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Brazil election: Bolsonaro blames software bug, demands votes be annulled

Over three weeks after losing a reelection bid, President Bolsonaro blamed a software bug and demanded the electoral authority annul votes cast on most of Brazil's nation's electronic voting machines

New Zealand hikes interest rate to the highest since 2009 to curb inflation

New Zealand's central bank hiked interest rates on Wednesday by a record amount as it tries to get inflation under control

Republican Kevin Kiley captures US House seat in northeastern California

Republican Kevin Kiley, a state legislator who became a conservative favorite for his pointed and relentless criticism of Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom, captured a US House seat in California

4 detained over fire in China's industrial trading company that killed 38

Four people have been detained over a fire at an industrial trading company in central China that killed 38 people, reports said

TV meteorologist, pilot die in news helicopter crash in North Carolina

A helicopter pilot and a meteorologist who worked for a North Carolina television station died when a news helicopter crashed along a Charlotte-area interstate

US court seems skeptical of Donald Trump's claims in Mar-a-Lago search case

The court appeared deeply skeptical that Trump was entitled to challenge an FBI search of his Florida estate or to have an independent arbiter review documents that were seized from the home

Iran to close all schools in Tehran for a day because of high air pollution

All schools in the Iranian capital of Tehran will close for a day because of dangerously poor air quality, the country's state television reported

Mexico, Poland play out 0-0 draw at World Cup as Lewandowski misses penalty

Robert Lewandowski's second-half penalty attempt was saved by Mexico goalkeeper Guillermo Ochoa, leaving Poland to settle for a 0-0 draw Tuesday at the World Cup

Nigeria drills for oil in new field as theft and extremism erode earnings

Nigeria began drilling oil and natural gas in the country's northern region, anticipating a boost to its finances even as the new energy supplies face the threat from theft and extremist activity

FIFA charges Ecuador over fan chants at World Cup opener in Qatar

Discriminatory chants allegedly by Ecuador fans at the World Cup opening game led FIFA to open the first disciplinary case of the tournament on Tuesday

Russia's Gazprom threatens to cut gas supplies to Europe via Ukraine

Russian energy giant Gazprom has threatened to reduce natural gas supplies through the last pipeline heading to Europe via Ukraine

US Supreme Court allows handover of Trump tax returns to Congress

The Supreme Court cleared the way for the imminent handover of former President Donald Trump's tax returns to a congressional committee after a three-year legal fight

Prez Biden to extend student loan pause as court battle drags on

President Joe Biden announced that his administration will extend the pause on federal student loan payments while the White House fights a legal battle to save his plan to cancel portions of the debt

'Substantial amount' of assets has been stolen, say FTX lawyers

Lawyers for FTX disclosed that a "substantial amount" of assets has been stolen from the accounts of the collapsed cryptocurrency exchange

6.2 magnitude quake in Mexico leaves Baja California relatively undamaged

A 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck a relatively unpopulated stretch of the Pacific coast of Mexico's Baja California peninsula

Earthquake death toll in Indonesia's Java rises to 268; 151 missing

The death toll from the earthquake that shook the Indonesian island of Java leapt to 268 on Tuesday as more bodies were found beneath collapsed buildings, and 151 people are still missing

Proposed merger of Simon & Schuster with Penguin is officially over

Simon & Schuster remains a non-core asset to Paramount, as was determined in early 2020 when Paramount conducted a strategic review of its assets

Paris 2024 organizers say budget likely to increase 'because of inflation'

Organizers said half the extra money is needed to cover the impact of inflation, while some will go toward additional expenses for the opening ceremony on the Seine river

Iran media blames humiliating Fifa World Cup defeat in Qatar on protests

Iran was reeling Tuesday from the humiliation of starting the World Cup with a lopsided 6-2 loss against England in a match overshadowed by protests on and off the field.

Here's what makes shallow earthquake in Indonesia's Java so deadly?

A 5.6 magnitude earthquake left more than 260 dead and hundreds injured as buildings crumbled and terrified residents ran for their lives on Indonesia's main island of Java