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BRASILIA - Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro was taken from house arrest into police custody on Saturday to prevent him from escaping as he appeals a conviction for a failed coup attempt, the Supreme Court said. [1]

BRASíLIA — Brazil's Supreme Court will on Tuesday start passing judgment in the coup-plotting trial of former president Jair Bolsonaro, a case that has put the Latin American powerhouse in US President Donald Trump's sights. (confirmed by 2 sources) [2]

BRASíLIA — Brazil's far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro is running out of options to avoid prison, after judges on Friday rejected his appeal against a 27-year sentence for a botched coup bid. [3]

BRASíLIA - Brazil's Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro to begin serving a 27-year sentence for plotting a failed coup, after he exhausted all appeals. [4]

A federal court and Brazil’s environmental agency ordered the Belo Monte hydropower plant to revise the Xingu River’s water-sharing plan, a decade after its debut, but a legal stay blocks enforcement of the ruling. [5]

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[1] TH bangkokpost.com · 2023-07-03 · 100% match

Police take Bolsonaro into custody due to flight risk

BRASILIA - Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro was taken from house arrest into police custody on Saturday to prevent him from escaping as he appeals a conviction for a failed coup attempt, the Supreme Court said.

[2] TH bangkokpost.com · 2023-07-03 · 100% match

Bolsonaro verdict looms as Brazil coup trial closes

BRASíLIA — Brazil's Supreme Court will on Tuesday start passing judgment in the coup-plotting trial of former president Jair Bolsonaro, a case that has put the Latin American powerhouse in US President Donald Trump's sights.

[3] TH bangkokpost.com · 2023-07-03 · 100% match

Prison looms for Brazil's Bolsonaro after court rejects his appeal

BRASíLIA — Brazil's far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro is running out of options to avoid prison, after judges on Friday rejected his appeal against a 27-year sentence for a botched coup bid.

[4] TH bangkokpost.com · 2023-07-03 · 100% match

Brazil's Bolsonaro begins 27-year jail term for coup bid

BRASíLIA - Brazil's Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered far-right former president Jair Bolsonaro to begin serving a 27-year sentence for plotting a failed coup, after he exhausted all appeals.

[5] MM news.mongabay.com · 2026-03-19 · 100% match

Contested Amazon dam called to review water flow as river ecosystem fails

A federal court and Brazil’s environmental agency ordered the Belo Monte hydropower plant to revise the Xingu River’s water-sharing plan, a decade after its debut, but a legal stay blocks enforcement of the ruling.

[6] MM www.irrawaddy.com · 2020-07-10 · 100% match

Mired in Inequality and Laid Low by the Virus, the US Offers Little to Emulate

America today is no longer a source of inspiration to the world, with recent events having exposed the gaping flaws in its democracy.

[7] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2025-09-09 · 97% match

BRICS leaders denounce protectionism, tariff ‘blackmail’

AFP Leaders of the 11-member BRICS bloc railed against economic protectionism and “tariff blackmail” during a virtual meeting Monday held amid a damaging trade war with US President Donald Trump.

[8] TH asia.nikkei.com · 2020-05-23 · 97% match

Coronavirus: Week of May 17 to May 23, China reports zero new cases

The Nikkei Asian Review is tracking the spread of the new coronavirus that originated in the central Chinese city of Wuhan. Follow the latest updates. Global cases have reached 5,101,400, according to Johns Hopkins University.

[9] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2025-08-10 · 97% match

US partners seek relief as Trump tariffs upend global trade

AFP President Donald Trump’s steeper global tariffs came into effect Thursday, leaving dozens of US partners scrambling to secure relief from soaring levies that are rewriting global trade practice.

[10] MM eng.mizzima.com · 2025-08-08 · 97% match

Higher US tariffs kick in for dozens of trading partners including Myanmar

AFP The United States began charging higher tariffs on goods from dozens of trading partners Thursday, in a major escalation of President Donald Trump’s drive to reshape global commerce in America’s favor.

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