Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva launches his final reelection campaign on Sunday from a storied stadium where he stood on a table to address some 60,000 striking metalworkers in 1979 without a sound system. The homecoming at the “May 1” stadium in São Bernardo do Campo, a once-thriving factory city on São Paulo’s…

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US President Donald Trump has instructed the Pentagon to reduce joint military exercises with South Korea substantially, he said on Sunday in a social media post that also mentioned Seoul’s refusal to take part in actions against Iran. Hours before exercises were scheduled to begin, Trump said in a post on his Truth Social site…

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Oil prices were mostly steady on Monday, maintaining gains made last week, as prospects for a lasting US-Iran peace deal appear increasingly remote and fears of supply disruptions ​in the Strait of Hormuz are ever present. Brent crude futures were unchanged ​at $88.55 by 0128 GMT, while US West Texas Intermediate crude futures ⁠slipped 14…

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Around 5,000 people have been evacuated after a magnitude-7.7 earthquake smashed an area in eastern Indonesia, killing at least 51, blocking roads and causing landslides, authorities said on Sunday. Thirty-six people were seriously injured in the Saturday morning quake in East Nusa Tenggara province, while 77 had minor injuries, Deputy Health Minister Benjamin Paulus Octavianus…

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Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said on Tuesday the United States and Iran were close to “some sort” of deal, and fellow mediator Qatar said talks on managing the Strait of Hormuz were at an advanced stage, despite reports of new attacks on shipping in regional waters. The comments offered some hope that Iran and the…

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The University of Cambridge’s top administrator on Wednesday called a scandal over a professor who has resigned amid accusations of plagiarism “an aberration” and vowed a thorough investigation. The prestigious British university’s former professor of sociology of education, Jason Arday, resigned a week ago, facing snowballing allegations of plagiarising parts of his PhD thesis and…

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Reform UK leader Nigel Farage won his self-triggered by-election in Clacton on Friday but saw his strategy to silence critics backfire when his main rival Count Binface, a comedian dressed as a trash can, took more than a quarter of the vote. Farage, one of Britain’s leading Brexit campaigners, in a highly unusual move, did…

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Jordyn Woods and Karl-Anthony Towns are now officially husband and wife. On Saturday, August 15 the reality star and Towns, 30, exchanged vows in front of celebrities packed guests during an outdoor ceremony overlooking the ocean in Malibu, Calif.. For her big day, Woods, 28, donned a white strapless gown with a full skirt, paired…

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INDIANAPOLIS: A referendum advocating the creation of Khalistan was held in Indianapolis, Indiana, under the auspices of Sikhs for Justice (SFJ), with organisers saying members of the Sikh community travelled from different cities and states to participate in the vote. Voting continued despite rainfall, with women and families with young children among those turning up…

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Moroccan police arrested at least 111 people on Saturday as they attempted to cross into Spain’s North African enclave of Ceuta, amid heightened security on both sides of the border following social media calls for another mass migrant crossing. The attempted crossing came two weeks after more than 72,000 migrants surged towards Ceuta, escalating tensions…

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