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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 Globe and Mail Ousted Paraguayan president placed under house arrest after bank collapse

In other languages: Handelsblatt Bankenskandal in Paraguay: Nach Amtsenthebung: Anklage gegen Paraguays Ex-Präsidenten (de), Expansión (México) Quiebra de Ueno Bank exhibe fallas de supervisión y corrupción en Paraguay, advierte Moody’s (es), NRC Paraguay beëdigt nieuwe president temidden van financiële crisis, oud-president onder huisarrest (nl), Valor Econômico Senado do Paraguai vota pelo impeachment do presidente Peña; Alliana assume a Presidência (pt), 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 Banco Central do Paraguai diz já ter devolvido o dinheiro de 1,2 milhão de 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. Israel’s president picks Yashar leader Gadi Eisenkot to form government

    The Guardian /

    Also: Al-Monitor Israel president taps Eisenkot to form new government

    In other languages: Aftenposten Eisenkot får i oppdrag å danne regjering i Israel (no), Dagens industri Oppositionen i Israel får chans att bilda regering (sv)

  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 /

    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, Kyiv Independent Russia attacks another bridge in Kyiv, bne IntelliNews Missile War Monitor: Russian strike closes Kyiv's North Bridge, cuts water pressure in the capital · see all

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

  3. 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

    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), Handelsblatt Sensible Daten im Darknet: Italiens Außenminister prangert Hacker-Angriffe an (de)

  4. U.S. Cleared Nvidia Chips to Chinese Firms With Empty Offices and Troubling Ties

    Ana Swanson / The New York Times /

    In other languages: 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)

  5. Berkshire Hathaway steps up share buybacks with $9.6bn of purchases

    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 but 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

  6. Wall Street Grapples With $5.7 Trillion Rout as AI Bets Unwind

    Justina Lee and Lu Wang / Bloomberg /

    Also: Financial Times How Wall Street’s all-in bet on AI blew up, Sky News Extinction events, data centre dramas and the US midterms: Why AI stocks lost trillions in one day

    In other languages: Dagens industri Protester mot datacenter runtom i Europa (sv)

  7. Binance CFO Kaiser Ng steps down days after hackers steal $6.3-billion

    The Globe and Mail /

  8. AI Selloff Exposes Data Center Boom Risks

    Bloomberg /

  9. 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, The Guardian New Zealand faces weeks of uncertainty with election ‘too close to call’

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

  10. How do you broker UN climate talks when your own country is a big coal and gas exporter? Chris Bowen is about to find out

    Graham Readfearn Environment / The Guardian /

  11. Ukraine's port blockade wipes $5.2bn off second-half exports, National Bank estimates

    Ben Aris / bne IntelliNews /

  12. Germany cannot provide Ukraine with more Patriot systems for now, defense minister says

    Olena Goncharova / The Kyiv Independent /

  13. Israel’s president gives Gadi Eisenkot first shot at forming a government

    Financial Times /

  14. Europe and Central Asia debt climbs $178bn in 2025, fastest increase globally

    Clare Nuttall / bne IntelliNews /

  15. Russia Reroutes Pig Iron to Arctic Port Over Black Sea Strikes

    Kyiv Post /

    Also: Financial Times Russia ships metal via the Arctic to evade Ukrainian strikes

  16. The Last-Minute Changes to the Senate Permitting Deal, Explained

    Robinson Meyer / Heatmap /

  17. ECB’s Lagarde Says Inflation Likely to Stay High in Near Future

    Alessandra Migliaccio and Mark Schroers / Bloomberg /

  18. 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

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

    The Globe and Mail /

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

    Al-Monitor /

  21. The AI trade is now counting on Anthropic’s IPO — but it couldn’t be happening at a worse time

    Christine Ji / MarketWatch /

    Also: Financial Times Anthropic to press ahead with IPO targeting $1.5tn valuation

    In other languages: Dagens industri Källor: Anthropic trotsar AI-stormen – går till börsen snart (sv)

  22. Another Major Corruption Scandal Shakes Ukraine

    Olena Tregub / Kyiv Post /

  23. Hackers claim leaked Russian data reveals up to 450,000 war-related deaths in Ukraine

    Olena Goncharova / The Kyiv Independent /

  24. US plan to overhaul air traffic control system like ‘changing a tyre at 70mph’

    Financial Times /

    Also: The Guardian FAA announces first US digital air traffic control towers in Florida and Alaska

Earlier today

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

    Financial Times /

  2. Drones Strike Saratov Refinery, Missiles Hit Oryol Plant

    Tymur Dubovyk / Kyiv Post /

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

    Cecile Daurat / Bloomberg /