North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has arrived in Beijing by train on Tuesday to attend a military parade with his Chinese and Russian counterparts, North Korea’s state media reported. The event could potentially demonstrate three-way unity against the United States. Kim and Russian President Vladimir Putin are among the 26 world leaders who’ll join Chinese President Xi Jinping to watch Wednesday’s massive military parade in Beijing that commemorates the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II and China’s fight against Japan’s wartime aggressions. FRANCE 24’s Jan Camenzind Broomby has more from the region.
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Kim Jing Un travels to Beijing to attend a massive military parade
Forget blueberries, this new superfood could slash cholesterol
A new variety of red berry grapes marketed as Boombites are about to help revolutionise our snacking. They are black outside and deep red inside — and it’s this that accounts for their health-boosting nutritional profile.
Their colour is down to high levels of anthocyanins, the powerful antioxidant which also makes blueberries blue and which gives them their superfood status. But the new red berry grapes not only have antioxidant levels on a par with blueberries, they are also rich in resveratrol – another health-enhancing anti-inflammatory antioxidant.
Resveratrol is thought to explain what’s known as the ‘French paradox’ – the fact that France has very low rates of heart disease despite the population’s diet being laden with saturated fats and often washed down with wine.
The new Boombites were created by crossing old varieties of wine grapes, which have red flesh and high levels of resveratrol, with some of the world’s tastiest varieties of the fruit. It took thousands of different combinations of small and soft wine grapes with large, sweet, and crunchy seedless table grapes to create the red berry version.
The cross-breeding process involves removing the male part from the flowers of one parent plant before they have a chance to produce pollen, and then using a fine brush to transfer pollen from the other parent plant. It’s so painstaking that Bloom Fresh, the agricultural innovators behind the new grapes, often employ people who worked as embroiderers
to carry out this specialist pollination process. Once they’re pollinated, the immature bunches are then covered to prevent airborne pollen from any other grape variety disrupting the process.
The same technique is being used to develop fruit and vegetable varieties with increased resistance to pests and climate change as well as even healthier varieties of fruit and vegetables. Tests by researchers at the Spanish University of Murcia showed the new Boombites have three times more resveratrol than blueberries and comparable levels of antioxidants.
Dietitian Nichola Ludlam-Raine a member of the Red Berry Grape Advisory Board – an expert panel set up to explore the science and health benefits of grapes and new varieties — says: “Blueberries are widely recognised as a superfruit thanks to their high antioxidant levels, and regular consumption is linked with a reduced risk of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes, so it’s great that now we also have a red berry grape variety that’s naturally sweet and crunchy, offering comparable levels of antioxidants and an impressive amount of resveratrol, providing another delicious option for supporting health.”
The Murcia researchers also found the grapes hit a surprising metabolic sweet spot. Despite having similar amounts of natural fruit sugars, they showed much lower glucose uptakes than standard varieties. Dr Nisa Aslam, a GP on the Red Berry Grape Advisory Board, says: “This means that while new red berry grapes are sweet to taste, the combination of phenols they contain alters the way that these sugars are transported and absorbed in the gut.
“This may have major implications for weight control, insulin response and dietary advice around fruit consumption, with consumers restricting intakes of fruits rich in antioxidants because of concerns about sugar.”
New consumer research confirms 60% of adults have tried to cut back on sugar and another 10% know they should. Around seven in 10 also considered monitoring the glycemic index, or GI, of the foods they eat so they can gauge how rapidly sugars go into their bloodstream.
Dr Aslam adds: “Glucose metabolism is also closely linked to the cardiovascular system and some experts believe it should be recognised as an independent risk factor for heart diseases and the circulatory system.”
This metabolic edge is thought to stem from the new red berry grapes having such high levels of antioxidant polyphenols coupled with fibre and other nutrients. The total package is known as the ‘food matrix’, a concept now an increasingly hot topic among scientists looking at diet and health.
Nichola explains: “The food matrix is simply the physical structure of the foods we eat, how this influences the way we absorb different nutrients – and how this can be altered when food is processed rather than eaten in its natural form.
