Bloomberg A retired general who has pledged unwavering support for Ukraine won the first round of the Czech presidential election, advancing to the run-off against a billionaire ex-premier known for spats with the European Union. Petr Pavel, the former top general in Nato, won by a razor-thin margin with 35.4% of the vote, according to results by the Statistics …

  Bloomberg Brazilian authorities are increasing the pressure on Jair Bolsonaro with a probe into the former president’s role in riots that upended the nation’s capital on Jan. 8 and the arrest of his Justice Minister Anderson Torres by federal police. Torres was arrested on Saturday after arriving in Brasilia following a vacation in the US. The former minister, whose …

  Bloomberg Wells Fargo & Co. posted higher-than-expected fourth-quarter expenses, even after the firm warned of a hefty loss tied to a regulatory sanction last month. The firm spent $16.2 billion in the last three months of 2022, according to a statement, exceeding analyst estimates. That included $3.3 billion in operating losses after Wells Fargo said last month it would …