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Elections in Brazil: who are the voters of each candidate and why do they choose them?

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The Brazilian voters, in general, do not vote for partisan proposals and yes for proximity to the candidates. There is a clear difference between the candidates "of the left" (Fernando Haddad, Ciro Gomes, Marina Silva and Guilherme Boulos), those of "center right" (Alvaro Dias, Henrique Meirelles, João Amoedo and Geraldo Alckmin) and the candidate "of right "(Jair Mesias Bolsonaro). Despite this classification, the voters most interested in political and economic issues make a more radical difference: populists and non-populists. The profile of the voters on each side of the party ideologies, obtained on the basis of the profile of each of the candidates, is the following according to a study by the BTG Pactual bank. In the case of Bolsonaro, his supporters are between 25 and 40 years old, and secondary education. The voters of Petista Haddad have between 16 and 24 years old and incomplete primary education, the same group that votes for Gomes and

The bloody story of a sickly child who murdered millions to build modern Russia

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The boy, little Joseph, has urinated blood. It's not the first time. His father, Visarion, shoemaker, drunk, violent, and always suspecting that Joseph is not a child of his blood, alternates fury, alcohol and blindness also hitting his wife, Yekaterina Gueladze, Keke, almost kill her. One day, before that scene, Iosif dares and throws a knife. The drop goes beyond the glass. The woman asks for help, and the chief of police of the region gets a way out: she moves mother and son as far as possible, and she makes her way working until exhaustion in what fits. Everything is for Joseph and his education. And he will not stop until he enrolls him in a religious school ... The child was born in Gori, a small Georgian village, on December 6, 1878. For many years it will be Yósif Vissariónovich Dzhugashvili, until he settled in history as Joseph (Stalin) Stalin, a word that means "steel." Nickname that will not disappoint ... But he was born fragile. Your left foot has

A journalist became the first news anchor of a Saudi Arabian TV channel

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Weam Al Dakheel is the first woman journalist to present the news in Saudi Arabia A journalist from Saudi Arabia has just become the first woman to present the main news program on state television, a measure that was read as part of the process of opening and making the country more flexible. Weam Al Dakheel 'made history' by co-presenting the news at 9:30 am on Thursday with a male colleague at Al Saudiya. The journalist received a wave of praise on social networks, with hundreds of Twitter users congratulating her on her work and pointing out that her appearance marked a milestone in the conservative kingdom. Al Dakheel previously worked as a reporter for CNBC Arabia and as a presenter for Al-Arab News Channel in Bahrain. The Al Saudiya channel, formerly known as the Saudi TV Channel, is administered by the kingdom's Ministry of Culture and Information. It was recently relaunched with the aim of 'highlighting different movements that take over the king

New Star Wars trilogy raises Disney hopes

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Walt Disney has declared a deal to form 3 new Star Wars movies. The company aforementioned it had stricken a alter Rian Johnson, director of the approaching "Star Wars: The Last Jedi", to form a replacement trio of the fantasy blockbuster. Disney is additionally acting on a live-action Star Wars series for a replacement on-line streaming service. The news overshadowed Disney's 1st visit annual profits since 2009, amid steep competition from on-line rivals. Profits for the year to Sep fell 4WD to $8.98bn (£6.8bn). Disney's shares fell at first in late commercialism on the discharge of its results, however they then rallied to a quarter higher on news of the new Star Wars movies. Chief government Bob Iger said: "We stay optimistic concerning our future, partially as a result of quality really will matter." The amusement large conjointly plans to launch a sports-focused ESPN+ app within the spring, and a Disney streaming service in 2019. Mr Iger aforementioned

FBI seeks to unlock Texas shooter's iPhone

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Apple has offered to assist the Federal Bureau of Investigation unlock the smartphone of the gunman UN agency killed twenty six individuals at a church in Lone-Star State last Sunday. Devin Kelley wounded twenty others at the primary Baptist Church of Sutherland Springs and was later found dead in his vehicle, some miles away. The Federal Bureau of Investigation aforesaid his phone had been sent to its central crime workplace, in Virginia, as native police couldn't unlock it. Apple aforesaid it had "immediately" offered to assist. The company aforesaid it worked with enforcement agencies daily and had trained "thousands" of officers concerning the simplest thanks to handle its devices and the way to request info. If Kelley had saved his phone knowledge on Apple's iCloud service, this too might hold info concerning numbers referred to as, messages sent and photos it absolutely was wont to take. Dead man's finger "It truly highlights a problem that yo

Twitter halts 'broken' verified-profile system

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Twitter has suspended its verified-profile theme and represented it as "broken", following complaints over the sort of accounts being verified. Typically, distinguished individuals, together with musicians, journalists and company executives, get a blue icon on their profile when proving their identity. However, some right and white-supremacist accounts have currently additionally been verified. Twitter founder Jack Dorsey same the theme would currently be "reconsidered". In a statement, the corporate said: "Verification was meant to attest identity and voice, however it's taken as AN endorsement or AN indicator of importance. "We recognise that we've got created this confusion and wish to resolve it." The company same no any "general" accounts would be verified, whereas it worked on a fix. Twitter has been creating a series of changes to deal with abuse and harassment on the social network. Last week, it revealed a rewritten version

President Trump to address key Apec summit in Vietnam

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US President Donald Trump and alternative world leaders area unit to handle the annual Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation (Apec) summit in Vietnam, with trade and growth high on the agenda. Mr Trump has vowed to correct an enormous trade imbalance with China and Japan. China on Thursday aforementioned it'd lower market entry barriers to some sectors, throughout mister Trump's visit to Peiping. Talks between mister Trump and Russian President solon area unit however to be confirmed at the summit in prosecuting attorney Nang. Apec brings along twenty one economies - the equivalent of concerning hour of the world's value. Trump says deficit not China's fault Trump, China and Twitter - what is going on on? Mr Trump is due create a speech at 06:30 universal time. He are going to be followed by Chinese President Xi Jinping. While discussing China's immense trade surplus on a state visit in Peiping, the USA leader stunned several once he aforementioned he did "not bla