
AI-generated summary
The 'Lindsey Graham Act' is a US law that imposes sanctions and duties on Russian exports, strongly supported by Senator Lindsey Graham in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Trump used an exemption clause in the same law to suspend its application.
President Donald Trump, with an executive order, suspended important sanctions and export duties against Russia provided for by the 'Lindsey Graham Act', a few days before it came into force. Their effectiveness would have complicated his efforts to reduce diesel prices ahead of the Nov. 3 midterm elections. The stop concerns the law he promulgated last month, making use of an exemption clause provided for in the legislation, strongly desired to punish Russia following the invasion of Ukraine by Republican Senator Lindsey Graham, who passed away in July a few days after returning from Kiev.
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
Diesel prices in the United States will see a slight reduction in the weeks following the lifting of sanctions
Possible · Within weeks

Former Chilean presidents Michelle Bachelet and Gabriel Boric said they were not considering a new presidential candidacy after a meeting with representatives of opposition parties in Santiago, underlining the need to focus on economic difficulties and rebuilding relationships with citizens after their recent electoral defeat.

Former Colombian president Gustavo Petro was unanimously elected to lead the Pacto Histórico, the main opposition left-wing formation, and raised the possibility of a national strike against the government of president Abelardo de la Espriella. The nomination was approved yesterday during a meeting of the provisional national coordination of the movement.

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Thousands of students took part in 'No Meloni Day' in dozens of Italian cities to protest against school conditions, funding for the war industry and the decree on the cap on immigrants at school, expressing solidarity with their French colleagues. The demonstrations saw moments of tension with the police, arrests and identifications, while Prime Minister Meloni criticized the opposition for failing to condemn the violence.

Donald Trump has asked the new White House spokeswoman Katie Zacharia to reconsider her position after less than a week, according to three sources of the New York Times she would have been fired. Zacharia, newly appointed, has been engulfed in controversy over her career as a lawyer: she never passed the bar exam and practiced without a license, according to a complaint by the Campaign for Accountability. Trump defended Zacharia to the media, saying she was treated unfairly and that he just wants her to be happy. The article also mentions other firings of women in the Trump administration and the dismissal of Paolo Zampolli from the State Department.

At the Citadel of Peace in Arezzo, the secretary of the Democratic Party Elly Schlein responded to criticism of the party's leadership, defending the unity of the center-left and aiming for victory in the 2027 elections, despite unfavorable polls, and underlined the need for a shared path with allies M5s and Avs.