Brazilian environmentalists and Indigenous groups welcomed Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s reelection, hoping his government will continue efforts to curb Amazon deforestation. They warned that a Congress with strong far-right and agribusiness representation could weaken environmental protections, while Lula’s support for offshore oil drilling has also drawn criticism.
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Lula defeated Flávio Bolsonaro in Sunday’s runoff, receiving 51.78% of the vote to Bolsonaro’s 48.21%.
Lula won by 4.4 million votes after trailing in the first round.
Flávio Bolsonaro refused to concede and said he would ask the electoral court to nullify the result; the results were scheduled for certification on Dec. 18.
Indigenous groups and advocacy organizations mobilized voters in the Amazon, and court rulings helped secure transportation to polling places for people in remote areas.
About 60% of the Amazon rainforest lies in Brazil, and the forest absorbs large amounts of carbon dioxide.
Lula’s government announced the lowest Amazon deforestation rate on record the previous week, according to the article.
The Climate Observatory said seven in 10 incoming lawmakers oppose its climate and environmental agenda.
Environmentalists criticized Lula’s support for drilling for oil in offshore waters near the Amazon.
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The FBI searched a home connected to Eric Swalwell as part of an investigation involving the former California congressman. Swalwell dropped out of the California governor’s race and gave up his congressional seat after sexual assault allegations.
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The FBI searched a home connected to Eric Swalwell.
The search was part of an investigation involving Swalwell.
Swalwell is a former California congressman.
Swalwell dropped out of the California governor’s race.
Swalwell gave up his congressional seat.
The article links his departure from the race and seat to sexual assault allegations.
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The growth of AI data centers has prompted disputes over development on golf courses and public lands, with conservationists warning about effects on wildlife, water and green space. In Pennsylvania, a former golf course is slated for a proposed data center project, while environmental groups have challenged a separate project near Boulder City, Nevada.
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Dauphin Highlands Golf Course near Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, closed on October 12 after more than 30 years of operation.
The 228-acre course was sold for $45.6 million to Harrisburg I LLC, an entity formed by Dallas-based Provident Realty; the sale was finalized in June 2026.
The proposed Dauphin Highlands data center development has been reported as worth more than $10 billion, with construction anticipated in 2027; local development approvals and technical plans were not established in the records reviewed.
The golf course sale followed financial difficulties at the Dauphin County General Authority, which had accumulated about $13 million in debt.
Briarwood Golf Club in York County, Pennsylvania, is also the subject of a proposed data center redevelopment.
Fountain Valley Golf Course in Farmington, Minnesota, closed in 2022 and is included in an approved plan for a campus of up to 12 data centers.
In July, the Center for Biological Diversity and the Sierra Club's Toiyabe Chapter challenged federal approval of the proposed Townsite Data Center near Boulder City, Nevada, citing concerns about wildlife habitat, water resources and environmental review.
Conservationists say data centers can affect wildlife through habitat loss and fragmentation, high electricity and water needs, noise, lighting and polluted runoff.
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Two British men have been charged with national security offenses over an incident at RAF Fairford. The alleged plot has been described as Iran-linked, and the men are due to appear in court.
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Authorities charged two British men.
The charges concern national security offenses.
The case involves an incident at RAF Fairford.
RAF Fairford is a British air base used by the United States.
The alleged plot is described as Iran-linked.
The two men are due to appear in court.
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The article says Vivek Ramaswamy is standing by a campaign ad about Amy Acton’s traumatic childhood. It argues that campaigns should criticize opponents’ records rather than use personal trauma against them.
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The article concerns a political campaign ad involving Amy Acton.
The article says the ad uses details about Acton’s traumatic childhood.
The headline says Ramaswamy stands by the ad.
The article distinguishes criticism of an opponent’s record from use of personal trauma.
The article’s author objects to using Acton’s childhood trauma in the campaign.
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The Justice Department asked Washington state election officials to set aside more than 400 ballots it says may be linked to noncitizen voters. Washington Secretary of State Steve Hobbs questioned the request’s timing, saying the state was reviewing it and warning that it could create unfounded suspicion shortly before the midterm election.
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Federal prosecutors said the list of more than 400 people was “only the tip of the iceberg.”
The Justice Department’s request came about a week before Washington’s general election.
Hobbs said at least one person on the federal list dated back to 1994.
The Washington secretary of state’s office said 113.5 million primary and general election ballots have been cast in the state since 1994.
