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BRASILIA: Brazil’s electoral authorities are preparing for a competitive election on Sunday (Oct 30) with a result that may be contested by far-right President Jair Bolsonaro if he loses to his leftist adversary, who has a narrow lead in recent opinion polls. Brazil’s Superior Electoral Court (TSE), led by justices from the Supreme Court, is ready for Bolsonaro to dispute any victory by former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, potentially mobilising angry demonstrations, according to people familiar with the court’s preparations who requested anonymity to share the information. “What we see is a series of things intended to destabilize…

This year’s flu season is already shaping up to be an intense one.Flu-related hospitalizations are currently on the rise in all age groups, but especially in children, and the upward surge is occurring considerably earlier than it has over the past decade, according to a new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.So far, the CDC estimates that 880,000 people have been infected with the flu. Of that number, 6,900 have been hospitalized and 360 have died. The first flu-related pediatric death of the season was also reported this week. Per the CDC’s report, the “cumulative hospitalization…

Newly minted Twitter owner Elon Musk said Friday afternoon that the social media company “will be forming a content moderation council with widely diverse viewpoints.” That means suspended accounts like the one held by former President Donald Trump won’t immediately return to Twitter. “No major content decisions or account reinstatements will happen before that council convenes,” Musk added. In the wake of Musk’s $44 billion acquisition of Twitter (TWTR), questions have been raised about whether the billionaire will reverse permanent bans, allowing people like Trump back onto the platform. Musk has repeatedly stressed his intention to rethink Twitter (TWTR)’s content…

A decade-long era of breakneck growth in social media advertising has come to an abrupt halt. Who killed the boom? As the blame game began in Silicon Valley, Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg and Alphabet chief executive Sundar Pichai used earnings calls this week to point to the unmistakable storm clouds gathering over the global economy. But the most striking signs of weakness have concentrated on social media platforms. US advertisers are on track to spend $65.3bn on networks such as Facebook, Snap and Twitter this year, a year-on-year increase of just 3.6 per cent. That is about 10 times slower…

Tom Pidcock admits he wants to “try and win” the Tour de France one day, hinting that he is free to decide whether to structure his season to go for the yellow jersey.The 23-year-old rode his first Tour earlier this year and impressed after he had a far from ideal preparation, as he was forced to pull out from the Tour de Suisse due to coronavirus.He won the Queen Stage that finished on the Alpe d’Huez on his way to finishing 12th in the final overall standings. Mountain Bike‘I knew I would be good’ – Pidcock reflects on European MTB…

Disclaimer: The Industry Talk section features insights by crypto industry players and is not a part of the editorial content of Cryptonews.com.Cardano’s native token, ADA, is one of the market’s most popular coins. The digital asset has seen some gains in the past few days, with crypto analysts optimistic about further surges in the future. How high can ADA go?  ADA Price Action  ADA currently trades at $0.3824, a downtrend of 1.36% in the past 24 hours. However, the digital asset’s price pumped by 14% over the past week. The crypto market experienced a significant price resurgence earlier this week, with many…

A woman has died on Highway 1 in Chilliwack, B.C., after police said she was struck by a vehicle. The pedestrian collision happened around 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, near the Prest Road overpass on the highway.The 31-year-old woman was found dead at the scene, according to police.Pictures from the scene show a semi-truck pulled over with flashing hazard lights on beside an RCMP vehicle.“We are trying to piece together what happened,” said Chilliwack RCMP Cpl. Martin Godard.“But, while this is an active investigation, we are expecting that no charges will be recommended.” Chilliwack RCMP said the driver involved in the…

The Food and Drug Administration said two studies this week showing that the new omicron boosters weren’t that much better than the old shots were too small to come to any real conclusions.Scientists at Columbia and Harvard, in two independent studies, found the new boosters and the old shots basically performed the same against omicron BA.5, raising doubts about whether the vaccines will live up to high expectations set by the Biden administration. The antibody responses were slightly higher with the omicron boosters, though the studies concluded the difference wasn’t significant.Dr. Peter Marks, head of the FDA’s vaccine division, said…

CNN  —  Former US Capitol Police officer Michael Riley was found guilty of obstruction on Friday for deleting his own Facebook message telling another user to remove portions of a post that person made about entering the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. But the jury in Washington, DC, couldn’t reach a verdict on a second obstruction count Riley faced for suggesting to the Facebook friend that he take down parts of his post, a move that federal prosecutors had alleged hampered their criminal investigation. The judge declared a mistrial on the second charge. “Hey Jacob, I’m a Capitol Police…

Elon Musk has joined the elite club of social media barons after clinching a $44bn takeover of Twitter in the same week that investors wiped hundreds of billions of dollars from Big Tech valuations. Musk’s drawn-out acquisition of Twitter, which he launched in April but attempted to abort in July, has closed just as a decade-long boom in the digital advertising that fuels social media grinds to a halt, bringing share prices crashing down across Silicon Valley. As global financial markets nosedived this year, banks have been forced to stump up $12.5bn themselves to help finance Musk’s acquisition, part of…