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Brazil front-runner says he’ll only accept election results if he wins

Bloomberg Brazil’s leading presidential candidate, far-right former army captain Jair Bolsonaro, said that he wouldn’t accept an election result that doesn’t grant him victory. Speaking in a live televised interview on TV Band from his hospital room, where he is recovering after a knife attack, Bolsonaro was asked how he thought the military would react if Fernando Haddad, the leftist ...

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Lula’s jailhouse interview blocked by Brazil’s judge

Bloomberg A Brazilian Supreme Court judge has suspended a decision that allowed a newspaper to interview former head of state Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who yields tremendous influence over upcoming presidential elections despite being in prison. Luiz Fux’s ruling issued late Friday blocks a previous injunction from fellow Supreme Court Judge Ricardo Lewandowski that permitted Folha de S. Paulo ...

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Breach affected about 50mn accounts, says Facebook

Bloomberg Facebook Inc. said it discovered a security breach earlier this week that affected almost 50 million accounts the latest in a series of missteps that are undermining confidence in the company’s social network and business model. The social-media network said in a statement that it has fixed the breach, which allowed hackers to take over people’s accounts. Law enforcement ...

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