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Lula wins Brazil’s presidency for a fourth time with 51.8% of the vote

MercoPress /

Also: The Guardian Brazilians vote in presidential election runoff pitting leftist Lula against far-right Bolsonaro, The Wall Street Journal Lula Clings to Power in Brazil Election Upset, Daily Maverick Lula, Brazil’s iconic working class president, wins historic fourth term in dramatic comeback, Financial Times Lula is re-elected Brazil’s president in knife-edge vote, Semafor Brazil votes in narrow presidential runoff, Bloomberg EM Stocks Fall Before Key Earnings, Brazil in Focus as Lula Wins · see all

In other languages: Valor Econômico Em virada histórica, Lula se reelege e quebra onda mundial de avanço da direita (pt), Handelsblatt Wahlen in Brasilien: Lula gewinnt Stichwahl in Brasilien – sichert sich vierte Amtszeit (de), La Nación Ganó Lula en Brasil: cómo impactará en los mercados, las exportaciones argentinas y las vacaciones de verano (es), Estadão Lula precisará dar forte guinada na economia para evitar que disparada do dólar vire uma recessão (pt), Svenska Dagbladet Brasilien förlänger valet (sv), Aftenposten Brasils høyesterett har besluttet å utvide valglokalenes åpningstider (no), Expansión (México) Brasil vuelve a las urnas con Lula y Flávio Bolsonaro en una elección que se define en una segunda vuelta (es), NRC Lula verrast en wint presidentsverkiezingen in Brazilië (nl), Dagens Næringsliv Asia faller – Brasil frykter børsfall etter Lulas seier (no), Jornal de Negócios Eleições no Brasil: Lula da Silva volta a ganhar em Lisboa e no Porto na segunda volta (pt), Dagens industri Lula omvald i Brasilien – ifrågasätts av Bolsonaro (sv), Le Temps En images – La victoire de Lula célébrée à travers le Brésil, les partisans de Bolsonaro à la peine (fr) · see all

  1. Musk says SpaceX raised US$40 billion in debt for GPUs

    The Business Times /

    Also: Bloomberg Musk Claims $40 Billion Chips Debt Closed, Yet Talks Ongoing, MarketWatch Musk says SpaceX landed a $40 billion debt deal — and forecasts doom for some AI rivals

    In other languages: Neue Zürcher Zeitung Die EU will SpaceX aus strategischen Gründen ausbremsen – die USA reagieren mit Drohungen (de), Le Temps SpaceX emprunte 40 milliards de dollars pour financer l’achat de processeurs graphiques utilisés dans l’IA (fr), Handelsblatt Künstliche Intelligenz: SpaceX sichert sich 40 Milliarden für KI-Chips (de), Diario Financiero Musk afirma que SpaceX cerró un acuerdo de deuda por US$ 40 mil millones para impulsar su negocio de IA (es) · see all

  2. Goldman Says Yen Becoming Better Hedge Against AI Market Shock

    John Cheng / Bloomberg /

    Also: Mint Yen turns into better hedge against AI-driven market shock, thanks to Japan’s policy backdrop changes: Goldman Sachs, The Japan Times Yen becoming more favorable hedge against AI market shock, says Goldman Sachs, The Business Times Japan’s yen is becoming a better hedge against AI market shock: Goldman Sachs

  3. Serbian Strongman Vucic Concedes Defeat in Snap Elections

    Marina Zec / Balkan Insight (BIRN) /

    Also: The Kyiv Independent Russian-friendly Vucic concedes defeat to student protest movement in Serbian election, The Guardian Serbian leader Aleksandar Vučić ousted by student movement in seismic election, Kyiv Post Serbia Votes as Student Movement Mounts Major Challenge to Vučić, bne IntelliNews Can Serbia’s students finally bring down Vucic?, The New York Times Aleksandar Vucic Concedes Defeat in Serbian Election, POLITICO Europe Serbia’s Vučić concedes defeat after tense parliamentary elections, Financial Times Serbia’s ex-president Vučić concedes defeat to Student List in parliamentary poll · see all

    In other languages: Svenska Dagbladet Historiskt skifte: Vučić erkänner sig besegrad (sv), Dagens industri Vucic förlorar i Serbien (sv)

  4. The long shadow of ‘zombie firms’ on India Inc, in charts

    Mint /

  5. Putins Schattenflotte: Warum greift Deutschland nicht durch?

    Rixa Fürsen / POLITICO Europe (German) /

  6. How Beijing’s Africa ambitions, financed by China’s mega banks, triggered a crisis in Zambia

    Micah Reddy / ICIJ /

  7. The world's diesel crisis has no quick fix but there is a way out

    Robin Mills / The National /

  8. Top officials from Mecca pact countries to meet Iranian officials in Tehran on Monday, two sources say

    Al-Monitor /

  9. US military gives Elon Musk’s SpaceX access to sensitive tracking data

    Tom Perkins / The Guardian /

    In other languages: Rzeczpospolita Przełom ws. Starlinków na Ukrainie. „Zaczęły działać przy prędkości 420 km/godz.” (pl), Handelsblatt +++ Ukraine-Krieg +++: Ukraine weist Vorwürfe von Musk zu Starlink-Nutzung für Offensivangriffe zurück (de)

