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Jair Bolsonaro’s populism is leading Brazil to disaster on.ft.com/2LXI5Zq
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Candidates loyal to imprisoned former prime minister Imran Khan have stormed to a shock lead in Pakistan’s election results count defying a military-backed campaign of arrests and harassment ft.com/content/35a6dd5b-2924…
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The first US-born leader of the Catholic church singled out the Tesla chief as an example of the kind of wealth he said was undermining 'the value of human life, of the family, of the value of society' on.ft.com/46bYi5C
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Israel kills famous Al Jazeera reporter in Gaza on.ft.com/3UTswFn
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Mexico’s retrograde path on the rule of law on.ft.com/4d1RZTC | opinion
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Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, the party of imprisoned former prime minister Imran Khan, is on track for a strong showing in early results in Pakistan’s election despite a military-backed crackdown ft.com/content/35a6dd5b-2924…
ALT Supporters of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, of former Pakistan's prime minister Imran Khan, hold party and Pakistani flags as they listen to speech of the party leader during a rally in Lahore on April 21, 2022. (Photo by Arif ALI / AFP) (Photo by ARIF ALI/AFP via Getty Images). Text on image reads: 'Imran Khan's party has made early gains as Pakistan's election results are delayed'
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Alexandre de Moraes said Brazil’s supreme court would not 'bend to cowardly and fruitless threats' and would carry out its constitutional mission. on.ft.com/4feIBig
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The judge behind the drive to bury Latin America’s biggest corruption probe on.ft.com/4edVjgc
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Mexico’s president calls for parts of US to be renamed ‘Mexican America’ on.ft.com/3W9zWp0
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Opinion: William Ruto is not the first leader whose polished international image fails to reflect his sinking domestic reputation. But he is a stark example of the difficulty of reconciling global obligations with domestic political realities on.ft.com/3Y1MCjE
ALT Opinion: Kenya’s populist president has misread the popular mood
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China’s J-10 ‘Dragon’ shows teeth in India-Pakistan combat debut on.ft.com/4jTjGSY
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Pakistan in power vacuum after Imran Khan defies election odds from jail on.ft.com/3SCu44X
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Pakistan’s election results have left the country in turmoil, with the success of those loyal to Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf dealing a historic blow to the military’s political influence ft.com/content/c84e0a06-6c38…
ALT Supporters of Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party protest against the alleged skewing in Pakistan's national election results, in Karachi on February 11, 2024. Pakistan police warned on February 11 they would come down hard on illegal gatherings after the party of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan urged supporters to protest against alleged rigging in last week's election. Photo credit: Asif HASSAN / AFP. Text on image reads 'As Imran Khan rises again in Pakistan, the country's election results have sparked turmoil'
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Argentina’s Javier Milei denounces UN’s ‘socialist’ agenda in speech on.ft.com/3XTBQeS
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Erdoğan’s main rival detained by Turkish police on.ft.com/3FB2Dpv
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Argentina’s economy exits recession in milestone for Milei on.ft.com/4gDaPTh
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Kenya’s populist president has misread the popular mood on.ft.com/3Sbzox2 | opinion
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Just in: Jeffrey Epstein said that Donald Trump 'spent hours at my house' with a woman later identified as a victim of sex trafficking, according to emails that raise fresh questions about the relationship between the late paedophile and the US president on.ft.com/3WRBHHy
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‘Pakistan’s most consequential election has altered the national political landscape.’
Rivals of the jailed former prime minister, Imran Khan, are grappling with the sharp backlash against military-backed, family-run parties.
