Brazil’s Federal Police asked the Supreme Court to release Jair Bolsonaro’s private banking and tax records as part of an investigation into the attempted sale of some gifts the former president received when he was in office, O Globo newspaper reported.
Russia’s defense ministry vowed to retaliate after its air defenses shot down three missiles aimed at the Kerch Bridge that connects the Crimean peninsula to the Russian mainland. Ukraine hasn’t commented on the incident and the extent of any damage is unclear. The lengthy span was closed to traffic for a few hours, with multiple explosions reported in the area and images of billowing smoke shown on social media. Long lines of cars were backed up on either side of the bridge. Local officials urg
Rishi Sunak thought highlighting his efforts to stop the flow of migrants into Britain would rouse the government Conservative Party base and reinforce his political pitch around effective leadership. Instead, the prime minister has left voters unconvinced and both sides of his party unsatisfied.
Russian air defense shot down at least two missiles aimed at the Kerch Bridge that connects the Crimean peninsula to the Russian mainland, its defense ministry and local officials said. Ukraine hasn’t commented on the incident and the extent of any damage is unclear. The lengthy span has been closed to traffic on and off, with multiple explosions reported and images of billowing smoke shown on social media.
Ecuador, still grieving from the assassination of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio, is a week away from an election that investors are betting will result in a dose of stability in the Andean nation.
Pakistan’s political parties picked Senator Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar as caretaker prime minister, shifting responsibility to his government to follow through on pledges to the International Monetary Fund with general elections expected to be delayed.
Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu inspected “remote Arctic garrisons” of Russia’s Northern Fleet and surveyed an historic nuclear testing site on the Novaya Zemiya archipelago with Alexey Likhachev, head of the Russian nuclear agency Rosatom, the ministry said on Saturday. It’s unclear when the visit, footage of which was shown on Russian media, took place. Russia also announced it had sent a detachment of warships from the Northern Fleet to the Arctic zone, including the anti-submarine ship “Vice-
Move Forward Party, the surprise winner in Thailand’s May election, is in a quandary over whether to back or oppose a former ally’s candidate for prime minister after its own leader was rejected in his bids for the position.
Rishi Sunak thought highlighting his efforts to stop the flow of migrants into Britain would rouse the government Conservative Party base and reinforce his political pitch around effective leadership. Instead, the prime minister has left voters unconvinced and both sides of his party unsatisfied.
Chilean President Gabriel Boric’s confidant and Social Development Minister Giorgio Jackson resigned from his post amid a corruption probe, shaking the administration.