The Justice Department has also sued California to stop the state from counting more than 20,000 ballots it says may be linked to noncitizen voters.
A federal appeals court declined to intervene in the California case and described the claimed emergency as partly “self-constructed.”
The article says available evidence indicates noncitizen voting and voter fraud are rare and not widespread enough to change an election outcome.
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Footballer Kylian Mbappé apologized for comments about late Chinese leader Mao Zedong, calling them “ill-judged.” The remarks led several Chinese brands to drop him, and China’s foreign ministry criticized him.
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Kylian Mbappé is a footballer.
Mbappé made comments about Mao Zedong, China’s late leader.
Mbappé described his comments as “ill-judged” and apologized.
Several Chinese brands dropped Mbappé after the remarks.
China’s foreign ministry criticized Mbappé.
The BBC’s China correspondent Stephen McDonnell explained the controversy in a video.
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Spain deported more than a dozen migrants from Ceuta after rejecting their asylum applications, and said Morocco had agreed to receive them. Amnesty International warned that the deportees’ human rights could be at risk, while Spain’s Interior Ministry said the removals included safeguards and that the European Union considers Morocco a safe country.
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The Interior Ministry said the deportations took place on Tuesday.
NGOs told Reuters that 16 people from African, Middle Eastern and Asian countries were deported.
The deportation was the first of its kind since a mass crossing from Morocco into Ceuta in July.
The article says about 80,000 people entered Ceuta over 48 hours in late July and at least 100 people died during the crossing.
Amnesty International said Spain was not ensuring human rights guarantees for people crossing its borders in Ceuta and Melilla.
The Interior Ministry said the migrants’ asylum applications had been rejected and that the deportations included necessary safeguards.
About 8,000 migrants remained in Ceuta after most of those who arrived in July left within days.
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A fire swept through Guryong Village, described in the article as Seoul’s last shanty-town. More than 100 people evacuated, and no injuries were reported.
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The fire occurred in Guryong Village in Seoul.
More than 100 people evacuated.
No injuries were reported.
The village’s homes are tightly packed.
The article says highly flammable building materials make the area vulnerable to fires.
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The Triglav glacier on Slovenia’s highest peak has lost its final visible ice after years of rapid melting. Researchers say its disappearance removes an important record of climate change, while a smaller glacier on nearby Mount Skuta is expected to last for a few more years.
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Triglav is Slovenia’s highest peak and holds a central place in the country’s national identity.
Historical records suggest the Triglav glacier covered about 40 hectares in the mid-1800s.
Its area had fallen to 14 hectares by 1946, when formal measurements began.
The glacier lost 93% of its surface area between 1983 and 2003.
In recent years, the remaining ice shrank to scattered pockets, and photos taken this month showed none remained.
Researchers found that a five-metre ice core taken in 2002 came from a spot that was bare rock the following year.
A remaining ice patch on Mount Skuta is more shaded and may last a few more years.
The article reports that Western Europe had its hottest summer on record in 2026, with at least 50,000 estimated heat deaths.
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French lawmakers held a minute of silence for Pengo Bossio Wangi, who died in a shooting last week. The shooting was described as a racist attack and left at least five other people wounded, including a 12-year-old girl.
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Pengo Bossio Wangi died in a shooting last week.
The attack was described as racist.
At least five other people were wounded.
A 12-year-old girl was among those wounded.
French lawmakers held a minute of silence for Wangi.
FRANCE 24 reporter Claire Paccalin reported from the scene.
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Brazilian police cancelled Flávio Bolsonaro’s passports after he missed a Supreme Court deadline to surrender them. He is under investigation for alleged money laundering and campaign funding, and authorities are checking whether he left Brazil; Argentina says it has no record of his arrival.
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The Supreme Court ordered Bolsonaro to surrender his passports to police within 24 hours as part of a money-laundering investigation.
Police cancelled his passports after he failed to meet the deadline.
Federal officers are checking border crossings for evidence that Bolsonaro travelled to Argentina.
Argentine authorities told the BBC they have no record of Bolsonaro entering the country.
Brazil’s Supreme Court also ordered an investigation into his campaign over alleged foreign funding.
Bolsonaro lost the presidential run-off to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who won 51.79% of the vote to Bolsonaro’s 48.21%.
Bolsonaro has not conceded and has called for the election to be annulled; his Liberal Party has accepted the result.
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The article says Cenk Uygur’s Rebellion PAC released a political ad that Haley Stevens criticized as “fearmongering.” The provided excerpt does not describe the ad or give further details about Stevens’s response.