“For instance, we absorb more calories from ground or chopped nuts as we do from eating the same quantity of whole nuts.”
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BOOST FOR HEART HEALTH
Antioxidants are associated with a wide range of health benefits, but studies suggest polyphenols – such as the anthocyanins which give the new grapes their distinctive red flesh – are particularly important. Population studies show eating a diet packed with polyphenols reduces the risk of cardiovascular (CVD) disease – which affects 7.6 million people here – by 46%.
This is thought to be due to multiple benefits including reduced oxidative stress and inflammation and improvements in blood cholesterol, clotting and endothelial function, the term used to describe the elasticity of blood vessels. Anthocyanins, the polyphenols which give blueberries, acai berries and goji berries their deep purple colour and superfruit status, have proven cardioprotective properties.
They could prevent CVDs through their lipid-lowering and anti-inflammatory properties. A study in the Frontiers in Nutrition journal concluded eating anthocyanin-rich berries regularly “could prevent cardiovascular diseases through their lipid-lowering and anti-inflammatory properties”.
Resveratrol is the antioxidant thought to explain health benefits associated with red wine, and is also found in fruits including grapes and blueberries. A super study combining 13 trials involving more than 209,000 people, showed wine drinkers had a 32% reduction in the risk of heart disease and stroke, compared to non-drinkers.
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How Generative AI Is Completely Reshaping Education
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own.
This is the second installment in the “1,000 Days of AI” series. As an AI keynote speaker and strategic advisor on AI university strategy, I’ve seen firsthand how generative AI is transforming education — and why aligning with the future of learning is now a leadership imperative.
I’m starting with education, not because it was the most disrupted, but because it was the first to show us what disruption actually looks like in real time.
Why start here?
Education is upstream to everything. Every future engineer, policymaker, manager and founder is shaped by what happens in a classroom, a lecture hall or a late-night interaction with a search engine. When generative AI arrived, education didn’t have the luxury to wait. It was forced to adapt on the fly.
ChatGPT didn’t quietly enter higher education. It detonated. Assignments unraveled. Grading frameworks collapsed. Students accessed polished answers in seconds. Faculty were blindsided. Institutional responses were reactive, inconsistent and exposed deep fractures in how learning was being defined and delivered.
The idea that education meant memorization and regurgitation cracked almost overnight.
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AI in education didn’t break higher ed — It exposed the disconnect
Long before AI, colleges were already straining under somewhat outdated models — rigid lectures, static syllabi, compliance-heavy assessments and a widening chasm between classroom instruction and workforce reality. Students were evolving faster than the systems designed to serve them.
Generative AI made that gap impossible to ignore. Within months of its release, a majority of students admitted to using ChatGPT or similar tools for coursework. Meanwhile, most college presidents acknowledged they had no formal AI policy in place. The dissonance was loud, and it created not just urgency, but opportunity.
In the past year, I’ve partnered with some of the largest education systems in the world to help develop their AI strategies. We co-developed governance frameworks, launched executive working groups, crafted responsible use guidelines and trained thousands of faculty across campuses. The goal wasn’t just to respond; it was to lead.
At the same time, I’ve worked with community colleges — the frontline of workforce development. These institutions feel disruption first and move fastest. I’ve helped their leaders connect generative AI to student outcomes, integrate tools into classroom experimentation and align innovation with workforce readiness and equity.
Whether it’s a flagship university or a high-impact college, the principle is the same: Strategy must align with people, culture and mission. The institutions making the biggest strides aren’t the ones with perfect AI plans. They’re the ones willing to move while others wait. This momentum is powered by intrapreneurship on the inside, and increasingly, by student-driven entrepreneurship on the outside.
Students are becoming entrepreneurs
Students aren’t waiting for permission; they’re reinventing how learning works. They adapt quickly, embrace emerging technologies and experiment boldly. Some might call it cheating. I’d call it testing the system.
Today’s students no longer see education as a linear path to a degree. They see it as a launchpad for ideas.
