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India’s ‘dear friend’ is back in power in Brazil, and a $30 billion trade opportunity is on the table

The Economic Times /

Also: MercoPress Lula wins Brazil’s presidency for a fourth time with 51.8% of the vote, The Guardian Lula wins historic fourth term as Brazilian president in defeat of far-right Flávio Bolsonaro, The Wall Street Journal Lula Wins Fourth Term in Brazil Election Upset, Daily Maverick Lula, Brazil’s iconic working class president, wins historic fourth term in dramatic comeback, Sky News Lula re-elected president in Brazil - as Flavio Bolsonaro calls for result to be annulled, El País Lula pulls off a historic comeback in Brazil and leads the left to victory over Jair Bolsonaro, Financial Times Lula is re-elected Brazil’s president in knife-edge vote, Semafor Brazil votes in narrow presidential runoff · see all

In other languages: Diario Financiero Sorpresa en Brasil: Lula logra histórica reelección, pero Bolsonaro desconoce resultados y anuncia impugnación (es), Le Temps «Le fascisme a été stoppé en Amérique latine»: Lula reste à la tête du Brésil après un scrutin historique à plus d’un titre (fr), 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), 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), Expansión Lula gana las elecciones en Brasil (es), Le Grand Continent Lula : « Le Brésil n’est l’arrière-cour de personne » (fr), NRC Lula verrast en wint presidentsverkiezingen in Brazilië (nl), 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) · see all

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

    The Business Times /

    Also: Bloomberg Musk Says $40 Billion Debt Deal for AI Chips Has Closed

    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 +++ Ukraine-Krieg +++: Ukraine weist Vorwürfe von Musk zu Starlink-Nutzung für Offensivangriffe zurück (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. AI Agents Are Already Changing the Price of Goods

    Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway / Bloomberg /

    Also: Odd Lots AI Agents Are Already Changing the Price of Goods

    In other languages: Valor Econômico Agentes de IA começam a transformar as rotinas nas grandes companhias (pt)

  3. Serbian Strongman Vucic Concedes Defeat in Snap Elections

    Marina Zec / Balkan Insight (BIRN) /

    Also: The Guardian Serbian leader Aleksandar Vučić ousted by student movement in seismic election, bne IntelliNews Can Serbia’s students finally bring down Vucic?, The Kyiv Independent Russian-friendly Vucic concedes defeat to student protest movement in Serbian election, 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 · see all

    In other languages: Svenska Dagbladet Historiskt skifte: Vučić erkänner sig besegrad (sv)

  4. Oil Prices Fall as Traders Weigh U.S.-Iran Diplomacy, Saudi Attacks

    Farhan Rafid / The Wall Street Journal /

    Also: Financial Times Oil price falls back as traders remain focused on Middle East conflict

  5. In a global first, Hong Kong opens secondary trading for tokenised public funds

    Tim Yuen Lingk / South China Morning Post /

  6. French Bond Rout Draws Australia Pension Into Market Others Shun

    Ruth Carson and David Finnerty / Bloomberg /

  7. AI models cost more when you don’t use English

    Ananya Bhattacharya / Rest of World /

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

    Al-Monitor /

    Also: Daily Maverick Officials from Mecca pact countries to meet Iranian officials in Tehran on Monday

  9. Chinese Conglomerate Huafa’s Bonds Plunge in Biggest Daily Drop

    Jackie Cai and Janice Huang / Bloomberg /

  10. EU sanctions against ISIL/Da’esh and Al-Qaeda: Council renews regime until 2027

    Council of the EU /

  11. What’s Riding on Anthropic Going Public? Nearly Everything.

    Erin Griffith and Lauren Hirsch / The New York Times /

  12. Nigeria to get two new AI-ready data centres in a $1 billion investment

    Frank Eleanya / TechCabal /

  13. Oil spill off UAE widens, satellite images show, prompting more beach closures

    Al-Monitor /

  14. How China is winning the auto war as Jeep production shifts from Brampton to Wuhan

    Lana Payne Contributor / Toronto Star /

  15. Manus on Markets: Gulf tensions rise as diplomacy races to avert escalation

    Manus Cranny / The National /

  16. Could new US investment curbs complicate China’s biotech licensing surge?

    Xinmei Shen / South China Morning Post /

  17. Chinese carmakers overtake Japan in Europe for first time

    The Business Times /

  18. Iran hosts regional powers for talks to prevent renewed escalation

    Financial Times /

  19. Serbia wakes up to new reality after student-led movement ousts Vučić – Europe live

    Jakub Krupa / The Guardian /

  20. Federal Reserve expected to tap brakes on rate hikes

    Eleanor Mueller / Semafor /

  21. Zelensky Says Ukraine Wants to Keep 800,000-Troop Army, Rules Out Neutrality

    Julia Struck-Feshchenko / Kyiv Post /

  22. Yen turns into better hedge against AI-driven market shock, thanks to Japan’s policy backdrop changes: Goldman Sachs

    Mint /

    Also: 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, Bloomberg Goldman Says Yen Becoming Better Hedge Against AI Market Shock

  23. Russian ministry recommends underground data centers following Ukrainian drone strikes

    Jonas Heins / The Kyiv Independent /

  24. Ukraine hires Rothschild and FinPoint to prepare two state banks for sale

    bne IntelliNews /

Earlier today

  1. After stunning victory, Lula will face a deep hangover

    Financial Times /

  2. Elon Musk Says Ukraine Violated Starlink’s Rules

    Siobhán O’Grady / The New York Times /

  3. Trump defends tariffs at rally as he says Audi to build U.S. plant

    The Japan Times /

  4. María Corina Machado returns to Venezuela

    Florantonia Singer and Alonso Moleiro / El País /

  5. Voronezh Business Center Hit in Drone Attack as 20 Rail Cars Derail Elsewhere in Russia

    Julia Struck-Feshchenko / Kyiv Post /