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US consumer inflation was hotter than anticipated in September, government data showed Wednesday, as Washington's continued war with Tehran pushed energy costs higher, deepening strains on American households ahead of next month's midterm elections. The uptick underscores voter worries over high costs of living, and comes as President Donald Trump is campaigning in US states to shore up support for his Republican Party as it tries to retain control of Congress.
The former head of Israel's Shin Bet domestic security agency on Wednesday sued Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for defamation weeks before elections in a row over responsibility for Hamas's October 7, 2023 attack. Netanyahu, who polls show in a tight race to stay in power in the October 27 election, has been hammered by the opposition for failing to prevent the attack, the deadliest day in Israeli history. FRANCE 24's Noga Tarnopolsky reports.
Demonstrators and riot police clashed in Albania's capital on Thursday in a third straight day of violence triggered by student protests calling for better university conditions and Prime Minister Edi Rama's resignation. Originally sparked by a luxury tourism project linked to US President Donald Trump's family in the country's south, the demonstrations have occasionally flared into violence amid ongoing calls for Rama's resignation. FRANCE 24's International Affairs Editor Philip Turle tells us more.
Brazil's lower house rejected a bank rescue bill on Wednesday 14 October after a late clause on the deposit guarantee fund, keeping current rules in place. The post Brazil Lawmakers Reject Bank Rescue Bill appeared first on The Rio Times.
Thousands of Colombians protested peacefully across the country on Wednesday against right-wing President Abelardo de la Espriella, in the opposition’s first major demonstrations since he took office in August. Former leftist President Gustavo Petro led a rally in Bogota, joined by trade unionists, Indigenous groups, students and feminist activists.
Susan Thornton is a former American diplomat who for decades worked on US policy in Eurasia in the State Department before becoming acting assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs during the first Trump presidency. She is the director of the Forum on Asia-Pacific Security at the National Committee on American Foreign Policy and a senior fellow at the Paul Tsai China Centre, Yale Law School. She spoke to Orange Wang about keeping the lines of China-US communication...
Jorge Rodríguez leads Venezuela’s National Assembly and its talks with the opposition. The US Treasury lifted his sanctions on Wednesday 14 October 2026. The post Jorge Rodríguez: Venezuela’s Negotiator and Power Broker appeared first on The Rio Times.
Suspected online espionage triggers intense security crackdowns and counter-intelligence measures in Iran and Lebanon.
Besides preserving monuments, the government is also preserving India’s manuscript heritage through the Gyan Bharatam initiative, PM Modi said
The former chief minister had decided to seek an injunction from a court against the persons spreading the defamatory allegations
Justice V. Lakshminarayanan asks why RSS can’t conduct route marches in Tamil Nadu when it does so even in “terrorist-infested areas such as Jammu and Kashmir”
Forensic surgeon Hithesh Sanker, who has put out a strongly worded post on lynching of an unidentified man in Palakkad, was involved in post-mortem examination of Ram Narayan Baghel, a 31-year-old migrant worker from Chhattisgarh who was lynched at Attappallam, Walayar, in December 2025
Kabila's move confirms numerous accusations from the government in Kinshasa of his ties to armed rebels.
Odisha CM Mohan Majhi said that under Narendra Modi’s leadership, India has become a ‘completely transformed and new India’
Rahul Gandhi hosted leaders from 16 Opposition parties, civil society and student activists in a bid to coordinate diverse strands of the agitation; sources said CJP leaders did not attend despite an invitation
Constitution; K. Balakrishnan Nair, former Kerala High Court judge, says the removal of voters during the special intensive revision violated the principles of natural justice; writer K.R. Meera expresses faith in youth-led protests to restore democracy and brotherhood
Katie Zacharia has held her first briefing as White House press secretary after replacing Karoline Leavitt.
A Futura poll released Tuesday gives Flávio Bolsonaro 51.8% of valid votes against 48.2% for Lula before Brazil's 25 October runoff. The post Brazil Poll Gives Flávio Bolsonaro 51.8% Over Lula appeared first on The Rio Times.
Nigerian police arrested former Imo governor Rochas Okorocha at an Abuja hotel on Monday night over alleged forgery tied to a Senate primary. The post Nigeria Police Arrest Rochas Okorocha on 12 October appeared first on The Rio Times.
Candidates file their papers on Thursday 15 October and Grenada votes on 5 November. Here are the key dates, the voter-list deadline and who is running. The post Grenada Elections 2026 Nomination Day and Key Dates appeared first on The Rio Times.