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🔮 Polls before the debate suggested Bolsonaro, the son of former far-right president Jair Bolsonaro, would enter the October 25 vote as the favourite after finishing nearly two points ahead of Lula in the election’s first round earlier this month.
🔮 Russian President Vladimir Putin has proposed a summit next month with U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping to negotiate an end to the four-year-old Ukraine conflict that would favour Moscow, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday (October 18, 2026), citing people familiar with the discussions.
🔮 The Chinese capital Beijing is expected to become “super-aged” by 2035, with around one-third of its population aged 60 and above, the official Beijing Daily reported.
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Anthropic said on Sunday it will commit 5% of its shares to a new public benefit fund, subject to stockholder approval, with the stake potentially increasing as the artificial intelligence giant’s valuation grows.
🔮 “My immediate action was to free myself from the seatbelts and I tried to just block the blows as much as I could.”
🔮 Normal men or women in such situations would have wilted under the pressure – But Bibi did not wilt, he actually got stronger, and maintains that same Strength today.”
🔮 Israel will hold a national election on October 27, its first vote since the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023 that shook the country and plunged West Asia into turmoil, as Israel went to war in Gaza, Lebanon and Iran.
🔮 Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry said later it regretted the incident in Lithuania’s airspace, adding that it may have resulted from Russian electronic warfare diverting drones off course.
The object flew into Lithuania’s airspace from Poland, Lithuanian Defence Minister Robertas Kaunas told reporters, after proposing a joint investigation to his Polish counterpart.
🔮 “If the American enemy makes another miscalculation, the response of the valiant Iranian people and the fighters of Islam will be surprising and extensive,” he said, adding that Tehran had taken necessary measures to counter the potential use by the U.S. of its “mother of all bombs” against Iran.
🔮 The 71-year-old pontiff had an operation on Tuesday to remove the lower lobe of his right lung, fuelling speculation about how his illness might change his 17-month papacy.
Smiling from a window of the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace as he spoke to pilgrims below in a firm, clear voice on Sunday, the first US pope thanked people across the world for their prayers and said he would now begin to resume his normal schedule.
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