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Will Pakistan’s military regret turning on Imran Khan? on.ft.com/3Uxzf8T
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Breaking news: Brazil’s former leader Jair Bolsonaro has been formally charged with leading a coup plot intended to keep him in power after losing the 2022 election to President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.
on.ft.com/4i3Nz1x
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Tesla’s sales plummet across Europe on.ft.com/4hrs7nf
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Much of the work to dismantle the results of Brazil's Car Wash corruption probe — which recovered billions of dollars from companies involved — has been at the hands of the country's Supreme Court and, in particular, Justice José Antonio Dias Toffoli. on.ft.com/3XcLCbP
ALT The judge behind the drive to bury Latin America’s biggest corruption probe
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Poland must look at acquiring nuclear weapons, says Donald Tusk on.ft.com/3DAsMnA
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Opinion from the FT's Editorial Board: 'The US and European countries that tout Israel as an ally that shares their values have issued barely a word of condemnation. They should be ashamed of their silence, and stop enabling Netanyahu to act with impunity.' ft.com/content/f5fd6f8d-06a7…
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Brazil supreme court overturns ‘Car Wash’ corruption convictions on.ft.com/4dQWUZ9
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The west’s shameful silence on Gaza on.ft.com/3Z2yQge | opinion
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Imran Khan’s allies accuse Pakistan officials of vote rigging on.ft.com/49yJiPz
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ICC issues arrest warrant for Israeli premier Netanyahu on.ft.com/3ZkDxTq
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Robert Shrimsley: 'The world has a new and heroic freedom fighter. De Gaulle, Gandhi, Mandela and now Puigdemont' on.ft.com/2yrDjii
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A flawed vote in Pakistan on.ft.com/3SX8mdv | opinion
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Brazil’s supreme court orders probe of anti-corruption organisation on.ft.com/42pMEC1
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Breaking news: Saudi Arabia has signed a 'strategic mutual defence' pact with Pakistan, signalling to the US and Israel that the kingdom is willing to diversify its security alliances as it looks to bolster its deterrence. on.ft.com/4mFGjep
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The new figure is a warning sign for the libertarian president and his government's austerity programme, as his popularity begins to falter. on.ft.com/4ekEEXZ
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Pakistan’s election results are a rare repudiation of the powerful army’s long-running manipulation of elections in Pakistan, with voters recoiling at the increasingly overt attempts to crush Imran Khan’s party on.ft.com/487P8pS
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Peter Obi’s ‘Obidient’ movement shakes up Nigerian presidential race on.ft.com/3MHj5nq
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Brazil threatens to regulate social media after clash with Elon Musk on.ft.com/49wFgqi
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Breaking news: Brazil’s supreme court has voted to convict former president Jair Bolsonaro for plotting a coup d’état, finding that the hard-right populist and Donald Trump ally sought to illegally remain in power after losing a 2022 election. on.ft.com/3KgcVNY
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Opinion: Donald Trump will never win the Nobel Peace prize. But he should be a strong contender for the Charlemagne prize — which is awarded each year to the person who has made the greatest contribution to European unity. on.ft.com/4iD9IUE
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Breaking news: María Corina Machado has been awarded the prize for ‘keeping the flame of democracy burning amidst a growing darkness’ . The win dashes the hopes of US President Donald Trump. on.ft.com/4nGB13l
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Pakistan election results delayed after mobile phone service blackout on.ft.com/3SQ8Hia
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Israeli soldiers killed several Palestinians in northern Gaza on Tuesday, a day after US President Donald Trump touted the end of the war in the coastal enclave. on.ft.com/3KTW6c2
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A new political storm has erupted for Javier Milei’s government, after one of its top candidates for upcoming midterm elections admitted receiving $200,000 from a businessman under investigation for drug trafficking. on.ft.com/4o2N370
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Mexico’s leftist president is pushing to completely reshape the judiciary in his final weeks in office, replacing all federal judges, including those on the supreme court. It is an overhaul that threatens judicial independence on.ft.com/4dvoI4P
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Rich in resources, the world’s largest non-continental island may have only 57,000 inhabitants but it has an outsized role in security matters. Here's why Donald Trump wants Greenland: on.ft.com/4gNOJ0S
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The Kenyan president’s tax-raising efforts have ignited a social movement that should be a warning to other fiscally constrained governments.
