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The 2026 Ballon d'Or (lit. '2026 Golden Ball') was the 70th annual ceremony of the Ballon d'Or, presented by France Football, recognising the best footballers in the world in the 2025–26 season. For the fifth time in the history of the award, it was given based on the results of the season instead of the calendar year. This is the period from 3 August 2025 to 19 July 2026.
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2026 Brazilian general election
General elections were held in Brazil on 4 October 2026 to elect the president, vice president, members of the National Congress, the governors, vice governors and legislative assemblies of all federative units, and the district council of Fernando de Noronha.
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Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (born Luiz Inácio da Silva; 27 October 1945), known mononymously as Lula, is a Brazilian politician, trade unionist, and former metalworker who has served as the 39th president of Brazil since 2023. A member of the Workers' Party, he served as the 35th president from 2003 to 2011.
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2026 Serbian parliamentary election
Early parliamentary elections were held in Serbia on 25 October 2026 to elect members of the National Assembly. The elections were originally due by December 2027; Aleksandar Vučić, then the president of Serbia, dissolved the National Assembly and called the elections on 9 September 2026, on the proposal of the government.
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Walter Marvin Koenig (; September 14, 1936 – October 25, 2026) was an American actor and screenwriter. He began acting professionally in the mid-1960s and quickly rose to prominence for his supporting role as Ensign Pavel Chekov in Star Trek (1967–1969). He went on to reprise this role in all six original-cast Star Trek films, and Star Trek: Generations (1994).
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. xxx is a sponsored top-level domain (sTLD) intended as a voluntary option for pornographic websites on the Internet. This option enables website operators to establish a web address like example. xxx instead of example.com. The sponsoring organization for . xxx is the International Foundation for Online Responsibility (IFFOR).
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The Ballon d'Or (French pronunciation: [balɔ̃ dɔʁ] ; lit. 'Golden Ball') is an annual association football award presented by French magazine France Football since 1956 to honour the player judged to have performed the best over the previous season. Conceived by sports writers Gabriel Hanot and Jacques Ferran, the Ballon d'Or was based exclusively on voting by football journalists up until 2006.
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Clayface is a 2026 American body horror psychological thriller film based on the eponymous character from DC Comics. Directed by James Watkins from a screenplay by Mike Flanagan and Hossein Amini, it is the third film in the DC Universe (DCU). Tom Rhys Harries stars as Matt Hagen / Clayface, alongside Naomi Ackie, David Dencik, Max Minghella, and Eddie Marsan.
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Jailer 2 is a 2026 Indian Tamil-language action comedy film written and directed by Nelson Dilipkumar. It was produced by Kalanithi Maran through Sun Pictures. A sequel to Jailer (2023), the film stars Rajinikanth, Ramya Krishnan, Yogi Babu, Mirnaa and Rithvik reprising their roles from the predecessor, with S. J. Suryah, Mithun Chakraborty, Suraj Venjaramoodu and Vidya Balan joining the cast.
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Elizabeth Anne Holmes (born February 3, 1984) is an American businesswoman convicted of fraud in connection with her health technology company Theranos. Holmes founded Theranos in 2003, and its valuation soared in the early 2010s after it claimed to have revolutionized blood testing by developing methods that needed only very small volumes of blood, such as from a fingerprick.
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The following notable deaths occurred in 2026. Names are reported under the date of death, in alphabetical order. A typical entry reports information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent nationality (if applicable), what subject was noted for, cause of death (if known), and a reference.
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Flávio Nantes Bolsonaro (Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈflavju bowsoˈnaɾu]; born 30 April 1981) is a Brazilian lawyer and politician serving as a senator for Rio de Janeiro since 2019. A son of the 38th president of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, he is affiliated with the Liberal Party (PL). He previously served as a state deputy of Rio de Janeiro from 2003 to 2019.