They’re using not just ChatGPT, but a full arsenal of AI tools — Perplexity, Gemini, Claude and more — to write business plans, generate branding, build MVPs and pressure-test real-world ideas. In fact, some aren’t just using tools; they’re creating their own. They’re not waiting to be taught. They’re teaching themselves how to build, launch and iterate.
And yes, some of it is used for shortcuts. For cutting corners. For getting around assignments. Academic integrity is a real issue and one that institutions must address. But it’s also a signal that the system itself needs to evolve. These students are not just bypassing rules — they’re stress-testing the relevance of education as it exists today. And this is where intrapreneurs inside the system become critical to bridging the gap.
Related: Why We Shouldn’t Fear AI in Education (and How to Use It Effectively)
Intrapreneurs are moving institutions forward
We all know that innovation rarely happens in the corner offices. The most powerful change isn’t coming from executive memos. It’s coming from the ground up.
I’ve seen faculty members redesign assessments to include AI. Academic advisors build GPT-powered chatbots for student support. Department chairs test automated grading workflows while central IT is still writing policy. These are intrapreneurs — internal innovators leading with agility.
My work has always been to help them scale and to get out of their way. Real transformation happens when governance, incentives and innovation align — and when execution is taken seriously.
What institutions are doing that works
Here are five moves I’ve seen deliver the greatest impact across leadership, faculty and students alike.
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Accept that change is inevitable: Ignoring, shaming or regulating innovation won’t stop it. Institutions must choose to engage with change, not resist it.
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Acknowledge that learning is now co-created: In many cases, students are more fluent in new tools than faculty. It may feel awkward — but that discomfort is the birthplace of co-creation and collaborative innovation.
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Support intrapreneurship and entrepreneurship: Encourage faculty and staff to experiment internally while also supporting students who are launching startups or prototyping ideas using AI.
Institutions that move now are defining the next decade of learning. That doesn’t mean ignoring issues of academic integrity or the risks of cognitive offloading — we don’t know what we don’t know. But that uncertainty should inform us, not paralyze us.
The institutions that will thrive in the next 1,000 days aren’t those with the most tech. They’re the ones that create space to adapt, listen and lead from every level — through both intrapreneurship and entrepreneurship.
Leadership is no longer a title; it’s a posture. Every instructor redesigning a course, every student experimenting with AI, every staffer who builds a better workflow is shaping the future of education.
According to the World Economic Forum, over 40% of core job skills will shift in the next five years. That’s not a prediction — it’s a mandate.
The only way forward is to build systems that learn as fast as the people in them. Presidents and provosts can provide vision, but it’s intrapreneurs who will make it real. Transformation won’t be dictated from above. It will be powered from within.
AI is not the end. It’s the beginning of a new way of learning and a new kind of leadership.
Coming next in the “1,000 Days of AI” series: Higher education wasn’t ready for AI, but students forced the conversation. K-12 is even more essential because critical thinking, ethical reasoning and digital fluency must begin long before college.
This story originally appeared on Entrepreneur
Trump family’s World Liberty tokens fall in trading debut
The digital tokens backing the Trump family’s cryptocurrency venture, World Liberty Financial, fell in value on Monday in their first day of trading.
The World Liberty tokens, known as $WLFI, were sold to investors after the Trump family and its business partners last year launched the venture, a decentralized finance platform that has also issued a stablecoin.
Investors in the tokens voted in July to make them tradable, paving the way for their sale and purchase – and potentially boosting the value of the president’s holdings of them.
Early investors can sell up to 20% of their holdings, World Liberty has said.
The tokens initially traded above $0.30 in their Monday debut but later fell in price. They were down about 12% at $0.246 as of 2:40 p.m. ET, according to CoinGecko data.
That gave the token a total market capitalization of just below $7 billion, making WLFI the 31st largest crypto token in circulation, CoinGecko data showed.
Several of the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchanges, including Binance, OKX and Bybit, are offering the tokens on their platforms.
Since World Liberty’s launch last year, the Trump family has made around $500 million from the project, according to Reuters calculations based on the company’s terms and conditions, transactions traced by crypto analysis firms, and publicly disclosed deals.
