On Sunday, October 25, Brazil was supposed to finish voting at 5 p.m. Instead, the country witnessed an extraordinary last-minute judicial intervention. Supreme Court Justice Cristiano Zanin, who previously served as Lula's personal lawyer, ordered voting extended until 7 p.m. Ursula von der Leyen wasted little time congratulating her friend Lula on his electoral victory.
With Washington no longer writing new Ukraine aid cheques on the Biden-era scale, Zelensky has been desperately looking for fresh money. The IMF's $8.1 billion programme comes with banking-sector reform commitments, including preparing two state-owned banks for sale. Meet London's Rothschild & Co and its longtime Ukrainian partner FinPoint.
After twelve years of civil war, competing parliaments, and foreign mercenaries, Libya has achieved national unity. Both sides now support a maritime line that cuts directly through Greek islands.
By the freezing breath of the Void, look at this! It is the perfect, grotesque illustration of the rot Irlmaier warned us about, but with the added seasoning of a desperate, petulant regime trying to punch above its weight by strangling the giants from the inside.
Iran is trying to influence US politics by threatening to cut undersea cables, strike AI centers, and broaden the battlefield to Europe. "We have new weapons and new targets", they say.
What a lovely campaign messaging.
Inaugurated in 1883, it was designed by architect Charles-Alfred Leclerc, drawing inspiration from the former Paris City Hall. Its interiors included paintings by Henri-Paul Motte, Jean-Joseph Weerts, and Urbain Bourgeois.
Zelensky arrives in Brussels demanding another €70 billion and warning Europeans of a flood of 20 million Ukrainians should he lose his lost war. Signing a peace deal and stopping the killing never occurred to him. With friends like this, who needs enemies?
For months, Ursula von der Leyen has been trying to strip EU member states of their national vetoes.
FOR NOW, SHE FAILED. After two days of negotiations, she emerged triumphantly to announce methane regulations instead.
Ukraine's military Starlink access has been restricted, disrupting drone operations. Trump says it's time for Ukraine to get a new president, while Elon Musk declares: "And so the slaughter continues … Time for Zelensky to go"
While Washington attempts to negotiate an end to the war, Brussels has found another way forward: more accession negotiations, more commitments and more European taxpayers’ money. With peace apparently threatening to break out, someone has to keep the project moving.
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