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Cenk Uygur’s Rebellion PAC put out the ad.
The headline describes the ad as anti-Israel.
Haley Stevens criticized the ad.
Stevens called the ad “fearmongering.”
The provided article excerpt contains no further details about the ad or the criticism.
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Police responded to a disturbance at a youth soccer game in Winter Park, Florida, after a league official asked them to address a dispute with the parents of a 3-year-old player. The official said the boy was advanced for his age but had pushed other players; his parents said he was removed because he was good at soccer. Police described the incident as a civil matter, and a fundraiser for the boy had raised more than $25,000, according to the article.
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A league official contacted the Winter Park Police Department about a disturbance involving the boy’s parents.
The official told officers the boy was very advanced compared with the other children and had pushed players.
The boy’s parents told officers they believed he was being removed because he was too good at soccer.
Police said the family cooperated and classified the incident as a civil matter.
Body-camera footage shared by the family does not show physical contact between the boy and other players.
The official told officers he wanted the boy removed and said he would give the family a refund.
The family set up a fundraiser to help pay for soccer registration, training, equipment, travel and other costs.
The fundraiser had raised more than $25,000, according to the article.
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Mourners buried four members of a family, including three children, who were killed in Jordanian airstrikes in southern Syria. Jordan said the strikes targeted ISIL militants after a deadly church attack that it linked to militants across the border.
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Mourners buried four members of a family.
Three of the four people killed were children.
The family members died in Jordanian airstrikes in southern Syria.
Jordan said the strikes targeted ISIL militants.
Jordan said the strikes followed a deadly church attack.
Jordan linked the church attack to militants across the border.
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Rep. Mark Takano criticized President Donald Trump for suggesting that the settlement of Camp Lejeune veterans’ toxic exposure claims could depend on the midterm election outcome. The article focuses on the dispute over whether those claims’ settlement should be tied to the elections.
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Rep. Mark Takano criticized President Donald Trump.
Trump suggested the settlement of Camp Lejeune veterans’ toxic exposure claims could depend on the midterm election outcome.
The claims involve toxic exposure at Camp Lejeune.
The article concerns settlement of veterans’ claims.
The article links the settlement issue to the midterm elections.
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Israeli voters went to the polls on Tuesday, October 27, 2026, in a tense national election. The vote was widely seen as a referendum on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s leadership since the Hamas-led October 7, 2023 attack and the wars that followed.
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Israel held a national election on October 27, 2026.
The election was described as tense.
The vote was widely seen as a referendum on Netanyahu’s leadership.
The Hamas-led attack on Israel took place on October 7, 2023.
Wars in the Middle East followed the attack.
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Brazil’s Liberal Party said it recognizes the election results that gave President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva victory. Party president Valdemar Costa Neto announced the position on X, while the far-right leader Bolsonaro has not conceded.
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Brazil’s Liberal Party backed presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro.
The party recognized the election results leading to Lula’s victory.
Valdemar Costa Neto is the party’s president.
Costa Neto announced the party’s position in a statement on X.
Bolsonaro has not conceded the election.
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A Florida surgeon remotely removed the prostate of a 66-year-old cancer patient in a procedure conducted between two AdventHealth hospitals 35 miles apart. The operation took place as part of an FDA-authorized research study; the authorization allows testing but is not FDA approval or clearance.
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Dr. Vipul Patel operated from an AdventHealth facility in Celebration, Florida, while the patient was at an AdventHealth facility in Minneola.
Surgeon Marcio Moschovas provided onsite support during the procedure.
The patient was recovering well after surgery, AdventHealth told ABC.
The operation expanded the study to U.S. hospitals after 10 investigational telesurgeries between Orlando and Luanda, Angola.
Researchers are evaluating telesurgery’s safety, reliability and cybersecurity.
Telesurgery carries risks including equipment or connection failures, so an onsite team must be ready to take over.
AdventHealth said the procedure did not establish the technology’s general clinical performance.
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Israeli voters went to the polls on October 27 in the country’s first national election since the October 7, 2023 attack. Turnout reached 55% by 4 p.m. local time, and the election will test Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s political standing.
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The election took place on Tuesday, October 27, 2026.
It was Israel’s first national election since the October 7, 2023 attack.
Voter turnout reached 55% by 4 p.m. local time.
The article described turnout as unseen in decades.
The election presents a verdict on veteran right-wing Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The electorate was deeply divided.
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