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Brazilian authorities arrested five people related to a plan to assassinate Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in 2022, shortly before he was to become the country’s president, as part of a plot to keep the president, Jair Bolsonaro, in power. #Press | #PlebChain…

Boeing will lay off more than 2,200 workers in the U.S. states of Washington and Oregon, according to filings posted on Monday, as part of the debt-heavy U.S. planemaker's plan to cut 17,000 jobs, or 10% of its global workforce #Press | #PlebChain…

The Finnish network company Cinia said it is investigating a broken undersea internet cable connecting Finland to Germany. #Press | #PlebChain…

Pakistan's government will not impose additional taxes in the current fiscal year, saying it's optimistic about meeting its collection target. PM Shehbaz Sharif's government is facing public criticism for raising taxes and energy costs to meet the IMF's conditions for a loan

Pope Francis has said that Israel’s attacks in Gaza should be investigated to determine if they meet the legal definition of genocide, according to excerpts from a forthcoming book based on interviews with the pontiff. Francis has privately used the word “genocide” to describe Israel’s actions, according to…

President Joe Biden has authorized Ukraine to use a powerful American long-range weapon for limited strikes inside Russia in response to North Korea’s deployment of thousands of troops to aid Moscow’s war effort, according to U.S. officials. The easing of restrictions on allowing Kyiv to use…

An Israeli airstrike on a densely populated neighborhood in central Beirut killed Hezbollah’s top spokesman Sunday morning, reported al-Mayadeen, a Lebanese news network aligned with the militant group. Mohammad Afif was killed in Ras al-Nabaa, where many people from the heavily bombarded areas of Beirut’s southern…

Violence erupts in Mexico after capture of El Mayo Zambada. Over 400 people killed in Sinaloa state, last two months, as rival cartels fight for control, quadruple the number during the same period last year.. Critics say US pursuit of kingpins fuels power struggles, not crime reduction. #Press | #PlebChain…

Leaders of the Netherlands’ four governing parties are set to hold urgent talks today as turmoil builds in The Hague over the response to the football violence. #Press | #PlebChain…

Iran will back any decision taken by Lebanon in talks to secure a ceasefire with Israel, a senior Iranian official said on Friday, signalling Tehran wants to see an end to a conflict that has dealt heavy blows to its Lebanese ally Hezbollah #Press | #PlebChain…

Ongoing economic growth, a solid job market, and inflation that remains above the 2% target means the U.S. central bank does not need to rush to lower interest rates and can deliberate carefully, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said #Press | #PlebChain…

Meta, the parent of Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, has been hit with yet another huge regulatory fine in Europe, this time over abusive practices related to Facebook Marketplace. The European Commission announced that it would fine Meta €797.72 million — nearly $840 million — for breaching EU antitrust rules connected to…

On the morning of the Hamas-led attacks on Israel, a top Israeli general called his prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, to tell him that hundreds of militants appeared to be preparing to invade. Now, aides to the prime minister are under investigation for altering details about that call in the…

Bond investors are betting that Ukraine will be prepared to accept a peace deal that involves permanently giving up territory it has lost in the war, and that its economy will recover quickly in the years ahead. The country’s sovereign bonds rally has come just over two months after…