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Ousted Paraguay president under house arrest after banking crisis leaves 60% of country unable to access accounts

The Guardian /

Also: The New York Times Paraguay’s President Removed and Arrested Over Financial Crisis, The Globe and Mail Ousted Paraguayan president placed under house arrest after bank collapse

In other languages: Valor Econômico Ostentação, edifício 'The Matrix' e obras de arte: os sinais de que algo estava errado com o ueno bank (pt), Expansión (México) Quiebra de Ueno Bank exhibe fallas de supervisión y corrupción en Paraguay, advierte Moody’s (es), Handelsblatt Staatskrise in Südamerika: Santiago Peña als Präsident Paraguays abgesetzt (de), NRC Paraguay beëdigt nieuwe president temidden van financiële crisis, oud-president onder huisarrest (nl), Jornal de Negócios Banco central do Paraguai começa a devolver fundos aos lesados do banco Ueno (pt), Estadão Paraguai começa a devolver dinheiro aos correntistas do Ueno Bank (pt), Diario Financiero Senado de Paraguay aprobó por unanimidad la destitución de Santiago Peña por la quiebra de Ueno Bank (es), Aftenposten Paraguays president avsatt i riksrettssak og pågrepet – ny president tatt i ed (no) · see all

  1. OpenAI Completes $11 Billion Portion of Funding at $1.25 Trillion Value

    Natasha Mascarenhas and Rebecca Torrence / Bloomberg /

    Also: Financial Times Anthropic to press ahead with IPO targeting $1.5tn valuation, Semafor Stock selloff goes global in worst rout in years, MarketWatch Data centers run on debt. That was a problem for bonds this year — and it’s only going to get worse., Canary Media Voters gave a big middle finger to data centers, The Guardian US tech stock rout: is the AI bubble bursting?, BBC Why the US midterms sparked an AI stock selloff, Sky News Extinction events, data centre dramas and the US midterms: Why AI stocks lost trillions in one day, Heatmap Was This Really the Data Center Election?, The Business Times US: Wall Street stocks rally after heavy AI-related sell-off · see all

    In other languages: Handelsblatt KI-Finanzierung: OpenAI sammelt laut Bericht elf Milliarden Dollar bei Investoren ein (de), Dagens industri Källor: Anthropic trotsar AI-stormen – går till börsen snart (sv), La Nación El presidente de OpenAI confirmó que la compañía podría salir a la Bolsa en 2027 (es), Valor Econômico Anthropic enfrenta pressão para reduzir avaliação do IPO após tombo das ações de IA (pt) · see all

  2. How Fast-Money Systematic Funds Stoked $2.3T Tech Rout

    Bloomberg /

  3. Anatomy of a Selloff: Sudden Chain Reaction Rattles Wall Street

    Jan-Patrick Barnert / Bloomberg /

  4. Financial leaders tiptoe around Beijing’s asset scrutiny, hail Hong Kong’s wealth boom

    Xinmei Shen / South China Morning Post /

  5. Russia ships metal via the Arctic to evade Ukrainian strikes

    Financial Times /

  6. NZ election 2026 live results: count on as National and Labour battle it out in knife-edge New Zealand poll

    Mark Saunokonoko / The Guardian /

  7. Contest to Succeed ECB Head Lagarde Is Officially a Two-Horse Race

    Paul Hannon / The Wall Street Journal /

    In other languages: Le Temps Succession de Christine Lagarde à la BCE: les Pays-Bas et l’Espagne s’affrontent sur fond de tensions inflationnistes (fr), Le Figaro BCE : l'Espagnol Pablo Hernandez de Cos et le Néerlandais Klaas Knot candidats à la succession de Christine Lagarde (fr), Jornal de Negócios Espanhol Cos e neerlandês Knot são os candidatos à presidência do BCE (pt), Børsen To kandidater indstillet til at afløse Lagarde som ECB-chef (da) · see all

