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Trump cites Indian election that didn't happen to call U.S. electoral process ‘corrupt’
The reference to India appeared to be a possible mix-up with Brazil. Brazil held the first round of its presidential election on Sunday, with 125.27 million valid votes recorded, according to the country's electoral authority.
Ukraine scrambles for money to fight war as Russian strikes batter economy
KYIV, Oct 5 - Kryvyi Rih, the hometown of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, is struggling to survive. Russian airstrikes have brought the city's huge steel plant and mines to a standstill, dragging the local economy to its knees.
October 7 families join election race with hope of healing Israel
TEL AVIV, Oct 5 - One was inspired by her son's last stand trying to fight off attackers rampaging through a kibbutz. Another by her son's final words as militants tossed grenades into a bomb shelter packed with fleeing revellers from a music festival. A third by the brothers he campaigned to bring home from captivity in Gaza.
California woman arrested and accused of spying on Taiwan president’s son for China
The FBI arrested Wanying Zhang, also known as Heather, at Los Angeles International Airport before she left for China, the agency said US authorities arrested a California woman on Sunday, accusing her of spying on the son of Taiwan’s president at the behest of Chinese officials, the FBI said. The FBI arrested Wanying Zhang, also known as Heather, at Los Angeles International Airport on Sunday before her planned departure to China, the agency said in a statement. Authorities charged Zhang, 34, of Irvine, California, with acting as an unregistered foreign agent. Continue reading...
CEC's ability to 'execute G2's illegal orders' makes him a liability for country: Congress
Jairam Ramesh's attack on the CEC came a day after Supreme Court judge Justice Ujjal Bhuyan remarked that any process that "disenfranchises" millions of Indian citizens is "intrinsically arbitrary" and a "negation" of the constitutional order
Russian air strikes targeted port infrastructure in Ukraine's Odesa region, governor says
All of the fires caused have been extinguished so far, he added. A Russian air strike on Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-biggest city, killed one person and injured six others, Mayor Ihor Terekhov said on Telegram late on Sunday. The Russian defence ministry said on Telegram it hit Vylkove port, fuel depot facilities in Chornomorsk and cargo vessels, all in the Odesa region, as well as a power station in the Kharkiv region, which it said were used for military purposes. REUTERS
Congress claims tribal students headed for Mumbai protest detained; condemns action
The students, who were seeking the resignation of the tribal development minister and the department's commissioner, were threatened with police cases and a bus carrying them was taken into custody, the Congress claimed.
Millions of Brazilians took to the polls on Sunday for the first round of the country's presidential elections. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, 80, is running for his fourth non-consecutive term in office, while his challenger, right-winger Flávio Bolsonaro, 45, is competing in his first presidential race. His father, former President Jair Bolsonaro, governed Brazil from 2019 to 2022. With the election now heading to a run-off on 25 October, BBC correspondent Ione Wells unpacks the results.
An Lushan’s Rebellion & the End of China as a World Power
An Lushan’s request in the spring of 755 to replace Han generals with non-Han generals was granted by the Chinese Emperor Xuanzong, but relations between the two friends rapidly shifted from close comradery to suspicion. In the end, it’s likeliest that An Lushan never truly planned to revolt and that Xuanzong never really lost his confidence in him, and yet the nature of courts is such that too many officials and noblemen had a vested interest in tearing the emperor away from the ambitious general, and they managed to convince both parties that conflict was unavoidable.
Brazil Election Heads to Runoff, Bessent Downplays Concerns on Yields, AI
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