprecedented move last Wednesday (September 23, 2026), Brazilian President Lula da Silva’s campaign asked the country’s Federal Supreme Court (STF) to “investigate the possible U.S. interference in the country’s electoral process”. Lula’s Workers’ Party (PT) also filed a case with the Superior Election Tribunal (TSE) against the far-right presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro, seeking…

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India rejects Kashmir references in Turkish President’s UNGA address as ‘unwarranted’

September 29, 2026 admin

Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. File | Photo Credit: Reuters India on Tuesday (September 29, 2026) rejected references to Jammu and Kashmir in Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s address at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), calling them “unwarranted” while asserting that no external party has any locus standi on the Kashmir issue. During his…

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Burnham questions Brexit, says Britain should consider options for EU ties

September 29, 2026 admin

British Prime Minister Andy Burnham reacts on stage at the Labour Party’s annual conference in Liverpool, Britain, on September 29, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said he would lay out options the country had in terms of its long-term future with the bloc, in the coming weeks, as he…

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Taiwan says U.S. arms sales to island are unchanged, but a $14 billion package remains on hold

September 29, 2026 admin

Taiwan says U.S. arms sales to island are unchanged, but a billion package remains on hold

Taiwan’s President Lai Ching-te, National Security Council Secretary-General Joseph Wu and Defence Minister Wellington Koo pose for a photograph during the groundbreaking ceremony for the Minxiong Aerospace and UAV Industrial Park in Chiayi County, Taiwan, September 28, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Taiwan’s Defence Minister said on Tuesday (September 29, 2026) that existing U.S. arms…

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Israeli settlers attack West Bank village, blocking family’s return home

September 29, 2026 admin

Palestinian children play in the village of Jalud in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, after an estate in the area belonging to Palestinians Mahmod Tubasi, 60, and his wife Aedah, 51, was damaged in what they say was an Israeli settler attack, September 29, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters More than 100 Israeli settlers have attacked…

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Russia’s ballistic missile, jet-propelled drone blitz keeps Kyiv on edge

September 29, 2026 admin

Firefighters work in the attic of a residential building that caught fire after it was struck by a Russian jet-powered drone, amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv, Ukraine, September 29, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Russia fired ballistic missiles and dozens of jet-powered drones at Kyiv, Ukraine’s air force said Tuesday (September 29, 2026),…

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Paris Eiffel Tower says chief to step down after uproar over removing women staff

September 29, 2026 admin

Eiffel Tower staff condemned “professional instructions that led to female employees being sidelined, replaced and made invisible because of their sex” during the visit by a Hindu religious group. | Photo Credit: AP The operating company that runs the Eiffel Tower said Tuesday (September 29, 2026) its chief would step down at the end of…

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Is the U.S. taking the upper hand in the battle of Hormuz?

September 29, 2026 admin

In June, when the U.S. signed the MoU with Iran, Washington agreed to make concessions in return for reopening the Strait of Hormuz, while the nuclear talks were pushed to the back burner; as the stalemate continues, the U.S. seeks to bring the nuclear file back into the negotiations Source link

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Spain aims to ban evictions until 2030 amid housing protests

September 29, 2026 admin

Protesters camp at Madrid’s downtown square, Puerta del Sol, demanding political action to stop evictions and alleviate the housing crisis, after the forceful eviction of an 87-year-old woman from her apartment in Madrid, Spain, September 29, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Spanish government on Tuesday (September 29, 2026) approved measures including a ban on…

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Trump ‘surprised’ U.K. air base terror suspects out on bail

September 29, 2026 admin

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, on September 28, 2026, in Washington. | Photo Credit: AP U.S. President Donald Trump has said that he was “surprised” that the suspects arrested in connection with an alleged plot at U.K. air base RAF Fairford, in Gloucestershire, were released on bail…

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