Brazilian presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro is set to visit his father, former president Jair Bolsonaro, who is under house arrest, after a judge authorized the visit on Monday. Flavio Bolsonaro, the favorite to win the presidential runoff against incumbent Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on October 25, will visit the jailed ex-leader on Tuesday. The […]
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Brazil’s patron saint reappears in polarized election campaign
Thousands of teary-eyed pilgrims paid homage to Brazil’s patron saint in the largest shrine in her name on Monday, with a bitter election campaign’s battle for the Catholic vote taking center stage. President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Senator Flavio Bolsonaro will face each other in an October 25 runoff, and religion has dominated […]
Americans Hall and Woodford win economics Nobel for stabilisation models
Americans Robert Hall and Michael Woodford were awarded the Nobel economics prize Monday for their work on how monetary and fiscal policy can better stabilise disruptive economic fluctuations. The two were honoured for developing new models for managing recessions and other crises that fail to respond to traditional tools.”On the basis of these models, well-timed […]
Pope to enter hospital on Tuesday for lung operation
Pope Leo XIV will be admitted to hospital on Tuesday morning for an operation to remove a lump from his lung, the Vatican said. The 71-year-old Leo announced on Sunday that he would undergo an operation “in the coming days”. The surgery to remove a pulmonary nodule, a small growth of tissue in the lung, […]
Brazilian judge allows Flavio Bolsonaro to visit jailed father
Brazil’s Supreme Court on Monday authorized presidential candidate Flavio Bolsonaro to resume visiting his father Jair Bolsonaro under house arrest, as long as he does not involve him in campaigning. Flavio Bolsonaro is the favorite to win the presidential runoff against incumbent Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on October 25. The right-wing senator was barred […]
‘Status quo’ with EU ‘not good enough’, UK PM says as summit date set
Prime Minister Andy Burnham said Monday that Britain’s current relationship with the European Union was “not good enough”, as officials confirmed a UK-EU summit will take place on November 20. In a speech to MPs in parliament, Burnham said next month’s long-awaited meeting would be an opportunity to start “serious dialogue” about “long term” relations […]
French supermarkets suffer refrigerator shutdown after ‘unprecedented’ cyberattack
Major French supermarket chains on Monday said they were hit by a cyberattack that caused their refrigerators to shoot up in temperature in hundreds of stores, forcing spoiled food to be thrown away and raising concerns about food security. Top retailers E. Leclerc, Intermarche and Cooperative U confirmed to AFP they suffered a cyberattack that […]
France braces for fresh student demonstrations as Macron calls for ‘respect’
Student protests gripping France for three weeks rumbled on Monday, though authorities hoped they were starting to ease ahead of half-term holidays — even as the country braced for fresh nationwide demonstrations. In an incident seemingly unrelated to the protests, police arrested a 14-year-old on Monday near Marseille after a middle school headmaster and a […]
Zelensky doubtful on Russian acceptance of Trump’s ‘energy ceasefire’
Russia does not want to accept an “energy ceasefire” in Ukraine announced by Donald Trump, President Volodymyr Zelensky said, accusing Moscow of attacking six sites Monday. Zelensky earlier promised to respond if Russia refused to agree to the truce, as Moscow indicated it would not adhere to the US president’s calls for a pause in attacks […]