Brazil is once again facing one of the most consequential political moments in its recent democratic history Photo Disclosure The country’s 2026 presidential election has placed the far right at the center of national politics. Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, the son of former president Jair Bolsonaro, finished first in the first round with approximately 47% of valid votes, ahead of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who received approximately 45%. The two candidates will face ea

WASHINGTON — October 5, 2026 — The United States has withdrawn all of its long-range bombers from RAF Fairford, a U.S.-operated military facility in England that has been used to support American military operations against Iran. The abrupt redeployment comes days after British authorities arrested several people in connection with a suspected terrorist plot targeting the area around the base. A Rockwell B1 Lancer heavy bomber takes off from RAF Fairford in Fairford, United K

Christa Pike, a 50-year-old woman convicted of a 1995 murder, has survived an attempted execution in Tennessee after receiving two doses of pentobarbital, the drug used in the state's lethal injection protocol. The extraordinary outcome has triggered an independent investigation, renewed constitutional challenges, and difficult questions about the future of capital punishment in the United States. Christa Pike, a death row inmate, appears in court in Nashville in April 2012.

The sneaker company apologized after a campaign featuring K-pop star Karina prompted criticism over imagery that some viewers associated with symbols of racial violence in the United States. The Converse logo is displayed on the roof of the company's world headquarters in the West End neighborhood of Boston, Wednesday, December 28, 2016. BOSTON — Converse has removed an advertising image from its social media channels and apologized following widespread criticism over imagery

From Brazil’s opening address to the race for the next UN secretary-general, Latin American governments are entering this year’s General Assembly amid wars, economic uncertainty and a changing international order. French President Emmanuel Macron speaks during the United Nations General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York on September 23, 2025. Photo by Leonardo Munoz/AFP/Getty Images NEW YORK — The United Nations General Assembly enters its high-level week on Tuesday

The strikes came as Russians went to the polls for the first parliamentary election since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, bringing the war directly into the Russian capital on the final day of voting A building in Kotelniki in the Moscow region that was hit by what authorities said was a Ukrainian drone on September 20, 2026. Photo by Stringer/Reuters MOSCOW — Russia's parliamentary elections concluded under an extraordinary security backdrop on Sunday, September 20, afte

For patients across Iran, the country’s economic crisis is increasingly becoming a healthcare crisis, with rising prices, shortages and financial instability making essential medicines harder to obtain. Iranians seeking medication from pharmacies are facing soaring prescription prices as US sanctions devastate the economy. Photo by Kaveh Kazemi/Getty Images TEHRAN — Iran’s economic deterioration is increasingly being felt inside pharmacies and hospitals, where patients suffe

The couple has expanded their family through adoption, welcoming a baby boy nearly a year after becoming parents for the first time Millie Bobby Brown and Jake Bongiovi attend the world premiere of "Enola Holmes 3" at The Plaza Hotel in New York City on June 25. Dia Dipasupil/WireImage/Getty Images Millie Bobby Brown and Jake Bongiovi have welcomed their second child, expanding their family nearly a year after becoming parents for the first time. The Stranger Things star and

Earl Charles Spencer’s forthcoming memoir, Swan Song, revisits Diana’s troubled marriage, her relationship with King Charles III and the aftermath of her death — prompting an unusually pointed response from Buckingham Palace Charles and Diana, then-Prince and Princess of Wales, outside Chateau de Chambord during a visit to France in 1988. Georges De Keerle/Hulton Archive/Getty Images A forthcoming memoir by Earl Charles Spencer, the younger brother of Princess Diana, is once

Move would transfer drones currently operating under U.S. Africa Command to Southern Command, amid growing military cooperation with Ecuador and other Latin American partners US Air Force Airmen assigned to the 147th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, Texas Air National Guard, conduct preflight and postflight inspections on an MQ-9 Reaper aircraft at Keflavík Air Base, Iceland, in support of a search and rescue training mission during exercise Northern Viking.. Senior Airman Edga