The tokens were not made tradable at their initial sale. Instead, they gave holders the right to vote on some changes to the business, such as its underlying code. Early investors have said the primary draw of $WLFI was the connection to President Trump and their expectations that the tokens would grow in value due to his backing.
Making the tokens tradable allows investors to determine their price, enabling speculation, earning trading fees for exchanges that list them, and likely stoking interest from a wider swath of crypto investors.
World Liberty and Trump’s other crypto businesses have faced criticism from Democratic lawmakers and government ethics experts who say the Trump family’s forays into the cryptocurrency businesses, at the same time as the president reshapes the regulatory framework that governs digital currencies, represent profound conflicts of interest.
The White House has said repeatedly that Trump’s assets are in a trust managed by his children and that there are no conflicts of interest.
This story originally appeared on NYPost
Every community has boundaries — why can’t we Jews?
A bomb just detonated in American Jewish life.
America’s largest Reconstructionist synagogue officially cut ties this month with its national denominational body, citing its seminary’s persistent minting of anti-Israel rabbis.
The stunning public rebuke over anti-Zionism by Kehillat Israel — a California congregation in mainstream Judaism’s most left-wing branch — is a watershed.
The grownups have shown up. Maybe it will help us fix the kids.
Kehillat Israel’s Rabbi Amy Bernstein told The Post her Pacific Palisades congregation, with 930 families, was fed up with Reconstructionist rabbis fomenting intolerance against the very people they’re meant to nurture.
“What they want is to use their title ‘rabbi’ to help Jews and non-Jews hate the idea of a Jewish democratic state. I don’t understand how you can do that and call yourself a leader of the Jewish people,” she said.
The break came after years of reflection, Bernstein said. “It broke my heart to say the movement has changed to the point that it’s not in line with our Reconstructionist values and tenets.”
Mainstream American Jewry has long watched — often in dumbstruck silence — as progressive rabbis signed obscene petitions that make Jews less safe, helmed anti-Israel groups like Jewish Voice for Peace and took to the streets to demand “Palestine” be “free” of Jews.
The massacre of Israelis on Oct. 7, 2023, taught them nothing.
And while openly anti-Zionist synagogues are few, many rabbis in the Reform and even Conservative movements say their “big tent” requires embracing everyone — including those who advocate against Israel as a Jewish state.
It’s a head spinner, all right.
Israel is mentioned some 2,500 times in the Hebrew Bible. It’s home to more than 7 million Jews, the majority of Jews worldwide.
Every day brings news of more incidents of Jew-hatred.
Meanwhile, rogue rabbis are lending a false patina of rabbinic authority to anti-Israel rhetoric — and confusing gullible youth.
Reconstructionism, founded in the 1920s by Rabbi Mordecai Kaplan, emphasized Jewish peoplehood, culture and evolving tradition.
The movement itself was never anti-Zionist. But with rabbinical seminaries competing for students, the Reconstructionist Rabbinical College outside Philadelphia has thrown open its doors to applicants making no secret of their disdain for Israel.
Reconstructing Judaism, which oversees the college and about 100 member synagogues, did not respond to requests for comment.
Kehillat Israel’s break means it will no longer send 1% of its annual budget to the umbrella organization.
Only about 3% of affiliated US Jews identify as Reconstructionist, yet some say that as Reconstructionist goes, so too goes the largest denomination, Reform Judaism, with roughly 2 million members.
“I’m really proud of Kehillat Israel,” Diana Fersko, senior rabbi at Manhattan’s Village Temple and author of “We Need to Talk About Antisemitism,” told The Post. “I’m hopeful it will inspire others.”
In the Reform world, charismatic rabbi and podcaster Ammiel Hirsch of Manhattan’s Stephen Wise Free Synagogue leads the charge to get the Union for Reform Judaism to draw the line on anti-Zionism. Reform seminaries also ordain anti-Zionist rabbis.
But don’t expect change from the top in that branch, either.
Andrew Rehfeld, president of the Hebrew Union College, made that clear last year at Hirsch’s annual conference, Re-CHARGING Reform Judaism.
