Argentina’s president Javier Milei accused Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of running a dishonest campaign and questioned whether Lula would accept Brazil’s presidential runoff result. Milei has backed Lula’s opponent, Senator Flávio Bolsonaro.
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Affected location: Brazil
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South African police reported arresting 92 suspected illegal miners at West Village in Krugersdorp during Operation Prosper/Karabo. The operation also recovered firearms, ammunition, mining equipment and explosives.
The Western Cape High Court authorized substituted service for the department’s main application concerning occupation of Knoflokskraal. The department said it would proceed with notifying affected parties.
Brazil’s electoral court gave Meta 24 hours to demonstrate that its algorithms and AI treat President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Senator Flávio Bolsonaro equally. The deadline expires Tuesday, five days before the runoff; failure to comply would double the daily fine to one million reais.
A New York federal judge vacated the 2023 judgment ordering Argentina to pay more than US$16 billion over YPF’s expropriation and closed the case at first instance. The case’s future depends on whether the US Supreme Court agrees to review it.
The source reports that Argentine President Javier Milei traveled to Madrid during the campaign for a snap general election. His agenda includes a meeting with Madrid regional president Isabel Díaz Ayuso, but none with Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez.
South Africa’s Department of Social Development warned against unregistered substance-abuse treatment centres after a suspected illegal facility was discovered in Waterval B, Siyabuswa. The report says residents were allegedly chained and children were reportedly present without appropriate safeguards.