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Alèxia Putellas i Segura (Catalan pronunciation: [əˈlɛksiə puˈteʎə səˈɣuɾə] ; Spanish: Alexia Putellas Segura; born 4 February 1994), often known mononymously as Alexia, is a Spanish professional footballer from Catalonia who plays as a midfielder or forward for Women's Super League club London City Lionesses and the Spain women's national team.
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Harry Edward Kane (born 28 July 1993) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Bundesliga club Bayern Munich and captains the England national team. Known for his clinical finishing, tactical intelligence, and vision, he is widely regarded as one of the best players in the world, one of the best strikers of his generation, and one of England's greatest ever players.
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2026 Israeli legislative election
Legislative elections will be held in Israel on 27 October 2026, to elect all 120 members of the 26th Knesset and determine the governing coalition that succeeds the 37th government led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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2022 Brazilian general election
General elections were held in Brazil on 2 October 2022 to elect the president, vice president, the National Congress, the governors, vice governors and legislative assemblies of all federative units, and the district council of Fernando de Noronha.
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Aleksandar Vučić (born 5 March 1970) is a Serbian politician who served as the president of Serbia from 2017 to 2026. A founding member of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), he previously served as the president of SNS from 2012 to 2023, first deputy prime minister from 2012 to 2014, and prime minister of Serbia from 2014 to 2017.
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Hypertensive heart disease includes a number of complications of high blood pressure that affect the heart. While there are several definitions of hypertensive heart disease in the medical literature, the term is most widely used in the context of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) coding categories.
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Ansel Easton Adams (February 20, 1902 – April 22, 1984) was an American landscape photographer and environmentalist known for his black-and-white images of the American West. He helped found Group f/64, an association of photographers advocating "pure" photography which favored sharp focus and the use of the full tonal range of a photograph.
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2026 FIFA U-15 World Cup & Festival
The 2026 FIFA U-15 World Cup & Festival is the inaugural edition of the FIFA U-15 World Cup & Festival, an international youth football competition organised by FIFA, eligible for players born in 2011 or 2012. It is being held in Baku, Azerbaijan, with matches scheduled from 24 to 30 October 2026.
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Elections are scheduled to be held, in large part, on November 3, 2026, in the United States. In these midterm elections, scheduled to occur during Republican president Donald Trump's second term, all 435 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives and 35 of the 100 seats in the U.S. Senate will be contested to determine the 120th United States Congress.
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Wicker is a 2026 romantic fantasy comedy-drama film written and directed by Alex Huston Fischer and Eleanor Wilson, based on the short story "The Wicker Husband" by Ursula Wills. The film stars Olivia Colman, Alexander Skarsgård, Elizabeth Debicki, Marli Siu, Nabhaan Rizwan, Richard E. Grant, and Peter Dinklage.
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Ilija Srdanović (Serbian: Илија Срдановић; born 7 August 1970) is a Serbian physician and university professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Novi Sad. He also works as a cardiologist at the Clinic for Cardiology of the Institute for Cardiovascular Diseases of Vojvodina in Sremska Kamenica.
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YouTube is an American online video-sharing platform owned by Google. YouTube was founded on February 14, 2005, by Chad Hurley, Jawed Karim, and Steve Chen, all of whom were former employees at PayPal. Headquartered in San Bruno, California, it is the second-most-visited website in the world, after Google itself.
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Nathan Joseph Fielder (born May 12, 1983) is a Canadian filmmaker, actor, and comedian. He is known for his awkward, deadpan persona and his use of satire and surreal humor. Born and raised in Vancouver, Fielder was involved in his school's improv group as a teenager, which featured fellow comedian Seth Rogen.
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Gadi Eisenkot (Hebrew: גדי איזנקוט, [gaˈdi ajzenˈkot]; born 19 May 1960), also spelt Eizenkot, is an Israeli general, politician, and leader of the Yashar party. He served from 2015 to 2019 as the 21st chief of staff of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and from 2023 to 2024 as a minister without portfolio in Israel's unity government.