“If we meet what we think is extremism with extremism of our own we will not only leave them to the radicals, we will betray our sacred values of liberalism,” Rehfeld told a packed, silent room. He might as well have been holding forth in some pretentious poli-sci grad-school seminar.
Every community has boundaries. Why the hell don’t we?
I’ve heard even worse at my own synagogue, Judea Reform in Durham, NC. At last year’s annual meeting, congregants were to vote on hiring a second rabbi, Hannah Bender. I had a question first.
“Does the rabbi identify as a Zionist?” I asked into the microphone.
The audience erupted. Synagogue executives whispered furiously.
Senior Rabbi Matthew Soffer rushed to a mic.
There will be no “assigning litmus tests,” Soffer chided, “as we balance being proud — but not supremacist — about our Judaism.”
So now Zionists are supremacists — maybe like the Ku Klux Klan?
In fact, Bender had signed a petition disgustingly accusing Israel of “apartheid.” But my question was never put to her.
Bender was confirmed:106 to 1. I was the sole “No.” Yet I am not alone.
Legions of us are fed up with anti-Zionism — and its toleration — in our supposed last safe space.
It’s time to act. Kehillat Israel has shown us how.
Kathryn Wolf was director of community engagement at Tablet and a staff reporter at the Miami Herald.
This story originally appeared on NYPost
Nestle fires CEO after ‘undisclosed romantic relationship’ with employee | Money News
Nestle shares opened down more than 2.5% after the maker of Nescafe, Cheerios, KitKat, and Rolos dismissed its chief executive after an investigation into an undisclosed romantic relationship with an employee.
On Monday night, Nestle announced that the immediate dismissal of Laurent Freixe, effective immediately, following the investigation into the relationship, with a direct employee, which had breached the company’s code of business conduct.
Money blog: ‘My best friend didn’t give me a wedding gift – what should I do?’
The replacement for Mr Freixe was announced as being Philipp Navratil, a long-time Nestle executive and former head of Nespresso, the brand of coffee machines owned by Nestle.
It’s the second CEO departure from the Swiss food giant in a year.
Mr Freixe’s predecessor, Mark Schneider, was suddenly removed a year ago, and in June, the longstanding chair, Paul Bulcke, announced he would step down in 2026.
No further detail on the relationship was released by the company, nor was additional information on whom the person Mr Freixe had the relationship with.
Mr Bulcke, who led the investigation, said: “This was a necessary decision. Nestle’s values and governance are strong foundations of our company. I thank Laurent for his years of service at Nestle.”
Mr Freixe had been with Nestle since 1986, holding roles around the world, including chief executive of Zone Latin America.
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Nestle’s shares, a bedrock of the Swiss stock exchange, lost almost a third of their value over the past five years, performing worse than other European stocks.
The appointment of Mr Freixe’s had failed to halt the slide, and the company’s shares shed 17% during his leadership, disappointing investors.
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Bolsonaro, dubbed “Trump of the tropics,” faces coup trial verdict in Brazil : NPR
Former President Jair Bolsonaro speaks to the press after testifying to the federal police in an investigation involving his son, former Congressman Eduardo Bolsonaro, in Brasilia, Brazil, Thursday, June 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil — Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro goes on trial on Tuesday for allegedly trying to overturn democracy after losing the 2022 election — a historic first in the country’s modern era.
Bolsonaro, 70, is accused of leading a sweeping criminal conspiracy to stay in power after his defeat to Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Brazil, Latin America’s largest country, returned to democracy just over 40 years ago after a brutal military dictatorship.
Prosecutors have highlighted the role of military commanders who refused to back Bolsonaro’s alleged plot, helping preserve constitutional order. Meanwhile, Brazil’s Supreme Court is under intense scrutiny for its expanded powers and aggressive handling of the case.
Adding to the drama, former U.S. President Donald Trump — encouraged by Bolsonaro’s son, now living in the U.S. — has publicly condemned the trial. Trump called it a “witch hunt,” slapped 50% tariffs on Brazilian exports, and imposed sanctions on several of the Supreme Court justices overseeing the case.
What are the charges?
