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Brazil’s deadliest police raid puts Lula in a political bind

5 Nov 2025

By Luciana Magalhaes, Lisandra Paraguassu and Lucinda Elliott RIO DE JANEIRO/BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazil’s most lethal police operation ever has left President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva stunned and struggling to handle the political fallout, as he attempts to reconcile international concerns over human rights violations with growing public support for a crackdown on crime.  That divide …

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From Pokrovsk defenders: drones alone can’t hold embattled Ukrainian city

5 Nov 2025

By Yuliia Dysa and Anna Voitenko KYIV/EASTERN UKRAINE, Ukraine (Reuters) -As buildings change hands in chaotic fighting in Ukraine’s eastern stronghold of Pokrovsk, defending forces said this week that drones alone could not hold off Russian advances and more soldiers were needed to prevent the enemy infiltrating further. The situation, they said, was difficult, but …

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Wildfires, rising temperatures imperil northern hemisphere forests, UN says

5 Nov 2025

By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA (Reuters) -Record wildfires and rising temperatures are threatening decades of forest growth in the northern hemisphere, potentially turning vital carbon sinks into carbon emitters, a new U.N. report said on Wednesday. The report by the U.N. Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE), released ahead of the COP30 climate conference in Brazil, …

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Former Iraq PM Maliki could heavily influence election despite troubled past

5 Nov 2025

BAGHDAD (Reuters) -Former Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki remains a potent force in Iraqi politics despite long-standing accusations that he fuelled sectarian strife and failed to stop Islamic State from seizing large areas of the country a decade ago. As leader of the influential State of Law, a Shi’ite Muslim coalition, he is seen as having …

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Australian mushroom murderer launches appeal bid against her conviction

5 Nov 2025

SYDNEY (Reuters) -An Australian woman sentenced to life in prison for killing three relatives with a meal laced with toxic mushrooms has filed an appeal to overturn her conviction, according to court documents. A jury in July found Erin Patterson, 51, guilty of murdering three elderly relatives of her estranged husband and attempting to murder …

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Takeaways from US election night 2025

5 Nov 2025

By James Oliphant WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The 2025 off-year elections in Virginia, New Jersey, New York City and California provided an early barometer of how some U.S. voters view President Donald Trump’s second term and the Democratic Party’s efforts to revive its political fortunes. Here are some takeaways from election night:  A WAY FORWARD FOR DEMOCRATS? …

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Jamaica sees 30% GDP hit from Hurricane Melissa, at least 75 dead in Caribbean

5 Nov 2025

By Sarah Morland KINGSTON (Reuters) -Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness on Tuesday said that last week’s Hurricane Melissa, the strongest-ever storm to hit its shores, caused damage to homes and key infrastructure roughly equivalent to 28% to 32% of last year’s gross domestic product. Holness told the Caribbean nation’s lower house the $6 billion to …

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US kills two men in another strike on suspected drug vessel, Hegseth says

5 Nov 2025

(Reuters) -The U.S. military killed two men in a strike on a suspected drug vessel in international waters in the Eastern Pacific on Tuesday, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said. “Intelligence confirmed that the vessel was involved in illicit narcotics smuggling, transiting along a known narco-trafficking route, and carrying narcotics,” Hegseth said in a post …

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US asks UN to lift sanctions on Syria’s president ahead of White House visit

5 Nov 2025

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) -The United States has proposed a draft United Nations Security Council resolution that would lift sanctions on Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, who is due to meet U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House on Monday.  The draft resolution, seen by Reuters on Tuesday, would also lift sanctions on …

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Exclusive-Saudi Arabia’s request to buy F-35 jets clears key Pentagon hurdle, sources say

4 Nov 2025

By Mike Stone WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The Trump administration is considering a Saudi Arabian request to buy as many as 48 F-35 fighter jets, a potential multi-billion-dollar deal that has cleared a key Pentagon hurdle ahead of a visit by Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, two sources familiar with the matter said. A sale would mark …

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