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Avengers assemble for Brazil's knife-edge election
Avengers assemble for Brazil's knife-edge election

Hollywood's biggest superheroes flew into Brazil's election Friday, as the "Avengers" answered calls for help from supporters of presidential challenger Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Iron Man, Thor, Hulk and Wong immediately answered the call.

Twitter users test free speech limits in new Musk era
Twitter users test free speech limits in new Musk era

Twitter users wasted no time Friday testing the limits of free speech on the platform under new owner Elon Musk, with posts questioning transgender identity and masks. Hours after Musk took total ownership of the platform, conservative voices celebrated what they said was their newly-reclaimed right to free speech.

Amnesty head calls for 'new Mandela' in Africa, denounces shrinking freedoms
Amnesty head calls for 'new Mandela' in Africa, denounces shrinking freedoms

Amnesty International's secretary general on Friday called for new "enlightened" political leadership in Africa, lamenting shrinking civil liberties in Mali, Senegal and elsewhere on the continent. We find it at the level of civil society, now we should also find it at the level of political leadership", she said.

Morocco arrests 32 migrants heading to Spain, jails 80
Morocco arrests 32 migrants heading to Spain, jails 80

Moroccan police on Friday arrested 32 migrants as they tried to set sail for Spain, authorities said, including six Moroccans and 26 from other African nations to the south. Moroccan police have arrested dozens of migrants as well as several people smugglers since June, when some 2,000 mostly Sudanese nationals tried to enter the Spanish enclave of Melilla.

What will Elon Musk's Twitter look like?
What will Elon Musk's Twitter look like?

After months of controversy, Elon Musk is now at the head of one of the most influential social networks on the planet, whose "tremendous potential" he has promised to unleash. Trump wrote on Friday on his own social network Truth Social that Twitter is "in good hands."