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Lula Wins Historic Fourth Term in Brazil Runoff

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won a historic fourth term by defeating far-right challenger Flávio Bolsonaro in Sunday’s presidential runoff election. Lula took 51.79 percent of the vote after trailing in the first round, while Bolsonaro refused to concede and asked Brazil’s electoral court to annul the result.

51 articles 26 sources Oct 25 to Oct 27

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SpaceX Restores Ukraine Starlink After Musk Admits Restrictions

SpaceX restored full Starlink and Starshield speeds in Ukraine on Saturday after more than a week of restrictions disrupted military communications, drone missions and frontline logistics. Elon Musk admitted imposing the limits, accusing Ukraine of using civilian Starlink for offensive drone strikes that killed people in Russia, while Ukrainian officials disputed the claim.

46 articles 32 sources Oct 24 to Oct 26

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Philippine authorities probe Meghan's father over alleged child abuse images

Philippine authorities are investigating Thomas Markle Sr, Meghan's father, over alleged child sexual abuse images found at his former Cebu home after his son reported them to police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, said she was deeply distressed, Thomas Markle denied the allegations, and Metropolitan Police confirmed receiving the letter without passing its claims to other agencies.

44 articles 24 sources Oct 22 to Oct 25

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Melania Trump Brokers Oleshky Ceasefire for Aid and Evacuations

First Lady Melania Trump brokered a temporary local ceasefire in Russian-occupied Oleshky, Ukraine, where the pause will allow humanitarian aid deliveries and civilian evacuations amid severe shortages of food, electricity, and medical supplies. The agreement is scheduled to begin October twenty-ninth after negotiators from Ukraine, Russia, and the United States agreed to coordinate aid and evacuation arrangements for residents.

38 articles 24 sources Oct 23 to Oct 24

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Russia-Ukraine Truce Brokered by Melania Trump Begins in Oleshky

Russia and Ukraine began observing a localized ceasefire early Tuesday in Russian-occupied Oleshky, southern Ukraine, following talks brokered by United States First Lady Melania Trump. The limited truce is intended to allow aid deliveries and safe civilian evacuations, while Russian missile attacks continued in Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities.

33 articles 18 sources Oct 27 to Oct 27

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Microsoft Offers Voluntary Buyouts to 60,000 Employees

Microsoft is offering voluntary exit packages to about 60,000 employees, roughly twenty-seven percent of its global workforce, as the company reshapes staffing around heavy artificial intelligence investment. Eligible staff at level seventy and below in the United States, Canada, India and the United Kingdom may receive severance, continued stock vesting, health insurance and career-planning support.

31 articles 20 sources Oct 26 to Oct 27

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Walter Koenig, Star Trek’s Original Chekov, Dies at 90

Walter Koenig, who played Ensign Pavel Chekov in the original Star Trek series and seven franchise films, died at his Los Angeles home at age ninety. Former Star Trek co-stars William Shatner and George Takei paid tribute to Koenig, with Takei remembering the actor, writer, director and teacher as a loyal friend.

28 articles 21 sources Oct 26 to Oct 28

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SpaceX Restores Starlink Speeds After Ukraine Drone Dispute

SpaceX restored full-speed Starlink and Starshield access in Ukraine after more than a week of restrictions that disrupted front-line logistics, drone missions and military communications. Elon Musk said the company slowed service because Ukraine used the civilian network for offensive drone strikes, but Ukrainian officials rejected the claim and said existing restrictions made such use impossible.

28 articles 21 sources Oct 24 to Oct 26

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María Corina Machado Returns to Venezuela After Exile

Nobel Peace Prize-winning opposition leader María Corina Machado has returned to Venezuela on Sunday after more than ten months in exile, drawing thousands of supporters onto the streets of Caracas. Her return challenges government leaders who sidelined her from democratic negotiations and aligns her with opposition demands for free elections amid doubts over the country’s political transition.

28 articles 20 sources Oct 25 to Oct 26

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Meta ordered to pay $25 billion over Facebook privacy

A New Mexico judge ordered Meta Platforms on Wednesday to pay twenty-five billion dollars after a jury found the company misled Facebook users about data privacy and content moderation. The Cambridge Analytica case concerned one point four million Facebook users in the state, and the judge cut a two hundred nineteen point five billion dollar penalty after more than forty-three million violations were found.

