Just one day after vowing he would remain in Brazil to disprove allegations of money laundering, corruption, and other crimes, far-right Brazilian Senator Flávio Bolsonaro followed in his disgraced father’s footsteps by fleeing to the United States after losing a presidential election. Bolsonaro, his wife Fernanda Bolsonaro, and their two daughters, ages 14 and 12, […]

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In 1996, Israel’s then-Prime Minister Simon Peres appeared to be on his way to victory in parliamentary elections that would keep him and his center-left Labor Party in power. On the key issue of peace, he had pledged to provide West Bank and Gaza Strip territory to the Palestinians for a sovereign state. The “land […]

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In the Bronx, the city’s chief executive accused the GOP nominee of governing by punishment, with the Nov. 3 vote nearing