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Limonene () is a slightly yellow-green liquid aliphatic hydrocarbon classified as a cyclic monoterpene, and is the major component in the fragrance and essential oil of citrus fruit peels, taking its name from Italian limone 'lemon'. Limonene is a chiral molecule, and most biological sources produce just one enantiomer (isomer).
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Dorothy is a 2026 Indian Tamil-language crime drama film written and directed by Karthik Subbaraj and produced by Guneet Monga Kapoor, Achin Jain and Jyoti Deshpande. The film stars Sananth, Rishikanth, and Keerthy Suresh in the lead roles. It follows two inseparable friends (Sananth and Rishikanth) whose lives are transformed by the arrival of the title character (Keerthy).
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Jaxon Smith-Njigba ( in-JIG-bə; born February 14, 2002), also known by his initials JSN, is an American professional football wide receiver for the Seattle Seahawks of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Ohio State Buckeyes, setting school records for receptions in a single game (15, twice) and receiving yards in a season (1,606 in 2021).
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George Takei ( tə-KAY; born Hosato Takei, April 20, 1937) is an American actor, author, and activist. He is known for his role as Hikaru Sulu, helmsman of the USS Enterprise in the Star Trek franchise. Takei was born to Japanese American parents, with whom he lived in Tule Lake Segregation Center during World War II.
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Crystal Lake is an American slasher television series developed by Brad Caleb Kane that serves as the prequel to the Friday the 13th franchise, set eight years before the original film. Stars Linda Cardellini in the leading role of Pamela Voorhees, with Callum Vinson as a young Jason Voorhees, William Catlett, Gwendolyn Sundstrom, Cameron Scoggins, and Devin Kessler also starring.
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Opinion polling for the 2026 Israeli legislative election
In the run up to the 2026 Israeli legislative election, various organisations are conducting opinion polling to gauge voting intention in Israel during the term of the twenty-fifth Knesset. This article lists the results of such polls. The date range for these opinion polls is from the 2022 Israeli legislative election, held on 1 November, to the present day.
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Jamie Miller (born 9 September 1997) is a Welsh singer-songwriter from Cardiff, currently based in Los Angeles. He first gained recognition as a finalist on The Voice UK in 2017, where he finished in third place. Known for his blend of pop and R&B influences, Miller signed with Atlantic Records in 2020 and released his debut EP, Broken Memories, in April 2022.
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Kenneth Walker III (born October 20, 2000) is an American professional football running back for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). Nicknamed "K9", he played college football for the Wake Forest Demon Deacons and Michigan State Spartans, winning the Walter Camp and Doak Walker Awards in 2021.
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List of highest-grossing Tamil films
Tamil cinema is a part of Indian cinema based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The films are made primarily in the Tamil language. Chintamani (1937) and Haridas (1944) are landmark films from the early stages of Tamil cinema.
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VisionQuest is an American television miniseries created by Terry Matalas for the streaming service Disney+, based on Marvel Comics featuring the character Vision. A spin-off from the miniseries WandaVision (2021), it is the 18th television series in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) from Marvel Studios and is produced under its Marvel Television label.
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2018 Brazilian general election
General elections were held in Brazil on 7 October 2018 to elect the president, National Congress and state governors. As no candidate in the presidential election (and for the gubernatorial election in some states) received more than 50% of the vote in the first round, a runoff round was held of those offices on 28 October.
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Serbia, officially the Republic of Serbia, is a landlocked country in Southeastern and Central Europe. It is bordered by Hungary to the north, Romania to the northeast, Bulgaria to the southeast, North Macedonia to the south, Croatia to the northwest, Bosnia and Herzegovina to the west, Montenegro to the southwest, and it also claims a border with Albania through the disputed territory of Kosovo.
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2026 Formula One World Championship
The 2026 FIA Formula One World Championship is a motor racing championship for Formula One cars and the 77th running of the Formula One World Championship. It is recognised by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), the governing body of international motorsport, as the highest class of competition for open-wheel racing cars.
