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Brazil reelects Lula and other top photos from Latin America and the Caribbean

29 October 2026 at 21:30
Brazil's President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva won reelection bucking a regional trend of victories for right-of-center presidential candidates allied with Trump. Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado returned to the country after months in exile. Panama hosted an underwater lionfish-catching tournament aimed at controlling the spread of the invasive species.

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Israel awaits final election results and other top photos from the Middle East

29 October 2026 at 18:23

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu makes unsupported claims of election theft by Arab-led parties as votes are counted. A Lebanese artist transforms shrapnel from Israeli munitions into art. Soccer star Mohamed Salah’s move to Turkey’s Trabzonspor sparks excitement among fans.

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Two Colorado college students found dead after going missing during hike

29 October 2026 at 15:17

Kaden Matsuda and Jackson Donlon were on a trip in Rocky Mountains last weekend when heavy snowstorm hit

Two Colorado college students have been found dead after going missing during a hiking trip in the Rocky Mountains last weekend when a heavy snowstorm hit, authorities said.

The bodies of Kaden Matsuda, 19, of Ridgway, Colorado, and Jackson Donlon, 20, of New York, were found on Wednesday afternoon in a basin of West Apostle Mountain, about 100 miles (160km) south-east of Aspen, the Chaffee county sheriff’s office said in a statement posted on social media.

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© Photograph: Steve Boice/Alamy

© Photograph: Steve Boice/Alamy

DoorDash to buy Instacart for $17bn in major grocery delivery consolidation

29 October 2026 at 13:41

Acquisition will supercharge DoorDash’s grocery delivery, ‘one of the hardest things to get right online’, CEO says

DoorDash is gobbling up Instacart in a $17bn acquisition that will supercharge its grocery delivery business.

DoorDash said the Instacart brand name and app will remain, and Instacart shoppers can continue fulfilling orders for Instacart. Grocers can also choose to work with Instacart or DoorDash. Instacart customers will now have access to 50,000 additional stores covered by DoorDash, the company said.

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© Photograph: David Zalubowski/AP

© Photograph: David Zalubowski/AP

Police investigate gang links as woman, 19, dies after drive-by shooting at Logan pub south of Brisbane

Vana-Reese Schuster-Togiatau was injured during the shooting outside Fitzy’s Loganholme pub on Saturday

Potential gang involvement in the fatal drive-by shooting of a 19-year-old woman is being investigated by Queensland police.

Vana-Reese Schuster-Togiatau, from Jimboomba, was hit in the head and neck when masked gunmen opened fire into a crowd outside Fitzy’s Loganholme, a pub in Logan, south of Brisbane, on Saturday night.

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© Photograph: Jason O’Brien/AAP

© Photograph: Jason O’Brien/AAP

Coroner calls for TGA to review unapproved peptides after death of Australian actor

Richard Norton, 75, went into cardiac arrest in March 2025 after injecting prescribed but unapproved CJC1295 and ipamorelin

The death of an Australian actor after injecting unapproved peptides could result in tougher restrictions on the substances.

Richard Norton, 75, an experienced film industry fight choreographer, stuntman and martial artist, went into cardiac arrest in March 2025 after injecting a prescribed but unapproved peptide.

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‘Hey hun’: police colleague messaged Beau Lamarre-Condon on Instagram after alleged murders, court hears

Trial hears accused told police he wasn’t ‘avoiding them’ in three-minute call before he turned himself in after allegedly murdering Jesse Baird and Luke Davies

A police officer accused of a double murder told police he was not avoiding them despite vanishing for days after the incident, a Sydney court has heard.

The court heard police attempted to contact Beau Lamarre-Condon after the alleged murders, with a colleague messaging him on Instagram: “Hey hun … can you please contact the crime manager at eastern suburbs asap when you get a chance?”

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© Photograph: NSW police

© Photograph: NSW police

Utah files criminal charges against prediction market Kalshi and company co-founders

29 October 2026 at 01:56

Firm calls charges, which include violating state gambling ban and profiting from illegal activity, ‘crazy overreach’

Utah on Wednesday filed criminal charges against prediction market operator Kalshi and two of its executives, months after a federal judge rejected Kalshi’s effort to prevent Utah from enforcing its strict anti-gambling laws against the activity.

The felony charges could represent a new tactic in how states try to assert regulatory authority over the fast-expanding activity, a clash that appears headed to a showdown at the US supreme court.

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© Photograph: Jeenah Moon/Reuters

© Photograph: Jeenah Moon/Reuters

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