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‘Very strange, very sad’: Paraguay bank collapse fells a presidency and leaves millions broke

The Guardian /

Also: OCCRP Paraguayan President Impeached and Arrested Amid Financial Meltdown and Mass Protests, 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 · see all

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: Staatsanwaltschaft ordnet Festnahme von Paraguays Ex-Präsident Peña an (de), Jornal de Negócios Banco central do Paraguai começa a devolver fundos aos lesados do banco Ueno (pt), Diario Financiero Alliana jura como nuevo presidente de Paraguay y fiscalía ordena detención de Peña (es), Estadão Paraguai começa a devolver dinheiro aos correntistas do Ueno Bank (pt), 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. U.S. Cleared Nvidia Chips to Chinese Firms With Empty Offices and Troubling Ties

    Ana Swanson / The New York Times /

  2. Russian attacks kill 2, injure 37 across Ukraine over past day, hit substations connecting nuclear power plants to Kyiv

    Yuliia Taradiuk / The Kyiv Independent /

  3. Drones Strike Saratov Refinery, Missiles Hit Oryol Plant

    Tymur Dubovyk / Kyiv Post /

    Also: The Kyiv Independent Ukraine strikes Oryol factory with Neptune missile, reportedly Saratov Oil Refinery in mass attack on Russian regions

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

    Paul Hannon / The Wall Street Journal /

    Also: Bloomberg ECB Deadline to Show If Lagarde Contest Is a Two-Horse Race

    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

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

    Natasha Mascarenhas and Rebecca Torrence / Bloomberg /

    Also: Semafor Wall Street's push to trade AI compute hits Washington roadblock, MarketWatch Data centers run on debt. That was a problem for bonds this year — and it’s only going to get worse., 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), 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

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

    Bloomberg /

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

    Jan-Patrick Barnert / Bloomberg /

  8. The datacentre arms race hits pause in south-east Asia

    Arundhati Hazra / The Guardian /

  9. Race to develop Ebola vaccine as deadly outbreak spreads in DR Congo

    Sky News /

  10. Zambia counts cost of record maize buying as southern Africa’s glut meets El Niño threat

    Brian Kenety / bne IntelliNews /

  11. UAE to become world's biggest generator of solar electricity by 2031, IEA says

    Alvin R Cabral / The National /

  12. Job cuts, lost customers and a £22bn debt pile: what has gone wrong at Virgin Media O2?

    Mark Sweney / The Guardian /

  13. French bank hit by €100 million cyber attack recovers some funds

    Le Monde /

  14. Inside the Operation That Helped Ukraine Reverse Some Russian War Gains

    Carlotta Gall / The New York Times /

  15. Someone Is Causing Chaos Across Europe. The Question Is: Who?

    Benjamin Katz / The Wall Street Journal /

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

    The Kyiv Independent /

  17. Budanov: Russia Strikes Energy Grid to Spark Protests

    Kyiv Post /

  18. 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

    In other languages: Aftenposten Omfattende angrep mot Kyiv: Ingen strøm mesteparten av døgnet (no)

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

    Cecile Daurat / Bloomberg /

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

    Xinmei Shen / South China Morning Post /

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

    Financial Times /

  22. Could the AI boom leave Scotland facing water shortages and power cuts?

    Sky News /

  23. Abu Dhabi property transactions jump 76% to Dh171bn in first nine months of 2026

    Alvin R Cabral / The National /

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

    Al-Monitor /

Earlier today

  1. Tesla to axe Cybertruck as Musk shifts focus to robotics and AI

    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. SoftBank, ABB Consider China Carve-Out to Salvage Robotics Deal

    Allegra Catelli / Bloomberg /

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

    Euronews /