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Exclusive-Lula pushes Brazil-Indonesia-Congo rainforest alliance if elected

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's aides are reaching out to Indonesia and the Democratic Republic of Congo to form a united front of countries with the most tropical rainforest at this year's U.N. climate talks if the leftist wins a new term.

Reuters

Lula retains lead over Bolsonaro in Brazil's election - poll

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has retained his strong lead over incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro ahead of the country's October election, a Genial/Quaest poll released on Wednesday showed.

Reuters

At LatAm's biggest rodeo, Brazilians don't believe the polls

Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro traveled to Latin America’s biggest rodeo to connect with voters from the countryside ahead of October’s vote

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Brazil's Lula wants to renegotiate loans if elected

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is pledging to renegotiate household debts if he wins October’s election

The Independent UK

Brazil’s presidential hopefuls court the evangelical vote

Four years ago, 70 percent of evangelical Protestant Brazilians voted for President Jair Bolsonaro. But according to recent polls, their support has shifted. With his electoral campaign to reconquer Brazil in full swing, former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is avidly courting this voting bloc, which is one of…

France 24

Da Silva confirmed as Brazil party's presidential candidate

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has been confirmed as the presidential candidate for the leftist Workers’ Party ahead of October’s election

The Independent UK

Brazil's Workers Party launches bid to return Lula to presidency

Former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will be officially nominated by his Workers Party (PT) on Thursday to run on Oct. 2 against far-right incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil's most polarized election in decades.

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Brazilian candidate polling 3rd launches presidential run

Less than three months before Brazil's presidential election, Brazilian politician Ciro Gomes has made his candidacy official at an event in capital Brasilia

The Independent UK

Brazil's Lula da Silva asks for calm after ally's killing

Under tight security and wearing a bulletproof vest, former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva attended a political rally in the capital city of Brasilia

The Independent UK

Brazil: leaders call for calm after party official's killing

A federal prison guard killed a local official from the leftist Workers’ Party in the southern Brazilian state of Parana, according to state police

The Independent UK

North Korea launches artillery shells towards the sea as Kim Jong Un appeals for unity at home

Kim Jong Un calls for greater internal unity as North Korea deals with economic issues and a COVID-19 outbreak, a day after South Korea's military says the North test-fired artillery shells.

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North Korea plans crackdown as Kim pushes for internal unity

North Korea's state media say leader Kim Jong Un and his top deputies are pushing for a crackdown on officials who abuse their power and commit other “unsound and non-revolutionary acts."

The Independent UK

Elections in Brazil: Lula faces many challenges running against Jair Bolsonaro

The Brazilian presidential elections will be held on Oct. 2. With four months to go, the former president and figurehead of the Workers’ Party (Partido dos Trabalhadores, PT), Lula da Silva, who made his candidacy official with great fanfare on May 7, is considered the favourite to defeat the incumbent,…

The Conversation

Kim Jong Un warns of ‘great turmoil’; 21 new ‘fever’ deaths

Limited testing capabilities suggest the numbers released are likely to represent only a tiny fraction of total cases.

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N.Korea reports first COVID outbreak, orders lockdown in "gravest emergency"

North Korea reported its first COVID-19 outbreak on Thursday, calling it the "gravest national emergency" and ordering a national lockdown, with state media saying an Omicron variant had been detected in the capital, Pyongyang.

The Independent UK

Brazil's Lula courts centrists at unofficial campaign launch

Brazil’s former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has made the effective launch of his presidential campaign with a bid to lure centrists into helping him unseat incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro in the October election

Reuters

Analysis-Lula turns to party's old guard for Brazil election battle

Brazil's leftist former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has turned to veteran comrades in his Workers Party (PT) to run his presidential campaign, shoring up his base after appeals to the center raised tensions with the party's old guard.

Liverpool Echo

Local elections 2022: All Sefton candidates you can vote for

There could be some surprises as the borough goes to the polls, here is everyone you can cast a ballot for

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Brazil Workers Party okays Alckmin as Lula's running mate

The leadership of former leftist president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's Workers Party (PT) on Wednesday approved former Sao Paulo governor Geraldo Alckmin as his running mate for Brazil's presidential election in October.

Belfast Live

NI election poll 2022 - Full list of candidates running for Northern Ireland Assembly

A total of 239 candidates are contesting the Northern Ireland election across 18 constituencies

The Independent UK

Brazil's Lula taps former rival as his pick for running mate

Former Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has chosen a past rival to be his running mate in October’s election

Reuters

Brazil's Workers Party guarantees open dialogue with businessmen if Lula wins

A dinner between Brazil's Workers Party (PT) leader Gleisi Hoffmann and 30 businessmen on Monday ended with two pieces of information well-received by the latter: The party will work with central bank chief Roberto Campos Neto and there is no thought of controlling fuel prices if former president Luiz Inacio…

The Independent UK

N. Korea warns Seoul of 'serious threat' over missile remark

The influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called South Korea’s defense minister a “scum-like guy” for talking about preemptive strikes on the North and warned the South may face “a serious threat.”

Tribune News Service

Brazil's Bolsonaro launches reelection bid complicated by weak economy

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro lashed out at recent polls showing him trailing leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in the run-up to October’s elections as he kicked off his bid for reelection on Sunday.

Reuters

N.Korea suggests it may resume nuclear, missile tests; slams 'hostile' U.S

North Korea will bolster its defences against the United States and consider resuming "all temporally-suspended activities", state news agency KCNA said on Thursday, an apparent reference to a self-imposed moratorium on tests of nuclear weapons and long-range missiles.

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