We explain why Kenyan citizens are rejecting austerity measures: ft.com/content/3a3d7388-96eb…
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Israeli campaign in Gaza meets definition of genocide, say scholars on.ft.com/3HY1f1L
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Germany’s election winner pledges ‘independence from US’ on.ft.com/3XaF1xZ
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As Imran Khan languishes in a Pakistani jail, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party is turning to unconventional methods including artificial intelligence and rallies on TikTok to mobilise millions of supporters ahead of next week’s general election on.ft.com/3umLyKA
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Russian missiles hit children’s cancer hospital in Kyiv on.ft.com/3WaN4uq
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People briefed on the matter said the billionaire believed 'western civilisation' was under threat, and that he was interested in building support for parties such as Reform UK to force a change. on.ft.com/4fLLoy1
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Brazil’s ruling Workers’ party seeks to gag central bank chief on.ft.com/3Lbm9Zr
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A fork in the road for Tesla on.ft.com/3WrHvYo
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Record number of Americans apply for UK citizenship on.ft.com/4ilkFdj
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Argentine President Javier Milei’s La Libertad Avanza party has won victory in national legislative elections, according to partial official results, giving its free-market reform drive fresh impetus after a financial market crisis threatened to derail it on.ft.com/3L6xPjf
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The US is now the enemy of the west on.ft.com/3QwxEgD
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Chile’s rejection of populism is an example for the world on.ft.com/3wTdiog | opinion
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Gaza’s children don’t deserve to starve on.ft.com/436sOhd | opinion
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Lula nominates personal lawyer to Brazil’s supreme court on.ft.com/43gBBuE
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When Javier Milei took office, he told Argentines: 'This is the last bitter pill we have to swallow before starting to rebuild Argentina.' Two years on, many are still waiting for the medicine to kick in on.ft.com/4o5pnia
ALT The Government House of Buenos Aires Province in La Plata with a large Argentine flag flying in front, and two people walking past in the foreground.
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Israel kills several Palestinians in Gaza strikes on.ft.com/4nLB3XH
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The detention of Ekrem İmamoğlu has sent the Turkish currency and markets tumbling. The move marks an intensifying crackdown on the country’s opposition party ahead of the 2028 elections on.ft.com/4kB83Rq
ALT Ekrem İmamoğlu speaks at a rally with a large Turkish flag in the background. Headline text reads: ‘Turkish police have detained Erdoğan’s main political rival.’
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Inauguration crowd size estimates are in:
-Trump 2017: 250,000
-Obama 2013: 1,000,000
-Obama 2009: 1,800,000
on.ft.com/2j3Otk8
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Spanish PM Sánchez called to testify over graft allegations against wife on.ft.com/3YfzJ5I
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President Javier Milei’s sweeping austerity and deregulation measures have rapidly stabilised Argentina’s economy, but economists point out that growth has plateaued in recent months on.ft.com/4n5y0dg
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The action against justice Alexandre De Moraes marks a significant escalation in the US president’s campaign against Brazil’s democratically elected leftwing government and the nation’s top court. on.ft.com/4l1pc5B
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It’s in Europe’s interest to put sanctions on Israel on.ft.com/4kPOxA6 | opinion
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Germany willing to send Taurus missiles to Ukraine, says Merz on.ft.com/4cw3ynp
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Breaking: Donald Trump has privately encouraged Ukraine to step up deep strikes on Russian territory, even asking Volodymyr Zelenskyy whether he could strike Moscow if the US provided long-range weapons, according to people briefed on the discussions. on.ft.com/4kBEjCE
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Breaking news: The US is on track to grow at double the rate of any other G7 country this year, according to IMF forecasts. on.ft.com/49GI3x8
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Four of the world’s five richest men were placed more prominently than members of his own cabinet, with some of their spouses occupying seats at the expense of governors and members of congress. on.ft.com/3Wq2zhX
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Prosecutors charged the tycoon over an alleged years-long scheme to bribe Indian officials in exchange for billions of dollars’ worth of solar power contracts and concealing such payments from US banks and investors on.ft.com/4eB4Cpv
