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Trump's criticism of his agreement to buy Russian diesel is growing: senators warn that he might violate the law

A bipartisan group asked US President Donald Trump to reverse the agreement to import Russian diesel and warned that the plan announced with Vladimir Putin could violate American law. Two days after that pact, the Republican president announced on October 11 an "energy ceasefire" between Russia and Ukraine that was supported by the United Kingdom and Canada, while Kiev has asked for more information and Moscow has not spoken out.

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United States USA: Isaiah becomes a post-tropical cyclone after causing at least two deaths and outages in the US. United States.

Isaiah left at least two dead and 853,000 customers without electric power in the states of Georgia, Florida and Alabama, after touching ground as category 2 hurricane. It weakened on Saturday to become a post-tropical cyclone, although the risk of heavy rains and floods persists. The United States approved emergency declarations for both states.

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Trump revives the ghost of electoral fraud before midterms: strategy or despair?

In recent days, the US President has dusted his usual rhetoric of denouncing, always without evidence, alleged irregularities in the U.S. electoral system, targeting the post vote or the speed of counting. In the face of an unfavourable picture of the mid-term elections, Trump calls for a well-known strategy, either to mobilize its bases or to question a defeat, but experts say it may not give it results.

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A live execution: when Hegseth seems to be inspired by Iran and North Korea

U.S. Defense Minister Pete Hegseth announced his intention to broadcast live the execution of Nidal Malik Hasan, the author of the shooting at the Fort Hood military base in 2009. The decision has been criticized by all sides in the United States, even among Republicans, but it fits Donald Trump's political strategy. However, the measure raises doubts about its legality.

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Isaiah touches land in Florida as category 2 hurricane and fears a "potentially deadly" tidal

The powerful hurricane Isaiah touched land near Destin, Florida, on the night of Friday, October 9, as a category 2 cyclone, with winds of 168 kilometres per hour. Isaiah, who reached category 3, began to hit hours before northwest Florida. More than 20 million people are in areas under threat from the cyclone, while Florida, Alabama and Georgia have already declared a state of emergency.

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Who is Nidal Hasan, the former military whose firing the authorities plan to transmit?

The former Major of the Nidal Hasan Army, sentenced to death for murdering 13 people in an attack at the Fort Hood base, Texas, in 2009, will be the first military to be executed by a firing squad since World War II. U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said Thursday that the execution, scheduled for December 3, will be public; and a Pentagon official confirmed that it will be broadcast live.

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Trump faces midterms with a gap of enthusiasm between his own voters

Voters who supported Kamala Harris in 2024 now show more enthusiasm for participating in midterms than those who supported Donald Trump, according to a Reuters / Ipsos survey. The data is a warning signal for Republicans less than a month away for elections that will decide on the control of the U.S. Congress.

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Christa Pike wakes up after his failed execution and manages to speak; his defense demands explanations

The woman sentenced to death for murder, who survived despite receiving two lethal pentobarbital injections on September 30, regained knowledge and speech capacity, although she was expected to have "long recovery," according to her legal defense. The lawyers also request that the Tennessee Correctional Department preserve the evidence of the case and provide more information on the failed execution.

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Quebec Separatists Promise Independence Referendum After Their Electoral Victory

The separatist Québec Party won the provincial elections on Monday, but it was only a few seats away from reaching the necessary majority to rule alone in Quebec, the French-speaking province of Canada. The victory comes just two weeks before a vote in Alberta, one of the country's economic engines, about whether it wants to start the process of separating from Canada.

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Measles: New York declares emergency and Pennsylvania exceeds 1,000 cases, its worst outbreak in decades

The New York governor, Kathy Hochul, declared on Monday, October 5, a state of emergency throughout the territory due to an outbreak of measles spread by rural communities with low vaccination rates, with 108 cases reported this year. The order extends the number of people authorized to administer the triple viral vaccine (measles, mumps and rubella) and occurs as the neighbouring state of Pennsylvania fights an outbreak that has caused the death of five people.

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Voices, Paintings and Protests: Anger Grows in the Case of Alleged Rape of Cornell's Seven

New recordings and messages provide details of what happened after the alleged group rape of a student in 2024 at Cornell University, while the sanctions received by the reported young people are known. On Monday, October 5, a crowd protested on campus and the main administrative building appeared with broken and painted glass against the American educational establishment.

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The woman who reported being a victim of group rape in Cornell was threatened, according to her lawyer

The woman who reported having been drugged and raped by seven male students at the headquarters of a Cornell University fraternity has been threatened, according to her lawyer to the 'CNN' on 4 October. Cornell's rector had previously expressed his support for an external investigation of this Ivy League institution, which faces widespread indignation for its management of the case.

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$5,000 checks and a personal filtered number: Trump's desperate electoral impulse?

The US President began on October 3 by reiterating his offer of a billionaire dividend to share among the voters if the Republican Party retains its parliamentary majority in the mid-term elections and ended up revealing the contact of a senator in Arkansas for the voters to press him. This is the esprint of the magnate in the final straight of a process that looks uphill for your party.

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The Christa Pike case: why does his failed execution shake the debate on the death penalty?

"Chemical torture." Thus the process was described by the lawyers of a 50-year-old woman sentenced to death, who was left in life support after two doses of a lethal injection were missed. Christa Pike asked if it was normal for his arm to hurt so much as the pentobarbital entered his bloodstream. "It shouldn't be that hard," President Donald Trump questioned. On 3 October, the trial took over the head of the Tennessee prison system.

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From Rubio's ally to illegal lobby in favor of Maduro: excongressman Rivera is sentenced to 10 years

Former Republican representative David Rivera, long close to Secretary of State Marco Rubio, was found guilty in May of secretly lobbying to change Washington's position on the Government of Nicolás Maduro, in exchange for a $50 million consultancy contract with the state oil company PDVSA. On October 2, a Miami judge sentenced him to 10 years in prison for these activities, which involved the current president in charge of Venezuela, Delcy Rodríguez.