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Brazil's Flavio Bolsonaro secures presidential bid despite headwinds

Brazilian senator Flavio Bolsonaro, one of the sons of former President Jair Bolsonaro, was confirmed as the presidential candidate of his father's Liberal Party on Saturday in a bid against incumbent President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva even as his campaign faces many headwinds.

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Latest Russian and Ukrainian attacks kill a total of 15 people, officials say

Ukrainian attacks on holiday camps on Saturday in the partly Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia region have killed 12 people, Moscow-installed officials said, while authorities in Ukraine's northeastern Sumy region said a Russian drone strike killed three people there.

Southern China is on high alert for Typhoon Noul, with over 340,000 evacuated and flights canceled

Typhoon Noul is bringing winds and heavy rain to southern China, including Hong Kong, over the weekend, prompting the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of people in the province of Guangdong with the region on high alert and at least dozens of flights canceled.

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The U.N. chief on a visit to Damascus urges the international community to support Syrian people

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres appealed to the international community on Saturday to support the people of Syria and criticized Israel's actions in the country's south as he kicked off his first visit to the Arab nation as the U.N. chief, nearly two years after the fall of Syrian strongman Bashar Assad.

Treasure as trinkets: Zendaya’s earrings renew debate on ownership of ancient artefacts

Jewellery made from BC Iran worn at Odyssey photocall throws spotlight on the trade of rare archeological findsThe Odyssey has stormed cinemas, but while its take on the Homeric epic has created ripples among western classicists, it is an actor’s earrings that have made waves further afield.Zendaya, who portrays the goddess Athena in the movie, provoked outrage when she appeared at a London photocall wearing earrings that were allegedly made from Iranian artefacts dating back to the 1st millennium BC. Continue reading...