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WhatsApp Messenger, commonly known simply as WhatsApp, is an American social media, instant messaging (IM), and Voice over IP (VoIP) service accessible via desktop and mobile app. Owned by Meta Platforms, the service allows users to send text messages, voice messages, and video messages, make voice and video calls, and share images, documents, user locations, and other content.
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Verónica Charlyn Corral Ang (born 11 September 1991) is a Mexican footballer who plays as a striker for Liga MX Femenil club CF Pachuca and the Mexico women's national team. She has previously played for Atlético Madrid and Levante in Spain, for Merilappi United in Finland, and for the University of Louisville's college soccer team in the United States.
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United States midterm election
Midterm elections in the United States are the general elections that are held near the midpoint of a president's four-year term of office, on Election Day on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November. Federal offices that are up for election during the midterms include all 435 seats in the United States House of Representatives, and 33 or 34 of the 100 seats in the United States Senate.
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Nobody Wants This is an American romantic comedy television series created by Erin Foster which premiered on Netflix on September 26, 2024 and stars Kristen Bell, Adam Brody, Justine Lupe, Timothy Simons and Jackie Tohn. Nobody Wants This focuses on the unlikely relationship between an outspoken, agnostic woman and a handsome young Jewish rabbi.
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Theranos Inc. () was an American privately held corporation that was touted as a breakthrough health technology company. Founded in 2003 by 19-year-old Elizabeth Holmes, Theranos raised more than US$700 million from venture capitalists and private investors, resulting in a $9 billion valuation at its peak in 2013 and 2014.
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The Serbian Progressive Party (Serbian: Српска напредна странка, romanised: Srpska napredna stranka, abbr. SNS) is a major political party in Serbia and the ruling party of Serbia from 2012 to 2026. Its ideology and policies are commonly described as populist and catch-all; more precise definitions placed it from centrist to right-wing and far-right.
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Slow Horses is a British spy thriller television series based on the Slough House novels by Mick Herron, and adapted for television by the English comedian and writer Will Smith. It follows Slough House, an MI5 unit where disgraced or failed agents are consigned, under the supervision of Jackson Lamb (Gary Oldman).
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Lauri Happonen (1994 or 1995 – 31 July 2026) better known by his alias Cyanide, was a Finnish professional League of Legends player who competed as a jungler. As a member of Fnatic, he won the Season 1 World Championship in 2011 at the age of 16. He remains the youngest player to ever win the title.
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The Diplomat (American TV series)
The Diplomat is an American political thriller television series with elements of a romantic comedy. It was created by Debora Cahn. First airing in 2023, it stars Keri Russell as a veteran US diplomat who is unexpectedly appointed as the ambassador to the United Kingdom amid an emerging international crisis.
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Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of Brazil, is the largest country in South America. It is also the world's fifth-largest country by area and the seventh-largest by population, with over 214 million people. Brazil is a federation composed of 26 states and a Federal District, which hosts the capital, Brasília.
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Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who is the 47th president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 45th president from 2017 to 2021. Born into a wealthy New York City family, Trump graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1968 with a bachelor's degree in economics.
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Jalen Devonn Williams (born April 14, 2001), nicknamed J-Dub, is an American professional basketball player for the Oklahoma City Thunder of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played three seasons of college basketball for the Santa Clara Broncos before declaring for the 2022 NBA draft, where he was selected 12th overall by the Thunder.
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Instagram is an American photo and short-form video sharing social networking service owned by Meta Platforms. It allows users to upload media that can be edited with filters, be organized by hashtags, and be associated with a location via geographical tagging. Posts can be shared publicly or with preapproved followers.
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2026 British Columbia general election
The 2026 British Columbia general election was held on October 24, 2026, to elect members of the Legislative Assembly of 44th Parliament of the Canadian province of British Columbia. Lieutenant Governor Wendy Lisogar-Cocchia dropped the writs of election on September 22, 2026, after Premier David Eby advised her to dissolve the legislature.
