PARIS (Reuters) -The investigation into Telegram boss Pavel Durov that has fired a warning shot to global tech titans was started by a small cybercrime unit within the Paris prosecutor's office, led by 38-year-old Johanna Brousse.
PARIS (Reuters) -Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally (RN) party scored historic gains to win the first round of France's parliamentary election on Sunday, exit polls showed, but the final result will depend on days of horsetrading before next week's run-off.
BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazilian President-elect Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's short-lived honeymoon with the markets appeared to have ended on Thursday, as investors grew impatient with his desire to boost social spending without establishing long-term fiscal rules or naming his top economic policymakers.
SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Brazil's electoral authority on Monday said there was no deal for the military to conduct a parallel vote count during October's election, while a military source also said there was no plan for a count that President Jair Bolsonaro has pushed for.
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) -Brazil's Jair Bolsonaro and his leftist rival Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Monday buckled up for four more weeks of intense campaigning in the deeply divided nation, as the president's unexpectedly strong showing set up a tight Oct. 30 runoff vote.
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) -Armed robbers hit several banks in a small Brazilian city on Monday, using locals as human shields, leaving a trail of explosive devices and shooting at police in an assault that killed at least three people, a senior state security official said.
SAO PAULO (Reuters) -Sao Paulo state Governor Joao Doria will seek to win his PSDB party nomination for the Brazilian presidency in an October primary, he told Reuters in an interview on Tuesday, trying to unseat President Jair Bolsonaro in next year's election.