A Brazilian electronic voting machine, the 2020 model, in a file photo.Photo: “Urna eletrônica brasileira UE2020” by TSE - Tribunal Superior Eleitoral, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
Nearly 160 million voters choose a president on Sunday, with a runoff likely. Washington’s closure of its consular services days before the vote has added to a fierce debate over foreign interference.
The president urged Arkansans to call their senator, who opposes the House-passed bill over dark winter mornings. With the Senate gone until after the midterms, the measure’s prospects look dim.
People worldwide could expect to live about 73.3 years in 2023, the World Health Organization reported, but years lived in good health are recovering more slowly and chronic diseases now cause three in four deaths.