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This blog is closed, you can read our report on the New Zealand election here Another update here with 8% of the vote counted . National on 31.2%, Labour 28.4%, the Greens 12.9%, Act 11.2%, NZ First 9.6%, Opportunity 5.7% and Te Pāti Māori 0.4%. On these numbers, we would have a right bloc coalition back in power.

Santiago Peña was detained minutes after he was impeached by Congress, as protesters took to the streets demanding answers after the suspension of the Ueno bank Paraguay’s rightwing president has been placed under house arrest minutes after he was impeached by Congress, amid a severe crisis that left more than half the country’s population unable to access their bank accounts. Santiago Peña is being investigated about allegations he used his political influence to favour a bank that expanded exponentially under his government and was suspended this week after irregularities .

Musk said it was to make room for production of its Cybercabs - autonomous taxis without a driver.

Asian and European markets follow US tech rout with many analysts predicting more waves of selling to come European and Asian stock markets fell sharply on Friday after the Democrats’ decisive victory in the midterms triggered a rout in US tech stocks a day earlier. A sell-off on Wall Street on Thursday was followed by sharp falls in Asian stock markets on Friday. The investor sentiment then reached London, where the market was, at one stage, poised for its worst day since March.

Investors had been selling off tech shares in part due to concerns the Democrat election victory would mean slower AI development.

Fears of more AI regulation appear to have sparked fear among investors, but concerns about the industry have been growing for some time.

Paul Mackenzie convicted over deaths of children and one adult after followers were ordered to starve themselves and their families The leader of a Kenyan doomsday sect has been sentenced to 200 years in prison for the murders of 190 children and one adult in one of the world’s worst cult disasters in recent history. The sentence, comprising 100 years for murder by starvation and 100 years by direct homicide, came two weeks after the court in Kenya’s coastal city of Mombasa found the cult leader guilty of the crimes.

Investors have reacted to possible tougher scrutiny of data centre construction and the AI industry.

Former liberation movement’s share of national vote almost 14 percentage points below 2021 result The African National Congress is on course to suffer a bruising defeat in South Africa’s local elections, with the once dominant party of Nelson Mandela falling to under a third of the vote nationally with more than 80% of ballots counted. Wednesday’s fragmented vote marks another stage in the decline of the ANC, which has led national governments since the end of white minority apartheid rule in 1994. High unemployment, crime, corruption and poor local service delivery have all contributed to voters turning away from the party .

Investment has surged into the making of jet turbine blades - an extremely difficult component to make.

El Mediterrani s’escalfa a un ritme accelerat i els episodis de pluges torrencials posen cada vegada més a prova el territori. Però què fa que algunes tempestes acabin en inundacions? L’ARA va reunir, en col·laboració amb la Generalitat de Catalunya, el meteoròleg Francesc Mauri i el subdirector de Protecció Civil, Joan Ramon Cabello, per analitzar els nous reptes que planteja el canvi climàtic, en una xerrada moderada per Xavi Segura, meteoròleg del diari.

Musk spent nearly $500m in the 2026 US midterm elections, an individual election spending record.