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Brazil's Lula unveils social, green campaign priorities
Brazil's Lula unveils social, green campaign priorities
by  AFP

Brazil's leftist former leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who heads the presidential election race, announced Tuesday that his priorities in power would be social policies and protecting the Amazon. Polls show Brazil's far-right incumbent Jair Bolsonaro lagging behind Lula ahead of a two-round presidential election in October.

Italy's government hit by Five Star party split
Italy's government hit by Five Star party split
by  AFP

Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi's coalition government was rocked by fresh turmoil Tuesday after the largest party in parliament split, with the foreign minister starting a breakaway group. "Today I and so many others... are leaving the Five Star Movement," the foreign minister announced at a press conference.

Facebook agrees to safeguards in ad discrimination case
Facebook agrees to safeguards in ad discrimination case
by  AFP

Facebook owner Meta has agreed to change its ad targeting technology and pay $115,000 to settle US government allegations the social media giant allowed discrimination in who saw housing advertisements, authorities said Tuesday.

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