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Flavio Bolsonaro has reportedly fled Brazil for Argentina following his presidential election defeat, days after being ordered to surrender his passports.
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Flavio Bolsonaro has reportedly fled Brazil for Argentina following his presidential election defeat, days after being ordered to surrender his passports.
Donald Trump showed off a seized tanker he said carried 1m barrels of oil and floated the idea of Venezuela becoming the 51st US state.
Trump says his government will "terminate" Biden-era methane emissions rules for the oil and gas industry.
Gulf states are working on a multipart peace deal aimed at averting a renewal of the US-Iran war.
King Charles has confirmed he will discuss the legacy of slavery with Commonwealth leaders at their summit.
Brothers Oren, Alon and Tal Alexander have each been sentenced to 30 years in prison for drugging and raping dozens of women.
UK budget live blog: the chancellor says scrapping gas standing charges will save 60% of homes GBP45 a year.
The UK chancellor has targeted the cost of living in a budget for a "difficult moment", deferring decisions on tax and spending.
DNA evidence has linked serial killer Ted Bundy to the 1974 murder of a Utah girl.
Restaurants in Sardinia are banning families from using phones at the table in a bid to bring back conversation over dinner.
"Emotional intimacy" from AI chatbots would be banned under Australia's proposed digital duty of care laws.
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Exit polls suggest the Netanyahu and Eisenkot blocs are tied after Israel's election, with coalition talks set to decide the government.
Analysis: a surge in Arab turnout has left Netanyahu without an obvious path to power.
Analysis: Netanyahu is down but not quite out after Israel's election, with manoeuvring ahead.
The State is facing a shortfall of 500 beds in facilities for homeless people, figures show.
Democrats point to Republican "panic" in Mississippi as Donald Trump flies in to campaign.
Democrats are battling to mobilise Georgia's black voters as turnout "drains" ahead of the midterms.
A West Cork tourist village in the off-season encounters Americans house-hunting in Ireland - "Trumpugees" escaping US politics.
A luxury cruise ship that left Ireland two years ago has stranded its passengers in Cambodia after a surge in fuel costs.
Halloween fake-cobweb decorations are causing problems for wildlife, which can become trapped in them.
Kathy Sheridan asks when Halloween became so horrible, with its fake corpses and dismembered body parts.
A reader who always had hordes of friends asks how to handle new loneliness.
A man has been charged with the murder of his partner in Finglas.
Laura Kennedy: the gym might be a sad hobby, but it has been transformative for me.
A writer who stopped going to Mass 22 years ago says they have felt grateful every Sunday since to be free of the obligation.
Ger Gilroy brings his maverick spirit to Howler, a new RTE podcast.
Better with Money podcast: a listener explains how payday routines helped increase their net worth by EUR60,000 this year.
Michael McDowell: what happens in the Israeli and US elections may reshape the Middle East.
A GP prescribed "toxic" medication to Covid-19 patients, an inquiry has heard.
Bags of horse manure continue to be dumped around Dublin suburbs as the problem persists.
The Government is to wind up a century-old EUR1.2m contingency fund that has gone unused for 22 years.
Your Money: pension or the new investment account - where should your spare cash go?
A viable explosive device was found in a package delivered to a Derry hotel, police say.
A 97-year-old woman faces a EUR455,000 repayment demand from Bank of Ireland over a life loan taken out in 2003.
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Health bosses cannot recruit maternity medics for a hospital even with GBP3,000-a-day salary offers.
The Cookstown bypass has been given the green light, but its cost has jumped by GBP30m in less than a year.
Alex Kane: unionism needs to win hearts, not fill streets.
Michael Flatley: a tangled tale of money, Monaco, a mansion, a movie - and whiskey.
New polling confirms a Sinn Fein surge on the back of the Drumcree dispute, with Portadown Orangemen's bid to walk the Garvaghy Road revitalising republican fortunes.
Brian Feeney: as Britain lifts the last limits on a Catholic prime minister, some relics remain sacred.
