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Bolsonaro Brings Trump’s ‘Stop the Steal’ Tactics to the Brazilian Election

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has spent much of the past four years imitating one man: Donald Trump. Bolsonaro did so during his 2018 presidential campaign, when his iconoclastic political style and crude statements about women, Indigenous groups, and the media

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An Oakland school shooting that injured 6 was gang-related, police say

Officials said at least two gunmen were targeting a specific person and that they are still working to determine what touched off the shooting. It comes amid a surge in violence across the city. (Image credit: Ray Chavez/MediaNews Group/East Bay

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Eurozone Inflation Sets Another Record, Hitting 10 Percent in September

Jumps in energy and food prices again pushed inflation in the 19 countries that use the euro to the highest annual rate recorded since the currency was created.

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Trevor Noah said he is leaving The Daily Show. Take a look at some memorable moments

Noah announced Thursday he is leaving the show, seven years after he took over as host from Jon Stewart. (Image credit: Patrick Semansky/AP)

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In a bio-engineered dystopia, ‘Vesper’ finds seeds of hope

In the sci-fi drama Vesper, the title character is a 13 year old bio-hacker who lives in a future where humankind has wiped out all edible plants. (Image credit: Courtesy of IFC Films)

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‘Luda’ isn’t a book you read — it’s a book you experience

Luda is a magical, multilayered, intoxicating story about identity, stardom, performance, lust, and death that could only have come from the prodigious mind of Grant Morrison. (Image credit: Del Ray)

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How one Filipino American artist influenced the work of a generation of others

When Carlos Villa asked about Filipino artists as a student he was told: there weren’t any. (Image credit: Chloe Veltman/NPR/Chloe Veltman/NPR)

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Bonds May Be Having Their Worst Year Yet

This has been the most devastating time for bonds since at least 1926, and maybe in centuries. But, our columnist writes, much of the damage is already behind us.

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Putin rails against Western ‘dictatorship’ as he declares four Ukrainian regions as Russian

Vladimir Putin has railed against Western “dictatorship” as he declared Russian rule over four regions of Ukraine.

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Texts released ahead of Twitter trial show Elon Musk assembling the deal

Elon Musk’s takeover of Twitter went down via private text messages between the Tesla CEO and a small circle of Silicon Valley’s rich and powerful, according to court filings released this week. (Image credit: Delaware Chancery Court )

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