Bolsonaro is facing five charges brought by prosecutors and being heard by a panel of five justices of Brazil’s Supreme Federal Court. The charges include attempting to violently end the democratic rule of law, plotting a coup, and forming part of an armed criminal organization. There are two other charges related to the damage of property and historical items during the riot of January 8th, 2023 by Bolsonaro’s supporters on government buildings in the capital of Brasília.
Brazil’s Attorney General has been building a case against Bolsonaro for over 18 months drawing on evidence from more than half a dozen investigations. Prosecutors allege that Bolsonaro not only urged supporters to riot the capital but also led a group of at least four officials to stay in office. The alleged plot included plans to assassinate key political rivals, including current President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes, who is now overseeing the case.
Protesters, supporters of Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro, storm the National Congress building in Brasilia, Brazil, Jan. 8, 2023.
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Also on trial are seven of Bolsonaro’s closest allies, including his former vice-presidential running mate, defense minister, and justice minister. His top former aide, Lt. Col. Mauro Cid, has entered a plea bargain with the prosecution and his lawyers will be the first to speak, followed by the rest listed in alphabetical order according to their clients’ names.
What is the evidence?
Prosecutors say they have volumes of evidence implicating Bolsonaro and the other defendants through seized documents, emails, social media communications and cell phone calls.
Brazil’s top prosecutor Paulo Gonet argues that Bolsonaro was not just a passive observer but that the former president made “a conscious effort to create an environment conducive to violence and a coup”. And he noted that the criminal organization headed by Bolsonaro left an extensive trail of documents through, “recordings, handwritten notes, digital files, spreadsheets and exchanges of electronic messages.”
Some of the most damaging evidence, prosecutors say, comes from Bolsonaro’s trusted former aide, Mauro Cid, who entered into a plea bargain with the Attorney General for a lighter sentence in exchange for his testimony.
Cid told investigators that Bolsonaro personally edited a draft decree — widely referred to as a “coup draft” — that laid out plans to overturn the 2022 election results. The document called for the arrest of the head of the Senate and 3 Supreme Court justices in order to create a commission calling for new elections. Bolsonaro allegedly edited the document so only Alexandre de Moraes – the justice currently overseeing the trial – would be arrested.
Moraes has become a lightning rod for many on the right in Brazil and abroad who accuse him of judicial overreach in not only Bolsonaro’s case but in others involving the dissemination of fake news, where he has ordered the removal of social media accounts. He even engaged in a high profile standoff with Elon Musk over what he said was disinformation being spread on the billionaire’s social media platform X.
What does Bolsonaro say?
Bolsonaro has long denied all the charges and disputes claims he actively participated in a coup. He repeatedly points out that he was not even in Brazil at the time his supporters rioted the capital. He left the country before President Lula was sworn into office and was living in Florida at the time.
He also denies that he had any connection to an assassination plot. While he does say he had seen the “coup draft” document, he denies authoring or altering it.
He says any discussions about staying in power that he might have participated in were always just that, discussions, and always about how he could remain president legally and through constitutional avenues. He insists that he did not try to enlist the military’s support for a coup.
Lawyers for Bolsonaro also claim that Supreme Court Justice Moraes is biased against the former president as is the federal police. They also say that the plea agreement with the ex-leader’s trusted aide is untrustworthy and should be annulled.
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Bolsonaro’s son, Eduardo Bolsonaro, a Brazilian congressman, has urged U.S. officials to intervene on behalf of his father. Now based in the U.S. he has been seeking support from conservative allies, including many in Trump’s MAGA movement to intervene on his father’s behalf. In an interview with NPR Eduardo Bolsonaro claimed his father is a victim of judicial overreach that has turned Brazil into an authoritarian dictatorship. “The only way that we have to win this war against political persecution, censorship is with the help of the Trump administration” he said.
Why is Trump involved?
Bolsonaro’s presidential tenure (2019 – 2022) overlapped with Trump’s first term in office and the two conservatives enjoyed good relations. Trump has stated that he relates to the “political persecution” Bolsonaro is now suffering by the leftist Lula administration.