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Milei told a Davos audience that western leaders had been 'co-opted by a vision of the world that inexorably leads to socialism, and therefore to poverty', and criticised 'radical feminism' and a 'cruel . . . environmental agenda' on.ft.com/4b4tZjd
ALT Javier Milei delivers a speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos. A quote from him reads: 'The western world is in danger'
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Dame Sarah Mullally has been named the 106th Archbishop of Canterbury, becoming the first woman to hold the Church of England’s most senior clerical position. on.ft.com/4317RUa
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New pope breaks with Francis to support Kyiv and ceasefire push on.ft.com/3Sv51kL
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Brazil’s supreme court orders house arrest of Jair Bolsonaro on.ft.com/4okWLCL
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After imprisoned former prime minister Imran Khan shocked observers at Pakistan’s election, the new coalition government now faces high debt, low growth, raging inflation and lacks a public mandate ft.com/content/fbdf57c2-cce4…
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Israel has killed at least 20 people, including several journalists, in a double strike on Nasser Medical Complex, the largest health facility in southern Gaza, according to the health ministry in the Palestinian enclave. on.ft.com/4oSXFqi
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The election’s outcome ultimately makes the country even less governable. The coalition will struggle for legitimacy, the FT editorial board writes on.ft.com/3UFxeYk
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Brazil’s Lula ‘persona non grata’ in Israel as Gaza war angers developing world on.ft.com/3SKLa0R
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BTS and the birth of K-pop art on.ft.com/36qqroS
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Argentina’s health minister fired in ‘VIP vaccines’ scandal on.ft.com/37sn4kw
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Can people be fooled into thinking authoritarianism is better than democracy? Here is what award-winning novelist Margaret Atwood has to say:
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Sweden to expand arms and space capabilities without US on.ft.com/3Flz5fs
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Just in: Florida-based Unusual Machines, a little-known drone company backed by Donald Trump Jr, said the US army had contracted it to manufacture 3,500 drone motors, alongside various other drone parts. on.ft.com/3Ls4H5Z
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China exports jump 8% in April despite tariffs on.ft.com/43dzvwL
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Trump to unveil $100bn AI infrastructure investment on.ft.com/3E1G8sV
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A file seen by the FT outlines a confidential plan by Brussels to shut off all EU funding to Budapest in order to spark a run on Hungary's currency and drive a collapse in investor confidence on.ft.com/3UibqSH
ALT Close-up of Victor Orbán with EU flags in background. Overlaid text reads: FT Exclusive - The EU plans to sabotage Hungary’s economy if Viktor Orbán vetoes Ukraine aid
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Israeli forces kill 5 journalists in Gaza on.ft.com/41m8oPU
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Canada-US relationship is ‘over’, says Carney on.ft.com/3FUrcxG
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Breaking news: TikTok told its 170mn US users on Saturday that it will no longer be available ‘temporarily’ on.ft.com/3WoMfOC
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'Pakistan has very successfully understood how to engage with such an unconventional president.' on.ft.com/4ot1H8r
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Breaking news: The European Commission is issuing burner phones and basic laptops to some US-bound staff to avoid the risk of espionage — a measure traditionally reserved for trips to China on.ft.com/43Owwgd
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In his debut speech to the UN General Assembly, the libertarian leader called on countries to instead join his 'freedom agenda'. on.ft.com/3Blg232
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Breaking news: Donald Trump’s statement in a Truth Social post on Wednesday comes as the new US president tries to ratchet up the pressure on Moscow to launch negotiations with Ukraine. on.ft.com/3WvdC9E
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Regions with the biggest votes for Leave are also the most economically dependent on the EU on.ft.com/28V7FO6
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Hungary loses EU funds as economic slump deepens on.ft.com/4gXj2lC
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Confiscating assets of foreign states in response to an unjust war has been normal practice throughout history.
Russia’s blatant violations of international laws require a response, and investors should be comforted that rules are enforced
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Argentina’s Javier Milei says west ‘in danger’ in fiery Davos speech on.ft.com/48AAKY5
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Colombia halts coal exports to Israel in protest against war in Gaza on.ft.com/4ei4eNZ
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