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Reading. Do not disturb.

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WORLD · BRAZIL ELECTION ·

Three more weeks

FACTAfter the 4 October vote, Brazil’s electoral court confirmed a presidential runoff: Flávio Bolsonaro and Lula will face each other on 25 October. Neither won a majority. Bolsonaro led the nearly completed count; earlier partial vote totals are not treated here as final results.

CUTVoters get three weeks to think. Candidates get three weeks to interrupt.

AP · 05.10.2026 ↗
Supporting sourceswww.theguardian.com ↗
ECONOMY · OIL AND WAR ·

Delivery inside the kill zone

FACTPreliminary Kpler data put Middle Eastern crude exports at 19.5–22.5 million barrels daily on four days in late September, above pre-war levels. Reuters reported that UKMTO had recorded at least one attack a day in Hormuz or the Gulf of Aden since 2 October.

CUTLogistics got a new KPI: barrels per missile.

Reuters; dane Kpler i UKMTO / Kpler and UKMTO data · 05.10.2026 ↗
Supporting sourcesca.marketscreener.com ↗
CULTURE · LITERATURE ·

Express review

FACTOn 4 October, Szczepan Twardoch won the 2026 Nike Literary Award for “Null”. The novel also won the readers’ award. Agora, the prize’s organiser, announced the result.

CUT— Have you read it? — No. But I already disagree.

Agora · 04.10.2026 ↗
Supporting sourcesinfopakiety.pap.pl ↗
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