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– Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has been re-elected president of Brazil after defeating Senator Flavio Bolsonaro in Sunday’s runoff, the Superior Electoral Court announced on October 25. Lula won 51.76% of the vote with nearly all polling stations counted,

– President Donald Trump has issued an executive order that halts new sanctions and tariffs on Russia, which Congress had authorized under the Lindsey O. Graham Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026. The White House made the order public

– For the first time since its inception in 2010, global multidimensional poverty has experienced an uptick, affecting 1.2 billion individuals across 108 nations. The 2026 Global Multidimensional Poverty Index encompasses 6.3 billion people and finds that 18.9% are living

– Firefighters raised containment of the Bike Fire to 81% after the wildfire forced evacuations in Santa Clarita north of Los Angeles. The blaze burned about 172 acres near Cambria Estates Lane and Ravenhill Road in the Sand Canyon area.

– According to police reports, a 45-year-old man opened fire at a residence in Erie, Pennsylvania, resulting in the deaths of eight individuals before apparently taking his own life. The incident on Friday shooting left a total of nine fatalities,

– During a year marked by unprecedented removals, U.S. school book bans impacted Canadian authors Margaret Atwood and Ryan North. PEN America documented 11,982 bans in the 2025-26 school year, the highest annual total since records started in 2021. The

WASHINGTON, D.C. / RankWire.AI / – The U.S. Supreme Court has listened to oral arguments in a significant climate-related lawsuit initiated by Boulder, Colorado. This case centers on whether federal statutes prevent state-level claims concerning alleged damages caused by interstate

– On Tuesday, downtown Los Angeles experienced a high of 101°F amid Southern California’s ongoing October heat wave, which has set new records for the month. This marked the fifth consecutive day with temperatures reaching or surpassing 100°F in the

– According to the National Hurricane Center, an atmospheric disturbance in the southwestern Gulf has an 80% chance of developing within 48 hours. The system, known as Invest AL92, was showing disorganized showers and thunderstorms early Tuesday. Meteorologists anticipate that

The foreign exchange market experienced notable upward momentum as the US dollar ascended to a 17-month high, attaining an index level of 102.08 and marking its third consecutive weekly increase. As reported by the Emirates News Agency, the dollar’s 1 percent