Bolsonaro or Lula? As Brazil prepares to vote, here's what to know

As election day approaches in Brazil, the two leading presidential candidates -- former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and current leader Jair Bolsonaro -- have stepped up efforts to woo voters.

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South Korean President warns North over nuclear program

North Korea will face "a determined and overwhelming response" from South Korea and the United States if it attempts to use nuclear weapons, South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol said Saturday.

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Analysis: Liz Truss faces her party faithful after a disastrous week. Many Conservatives fear defeat looms at UK's next election

Liz Truss's first full week as British Prime Minister has not been an easy one. It began with the pound crashing to its lowest level in decades following her government's mini-budget last Friday. It ended with her meeting the UK's independent financial forecaster and having to explain herself after a week of economic chaos.

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Iranian security forces arrest a woman for eating at restaurant in public without her hijab, family says

Iranian security forces arrested a woman after a photo of her and another woman eating at a Tehran restaurant without their head scarves was widely circulated online, her family said Friday. The photo emerged Wednesday showing the two women having breakfast at a cafe that, like most coffeehouses in Iran, is traditionally patronized by men.

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Thousands attend funeral for 7-year-old who died, Palestinians say, in Israeli troops chase

Thousands of Palestinians turned out Friday to mourn a seven-year-old Palestinian boy who died, his father said, while being chased by Israeli troops on Thursday -- an account rejected by the Israeli army but which prompted the US State Department to call for an investigation.

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The UK economy still hasn't recovered from the pandemic. Now it's on the ropes again

There was good news and bad in Friday's revised data about the UK economy. It grew — marginally — in the second quarter of the year, rather than shrinking as previously estimated.

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Heavy gunfire in Burkina Faso capital, soldiers on streets, witnesses say

Heavy gunfire was heard coming from the main military camp and some residential areas of Burkina Faso's capital early on Friday morning, Reuters reporters said.

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