  10. Audi to build $4bn US plant as it grapples with tariffs

    Financial Times /

    Also: The Guardian Volkswagen to build $4bn Audi SUV factory in US despite job cuts at home, The Business Times Audi to build multibillion-dollar US car factory: Trump, Euronews Audi's first US production plant: carmaker strikes deal with Trump · see all

    In other languages: Diario Financiero Volkswagen invertirá US$ 4.000 millones en nueva planta de Audi en Georgia, un estado clave para Trump (es), Aftenposten Audi-sjefen side om side med Donald Trump. Bygger to bilfabrikker i USA til 60 milliarder. (no), Frankfurter Allgemeine Deutsche AutoIndustrie: Audi baut für vier Milliarden Dollar ein eigenes Werk in den USA (de), Der Spiegel Donald Trump: »Mr Audi« macht US-Präsident ein milliardenschweres Wahlkampfgeschenk (de), Børsen Audi investerer 27 mia. kr. i ny fabrik i USA (da), El País Audi abrirá su primera fábrica en EE UU para esquivar las pérdidas provocadas por los aranceles de Trump (es), Dagens industri Audi planerar fabrik i USA (sv), Handelsblatt US-Wahlkampf: Auftritt bei Trump: Audi will neues Werk in den USA bauen (de), Le Figaro Donald Trump annonce un «énorme investissement» d'Audi aux États-Unis (fr), Expansión Trump anuncia en un acto de campaña que Audi construirá su primera fábrica en EEUU (es) · see all

  11. Death Threats, Lawsuits and Billions in Play: The Battle Over Moving Russian Oil

    Joe Wallace / The Wall Street Journal /

  12. SK Hynix Leveraged Funds to Be Delisted in US as AI Rally Cools

    Youkyung Lee / Bloomberg /

  13. Houthis say they attacked East-West oil pumping stations; No Saudi confirmation

    Al-Monitor /

  14. How Abu Dhabi bought Andy Burnham’s Manchester - podcast

    The Guardian /

  15. AI spending fears threaten to swamp Big Tech’s strong earnings

    The Business Times /

    Also: The Japan Times AI spending fears threaten to swamp Big Tech’s strong earnings, Bloomberg AI Spending Fears Threaten to Swamp Big Tech’s Strong Earnings

  16. María Corina Machado returns to Venezuela

    Florantonia Singer and Alonso Moleiro / El País /

    Also: The Wall Street Journal Venezuela’s Machado Returns Home, Challenging U.S.-Backed Government, The Guardian Exiled opposition leader María Corina Machado returns to Venezuela

    In other languages: Aftenposten Maria Corina Machado tilbake i Venezuela (no), Le Temps María Corina Machado, prix Nobel de la paix 2025, fait son retour au Venezuela après un exil de bientôt un an (fr), Handelsblatt Exil: Oppositionelle Machado kehrt überraschend nach Venezuela zurück (de), Diario Financiero Líder opositora venezolana María Corina Machado regresa a Venezuela tras 10 meses fuera del país (es), NRC Na de zoveelste poging is oppositieleider María Corina Machado nu echt terug in Venezuela (nl), Jornal de Negócios Corina Machado regressou à Venezuela (pt), Valor Econômico Líder da oposição, María Corina Machado retorna à Venezuela (pt) · see all

  17. Bolsonaro refuses to recognise Lula’s victory and says he will seek to annul the election

    MercoPress /

  18. Fake online reviews are distorting competition and endangering consumers, report finds

    Mariya Postelnyak / The Globe and Mail /

  19. Trump Says Decision Nearing on Iran: Deal or ‘Finish It Off’

    Bloomberg /

  20. Global gold trading hub status attracts industry leaders to set up operations in Hong Kong

    South China Morning Post /

  21. Frank Elderson: Taking action for nature – investing in economic resilience and prosperity

    European Central Bank /

  22. Xi Jinping’s corruption crackdown in the spotlight as China prepares for meeting of top leaders

    Amy Hawkins / The Guardian /

  23. Singapore faces energy risks with ‘resource nationalism’ that undermines contracts: Tan See Leng

    Sharanya Pillai / The Business Times /

  24. Private equity beyond the target: How buyouts reshape supply chains

    Olivier De Jonghe and Cédric Huylebroek / CEPR /

Earlier today

  1. Brazil Extends Voting by Two Hours After Briefly Starting Count

    Daniel Carvalho / Bloomberg /

  2. BYD’s South Korea expansion challenges Hyundai dominance on home turf

    The Business Times /

  3. How France Became the Poster Child for Debt Woes

    James Mackintosh / The Wall Street Journal /

  4. Standard Chartered-led Anchorpoint plans retail stablecoin as HSBC RedCoin launches

    Tim Yuen Lingk / South China Morning Post /

  5. Britain will not join Canada-led defence bank, sources say

    The Globe and Mail /