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Putin’s Ukraine invasion forces Biden to rewrite American security plan

Bloomberg Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has prompted a major rewrite of the Biden administration’s National Security Strategy, according to people familiar with the matter. Early versions of the text, which is still being finalised, show how the administration’s priorities are shifting in response to Putin’s war in Ukraine and the burgeoning partnership between Beijing and Moscow. The ...

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Estonian PM ends coalition after infighting

Bloomberg Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas ended her 16-month governing coalition after weeks of political squabbling, saying she’ll seek to form a new alliance as the Baltic nation confronts its biggest security threat in decades. “There needs to be a functioning government that has shared values,” Kallas, the 44-year-old leader whose popularity has soared with her hard line on Russian ...

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Brazil’s Lula seeks growth with fiscal responsibility

Bloomberg Brazil’s Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva plans to boost growth with a campaign against hunger and a program of government-led investments if elected president, all of that without jeopardising fiscal accounts, according to one of his closest aides. Alexandre Padilha, one of Lula’s many representatives in talks with financial markets ahead of the October vote, says that investors need ...

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