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The 2025 Ballon d'Or (lit. '2025 Golden Ball') was the 69th annual ceremony of the Ballon d'Or, presented by France Football, recognising the best footballers in the world in the 2024–25 season. For the fourth time in the history of the award, it was awarded based on the results of the season instead of the calendar year.
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William Shatner (born March 22, 1931) is a Canadian actor. From 1966 to 1994, he starred as Captain James T. Kirk in the Star Trek franchise, from his debut as the captain of the starship Enterprise in the second pilot of the first Star Trek television series to his final appearance as Captain Kirk in the seventh Star Trek feature film, Star Trek Generations.
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Paul Bettany (born 27 May 1971) is an English actor. He has portrayed the roles J.A.R.V.I.S. and Vision in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, including the Disney+ series WandaVision (2021) and VisionQuest (2026), the prior of which garnered him a Primetime Emmy Award nomination. Bettany appeared in the films Gangster No.
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Andrea Kimi Antonelli (Italian: [anˈdrɛːa ˈkiːmi antoˈnɛlli]; born 25 August 2006) is an Italian racing driver who competes in Formula One for Mercedes. Antonelli has won nine Formula One Grands Prix since his debut in 2025. Born and raised in Bologna, Antonelli is the son of sportscar racing driver Marco Antonelli.
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Benjamin "Bibi" Netanyahu (born 21 October 1949) is an Israeli politician and diplomat who has served as prime minister of Israel since 2022. Having previously held office from 1996 to 1999 and from 2009 to 2021, Netanyahu is Israel's longest-serving prime minister. Born in Tel Aviv, Netanyahu was raised in West Jerusalem and the United States.
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Amanda Michelle Seyfried ( SY-fred; born December 3, 1985) is an American actress. Her accolades include a Golden Globe Award and a Primetime Emmy Award, as well as a nomination for an Academy Award. Named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time in 2022, her films as a leading actress have grossed over $2. 4 billion worldwide.
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 (stylized as Modern Warfare 사) is a 2026 first-person shooter game developed by Infinity Ward and published by Activision. It is the twenty-third installment in the Call of Duty series and the fourth and final entry in the rebooted Modern Warfare sub-series, following Call of Duty: Modern Warfare III (2023).
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Ana Brnabić (born 28 September 1975) is a Serbian politician serving as acting President of Serbia since 28 September 2026 and president of the National Assembly of Serbia since 2024. A member of the Serbian Progressive Party, she previously served as Prime Minister of Serbia from 2017 to 2024. She was the first woman, first openly lesbian, and the longest-serving prime minister of Serbia.
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Vivek Ganapathy Ramaswamy (born August 9, 1985) is an American entrepreneur and politician. He founded Roivant Sciences, a biotechnological pharmaceutical company, in 2014 and was its chief executive officer until 2021. Ramaswamy entered national politics as the youngest presidential candidate in the 2024 Republican primaries, but withdrew his bid and endorsed Donald Trump.
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Lamine Yamal Nasraoui Ebana (born 13 July 2007) is a Spanish professional footballer who plays as a right winger for the La Liga club Barcelona and the Spain national team. He is widely regarded as one of the best players in the world. Yamal was a member of Barcelona's youth academy, La Masia, before joining the first team in the 2023–24 season at the age of 15.
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Lizzie Andrew Borden (July 19, 1860 – June 1, 1927) was an American woman who was tried and acquitted of the murders of her father and stepmother in Fall River, Massachusetts. No other individuals were charged with the murders. After the trial, Borden and her older sister Emma bought a house in the wealthier Highlands, or Hill District, of Fall River, where Borden lived out her life.
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2026 Bulgarian presidential election
Presidential elections were held in Bulgaria on 25 October 2026. Incumbent president Iliana Iotova was eligible and ran for a full term. In the first round, Iotova won 35% of the vote, with former Prime Minister Andrey Gyurov winning 32%.
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