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What challenges await Brazil’s Lula in his fourth term?
RIO DE JANEIRO, Oct 26 — President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will have to wrestle with a divided Brazil, an unfriendly Congress, feeble public finances and a Donald Trump-shaped menace during his unprecedented fourth term. Days before his 81st
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Thomas Markle Sr may be ‘sex offender of the grossest kind’, says Philippine minister
MANILA, Oct 26 — Philippine authorities are investigating allegations that digital images suspected to depict child sexual abuse were found at a former residence of Thomas Markle Sr, the estranged father of Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, officials said. Philippine Interior
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Serbia’s student movement ends Aleksandar Vucic’s 14-year grip on power
BELGRADE, October 26 — Serbia’s student-led movement declared victory in parliamentary elections yesterday ending 14 years in power for Aleksandar Vucic’s right-wing populist party. The victory in the snap vote comes after nearly two years of anti-government protests sparked by
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US Marine formally indicted on murder charge in Okinawa, Japan court confirms
TOKYO, Oct 26 — Japanese prosecutors indicted a US Marine on suspicion of murdering a woman in Okinawa, a court spokesman confirmed to AFP today. “The case was indicted on October 25,” said the spokesman for the court in Naha, confirming
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