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• Sunday, August 2nd 2026 - 20:29 UTC

  Lula pledges defense spending so no one invades Brazil as he confirms his candidacy

  

  Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva pledged on Sunday to increase defense investment if he wins October's elections, as his re-election bid was formalized at the Workers' Party national convention held at the Expo Center Norte in São Paulo.

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• Sunday, August 2nd 2026 - 20:11 UTC

  Bachelet places fourth in first Security Council straw poll ahead of Uruguay debate

  

  Former Chilean president Michelle Bachelet placed fourth in the Security Council's first informal poll on the candidates seeking to succeed António Guterres at the head of the United Nations, held behind closed doors in New York on Thursday.

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• Sunday, August 2nd 2026 - 20:00 UTC

  Trump halts strikes on Iran as Tehran denies any deal exists

  

  US President Donald Trump announced on Saturday that he was suspending further strikes on Iran, saying the broad terms of an understanding had been agreed, an account Iranian authorities rejected hours later.

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• Friday, July 31st 2026 - 23:11 UTC

  Argentina's central bank reform bill reaches the lower house: what would change

  

  Argentina's executive branch sent the bill to overhaul the central bank's charter to the Chamber of Deputies on Friday, a day after President Javier Milei outlined it in a nationwide broadcast. The measure will formally enter the parliamentary record on Monday and be referred to committees; the government hopes to pass it in August.

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• Friday, July 31st 2026 - 22:43 UTC

  Nicaragua advances reform that would extend the presidential term to seven renewable years

  

  Nicaragua's National Assembly this week opened consultations on a constitutional reform bill that would extend the presidential term from six to seven years on a renewable basis and impose restrictions on the participation of the government's opponents. The text is due to be voted in early September.

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• Friday, July 31st 2026 - 22:05 UTC

  Three confederations reject selling part of the World Cup to private funds; Conmebol asks for explanations

  

  The South American Football Confederation asked FIFA on Friday for additional information and clarification on the FIFA Forward Enterprise project, without coming out for or against it, a day after the confederations of Europe and of North and Central America and the Caribbean rejected the plan.

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