Brazil election: Jair Bolsonaro makes Trumpian pledge as poll shows big lead
Rightwinger 15 points ahead as he rallies supporters with ‘make Brazil great again’ slogan
The far-right frontrunner to become the next president of Latin America’s largest democracy has vowed to make Brazil great again, as election-eve polls gave him a commanding lead in what many view as the most important election in its history.
“Let’s make Brazil Great! Let’s be proud of our homeland once again!” Jair Bolsonaro, a 63-year-old former paratrooper notorious for his hostility to black and gay people, the environment and the left, proclaimed in a Trumpian live broadcast to his seven million Facebook followers on Saturday night.
“Together we are going to change Brazil!”
Saudi journalist 'killed inside consulate' – Turkish sources
Jamal Khashoggi, a critic of Riyadh, had gone to the building in Istanbul seeking documents for his marriage
Turkish officials believe that missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi was killed inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul and his body later driven from the compound.
Authorities say they believe Khashoggi’s death was premeditated and that Saudi officials had travelled to Istanbul from Riyadh after receiving word that the high-profile critic of the current Saudi leadership planned to visit the consulate.
In an evening of quickfire developments, following four days of silence since his disappearance, officials in Ankara pledged to on Sunday release evidence that they say supports claims that the journalist was killed shortly after he entered the consulate to sign divorce papers. The evidence is expected to include video footage and focus on a black car.
Christian woman on death row in Pakistan for insulting Prophet Muhammad to make final court appeal
Asia Bibi has spent nine years in jail after being accused of breaching blasphemy laws following a row with Muslim women
A Christian woman sentenced to death in Pakistan for insulting the Prophet Muhammad will have her final appeal heard by the Supreme Court on Monday, her lawyer has said.
Asia Bibi has spent nine years in prison after being accused of contravening the country’s strict blasphemy laws following a dispute in June 2009.
The case has drawn international attention to Pakistan’s treatment of its religious minorities and Ms Bibi's supporters, including Pope Benedict XVI, who called for the charges to be dismissed, saying she is being persecuted for her faith.
SpaceX Chief Engineer Hans Königsmann'I Am Too Old for Mars'
The problems are piling up for Elon Musk, the eccentric billionaire behind SpaceX. Could the space exploration company one day jettison its embattled founder? We asked Chief Engineer for Launches Hans Königsmann to weigh in.
Interview Conducted by Christoph Seidler
The first attempt went spectacularly wrong. So did the second one. And the third. Then came the fourth launch of a "Falcon 1" rocket, and had it too ended up in disaster, the name SpaceX would likely have ended up as little more than a footnote in the history of space exploration. Almost exactly 10 years ago, on Sept. 28, 2008, the first privately-developed rocket capable of delivering payloads into Earth's orbit thundered into the sky from Omelek Island in the South Pacific.
Since then, SpaceX has done no less than revolutionize the space industry. Because it believes in the principle of reusability, the company can offer satellite launches at competitive prices. What's more: SpaceX has the "Falcon Heavy," currently the world's most powerful rocket. But that's still not enough for SpaceX founder Elon Musk. He dreams of one day producing a mega-heavy rocket called the "BFR," which could make trips to the moon -- and even Mars -- possible. Musk wants to establish a colony on the red planet and make mankind, as he puts it, a "multi-planetary species."
Indonesia earthquake and tsunami: All the latest updates
Death toll in Indonesia's earthquake-tsunami disaster passes 1,649 as aid operations continue.
Relief and rescue operations continue in Indonesia after a massive earthquake and tsunami, as time runs out to find survivors one week after the dual disasters struck Sulawesi Island.
According to the Indonesian National Board for Disaster Management on Saturday, the death toll from the quake and tsunami has risen to 1,649.
More than 70,000 homes were destroyed or damaged by the magnitude-7.5 quake that struck on September 28, launching waves as high as six metres that slammed into Sulawesi at 800 km/h.
NATIONWIDE CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT TARGETS DUPONT, CHEMOURS, 3M, AND OTHER MAKERS OF PFAS CHEMICALS
The Teflon Toxin
Part 18
Robert Bilott, who successfully sued DuPont over PFOA, has filed a lawsuit on behalf of everyone in the U.S. who has PFAS chemicals in their blood.
A CLASS ACTION lawsuit against 3M, DuPont, and Chemours was filed this week on behalf of everyone in the United States who has been exposed to PFAS chemicals. The suit was brought by Kevin Hardwick, an Ohio firefighter, but “seeks relief on behalf of a nationwide class of everyone in the United States who has a detectable level of PFAS chemicals in their blood.” Hardwick is represented by attorney Robert Bilott, who successfully sued DuPont on behalf of people in West Virginia and Ohio who had been exposed to PFOA from a plant in Parkersburg, West Virginia.
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