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São Paulo (EFE).- President and re-election candidate Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and his closest rival, Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, led massive rallies across São Paulo state on Saturday. The region, Brazil’s largest electoral district, served as the backdrop for both campaigns to demonstrate political strength ahead of Sunday’s vote. While...

By Pablo Duer Buenos Aires, Oct 3 (EFE).- A new captain, an unassigned No. 10 shirt and a younger generation beginning to gain ground mark the start of a new phase for Argentina, as the national team prepares for life without Lionel Messi. Messi’s farewell on Tuesday against Benin at...

Dubai, Oct 3 (EFE).- Anwar Gargash, diplomatic adviser to the president of the United Arab Emirates, said Saturday that the “latest terrorist attack” involving Flydubai flight FZ1073 was a warning that the fight against extremism “has not ended.” “The region’s fight against extremism persists, and justifying terrorism through hate speech...

By Cora Serrano Madrid, Oct 3 (EFE).- Housing remains one of the main concerns for Spaniards and one of the most difficult issues for policymakers, with political parties still divided over how to address the shortage and establish a long-term strategy that extends beyond electoral cycles. Recent events have brought...

London, Oct 3 (EFE).- Nearly half of British voters support the United Kingdom rejoining the European Union, according to a poll published Saturday by The Guardian, conducted amid Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s recent comments that the government will examine all options for its future relationship with the bloc. According to...

Madrid (EFE).- The Spanish Congress rejected the two housing decrees approved by the coalition government, raising the possibility of bringing forward the elections scheduled for 2027, just 10 days after Maricarmen’s eviction, which sparked a wave of citizen protests. In just over a week, the eviction of 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal...

​Nairobi, Oct. 2 (EFE). – The severing of diplomatic relations between Ethiopia and Eritrea has raised tensions in the Horn of Africa, marking an escalation in the strained relationship between the two countries, despite having fought as allies in the war in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region (2020–2022) after decades of...

Paris, Oct 2 (EFE).- G7 countries agreed Friday to coordinate the release of up to 100 million barrels of oil and diesel through the International Energy Agency (IEA) over four months. It incudes a substantial amount of diesel to be made available within the first 20 days, according to a...

Cairo, Oct 2 (EFE).- Flydubai CEO Ghaith Al Ghaith said Friday that “a full official investigation,” supported by the Emirati airline, will establish what happened aboard flight FZ1073, while thanking the captain and others who helped land the aircraft safely after the pilot was injured in an incident mid-flight. In...

Bogotá, Oct 2 (EFE).- For Colombian fans, K-pop group BTS is much more than music: it represents community, travel, shared projects, and a special way of celebrating the arrival of the South Korean septet, which opens its long-awaited Latin American tour in Bogotá on Friday. “ARMY (the collective name for...

By Taryn Wilson O’Smach, Cambodia, Oct 2, EFE.- Replica police stations and banks, romantic scripts, fake $100 bills, entertainment precincts and a medical clinic: this sprawling Cambodian complex looks like a town or movie set. But the reality is much darker. The site in the Oddar Meanchey provincial border town...

Redacción deportes (EFE).- El monegasco Charles Leclerc (Ferrari) fue el más rápido este viernes, por delante del francés Isack Hadjar (Red Bull), en el segundo entrenamiento libre para el Gran Premio de Baréin, el decimosexto del Mundial de Fórmula Uno, que se disputa en el circuito de Sepang, en Malasia....