Reports of animal welfare concerns are up almost 175% in a year, a charity has warned.
Stephen Rea, on the cusp of turning 80, on still being excited about acting: "you've got to keep going".
The Irish News view: the British and Irish governments must act to dismantle RTE's digital border.
West Belfast director Sean Murray on opening the Belfast Film Festival with his new feature: "I think this is going to be a film of breakthroughs".
Queen's University has reversed a ban on wearing Orange Order sashes on Remembrance Sunday, after saying the move had been driven by Royal British Legion guidance.
The PSNI has released footage of a man who may be able to help the investigation into an attempted murder in west Belfast.
A "No Pope of Rome" tune was played at an Orange Order rally and parade held in support of the Drumcree parade.
A nature recovery plan has been launched in response to Northern Ireland's biodiversity decline.
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Jeffrey Donaldson was caught spinning "rivers of lies" about a Cambridge University offer, it is claimed.
Weather presenter Geoff Maskell is the latest big name to depart BBC NI, saying "it's been a joy and a privilege".
Comment: a dangerous moment for the DUP leader as Diane Forsythe breaks ranks to back Carla Lockhart on Drumcree.
Santander UK has been bolstered by its TSB takeover as it targets cost "synergies".
The chancellor is set to U-turn on a cut to the Isa allowance to GBP12,000, reports say.
Sinn Fein has set out "constructive" support for citizenship reform in the Republic.
Tens of thousands of people have been evacuated as a cyclone causes extensive damage in parts of India.
Joe Kearney on his remarkable escape from a helicopter crash: "I stared death in the face and lived to tell the tale".
The alleged victim in the Jeffrey Donaldson case claims the former DUP leader "gifted" himself a birthday rape at a Westminster office.
A Co Fermanagh hotel has announced a GBP1.5m investment in new wedding facilities.
A Belfast businessman is reconsidering his election plans after the Drumcree row, saying "I thought all that vitriol was behind us".
A funding push for Richhill AFC has piled pressure on minister Paul Givan over his department's "strange and puzzling" record-keeping.
Comment: the DUP must change its game plan while it still can, before events decide its future for it.
The PSNI has confirmed that speed limit leniency guidance applies in Northern Ireland.
A millionaire developer was reportedly "floored" by another businessman in the toilets of a plush venue, in a fracas dubbed the "battle of BT9".
Comment: from rhinos to Provos and loyalist terror bosses, Northern Ireland has become a land of the absurd where words have lost their meaning.
A race is on to find a missing GBP1m National Lottery winner from Co Armagh ahead of the claiming deadline.
A day-long manhunt is under way for a west Belfast man sought by police over a dissident feud shooting.
Daniel Kinahan's solicitor Darragh Mackin says there are "fundamental holes in the case" against his client.
Lower Ormeau Road residents have applied to hold a demonstration at the same time as a proposed loyalist parade by the Belfast Walker Club.
Jim Allister says the TUV would welcome Carla Lockhart if she decided to leave the DUP.
An MLA has warned "we are heading somewhere ugly" over increasing threats directed at politicians.
Judgment is expected in the legal challenge to the NI Secretary's ban on the Drumcree parade.
A Northern Ireland property group has exited the Poundland deal.
Dr David Coleman: making Halloween perfect for the kids is costing time, money and stress - how did it turn into a second Christmas?
A greengrocer marking 32 years in business is celebrating by opening a "bigger, brighter" new premises.
Stormont parties give their reactions ahead of the UK Government budget.
Restaurant review: a Belfast cafe passes the toughest test - impressing the reviewer's mum.
A Co Down search and rescue volunteer who was assaulted by youths says "actions have consequences and I hope they see that"; he feared for his life during the attack.
A Belfast-based Royal Navy veteran is to honour his family's wartime service at London's Remembrance ceremony.
A former pathologist delivers his verdict on the 1711 Islandmagee witch trials: "sunken eyes, broken teeth and a woman possessed by demons".