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Brazilian incumbent President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, candidate of the ruling Workers' Party, won Sunday's presidential runoff, according to results released by Brazil's Superior Electoral Court on Sunday night.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that Tehran and its proxy groups could try to disrupt Israel's October 27 elections.

A total of 1,314 people were arrested, and 53 law enforcement officers were injured during a new round of protests across France on Saturday, French daily Le Parisien reported on Sunday, citing the Interior Ministry.

The DPRK permanent representative to the United Nations sent a letter to the president of the UN Security Council on October 25, as regards the provocation the ROK committed by groundlessly shifting the blame for the dubious "mine explosion incident" that occurred near the southern border of the DPRK on September 21 to the DPRK.

Capability starts with people and, for Air Force, that starts with training.

A RAAF P-8A Poseidon deployed sonobuoys to search for a Singaporean submarine during an anti-submarine warfare activity on Exercise Bersama Lima 2026.

In the early morning darkness in the woods outside the School of Infantry at Lone Pine Barracks, the temperature was close to freezing.

Trois mois après l'installation officielle de ses membres, la chambre haute du Parlement béninois s'apprête à ouvrir sa première session ordinaire. La cérémonie est prévue mercredi 28 octobre 2026 à Cotonou, sous la présidence de Patrice Talon.

Les 25 sénateurs sont attendus au Dôme du Sofitel de Cotonou pour l'ouverture solennelle de leur première session ordinaire, après la mise en place de cette institution le 30 juillet dernier.

Cette rentrée parlementaire intervient une semaine après celle de l'Assemblée nationale. Elle répond aux dispositions du règlement intérieur du Sénat, qui organisent le calendrier des sessions des deux chambres du Parlement.

À la tête de la chambre haute, Patrice Talon prononcera le discours d'ouverture. Son intervention devrait permettre de présenter les grandes orientations des travaux et les dossiers soumis à l'examen des sénateurs.

Des députés ainsi que des présidents d'institutions de la République sont également annoncés à cette cérémonie.

21 jours pour examiner les dossiers

Cette première session ordinaire est prévue pour durer 21 jours. Les travaux porteront notamment sur les dossiers transmis au Sénat et qui n'ont pas encore fait l'objet d'une décision, à condition qu'ils soient toujours d'actualité. L'ordre du jour pourra être complété au cours de la session, conformément aux règles de fonctionnement de l'institution.

Élu président du Sénat le 6 août 2026, Patrice Talon conduira ainsi cette première session ordinaire de la chambre haute. Il sera assisté de Louis Vlavonou, vice-président, et d'Alassane Seidou, rapporteur.

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The largest Hindu religious festival went off smoothly – a credit to the new BNP government.

We investigate the impact of regional favoritism on educational attainment in Africa. Using geocoded, individual-level survey data from the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), we show that men who grew up in areas geographically linked to a national leader attain higher levels of education later in life. In contrast, we observe no beneficial effects of geographical leader connections for women on average; only a subset of women who have additional ethnic ties and are possibly from wealthier families experience such effects. We interpret these results using a discrete choice framework that models decisions regarding whether children continue schooling based on perceived returns to education versus the costs of that education. This framework suggests that preferential educational policies are unlikely to be the primary cause of the higher attainment observed for men and the subset of women mentioned previously. Instead, educational choices appear to respond to expectations of local economic booms in geographically connected regions. Additional evidence, such as regarding the likelihood of skilled employment later in life, supports this interpretation.

We investigate the impact of regional favoritism on educational attainment in Africa. Using geocoded, individual-level survey data from the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), we show that men who grew up in areas geographically linked to a national leader attain higher levels of education later in life. In contrast, we observe no beneficial effects of geographical leader connections for women on average; only a subset of women who have additional ethnic ties and are possibly from wealthier families experience such effects. We interpret these results using a discrete choice framework that models decisions regarding whether children continue schooling based on perceived returns to education versus the costs of that education. This framework suggests that preferential educational policies are unlikely to be the primary cause of the higher attainment observed for men and the subset of women mentioned previously. Instead, educational choices appear to respond to expectations of local economic booms in geographically connected regions. Additional evidence, such as regarding the likelihood of skilled employment later in life, supports this interpretation.

We investigate the impact of regional favoritism on educational attainment in Africa. Using geocoded, individual-level survey data from the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), we show that men who grew up in areas geographically linked to a national leader attain higher levels of education later in life. In contrast, we observe no beneficial effects of geographical leader connections for women on average; only a subset of women who have additional ethnic ties and are possibly from wealthier families experience such effects. We interpret these results using a discrete choice framework that models decisions regarding whether children continue schooling based on perceived returns to education versus the costs of that education. This framework suggests that preferential educational policies are unlikely to be the primary cause of the higher attainment observed for men and the subset of women mentioned previously. Instead, educational choices appear to respond to expectations of local economic booms in geographically connected regions. Additional evidence, such as regarding the likelihood of skilled employment later in life, supports this interpretation.

Quelle : © Europäische Union, 2026 - EP

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Vienna becomes first national capital to take the EU's 2028 to 2034 budget hostage

Les embouteillages récurrents à Kinshasa affectent le bien-être physique et psychologique de nombreux usagers de la route. Retards, fatigue et stress accumulés peuvent, à la longue, favoriser l’anxiété et affecter la santé mentale, selon docteur Julius Elumba, médecin, sophrologue et comportementaliste.

L'Ouganda n'autorisera pas non plus la plupart des voyageurs ayant séjourné en République démocratique du Congo à transiter par son pays.

L'Ouganda n'autorisera pas non plus la plupart des voyageurs ayant séjourné en République démocratique du Congo à transiter par son pays.

Washington is moving to license mining on a seabed that belongs to everyone. Europe's leaders must make clear now that they will not tolerate it, and that European companies must stay out - or face consequences.

Israels heterogene Gesellschaft stimmt höchst unterschiedlich ab. Ethnie, Religion und Herkunft prägen, wer am 27. Oktober welche Partei unterstützt, so Israel-Experte Peter Lintl.