27 articles 23 sources Oct 21 to Oct 22

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Gunmen Kill Nine at Greek Orthodox Church in Jordan

Gunmen killed nine people and wounded dozens during a funeral at St. George’s Greek Orthodox church in Hammoud village, Karak, Jordan. Jordan’s interior ministry said the attackers were motivated by extremist Islamist ideology, while King Abdullah the Second called the attack terrorism and vowed harsh retaliation as police searched for the attackers.

27 articles 22 sources Oct 23 to Oct 24

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Trump Backs Ramaswamy’s Ohio Attack Ad Amid Backlash

President Donald Trump is defending Republican Vivek Ramaswamy’s Ohio gubernatorial attack ad featuring Democratic rival Amy Acton’s estranged mother, urging him to keep the commercial running. Ramaswamy says he released the ad in retaliation, while court records supported Acton’s account of abuse and bipartisan criticism mounted as the closely watched race tightened.

26 articles 18 sources Oct 22 to Oct 25

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Judge orders Trump to give BBC deposition by December eleven

A federal judge in Florida ordered President Donald Trump to give a deposition by December 11 or face possible dismissal of his $10 billion BBC defamation lawsuit. The Panorama documentary allegedly edited his remarks before the January sixth Capitol attack, and the order follows repeated complaints about delayed questioning in the discovery process.

24 articles 22 sources Oct 22 to Oct 23

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Pope Leo XIV Needs No Further Lung Cancer Treatment

Pope Leo XIV will not need further treatment for lung cancer after last week's surgery, the Vatican announced Wednesday. Tests confirmed the disease was localized, and the seventy-one year old pontiff is gradually resuming his activities.

24 articles 22 sources Oct 21 to Oct 22

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Musk Admits Slowing Starlink in Ukraine as Kyiv Disputes Claim

SpaceX chief Elon Musk admitted slowing Starlink service in Ukraine, accusing Ukrainian forces of using the civilian network for offensive drone strikes against Russia. Ukraine disputed that claim, saying existing restrictions made such use impossible, while President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said service had returned to full speed for frontline military operations.

24 articles 21 sources Oct 24 to Oct 26

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DOJ Charges James Comey Again Over Alleged 2016 Defense Leak

The Justice Department charged former FBI Director James Comey on Monday with two counts alleging he communicated national defense information and conspired to transmit it in 2016. The unsealed Washington filing marks the Trump administration's third criminal case against Comey, who denies the allegations and vows to fight the charges in court.

23 articles 21 sources Oct 26 to Oct 27

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Eric Bauza, Voice of Bugs Bunny, Dies at 46

Emmy-winning voice actor Eric Bauza, the modern voice of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and other Looney Tunes characters, died Sunday at home in Los Angeles County. The forty-six-year-old actor died of hypertensive cardiovascular disease, which the medical examiner classified as natural, and his family announced the news Sunday night on social media.

23 articles 21 sources Oct 26 to Oct 26

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Flávio Bolsonaro and family receive US visas after defeat

The United States will issue visas to Flávio Bolsonaro and his family after the defeated Brazilian presidential candidate left Brazil following his runoff loss to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. The move came amid a Brazilian Supreme Court order to surrender his passports and investigations into alleged corruption, money laundering and tax evasion, while his whereabouts remained unclear.

22 articles 18 sources Oct 27 to Oct 28

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Flávio Bolsonaro Leaves Brazil for U.S. After Election Defeat

Brazilian Senator Flávio Bolsonaro has left Brazil for the United States after losing Sunday’s presidential runoff to incumbent President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva despite defying an order to surrender his passports. The United States says it will issue him a visa after Brazil canceled his passports for failing to surrender them during a money laundering investigation against him.

22 articles 17 sources Oct 26 to Oct 27

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Justice Department Sues to Block Alaska Senate Vote Certification

The Justice Department has sued Alaska election officials to block certification of the state's Senate race if Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan loses to Democrat Mary Peltola. The preemptive lawsuit alleges voter confusion between Dan Sullivan and another Republican, Daniel J. Sullivan, could taint the outcome, a move President Trump said he ordered.

21 articles 20 sources Oct 23 to Oct 24

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