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The people of 4 October
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Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
President of Brazil (2003–2011; since 2023)
Brazilians head to the polls to elect their president, vice president, 513 members of Chamber of Deputies and 54 members in the Federal Senate. Incumbent president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is running for the fourth non-consecutive term, where his main opponent is Rio de Janeiro senator Flávio Bolsonaro, the son of former president Jair Bolsonaro.
Politics · 4 Oct · with Flávio Bolsonaro, Jair Bolsonaro
Lai Ching-te
President of the Republic of China since 2024
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation arrests a 34-year-old Chinese American woman at Los Angeles International Airport in California for allegedly acting as an unregistered Chinese agent and surveilling Taiwanese president Lai Ching-te's son and family in the United States.
Crime & Justice · 4 Oct
Toshimitsu Motegi
Japanese politician (born 1955)
An American Marine stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Futenma in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan, is arrested by Okinawa prefectural police in connection with the alleged robbery and murder of a local woman in Naha. Japanese foreign minister Toshimitsu Motegi summons U.S. ambassador to Japan George Edward Glass regarding the incident.
Crime & Justice · 4 Oct · with George Edward Glass
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