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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, 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), Diario Financiero Alliana jura como nuevo presidente de Paraguay y fiscalía ordena detención de Peña (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. Berkshire Hathaway ploughs $9.6bn into share buybacks

    Financial Times /

    Also: Bloomberg Berkshire Makes Record $9.6 Billion Buyback, The Globe and Mail Berkshire Hathaway buys back US$9.6-billion of stock as profits declined

    In other languages: Jornal de Negócios Já sem Buffet na liderança, Berkshire recua 28% nos lucros e investe mais 8,6 mil milhões na recompra de ações (pt), Dagens industri Svidande vinsttapp för Berkshire Hathaway (sv), Dagens Næringsliv Resultatfall for Berkshire Hathaway – pengebingen økte igjen (no), Handelsblatt US-Holdinggesellschaft: Berkshire Hathaway kauft mehr eigene Aktien zurück (de) · see all

  2. Italy's foreign minister targeted in cyberattack due to Ukraine stance, minister says

    Jonas Heins / The Kyiv Independent /

    Also: The Globe and Mail Meloni blames pro-Russian hackers for leak of Italian foreign minister’s data on dark web, Bloomberg Meloni Blames Pro-Russia Hackers for Cyberattack on Minister

    In other languages: Jornal de Negócios Dados de vice-primeiro-ministro de Itália divulgados por “’hackers’ pró-russos” na “dark web” (pt), Valor Econômico Ministro das Relações Exteriores da Itália afirma ter sido alvo de hackers pró-Rússia (pt)

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

    Yuliia Taradiuk / The Kyiv Independent /

    Also: The Guardian Blackouts and water shortages in Kyiv after Russia strikes Ukraine’s energy grid, Kyiv Post Budanov: Russia Strikes Energy Grid to Spark Protests

  4. 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, MarketWatch Data centers run on debt. That was a problem for bonds this year — and it’s only going to get worse., The New York Times U.S. Cleared Nvidia Chips to Chinese Firms With Empty Offices and Troubling Ties, The Guardian US tech stock rout: is the AI bubble bursting?, Sky News Extinction events, data centre dramas and the US midterms: Why AI stocks lost trillions in one day, Semafor Wall Street's push to trade AI compute hits Washington roadblock · 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), Børsen Medie: USA kæder Nvidia-stifter sammen med formodet kinesisk spion (da), Der Spiegel Nvidia: Medienbericht wirft Huang Affäre mit mutmaßlicher chinesischer Spionin vor (de) · see all

  5. Anthropic IPO Valuation Under Pressure After Tech Rout

    Bloomberg /

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

    Jan-Patrick Barnert / Bloomberg /

  7. New Zealand’s National Party set to cling on to power

    Financial Times /

    Also: The Wall Street Journal New Zealand’s Conservatives Narrowly Lead in Election

    In other languages: Handelsblatt Wahlen: Regierung nach Wahl in Neuseeland knapp unter der absoluten Mehrheit (de)

  8. The midterms give Fed more room to raise rates, mut maybe less reason to do so

    Mint /

    Also: Bloomberg US Jobs Surge Raises Odds of December Fed Hike

  9. What the federal budget has in store for Canadian businesses, according to our experts

    The Globe and Mail /

  10. Exclusive-Expanding on naval blockade, US military looks to restrict Iranian land commerce

    Al-Monitor /

  11. Did the Bay Area just save its transit system from the brink of certain death?

    Isabeau Doucet / The Guardian /

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

    Financial Times /

    Also: Kyiv Post Russia Reroutes Pig Iron to Arctic Port Over Black Sea Strikes

  13. Another Major Corruption Scandal Shakes Ukraine

    Olena Tregub / Kyiv Post /

  14. The AI bubble faces reality

    Le Monde /

  15. Italian Pasta Giant Dodges Questions About Presence in Russia

    Jakob Gottlieb / Kyiv Post /

  16. AI Trade Faces a Post-Election Reality Check

    Bloomberg /

  17. US Midterms: What Is the Global Impact?

    Kyiv Post /

  18. New ‘high safety’ chemicals in plastic food packaging linked to lower birth weight, study finds

    Tom Perkins / The Guardian /

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

    Sky News /

  20. Ukraine strikes Oryol factory with Neptune missile, reportedly Saratov Oil Refinery in mass attack on Russian regions

    Volodymyr Ivanyshyn / The Kyiv Independent /

    Also: Kyiv Post Drones Strike Saratov Refinery, Missiles Hit Oryol Plant

  21. Law Firms Have Malpractice Insurance. Should Their A.I. Agents?

    Sarah Kessler / The New York Times /

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

    Brian Kenety / bne IntelliNews /

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

    Alvin R Cabral / The National /

  24. France's 'next-generation' high-speed trains promise more comfort and better energy efficiency

    Le Monde /

Earlier today

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

    Financial Times /

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

    Paul Hannon / The Wall Street Journal /

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

    Bloomberg /

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

    Bernard Goyder / Bloomberg /

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

    Graeme Wearden / The Guardian /