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IndiaThe government is examining whether to lower the 12.5% LTCG rate before the next Budget. Here is how the tax works today, with a worked example.
Israel120 seats, a 61-seat majority, and a clock that starts ticking once the president hands someone the mandate.
IsraelProjections give Gadi Eisenkot’s opposition 52–53 seats and Benjamin Netanyahu’s bloc 50, with Arab-led parties holding the balance after the highest turnout in decades.
BrazilDonald Trump said Brazil’s 25 October vote “looked like another rigged election.” He offered no evidence — and the losing side accepted the result.
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EgyptEditor-in-chief Lina Attalah was ordered detained until she pays a fine of more than $50,000 after being convicted of running an unlicensed website.
CanadaPrime Minister Mark Carney says the U.S. is moving closer to Canada’s demands.
The strain behind the DR Congo outbreak is a different species from the one targeted by the licensed Ebola vaccine.
United StatesAmericans vote on 3 November for every House seat and about a third of the Senate. The final stretch has been shaped by presidential rallies, a $1 million “voter fraud” reward and court fights over ballots.
IndiaThe DPDP Act makes consent the default for handling personal data — and has no journalism exemption. Here is what that means, in plain language.
Trend Micro’s TrendAI unit says Discover-Tech was among the biggest sources of ads shown to satellite-internet users.
FranceThe government also capped first-year classes in public high schools at 28 pupils. Student unions say the fight goes on.
UkraineUkrainian officials and Russia’s defence ministry say a limited truce is allowing aid deliveries and evacuations. Ukraine says only about 6,000 of the town’s 24,000 pre-war residents remain.
IndiaTwenty-one publishers say the law would force journalists to seek consent from the people they report on. It is the latest in a series of challenges to the Act.
DR CongoThe CDC calls it the second-largest Ebola outbreak on record. This week a community health worker was killed while raising awareness about the disease.
United KingdomOne man faces a charge of assisting a foreign intelligence service; the other of entering a prohibited place.
Two independent commissions presented findings to the UN General Assembly. Israel immediately rejected the Gaza report.
JordanAmman says it killed more than 20 Islamic State militants. Syria says seven people died, including three children and a woman.
IsraelFollow the count, the reactions and the coalition arithmetic as Israel waits for official results.
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