Millions of Brazilians took to the polls on Sunday for the first round of the country’s presidential elections. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, 80, is running for his fourth non-consecutive term in office, while his challenger, right-winger Flávio Bolsonaro, 45, is competing in his first presidential race. His father, former President Jair Bolsonaro, governed
You only get one chance at a first impression, and getting to introduce Apple’s first folding phone is certainly a strong way to start things off as Apple’s CEO. On The Vergecast today, we’re talking all about Apple’s launch event: how John Ternus did in his first appearance as CEO, what we make of the
Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial has ended in a mistrial after jurors were unable to unanimously decide on a verdict. The US mother was on trial for strangling her three children. In a number of other western countries, there’s a specific law on the books to deal with mothers who kill their young children. It’s a
Fossilized microbial mats known as stromalites provide important records of some of Earth’s earliest life.Credit: Jon G. Fuller/VW Pics/UIG via Getty Earth & Life: A Four Billion Year Conversation Andrew H. Knoll Princeton Univ. Press (2026) On 14 February 1990, NASA’s Voyager 1 spacecraft turned around briefly to snap a picture of Earth before heading
Suspected crime boss Daniel Kinahan appeared in court in Dublin on Sunday after being extradited from Dubai following his arrest there in April. Kinahan has been charged with directing the activities of a criminal organisation between October 2015 and April 2017. The 49-year-old was remanded in custody after appearing at the non-jury Special Criminal Court
Thousands of people gathered in the US capital to celebrate the country’s 250th birthday on a day marked by extreme weather conditions, delays and a large display of fireworks. The celebration, which included a flyover, a concert and a speech by US President Donald Trump, was delayed by a storm that forced the evacuation of