  8. Options Volumes Soar to Record Levels on Post-Election Sell Off

    Bernard Goyder / Bloomberg /

  9. BOJ’s Ueda says unclear how long 2% inflation rate will remain

    The Japan Times /

    Also: Bloomberg BOJ’s Ueda Says Unclear How Long 2% Inflation Rate Will Remain

    In other languages: Valor Econômico Presidente do BC do Japão reconhece ‘alguns riscos de alta’ para a inflação (pt)

  10. Tesla to wind down Cybertruck production as Elon Musk focuses on robotics and AI

    Jasper Jolly / The Guardian /

    Also: Euronews Elon Musk's Tesla to 'wind down' Cybertruck production next year, Financial Times Tesla to axe Cybertruck as Musk shifts focus to robotics and AI, The Globe and Mail Tesla to pull the plug on Cybertruck after years of poor sales, DW Tesla to 'wind down' production of flop Cybertruck · see all

    In other languages: Le Figaro Tesla va progressivement arrêter la production du Cybertruck vers mi-2027, annonce Elon Musk (fr), Expansión (México) Elon Musk frenará la producción de Cybertruck tras su fracaso en ventas y le entrega su lugar al nuevo robotaxi de Tesla (es), Dagens Næringsliv Tesla avvikler produksjonen av Cybertruck (no)

  11. Japan picks 28 priority items for ¥370 trillion in investments

    The Japan Times /

  12. As COP31 comes to Turkey, satellites reveal a landfill methane problem

    Al-Monitor /

  13. Russian Strike in Zhytomyr Strains Kyiv’s Power, Water Supply, Klitschko Says

    Kyiv Post /

    Also: The Kyiv Independent Police searches at energy company deepen Zelensky-Klitschko tensions over Kyiv's winter preparations

  14. U.S. urges China to meet rare earths and agriculture commitments ahead of Trump-Xi meetings

    The Japan Times /

  15. The UK has few easy options for rejoining a ‘traumatised’ EU

    Financial Times /

  16. Mind your business: New franchise models are expanding business ownership in South Africa and beyond

    Lindsey Schutters / Daily Maverick /

  17. Ukraine strikes Saratov Oil Refinery in mass attack on several Russian regions, reports say

    Volodymyr Ivanyshyn / The Kyiv Independent /

  18. Microsoft AI data-centre site in Amsterdam breached by protesters as Europe’s opposition grows

    Mike Corder and Suman Naishadham / The Globe and Mail /

    Also: Bloomberg Protesters Break Into Microsoft Data Center in Amsterdam

    In other languages: Handelsblatt Niederlande: Protest gegen Microsoft-Rechenzentrum in Amsterdam – viele Festnahmen (de), Jornal de Negócios Manifestantes invadem obras de centro de dados da Microsoft em Amesterdão (pt)

  19. Scottish government explores seizing assets of Sanjeev Gupta’s business empire

    Financial Times /

  20. ‘Ceasefire First’: Poland Warns Against US-Russia Deal on Europe’s Security

    Kyiv Post /

  21. Venezuela, 10 months later: The transition may finally be underway

    Luz Mely Reyes / El País /

  22. The concentration of AI spending

    CEPR /

  23. Ottawa and Silicon Valley are both after Canadian AI processing power. Who will win?

    Murad Hemmadi and Joe Castaldo / The Globe and Mail /

  24. ‘We Will Not Implement It’: Kallas Rejects US-Russia Security Deal Negotiated Without Europe

    Kyiv Post /

Earlier today

  1. Nasdaq sees worst day in 19 months as investors bet on AI slowdown after Democrats’ election triumph

    Graeme Wearden / The Guardian /

  2. European stocks join global rout after worst US chip sell-off since 2020

    Euronews /

  3. Beijing Vows to Hit Back Against US Sanctions on China Companies

    Bloomberg /

  4. ECB Considers Review of Bank Data Center Lending on AI Risk

    Laura Noonan and Esteban Duarte / Bloomberg /

  5. Brent Crude Climbs Above $100 as Middle East Oil Supply Risks Persist

    Farhan Rafid / The Wall Street Journal /