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A.I. Election Videos Are Flooding Brazil. Could They Sway the Vote?

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-10-21T09:02:16+00:00

Brazil spent years targeting electoral lies on the internet. Now, artificial intelligence is stumping the election authorities and reshaping a high-stakes race.

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Una galería comercial que recupera la lógica del pasaje urbano

Source: Clarin · Published: 2026-10-21T09:00:48+00:00

Una reinterpretación contemporánea de la tipología de galería comercial vincula comercio, gastronomía y encuentro colectivo.El proyecto busca preservar de la memoria del lugar.

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Why These Towers Collapsed in Venezuela’s Earthquakes

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-10-21T09:00:22+00:00

A 3-D reconstruction reveals why multiple apartment towers toppled in the earthquakes that struck Venezuela in June. Our reporter Julie Turkewitz examines how structural flaws — not just the strength of the quakes — left the towers vulnerable to collapse.

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‘A powerful warning’: will Europe’s angry protests lead to real political change?

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-10-21T09:00:03+00:00

Hamstrung governments seem to have no answer to the public’s furious demands, making further discontent likelyEurope live – latest updatesIn France, it was the piles of wheelie bins stacked up against school entrances that first hinted at the scale of student anger over crumbling classrooms and teacher shortages. In Spain, it was a tent camp that steadily grew in the heart of the capital as residents railed against soaring housing costs.Similar scenes have since sprung up in Belgium, Italy and Portugal, and clashes have convulsed Albania’s capital of Tirana, hinting at an autumn of protests ac

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Sensex today | Stock Market Live: Sensex down 550 pts, Nifty below 22,700; Eternal, Bajaj Fin lead losers

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-10-21T08:56:00+00:00

Sensex, Nifty, Share Prices LIVE: Markets surrendered a promising gap-up opening on Wednesday and turned lower through the session, with selling spreading well beyond the indices as breadth deteriorated sharply, 322 stocks on BSE touched fresh 52-week lows against just 81 hitting new highs, and the advance-decline ratio on the Nifty stood at a lopsided 11:39.

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Karmayogi Bharat, OpenAI ink pact to drive future-ready civil service

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-10-21T08:55:25+00:00

Karmayogi Bharat operates and manages the iGOT Karmayogi platform, ensuring anytime, anywhere, any-device learning for civil service officials to enhance their competency

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Palestinians Hope Israeli Election Will Oust Netanyahu

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-10-21T08:47:10+00:00

Many in Gaza and the West Bank are desperate to avoid more years of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing government, which has made life close to unbearable.

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Palestinians Hope Israeli Election Will Oust Netanyahu

Source: New York Times - World · Published: 2026-10-21T08:47:10+00:00

Many in Gaza and the West Bank are desperate to avoid more years of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s right-wing government, which has made life close to unbearable.

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Віцепрезидентка Європарламенту оголосила голодування через гуманітарну катастрофу в Олешках

Source: UNIAN (General) · Published: 2026-10-21T08:44:00+00:00

Вона закликала приєднуватися до її ініціативи з вимогою негайного гуманітарного перемир’я та надання можливості евакуювати цивільних.

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Sette inutili decreti sicurezza e il flop del fermo preventivo

Source: Repubblica Homepage · Published: 2026-10-21T08:42:46+00:00

Dai rave ai cortei, continua la stretta securitaria con scarsi risultati. Appena 265 fermi e in sole due occasioni. E di questi, ben 174, proprio sabato scorso a Milano

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Zydus Lifesciences gets USFDA nod for menopause treatment drug

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-10-21T08:32:05+00:00

The final approval granted by the US Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) is for Estradiol and Levonorgestrel Transdermal System (0.045 mg/0.015 mg per day)

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Sensex today | Stock Market Live: Sensex down 500 pts, Nifty below 22,700 as markets erase morning gains

Source: The Hindu Business Line – Markets · Published: 2026-10-21T08:31:05+00:00

Sensex, Nifty, Share Prices LIVE: Markets surrendered a promising gap-up opening on Wednesday and turned lower through the session, with selling spreading well beyond the indices as breadth deteriorated sharply, 322 stocks on BSE touched fresh 52-week lows against just 81 hitting new highs, and the advance-decline ratio on the Nifty stood at a lopsided 11:39.

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Vladimir Poutine, enhardi par la complaisance de Donald Trump à son égard, rêve d’un nouveau « Yalta » avec les Etats-Unis et la Chine

Source: Le Monde - International · Published: 2026-10-21T08:30:05+00:00

Le président russe imagine que le sommet de l’APEC, qui se tiendra les 18 et 19 novembre en Chine, pourrait être l’occasion de discuter du sort de l’Ukraine avec ses homologues chinois et américain. Ces derniers n’ont cependant pas donné leur accord.

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Trump snaps at reporter, ordering him to be quiet

Source: Al Jazeera - World · Published: 2026-10-21T08:29:08+00:00

US President Donald Trump became visibly angry as he berated a reporter who attempted to ask a question.

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Climate campaigners condemn ‘maddening’ decision to approve Jackdaw gasfield

Source: The Guardian - World · Published: 2026-10-21T08:23:46+00:00

Critics say move will jeopardise climate targets, fail to cut cost of living and distract from need to decarbonise energyUK politics live – latest updatesClimate campaigners and green experts have condemned the government’s decision to allow the drilling of the Jackdaw gasfield in the North Sea.They said approval for the site would jeopardise the UK’s climate targets, fail to reduce the cost of living, and distract from the need to decarbonise the UK’s energy sector. Continue reading...

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