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Brazil votes in a decisive election as leftwing incumbent Lula faces Flavio Bolsonaro, son of the jailed former president.
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Brazil votes in a decisive election as leftwing incumbent Lula faces Flavio Bolsonaro, son of the jailed former president.
Explainer on how Trump is meddling in Brazil's election as Lula and Bolsonaro run neck and neck.
Cornell University promises a serious look at fraternities after a woman alleged she was drugged and raped by members.
Germany's Friedrich Merz makes an unannounced Kyiv visit with Zelenskyy as Russia strikes the city's North Bridge.
Russia hits a Kyiv bridge shortly after Merz arrives on a visit meant to show German backing for Ukraine.
Ukraine war briefing: Kyiv plans more refinery attacks and is working on jamming, interceptors and Moscow-range ballistic missiles.
Polish activists launch "AbortOmat", an abortion pill locker in Warsaw, to give anonymous access despite the near-total ban.
OpenAI safety leader David Robinson quits, warning the company's culture is broken and joining other insiders urging more care.
Tens of thousands protest in Madrid and other Spanish cities over the housing crisis after new legislation fails.
How 87-year-old Maricarmen became the face of the global housing rights movement.
Episcopal bishop Mariann Budde, who urged Trump to have mercy, will resign her Washington post.
Jacob Rees-Mogg accuses Tucker Carlson of verging on defending Hitler in a podcast about Britain entering the war.
Mexico debuts its tiniest national guard recruit: Chihuahua Comando, being trained for search and rescue.
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A daughter claims her father threatened to kill her if she did not follow family rules; she obtained protection orders against her parents.
A motorcyclist in his 50s dies in a Co Meath crash; gardai seek witnesses and dashcam footage.
Gardai investigate after Thomas O'Neill (37), previously convicted of rape and drug offences, is shot and injured in Limerick.
Australian federal police and other agencies investigate the flydubai co-pilot's time in Australia.
Young Spencer, the Shankill Road's rapper, says music is bringing young people together in Northern Ireland.
Column: a €130k turf agent shows loose oversight, plus Jeffrey Donaldson's Down home on the market.
A Kildare landlord is ordered to repay a goodwill payment after a tenant family lived in a car for months over rent.
Latvia's PM is on track to lead a pro-Ukraine coalition after an election win.
Christopher Eccleston's new film Chasing Millions is set after the 2004 Northern Bank robbery in Belfast, when £26m was stolen.
The Taoiseach signals a halt to home heating oil carbon tax increases and confirms a Christmas bonus for welfare recipients and pensioners.
Audio: Louise O'Neill talks about questioning everything when life falls apart, on The Women's Podcast.
Analysis: the Cornell rape allegation brings an early bleakness to upstate New York and shows how troubling college years can be.
The viral moments that shaped the year online, from Krispy Kreme rage to HomeToVote.
Money advice: fund manager charges on Approved Retirement Funds average about 1%, but better deals exist.
Jazz pianist Jason Moran returns to Cork Jazz Festival, which gave him its rising star award in 2002.
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Mary Lou McDonald says Sinn Fein will of course co-operate with the PSNI, calling it a moment to take a stand.
The Taoiseach questions Sinn Fein's sincerity and calls its view of Drumcree overly simplistic.
A Co Down family reflects on the most unimaginable thing after Marcus Fusco suffered a brain bleed when struck by a van, months after a business fire.
Sky News' David Blevins says he feels the word Drumcree, having covered it from shootings to gunfire aimed at Trump.
Kneecap are expected to visit Garvaghy Road in solidarity ahead of a fresh legal challenge to the Portadown parade.
Thousands attend a Garvaghy Road rally in solidarity with residents as both sides hold community events.
TUV deputy leader admits damage to the cause after sharing a fake AI Drumcree rally image.
Portadown Orangemen change legal firms, with the Garvaghy Road High Court challenge due back on Monday.
A man is charged over a bottle thrown at a PSNI Land Rover; another is charged with breach of the peace over the parading dispute.
A social services referral is to be made after a child was reportedly on an e-scooter; the juvenile faces a motor offences investigation.
Opinion: Pat McArt says Drumcree is about a caste system and the days of nationalists' rights being ignored are over.
Opinion: Sophie Clarke says buying a house was easy compared with the unanswered calls and rearranged appointments that followed.
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The Orange Order puts forward a one-and-done Fleadh-linked offer on Garvaghy Road; loyalists warn of protests if it is rejected.
Drumcree hardens even moderates such as Claire Hanna as O'Neill, Mac Cionnaith and Jamie Bryson clash over the parade.
Live: Kneecap set to visit Garvaghy Road while the DUP leader hits back at Sinn Fein.
Gardai seek to speak to a woman in the Yves Sakila death investigation.
Analysis: Sinn Fein were in the doldrums until Drumcree, and unionism may have blundered into another crocodile moment.
Death driver Martin Olali Jnr says he turned down a plot to rob £260,000 from a cocaine boss.
The DUP claims its leader is the victim of a dirty tricks campaign over meetings held during the Drumcree deadlock.
A marathon-running businesswoman who exaggerated her disabilities in a PIP claim is caught out.
Former IRA chief Frankie Quinn denies advising a Garvaghy Road residents' spokesman after being seen with Breandan Mac Cionnaith.
A Christian march's plan to walk along Garvaghy Road is curtailed by the Parades Commission.
Opinion: Michelle O'Neill says Drumcree is a return to factory settings, and old conflicts have always been here.
Judge Richard Humphreys, writing personally, argues dialogue can deliver an imperfect but workable Drumcree solution.
Hope Street actor Karen Hassan is proposed to on a mountaintop in Italy.
A far-right couple avoid jail after handing out pink knuckledusters, pleading guilty at Laganside.
A Lisburn man unveils an ultra-discreet personal safety device for women that alerts friends and sends a location pin.