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Lula Defeats Bolsonaro to Win Third Term as Brazil’s President

By Anthony Faiola, Paulina Villegas & Gabriela Sá Pessoa | The Washington Post (free)

Former Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva reclaimed the office Sunday on pledges to defend democracy, save the Amazon rainforest and bring social justice to Latin America’s largest nation, defeating Brazil’s Trumpian incumbent in a remarkable political comeback some three years after he walked out of a prison cell.

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‘It Was Almost Post-Apocalyptic’: A Reckoning Awaits Seoul’s Crowd Tragedy

By Michelle Ye Hee Lee, Kelly Kasulis Cho, Stephanie McCrummen, Annabelle Timsit & Praveena Somasundaram | The Washington Post

At first, the young woman felt herself being squeezed by the packed crowd as it slowly pushed down a narrow alleyway in the South Korean capital, where she had been enjoying Halloween festivities Saturday night.

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