Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva took 51.79% of the vote to win a fourth term, the first Brazilian president elected after losing the first round, while rival Flávio Bolsonaro has called for the result to be annulled.
Thirty-eight pupils from the Chios Music School sang with Berlin's Sing-Akademie ensembles at a 3 October service, part of an exchange backed by the Greek-German Youth Foundation, Euronews reports.
Apple announced a thinner, lighter iPad mini on 26 October with an 8.5-inch OLED screen and A20 Pro chip, starting at $699, with preorders on 28 October and availability from 6 November.
Spending data from Monzo cited by the Guardian indicates that young Britons drove a surge in demand for the second release of Bayeux Tapestry tickets at the British Museum.
A new Save the Children report, 'Protecting Child Rights in Esports', says sleep loss, mental health pressures and online abuse threaten young competitive gamers and calls for common standards.
Paris Saint-Germain beat FC Barcelona 4–2 at the Parc des Princes on 20 October 2026, on Matchday 3 of the Champions League league phase. Barcelona levelled twice, but Vitinha and Fabián Ruiz settled it late.
A short weekly review helps you close open loops, choose priorities, and protect time for what matters. Here is a practical 20-minute routine you can start this week.
The fully funded Gates Cambridge Scholarship is open to international postgraduate applicants. Round 2 closes on 8 December 2026 or 6 January 2027, depending on your course.
Google DeepMind has introduced Genie 4, which Ars Technica says adds native audio, human speech and more realistic physics to interactive AI-generated worlds, with access opening first to developers and AI Ultra subscribers.
Documentary photographer Nyancho NwaNri won the 2026 Flickr x Black Women Photographers grant, now worth $10,000, for 'Of Grace and Concrete', a picture of young ballet students at a free school in Lagos.
Mercury Studios says the film and soundtrack of 'Back to the Beginning' will be released digitally and on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray, CD and vinyl on December 11, with bonus tributes from Dolly Parton and AC/DC, Rolling Stone reports.
On the first stop of a nine-day tour, King Charles acknowledged past suffering, while Caribbean leaders and reparations groups say words alone are not enough ahead of the Commonwealth summit in Antigua.
New research reported by Het Parool links Carl Gottlieb Peschel's 1831 painting 'Joseph Sold by His Brothers' to the Nijkerk family of Amsterdam, whose descendants have filed no restitution claim.
Apple announced a refreshed 14-inch MacBook Pro with its M6 chip on 27 October, starting at $1,999 with Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 6, plus an M6 iMac from $1,499; preorders open 28 October.
Annual CPI inflation reached 4.3% and underlying inflation 3.6%, leaving the Reserve Bank widely expected to raise its 4.6% cash rate again on 3 November.
Over 1,645 Martian days, the rover's PIXL instrument detected fine and ultrafine dust grains that stick to materials such as Teflon, findings NASA says could shape spacesuit, habitat and crew-health planning.
Ryan Gosling and Zach Shields have released 'Lost in the Night', the first new music from Dead Man's Bones since their 2009 debut album, with a music video and a promise of more to come.