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Ex-president Jair Bolsonaro supporters storm Brazil’s top government offices

The rioters invaded & defaced the country's Congress, presidential palace and Supreme Court Sunday, in a grim echo of the US Capitol invasion 2 years ago by Donald Trump fans.

2022 was the year world turned against strongman politics. Bharat Jodo is India’s chance

From Brazil to the US to UK, this was the year mass democracies shifted the playbook of politics. India could be next in line to do that.

Luiz Lula beats President Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil elections, set to return for a 3rd term

In a closely-fought election, Leftist leader Lula bagged 50.9% of votes versus 49.1% for Far-right's Bolsonaro. The 77-year-old Lula's inauguration will take place on 1 Jan.

Neymar supports incumbent Bolsonaro to ‘evade tax debt’, says Brazil’s presidential challenger

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who was also the ex-president of Brazil, slammed the Paris Saint-Germain star for supporting his political rival and accused them of 'striking a deal'.

Brazilian President Bolsonaro outperforms 1st round polls, dashes Lula’s hopes of easy win

Several opinion surveys had shown the leftist Lula, who was president from 2003 to 2010, leading the far-right Bolsonaro by 10-15 percentage points ahead of Sunday's vote.

Former President Lula may win against incumbent Jair Bolsonaro, final polls show

A polarised election will decide who will return to power – the leftist who spent time in jail due to corruption charges or the right-winger who attacked the voting system.

Buy gas, get outrages free in Putin’s special sale & Boris Johnson launches ‘net zero’ oil rig

The best international cartoons of the week, chosen by editors at ThePrint.

A man from Kerala, Brazil’s Amazon rainforests & his 26-year fight to protect ‘Earth’s lungs’

Kottayam-born Shaji Thomas has been living in Brazil for 32 years. In this period, he took Brazilian citizenship and became the country's only Indian-origin lawyer to serve Amazonian communities.

When Brazil crossed 5 lakh Covid deaths, and Netanyahu’s ‘checkmate’ moment

The best international cartoons of the week, chosen by the editors at ThePrint.

Brazil hunts for vaccines as India’s Covid crisis slows deliveries globally

Pressure on President Jair Bolsonaro is mounting as lawmakers investigate his government’s response to a pandemic that’s taken the lives of nearly 400,000 Brazilians.

On Camera

Bodoland poll loss a wake-up call for Assam BJP. Zubeen’s death puts CM Sarma in a tight spot

Assam CM can’t celebrate that the Congress drew a blank in the Bodoland Territorial Council polls in 2010 as well as 2015, and bagged only one in 2020.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

Aerial warfare analyst Tom Cooper faults India’s military PR, says Pakistan does it better

In post on social media, Cooper narrated experience of MiG-21 researcher from Germany who wanted to attend aircraft’s farewell ceremony in India, and the roadblocks he faced. 

Something’s hidden in the Oval Office photo of Trump, Munir, Sharif. India must look closely

What Munir has achieved with Trump is a return to normal, ironing out the post-Abbottabad crease. The White House picture gives us insight into how Pakistan survives, occasionally thrives and thinks.