15 hours ago Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro charged with plotting coup d’état

Police accuse 37 people of crimes including conspiracy and trying to tear down one of world’s largest democraciesThe former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro and some of his closest allies are among dozens of people formally accused by federal police of being part of a criminal conspiracy designed to obliterate Brazil’s democratic system through a rightwing coup d’état.Federal police confirmed on Thursday that investigators had concluded their long-running investigation into what they called a coordinated attempt to “violently dismantle the constitutional state”. Continue reading...

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19 hours ago Who is Gautam Adani, the Indian billionaire charged in the US over bribery plot?

Adani, widely regarded as one of the wealthiest and most powerful men in India, has close ties to Modi’s government• Billionaire Gautam Adani charged in US over alleged $250m bribery plotGautam Adani is widely regarded as one of the most powerful men in India, as well as one of the wealthiest. Born in the western state of Gujarat, one of eight children whose father was a low level textile trader, Adani is seen as a self-made industrialist. At its peak in 2022, Adani’s personal net worth touched $127bn (£100bn).His first venture into business was trading in the diamond industry in Mumbai, where he made hist first million rupees. In the 1980s, he returned to Gujarat to help with his brother’s plastic business and gradually widened to importing metals, agricultural materials and textiles. ...

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25 hours ago Man charged with planning attack on New York Stock Exchange in alleged plot to 'reboot' American government

Harun Abdul-Malik Yener, from Coral Springs, was apprehended on Wednesday after an FBI investigation

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31 hours ago Florida man accused of plotting to blow up New York Stock Exchange, FBI says

Alleged plotter sought to attack stock exchange to ‘reboot’ U.S. government

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33 hours ago The FBI arrested a man who's been charged with planning an attack on the New York Stock Exchange

According to the FBI, a Florida man has been arrested and charged in a plot to bomb the New York Stock Exchange this week

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