Brazil’s former president arrested and ordered to begin prison sentence

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Fernando Collor, who led the country from 1990 to 1992, was sentenced in 2023 after being convicted for corruption

Brazil’s former president, Fernando Collor, has been arrested early and ordered to begin serving a prison sentence stemming from his 2023 conviction for corruption.

Collor was convicted of receiving 20m reais ($3.5m) to facilitate contracts between BR Distribuidora, a fuel distributor formerly controlled by the state-owned oil company Petrobras, and construction firm UTC Engenharia for the construction of fuel distribution bases. In return, he offered political support for the appointment of executives at BR Distribuidora when it was still state-owned.

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Xi announces plan for Chinese economy to counter impact of US trade war

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Beijing will ‘strengthen bottom-line thinking’ as reports say it could drop tariffs on some US products

Xi Jinping has announced a plan to counter China’s continuing economic problems and the impact of the US trade war, as reports swirl that it could drop tariffs on some US products, including semiconductors.

Friday’s meeting of the politburo was convened to discuss China’s economy, which since the pandemic has faced difficulties fuelled by a housing sector crisis, youth unemployment and Donald Trump’s tariffs on all Chinese imports to the US.

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Han Kang Nobel prize lecture book sells 10,000 copies in first day online in South Korea

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Korean retailers report strong sales for Light and Thread, featuring speeches, essays and poems by novelist

A book featuring Han Kang’s Nobel prize lecture sold 10,000 copies in its first day on sale online.

Light and Thread, which takes its title from Han’s December lecture, is her first book to be published in South Korea since she was announced as the winner of the Nobel prize in literature last October.

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Senior Russian Officer Killed in Car Explosion Near Moscow – The New York Times

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  1. Senior Russian Officer Killed in Car Explosion Near Moscow  The New York Times
  2. Senior Russian general killed in car blast just outside Moscow  CNN
  3. Ukraine war live: Russian general killed in car bomb as Trump envoy meets Putin in Moscow for Ukraine peace talks  BBC
  4. Top Russian general killed in Moscow as U.S. envoy arrives for talks  The Washington Post
  5. Russian general killed in Moscow car blast on day of Trump envoy visit  The Guardian
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Vatican asks visitors not to take selfies with late pope – CNN

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  1. Vatican asks visitors not to take selfies with late pope  CNN
  2. Smartphones are destroying our sense of common decency  The Telegraph
  3. Selfies With Pope Francis' Body Spark Fury: 'So Many People'  Newsweek
  4. Fury at 'disrespectful' mourners taking selfies with the Pope's corpse as the faithful queue for eight hours t  Daily Mail
  5. Outrage as mourners take selfies with Pope Francis’ open casket  The Independent
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