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Thursday, January 15, 2026
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Topic: Brazil

Months after he went missing, Brazilian actor’s body found buried in trunk under outhouse

44-yr-old Jefferson Machado, who lived in Rio de Janeiro, reportedly knew the tenant of the property where the body was found. The tenant is the prime suspect.

Lights turned off at Rio’s Christ The Redeemer in support of Brazilian soccer player Vinicius Jr

This comes after the Brazilian forward and Real Madrid player was racially abused during a Spanish league match on Sunday.

On Camera

Trump tariffs, import dependence are holding back America’s manufacturing renaissance

Better tax, regulatory, and monetary policy should indeed provide a tailwind for manufacturing, but the sector will probably continue to struggle.

Designed to oversee corn & crude futures, Wall Street regulator grapples with crypto, sports gambling

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is on the precipice of gaining new crypto oversight as lawmakers continue to negotiate major legislation.

The curious case of Pakistan’s JF-17 ‘orders’

Pakistan lacks capacity to deliver aircraft at pace suggested by its claimed contracts as it depends on China for avionics, electronic warfare, weapons, and on Russia for engines. 

Thank you Donald Trump, again. India now has reason to shed fear of trade deals and risky reform

UK, EFTA already in the bag and EU on the way, many members of RCEP except China signed up, and even restrictions on China being lifted, India has changed its mind on trade.