A man sells flags during general elections in São Paulo, Brazil, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022.

Lula, Bolsonaro headed to runoff after tight Brazil election

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A man sells flags during general elections in São Paulo, Brazil, Oct. 2, 2022. For sale are Brazil national flags and of presidential candidates, the incumbent Jair Bolsoaro and former President Luiz Inacio “Lula” da Silva. 

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In Brazil’s presidential election on Sunday, former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva got the highest number of votes, as expected. But the final result showed incumbent President Jair Bolsonaro just a handful of points behind the former president. And amid protests in Iran, a group of students were trapped inside the prestigious Sharif University after security guards locked them inside and chased others to a university parking lot. Similar events took place at Iranian universities in 1999 and 2009, leading to many arrests and deaths. Also, Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II announced last week that the four children of her son Prince Joachim will lose their royal titles. The palace said the reasoning was to allow her grandchildren the chance to “shape their own existence.” Plus, the Common loon, known for its haunting cry across the North American wilderness, is in trouble. 

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