Flávio Bolsonaro’s first round lead leaves President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva three weeks to find the votes to stop Brazil’s, and Latin America’s, rightward shift.Flávio Bolsonaro, the son of Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro, had the lead after Sunday’s vote.
Flávio Bolsonaro, now the favorite to win Brazil’s presidency, would give President Trump a critical new ally in Latin America, particularly on security.An effigy of President Trump carrying a depiction of an incarcerated President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva during a rally in São Paulo last month in
Evacuation is almost impossible and food is running out in Russian-occupied Oleshky, a city menaced by mines and drones.A protester in Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, last month calling for help for Oleshky, a city in southern Ukraine.
Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general and Republican Senate candidate, has alleged a sprawling profit-driven conspiracy. Pediatricians say the accusations are an attempt at intimidation.Dr. Rachel examining a patient in Texas last month.
What happened between two dog owners one April afternoon in Ohio will soon be scrutinized by a judge and jury as both men grapple with the consequences.David Mattai with Bob, his Cavalier King Charles Spaniel, last month.
Alejandro G. Iñárritu knows that “Digger” is polarizing. “I prefer that to the lukewarm reception,” he says of the climate-change satire with Tom Cruise.“Digger” is “a provoking film,” Alejandro G. Iñárritu conceded. “That’s the role of a film for me — let’s start the conversation.”
Though mightily he does try. The star brings his usual high energy to the role of a Texas oil tycoon in Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s ponderous climate comedy.
Rising borrowing costs are taking a toll on households and businesses. But they are doing little to dampen enthusiasm for investments in A.I. infrastructure, which are contributing to inflation.There is little sign that higher borrowing costs are doing much to slow artificial intelligence developmen
The candidates for Ohio governor have significant policy differences, but the campaign ads have been strikingly personal, with exaggerated portrayals of one candidate as a con artist and the other as a drunk.Dr. Amy Acton, Ohio’s former chief public health officer, has faced ugly, personal attacks i
Democrats are increasingly confident they will have a record number of women serving in the House next year, after backing women in competitive districts they are now positioned to win.“I’m incredibly confident that we will pass that 100 mark,” Representative Teresa Leger Fernández of New Mexico, th
The justices are about to hear a lawsuit that could determine whether the oil industry faces billions of dollars in liability for damages caused by global warming.Boulder has sued Exxon and Suncor saying they should help pay for the damage caused by global warming in the state. A Suncor refinery in
Faced with a president who has called global warming a hoax, officials have filed dozens of suits against oil companies to try to cover the costs of extreme weather.The case now before the Supreme Court could affect dozens of others. Protesters gathered on Monday as the court heard arguments.
Trump and his allies in the Capitol have revealed a problem that has been developing for decades.
Pedro Sánchez, the Spanish prime minister, has faced challenges including a migration crisis and several corruption scandals involving his inner circle.Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez of Spain called an early election on Nov. 29.
Strikes on tankers in the Strait of Hormuz and oil infrastructure in Saudi Arabia came as the region’s exporters were getting more oil to the world market.Ships near the Strait of Hormuz last week. More tankers have moved through the strait in recent weeks.
Trade blockages in the Persian Gulf have reminded the world that there are forces as great as or greater than technology and globalization.
A Saudi-led coalition has announced a military campaign against the Iran-backed Houthi militia in the country, reviving memories of its previous effort.Smoke billowing from the fuel storage area at King Khalid International Airport in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, last month after the Houthis claimed to hav
The offensive is an effort to wrest control of the Bab al-Mandab Strait from the Houthis, a militia in Yemen backed by Iran.Inspecting melted foam in a factory after a strike in Sanaa, Yemen, on Sunday. Houthi-affiliated media blamed Saudi Arabia for the attack.
What happened in Mangala, where residents were left with little outside support, helps explain how this outbreak became the worst seen in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The longest-serving Republican speaker of the House admitted in 2016 to abusing teenage boys decades earlier. He was 84.Dennis Hastert on Capitol Hill in 2003. He was sentenced to 15 months in federal prison in April 2016.
There remains an opportunity for the group to play a positive and honest role in American politics.
Brazil is fertile ground for authoritarian politics, no matter who wins this election.
The country’s consumer watchdog has said only that “an employee of an anti-plague institute in the Irkutsk Region” contracted pneumonia. Rumors and unconfirmed reports sounded a more ominous note.An infectious-diseases hospital in the town of Shelekhov, Russia, on Monday. The mayor has urged residen
