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The Trump administration had asked the justices to allow a new Postal Service plan to screen ballots just weeks before the midterm elections.
The Trump administration had asked the court to lift a federal judge's temporary block on new rules for mail-in ballots.
NYTimes – US The Trump administration had asked the justices to allow a new Postal Service plan to screen ballots just weeks before the midterm elections.
The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected the Trump administration's request to allow new U.S. Postal Service mail-in ballot restrictions, leaving the lower-court temporary block in place ahead of the midterm elections; the administration says it will comply with the ruling.
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NYTimes – US The Trump administration had asked the justices to allow a new Postal Service plan to screen ballots just weeks before the midterm elections.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz made a surprise visit to Kyiv on Sunday, announcing $1.5 billion in military and reconstruction aid for Ukraine and urging Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the war. The visit came as Russian drone strikes hit a Kyiv bridge and air raid sirens sounded across the capital, which has faced intensified attacks on key infrastructure in recent weeks.
NYTimes – World Brazil's presidential election will go to a runoff on 25 October after neither incumbent Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva nor Senator Flávio Bolsonaro won an outright majority in the first round. Brazil's electoral authority said Bolsonaro, son of former president Jair Bolsonaro, took a thin lead, while Lula expressed disappointment over the result.
Sky News – World North Korea fired a ballistic missile from the Wonsan area on its east coast into the Sea of Japan on Saturday, according to South Korea and Japan. Pyongyang later claimed the intermediate-range missile had evasive flight and AI features, though South Korea, which often accuses the North of exaggerating capabilities, said it travelled more than 700 kilometres. The launch followed Seoul's demand for an apology after North Korean mines wounded three South Korean soldiers in the DMZ, according to South Korea.
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