Americas

Last month, X blocked nationwide in Brazil after months of tension with owner Elon Musk. (AP PHOTO)
World
Staff Writers

Musk's X skirts Brazil ban and returns to some users

Some Brazilian users have regained access to X, but it may be short-lived as the dispute between the South American nation and Elon Musk continues.

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President Nicolas Maduro addresses supporters after his controversial win.
World
Regina Garcia Cano

Venezuela’s opposition goes on oil offensive against Maduro

The nation’s opposition coalition has called on the US to cancel the oil licences in the South American country to pressure President Nicolas Maduro in the wake of his controversial election win.

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Brazilian Sao Paulo mayoral candidate Jose Luiz Datena attacked his opponent Pablo Marcal with a chair on live TV. TV Cultura
World
The Washington Post

Mayoral candidate hits rival with chair at live TV debate

The victim was taken to hospital after the televised melee with a fractured rib and dislocated fingers.

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The US said there was overwhelming evidence Edmundo González won the July election.
World
Regina Garcia Cano and Jorge Rueda

Fresh blow for Maduro rival in disputed Venezuelan election

The new development came as the Venezuelan president and his allies continue to face international pressure over a lack of transparency in the July 28 poll.

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Brazil blocked the social network X after owner Elon Musk refused to comply with a Brazilian judges orders to suspend certain accounts.
World
The New York Times

How Brazil’s fight against fake news led to X being gagged

Australia threatened to crack down on X, but Brazil’s top court has actually followed through and suppressed Elon Musk’s social media platform.

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Sinaloa drug lords Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada and Joaquin Guzman Lopez have both been arrested by US authorities.
World

Bodies pile up in Sinaloa civil war after cartel arrests

The US arrests of the son of drug kingpin El Chapo and his factional foe in the Sinaloa drug organisation has splintered the powerful cartel.

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Donald Trump and JD Vance at July’s Republican convention.
Americas
Jasper Ward

US vice president nominees to face off in debate

Tim Walz and JD Vance, the two men vying to become US vice president in the November election, will face off in a televised debate in October.

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Algeria's Imane Khelif celebrates her boxing gold medal but has now submitted a legal complaint. (AP PHOTO)
Olympics
Staff Writers

Trump, Musk and Rowling named in gender identity row boxer’s lawsuit

Olympic boxing champion Imane Khelif has singled out Elon Musk, Donald Trump and JK Rowling in a legal complaint in France for online harassment after a storm of criticism and claims about her sex during the Paris Olympics.

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A plane carrying 62 people has crashed in Brazil leaving ‘no survivors’.
World
Max Corstorphan

‘No survivors’: Plane crash kills 62 people

A commercial flight in Brazil has crashed, killing all 62 people onboard.

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A protester on the streets of Caracas.
World
Joshua Goodman and Regina Garcia Cano

Caracas chaos as opposition backs up claims of Maduro loss

Riots erupted across Venezuela’s capital as the fall-out of the hotly disputed general election continues to divide the country.

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President Nicolas Maduro addresses supporters after electoral authorities declared him the winner of the presidential election.
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World
Joshua Goodman

Maduro declared winner in Venezuela, opposition cries foul

The election has been called in favour of the embattled socialist leader, despite opposition representatives citing tallies from polling stations that showed his rival Edmundo Gonzalez trouncing him.

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Chile has been struck with a strong magnitude 7.3 earthquake.
World
Digital Staff

Massive magnitude 7.3 earthquake strikes Chile

Authorities are checking for possible damages to people, alterations to basic services or infrastructure" as a result of a magnitude 7.3 earthquake.

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Bolivian President Luis Arce after the coup attempt.
World
Staff writers

Embattled leader reveals Bolivia’s multi-billion dollar boon

President Luis Arce, who just survived a military coup weeks ago, said the $10 billion natural resource discovery could turn around the country’s ailing finances.

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Security surrounds Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille, centre, as he arrives at the General Hospital in Port-au-Prince.
World
EVENS SANON

New Haiti PM tours ‘war zone’ hospital taken back from gangs

Garry Conille’s heavily guarded tour came days after police secured the facility in Port-au-Prince, which is still 80 per cent controlled by criminal gangs.

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Former president of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro has reportedly been indicted over Saudi diamonds.
World
MAURICIO SAVARESE and GABRIELA SÁ PESSOA

Brazil’s ex-president indicted over Saudi diamonds

It is Jair Bolsonaro’s second indictment since leaving office.

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