Flávio Bolsonaro challenged Brazil’s election result from abroad, adding political event risk for investors watching the real, stocks and sovereign debt.
Lula won Brazil’s runoff with 51.8%, but Flavio Bolsonaro’s demand to annul the result has put political and institutional risk in focus.
Yury Dmitriev was returned to a Russian penal colony without a diagnosis after suspected stroke symptoms, rights advocates said.
Flavio Bolsonaro led Brazil’s first-round presidential vote with 47.03%, sending the race against Lula da Silva to an Oct. 25 runoff.
Yabloko’s 6.2% Novgorod result clears the regional threshold and may preserve its access to future State Duma elections without signatures.
The US Supreme Court has allowed President Trump to resume construction of a White House ballroom and bunker, temporarily blocking lower court orders halting the project.
The US has imposed new sanctions on five major Cuban state companies controlling 40% of the economy, escalating economic tensions and enabling US firms to pursue compensation claims.
Brazil’s Supreme Court sentenced Eduardo Bolsonaro to over four years in prison for foreign lobbying against Brazil’s judiciary amid upcoming 2026 elections.
Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy has been granted early parole in the 2012 campaign finance overspending case, easing his sentence conditions amid ongoing legal challenges.