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Nov 5, 2026 - World

Older voters praised for helping tip balance in leftwing president’s favour against far-right Flávio Bolsonaro in runoffIt had been nearly a decade since Celia de Oliveira Soares last voted, and months since the 101-year-old great-grandmother last left her home.But on 25 October, when Brazil held what many considered its most important presidential election in decades, relatives helped Soares into a wheelchair and drove her to a nearby school to make sure the far-right candidate, Flávio Bolsonaro, did not prevail. Continue reading...

Nov 5, 2026 - World

A Nigerian court has disqualified a leading presidential candidate, complicating the electoral process two months before the election

Nov 5, 2026 - World

Grenada and other eastern Caribbean islands are voting in general elections

Nov 5, 2026 - World

Ukraine's top diplomat in Washington said his most pressing concern is that Russia will mask its failures on the battlefield by increasing attacks on Ukrainian utilities as winter approaches.

Nov 5, 2026 - World

Russia and Ukraine have traded damaging airstrikes as talks resume in Brussels to discuss Ukraine's postwar reconstruction and security guarantees