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Ex-president Jair Bolsonaro was directly involved in an alleged attempted coup, Brazil police say.

Cops say Bolsonaro directly involved in Brazil coup plot

Police also claim Bolsonaro had ‘full knowledge’ of a plan to assassinate Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who bested him in the South American nation’s 2022 election.

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Uruguayan President Luis Lacalle Pou (C) casts his vote at a polling station during the second round of the presidential elections in Canelones, Uruguay.

Uruguay’s presidential poll is tight, but does anyone care?

Analysts say both candidates’ lacklustre campaigns and broad consensus on key issues have generated extraordinary apathy and indecision among voters.

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The already dire humanitarian situation in Haiti is being amplified, a United Nations agency says.

Aid flights resume after commercial planes hit by gunfire

Aid flights will restart within Haiti one week after gangs hit three commercial planes with gunfire as conflict continues to ravage the Caribbean nation.

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Argentine President Javier Milei speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Maryland, on Feb. 24, 2024. MUST CREDIT: Tom Brenner for The Washington Post

Argentina’s president considers exiting Paris agreement

Javier Milei’s move to withdraw the South American country from the climate agreement is part of a broader review of all international policy.

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A Spirit Airlines flight was diverted from Haiti to the Dominican Republic where it landed safely.

Terror as US passenger plane fired on while trying to land

A passenger plane from the US has been hit by gunfire while trying to land in Haiti and had to make an emergency diversion.

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Mexican authorities say one person is in police custody following a deadly shooting in a bar.

Gunmen open fire in packed bar, 10 confirmed dead

Gunmen have opened fire in a packed bar in central Mexico killing at least 10 people and injuring seven.

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Anthony Albanese will this year head to Peru to attend the APEC summit. (AP PHOTO)

Albo off to APEC as world leaders court Aussie miners

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is preparing to travel to the APEC summit in Peru for discussions with world leaders spanning free trade, renewable energy and critical mining projects.

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One person was killed and three others were injured in a shooting at Sao Paulo's airport.

One killed, three wounded in airport shooting rampage

Gunmen have opened fire at a major international airport, killing one man and injuring at least three others.

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Forensic workers and police officers work at the hotel where British singer Liam Payne died in Buenos Aires on October 16, 2024.

Liam Payne: Three charged in relation to singer’s death

Three people have been charged in connection with the death of Liam Payne, Argentinian authorities have said.

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Former President Donald Trump suffered an embarrassing blow in Wisconsin, his microphone died as he tried to win votes in a packed stadium.

‘Seething’ Trump fumes at staffer, crowds erupt with fury

Former President Donald Trump suffered an embarrassing blow in Wisconsin, silencing the Republican candidate while crowds erupted with frustration.

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A 19-year-old supermarket worker was discovered inside a walk-in oven at a Walmart. (File image).

Teen body found in walk-in oven at major supermarket

A supermarket worker has made a grim discovery, locating the body of her 19-year-old colleague inside a walk-in oven of a major supermarket.

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Alexander Downer has rebuked Caribbean countries calling for reparations over the UK’s colonial past.

‘Absurd’: Downer blasts Caribbean nations’ reparations call

Australia’s longest-serving foreign minister delivered a blunt reply when asked about the hot topic for the Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting.

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China’s Xi Jinping, Russia’s Vladimir Putin and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi meet on the sidelines of the BRICS Summit in Kazan, Russia.

Why Putin is using BRICS summit to shake up the world order

The Kremlin hopes to turn the fifteenth annual meeting of the bloc into a rallying point for defying Western Influence in global affairs.

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Former Bolivian president Jeanine Añez leaves the Miraflores women's prison in La Paz in handcuffs guarded by police officers to attend her trial on October 17, 2024. - A court in La Paz will begin a criminal trial on Thursday against former Bolivian president Jeanine Áñez, for allegedly planning a ‘coup d'état’ against the then president, Evo Morales, in 2019. (Photo by DANIEL MIRANDA / AFP) DANIEL MIRANDA

Bolivian ex-president jailed for decade faces new trial

Jeanine Anez has been accused of terrorism, criminal association and improper use of influence over the 2019 protests that forced then-president Evo Morales out of office.

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A man has been shot dead on the beach behind a luxury hotel in Cancun.

Holiday horror as man shot dead, assassins flee on jet skis

Holidaymakers have had their dream getaway descend into horror when four armed men gunned down a businessman before fleeing on jet skis. 

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