Oct 30 Watch 3:32 News Wrap: South Korea mourns victims of Seoul crowd crush In our news wrap Sunday, South Korea grieves after a fatal crowd crush in Seoul, terrorist group al-Shabab claimed responsibility for Saturday's bombings in Somalia's capital, at least 80 people died in a bridge collapse in India, polls have closed… Continue watching
Oct 29 Bolsonaro, Lula make final appeals for votes ahead of Brazil’s runoff By Mauricio Savarese, Associated Press Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro and former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva made their final appeals for support ahead of Sunday’s presidential runoff vote following an acrimonious face-to-face debate. Continue reading
Oct 28 Bolsonaro courts farm vote with former Brazilian minister of agriculture By Mauricio Savarese, Associated Press President Jair Bolsonaro's former agriculture minister has become the face of his campaign in Brazil's agribusiness heartland — a part of the country where the conservative incumbent appears to be leading his leftist rival, ex-President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Continue reading
Oct 26 Watch 10:23 Future of Amazon rainforest at stake in Brazil’s presidential election By Jane Ferguson, Teresa Cebrian Aranda, Dan Sagalyn, Charles Lyons On Sunday, millions of people across Brazil will vote in the final round of its presidential election. They'll choose between right-wing incumbent Jair Bolsonaro, and former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. To many, the future of the Amazon rainforest… Continue watching
Oct 20 Jair Bolsonaro struggles to sway Brazil’s poor voters with welfare boost By Mauricio Savarese, Associated Press Even if it was an obvious election-year gambit, needy Brazilians are grateful for the extra 200 reais ($38) per month -- but perhaps not enough to switch their political allegiance to the far-right leader in large numbers. Continue reading
Oct 14 Brazil polls face backlash from Bolsonaro administration after election miss By Carla Bridi, Associated Press Brazilian polling companies have been facing threats of a crackdown after their surveys for the election’s first round significantly understated the support for the president and his allies. Continue reading
Oct 03 Watch 5:18 News Wrap: At least 125 killed in stampede in Indonesia, Ukrainian forces gain ground In our news wrap Monday, an Indonesian police chief and nine other elite officers were removed from their posts for their role in a stampede at a soccer match that killed at least 125 people, Wall Street kicked off the… Continue watching
Oct 03 Watch 6:36 Brazil’s presidential election heads to second round as candidates fail to win majority By Jane Ferguson Four more weeks of a bruising campaign began in Brazil after none of the candidates won 50 percent of the vote in Sunday’s first round of the presidential election. President Jair Bolsonaro outperformed polls that showed him losing badly against… Continue watching
Oct 03 Brazil heads to runoff elections after Bolsonaro exceeds expectations By Diane Jeantet, Carla Bridi, Associated Press Jair Bolsonaro considerably outperformed the polls in Brazil's presidential election, proving that the far-right wave he rode to the presidency remains a force. Continue reading
Oct 02 Bolsonaro, Lula appear headed for runoff in Brazil’s polarized presidential election By Diane Jeantet, Mauricio Savarese, Associated Press Brazil's top two presidential candidates were neck-and-neck late Sunday in a highly polarized election that could determine if the country returns a leftist to the helm of the world’s fourth-largest democracy or keeps the far-right incumbent in office for another… Continue reading