Brazil’s presidential race is still tightening according to a new opinion poll that takes into account voters most likely to show up on election day. The Quaest poll published Wednesday followed a trend seen in other surveys this week that showed President Jair Bolsonaro’s overall momentum fading, but it also gauged the possible impact of abstention rates on Sunday’s runoff ...

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron met in Paris Wednesday to try and iron out wide-ranging tensions from energy and economic issues to the future of European defense. A Macron aide said the two leaders were set to discuss defense, macroeconomic issues and energy over a working lunch at the presidential palace. They had no plans for ...

Russia carried out military exercises simulating a retaliatory nuclear strike as President Joe Biden warned Vladimir Putin that any use of an atomic weapon would be an “incredibly serious mistake.” As he oversaw the drills, Putin was told by his defense chief that the maneuvers on Wednesday were meant to simulate a “massive nuclear strike” in response to an attack, ...