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Ukraine and Russia have signaled their willingness to resume U.S.-brokered peace talks and are backing a humanitarian mission led by First Lady Melania Trump. But deep disagreements over territory and security guarantees that re-emerged this week underscore obstacles to ending the war. The new diplomatic push comes after more than 4½ years of fighting, bringing with it a surprise announcement on Friday: Kyiv and Moscow have agreed to a local ceasefire to allow aid next week into a stranded town in Ukraine's southern war-divided region of Kherson, following secret consultations

France mounts huge security operation as protesters prepare to march

Voters in 2 Democratic strongholds could ban transgender girls from girls school sports

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Bolsonaro and Lula clash on living costs, corruption in final Brazil election debate

Brazilian Senator Flavio Bolsonaro and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva sparred over the cost of living and traded personal attacks on Friday in the last presidential debate before Sunday's runoff, as both candidates sought to win over undecided voters amid a tight race. Bolsonaro, son of former President Jair Bolsonaro, led Lula in the first round of the election earlier this month, but opinion polls have shown the two candidates about even this week after the gap between them narrowed.Bolsonaro and Lula repeated their campaign proposals during the over two-hour debate hosted by Globo, Br

Trump foreign policy hits voters in the pocketbook, imperiling Republicans in midterms

France's luxury stores board up windows ahead of fresh protests

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Lula, Bolsonaro reach out to undecided voters in last debate of Brazil's presidential race

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Sen. Flávio Bolsonaro faced off Friday in their second and final debate ahead of Sunday's presidential runoff election, but this time with cooler heads than a few days ago as they tried to reach out to the few undecided voters left in the tight race. The debate on TV Globo, Brazil's most popular broadcaster, lasted two hours and offered candidates a chance to talk about their plans in front of each other. Five days ago, the two exchanged barbs and accusations in a debate on TV Band. Friday's debate in Rio de Janei

Democrat on US FCC urges broadcast industry to be more aggressive confronting the agency

France deploys thousands of police as Paris march is restricted to city’s edge

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Ukraine’s defense ministry says access to Starshield has been restored

Ukraine’s full access to Starshield has been restored, the country’s defense ministry said Saturday, two days after US President Donald Trump said Elon Musk had restored access to the military-grade version of his Starlink internet service.“The Ministry of Defense’s monitoring systems are recording a recovery in Starlink/Starshield speeds,” Ukrainian Minister of Defense Yevheniy Khmara said in a statement.“We are recording speeds exceeding 400 km/h; the connection is stable.”He added that the defense ministry is continuing to track the progress.It’s not clear if the restoration

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Conservatives funded efforts to undercut Sherrod Brown with Black voters in Ohio, filing shows

A mysterious group that has spent at least $2 million boosting a little-known socialist candidate in Ohio’s highly competitive Senate race is being funded by Republicans, according to a new campaign finance filing.Enough Promises Ohio has poured money into ads and mailers that criticize Democratic former Sen. Sherrod Brown, including messaging seeking to undercut his standing with Black voters, and urging them to back the independent candidate, Greg Levy, who denies any connection the group.The group revealed its donors for the first time Thursday ahead of the pre-election disclosure deadlin

Trump says LeBron James showed disrespect during US national anthem

John Anderson, country music star whose hits included 'Wild and Blue,' dies at 71

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Amy Acton hugs woman who offers support over incendiary ad

Amy Acton was talking school budgets, local hospitals and generational farming at a farm event in northwest Ohio when she called on an attendee and asked her if there was anything she wanted to share.Karen Lortz didn’t want to talk about those issues.“My heart goes out to you,” Lortz said. “May I give you a hug?”The interaction was just a sliver of the outpouring Acton said she’s received in recent days since a political ad from her Republican opponent, Vivek Ramaswamy, surfaced featuring her estranged mother calling her a liar. It has drawn even more attention to one of the most c

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Fights over loyalty to America, party and Trump dominate Michigan and Kansas Senate debates

Michigan and Kansas held some of the final major Senate debates of the 2026 midterm elections on Wednesday night. And they were a study in contrasts.The Michigan Senate debate between Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed and Republican Mike Rogers was bitterly personal and ferociously contested — as befits a contest that could decide the chamber’s majority.Each candidate had a simple task.El-Sayed, the former executive director of the Detroit Health Department, needed to pin Rogers, a former congressman, to the deeply unpopular President Donald Trump and his economy — and to assuage questio

Senate Democrats launch first ad in Mississippi as their midterm optimism spreads in the South

