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Plus Brazil votes in national elections and China wrestles with Covid fatigue. Source link

Russia’s president decreed on Friday that four regions of Ukraine including Donetsk, where Lyman is located, would be absorbed into Russia. Source link

Orlene, a Category 3 storm, could bring as much as 14 inches of rain to some areas, forecasters said. Source link

Witnesses said officers fired tear gas indiscriminately into the stands, causing a stampede that led to at least 125 deaths. Source link

The case, involving a billionaire entrepreneur, riveted observers in China, where women alleging sexual wrongdoing by powerful men are often pilloried, silenced or both. Source link

Capt. Ibrahim Traoré, who announced a coup on Friday, was greeted by dozens of protesters in the capital, Ouagadougou. Many of them said they wanted Russia to help the country tackle a security crisis. Source link

These events have prompted major changes. But fatal tramplings still occur, with more than 125 killed in Indonesia on Saturday. Source link

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, a former president who was once imprisoned amid a corruption scandal, is seeking to oust President Jair Bolsonaro, who has questioned the integrity of Sunday’s election. Source link

This is not the first time this year that the sport has had to confront the reality that tragedies often result from failures of policing, security and crowd management. Source link

Dozens of people sat sat on mats with bags of fruit and bottles of water waiting for their relatives’ name to be called. Source link

One witness said most of the victims were people trapped in the stands, not those on the field. Without tear gas “there would have not been any casualties,” he said. Source link

Violent confrontations in Leicester have prompted soul searching in an area long heralded as a success story of diversity and integration among its large Indian diaspora. Source link