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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, MercoPress Paraguay’s Senate removes Santiago Peña, who is placed under arrest, and Pedro Alliana takes office, 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), Rzeczpospolita Zmiana prezydenta w Paragwaju, dziesiątki rannych w Sao Paulo (pl), 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: MarketWatch Data centers run on debt. That was a problem for bonds this year — and it’s only going to get worse., Financial Times How Wall Street’s all-in bet on AI blew up, 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? · see all

    In other languages: Handelsblatt KI-Finanzierung: OpenAI sammelt laut Bericht elf Milliarden Dollar bei Investoren ein (de), La Nación El presidente de OpenAI confirmó que la compañía podría salir a la Bolsa en 2027 (es)

  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. Strait of Hormuz could reopen as part of Qatari plan for Iran nuclear inspections

    The Guardian /

  5. General Staff: Russia has lost 1,604,110 troops in Ukraine since Feb. 24, 2022

    The Kyiv Independent /

  6. Budanov: Russia Strikes Energy Grid to Spark Protests

    Kyiv Post /

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

    Xinmei Shen / South China Morning Post /

  8. Why Russia Wants Into the Turkic States Organization – and Why That Could Break It

    Sevinj Osmanqizi / Kyiv Post /

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

    Financial Times /

  10. 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)

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

    Paul Hannon / The Wall Street Journal /

    Also: Bloomberg Knot and De Cos Are the Only Two Candidates for ECB President

    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

  12. Data-Center Pullback May Shield Real Economy From AI Bubble

    Cecile Daurat / Bloomberg /

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

    Al-Monitor /

  14. China’s EV safety push gives foreign brands from Tesla to GM an opening for a comeback

    Daniel Ren / South China Morning Post /

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

    The Japan Times /

  16. Reform UK councillor promoted collapsed $1.9bn ‘Ponzi scheme’ HyperVerse that left victims suicidal

    Ben Quinn and Sarah Martin / The Guardian /

  17. Damaged Grid Forces Ukraine to Export Power as Kyiv Faces Blackouts, Expert Says

    Kyiv Post /

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

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

    The Japan Times /

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

    Financial Times /

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

    Lindsey Schutters / Daily Maverick /

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

    Volodymyr Ivanyshyn / The Kyiv Independent /

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

    Financial Times /

  23. Wall Street's push to trade AI compute hits Washington roadblock

    Liz Hoffman / Semafor /

    Also: Bloomberg Nvidia’s AI Chip Exports Emerge as Target in Democratic Congress, The National Nvidia pushes back after Jensen Huang asked to closed-door meeting in Congress over ties to Chinese 'asset'

  24. Tesla Is Ending Production of Its Cybertruck and Refocusing on the Cybercab

    Lauren McCarthy / The New York Times /

    Also: Financial Times Tesla to axe Cybertruck as Musk shifts focus to robotics and AI

    In other languages: Le Figaro Tesla va progressivement arrêter la production du Cybertruck vers mi-2027, annonce Elon Musk (fr), Dagens Næringsliv Tesla avvikler produksjonen av Cybertruck (no)

Earlier today

  1. Anthropic to press ahead with IPO targeting $1.5tn valuation

    Financial Times /

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

    Bernard Goyder / Bloomberg /

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

    Graeme Wearden / The Guardian /

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

    Euronews /

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

    Mike Corder and Suman Naishadham / The Globe and Mail /