Trump, Bloomberg ramp up spending ahead of midterms

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Vance intensifies rapidly and could become a major Category 3 hurricane off Mexico's Pacific Coast

Hurricane Vance rapidly strengthened into a Category 2 storm Friday as it neared Mexico’s Pacific Coast, the National Hurricane Center said. Vance had maximum sustained winds of 110 mph (177 kph) as it churned about 385 miles (620 kilometers) south-southwest of Acapulco, according to an advisory from the Miami-based hurricane center. The storm was nearing major hurricane strength, the center said, though gradual weakening was expected to start by Saturday. The hurricane's outer bands were already funneling gale-force winds and rough seas into Mexico

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Suspect arrested as fire engulfs Nazi guest house 'Eagle's Nest', German police say

German police said they had detained a suspect after fire broke out at a historic mountain guest house known as the "Eagle's Nest", used as a retreat by Nazi officials, including the dictator Adolf Hitler.Around 200 firefighters and emergency personnel in the area around Berchtesgaden in the southern region of Bavaria were battling the flames after the building, known as the Kehlsteinhaus, caught fire on Friday, police said.Police are investigating whether the suspect, who was detained close to the scene, was connected to the fire, they said in a statement.There was no immediate word about a

France braces for another weekend of protests as authorities launch massive security operation

A shooting in the Paris suburbs kills 1 and wounds five in a suspected racist attack

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At least 8 people killed in unprecedented shooting at church in Jordan

At least eight people were killed and another 40 injured after gunmen opened fire on a church in Jordan’s southern Karak province, in an unprecedented attack that has left the nation stunned.The “unidentified” gunmen have not yet been captured, the public security agency said in a news conference Friday afternoon, adding that the shooting was a terrorist attack against Christians attending a funeral in the town of Hmoud.Jordan’s King Abdullah said Jordan will “harshly” respond against those responsible for the “terrorist act.”“The blood of Jordanians is precious, and we will

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The Iran war’s toxic impact on one of the planet’s most unique seas

The conflict in the Middle East is shaping up to be yet another US war with a toxic legacy.Bombs and missiles have released heavy metals and harmful chemicals into the atmosphere. US-Israeli and Iranian strikes have hit oil facilities, igniting fires that covered Tehran in thick black smoke and oil-saturated rain, exposing millions to pollution which could have long-lasting health impacts.And these strikes are also affecting the Persian Gulf. Attacks on ships and oil infrastructure in the waterway have produced oil spills visible from space.A spill from a tanker has temporarily closed beaches

Meghan ‘deeply distressed’ over child sex abuse image allegations against father

New York City bans horse-drawn carriages from June 2028

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How close is the Amazon to a 'tipping point?' Brazil’s election could help shape its future

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Meghan Markle 'deeply distressed' over child sex abuse image allegations against her father

Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, said Friday she was “deeply distressed” by a report that her father had a large collection of images depicting child sex abuse and revealed she had been told of “disturbing allegations” against him in 2018. CNN's Anna Stewart reports.

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Trump DOJ sues to block Alaska US Senate results if Republican incumbent loses

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Airfares are way up compared to last year. Don’t expect it to change this holiday season

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First on CNN: DOJ brings criminal charges against FBI officials it believes hampered Biden corruption investigation

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Trump keeps hinting he’ll resume the Iran war after the midterms. These Iowa GOP voters sound wary

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KFile: Mike Collins joked about pushing Pelosi from a plane, suggested hanging US leaders

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Comcast flags over $1 billion in restructuring charges in fourth quarter

Comcast on Thursday flagged more than $1 billion in charges for the fourth quarter as it changes its organizational structure, ahead of the planned spinoff of its NBCUniversal

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Zuckerberg makes deal with Meta to help him pay billionaire tax if it passes

Mark Zuckerberg has made a deal with Meta to help him pay a proposed billionaire tax that is on the ballot in California

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Virginia state Sen. L. Louise Lucas indicted on drug and money laundering charges

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From LA to Scottsdale: The Founder Behind AdDynamix Is Building the Bridge Between AI and Business Tools

An LA digital advertising veteran of 28 years has moved to Scottsdale and is building what he calls the missing piece between business software and the AI assistants people now use every day. SCOTTSDALE, AZ. When Benoit Pecqueur talks about his latest company, he sounds less like a founder pitching a product and more like an operator who got tired of watching the same problem repeat itself. “Most small business owners are watching the AI revolution from the sidelines,” he says. “Not because they don’t want it. Because their tools don’t talk to ChatGPT or Claude. Their accountant still pulls