In July Trump sent a letter to Brazilian authorities referencing the case against Bolsonaro as justification for imposing steep 50% tariffs on Brazilian exports to the U.S. — one of the highest rates ever levied against a country. On social media, Trump has called the prosecution a “witch hunt” against a “good man” and vowed to watch the trial closely.
Then in a dramatic move the U.S. Treasury Department imposed one of the most severe sanctions on Justice Moraes, under the Magnitsky Act, a measure usually used to punish foreign dictators and war criminals. The State Department then revoked the U.S. visas of multiple judges on Brazil’s high court. The ban also extends to their immediate family members. Only 3 of the 11 justices were spared the visa revocation.
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What happens if Bolsonaro is found guilty?
If convicted of the five charges, Bolsonaro and the seven other defendants are facing decades in prison. The most serious charges—plotting a coup and attempting to violently abolish democratic rule — each carry sentences of up to 12 years. The lesser charges of property and historical heritage damages carry as little as 6 months to 3 years in prison. All totaled, Bolsonaro could be condemned to more than 40 years in prison.
If convicted, Bolsonaro and the other defendants can appeal and have their case heard before the full Supreme Court. He is already barred from running in next year’s presidential election, on previous charges of spreading disinformation.
But Bolsonaro still holds substantial political backing in the country. There is talk about one of his sons or even his wife running in his place. And there is much hope from supporters that a strong win for an anointed successor next year could issue a pardon for him and seek to impeach Supreme Court justices involved in the case, especially the lead jurist Alexandre de Moraes.
What’s next?
The trial begins Tuesday, with proceedings expected to last until Sept. 12. The world — and especially the U.S. — will be watching closely. A guilty verdict could trigger further U.S. sanctions and deepen international tensions. Regardless of the outcome, the trial has the potential to reshape Brazil’s political landscape and send shockwaves well beyond Latin America.
This story originally appeared on NPR
Sabrina Carpenter ‘Happy’ To Be With ‘Tall & Hot’ Mystery Man, According to Source
Sabrina Carpenter had reportedly been cozying up with a “hot, tall, and blonde” mystery man during the summer while on a European getaway with her family. It appears the singer teased her new album, “Man’s Best Friend,” and sparked romance rumors over the past couple of months. Sources claimed that Carpenter has been secretly dating, with two sightings reported in Italy in July and more recently in the U.K., where she was leaning on him and looked “happy.”
Sabrina Carpenter spotted cozying up to mystery man in Italy, says source
Deuxmoi exclusively learned about Sabrina Carpenter’s “hot girl summer,” which involved a mystery man and sparked dating rumors, before her new album’s release. Two separate sources disclosed sightings of the musician in Europe and the U.K., when she was cozying up with her “hot” and “tall” potential love interest, whose identity remains uncertain.
The first report dated back to July when Carpenter was dining at La Giostra in Florence, Italy, with friends and family. But there was more — the source, who spotted her, also mentioned seeing “a blonde guy with a bun” with the group. They were allegedly “joking and laughing a lot together.” The onlooker further speculated that it “almost seemed like” the Grammy winner was possibly “dating him too.”
More recently, there was a second sighting of Carpenter with her mystery man last week at the Soho Farmhouse in the Oxfordshire countryside. The source mentioned seeing her with a “hot, tall blonde man,” along with her “sister, and her sister’s boyfriend, George.” Additionally, they revealed that the Disney Channel alum “kept leaning into” her potential love interest and “smiling.”
There has been no confirmation about these dating rumors involving Carpenter and the “blonde” mystery man. She had previously sparked romantic links with Joshua Bassett, Shawn Mendes, and Barry Keoghan, who also featured in her hit “Please Please Please” music video, fueling the buzz.
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How Accenture CEO Julie Sweet navigated a difficult restructure with her 770,000 employees—all without sending a memo
When Julie Sweet needed to announce the biggest organizational change in Accenture’s history to her workforce of more than 770,000 employees, she broke with decades of corporate tradition. Instead of crafting a company-wide memo, the CEO opted for something different: a direct video message that would reach employees across 120 countries and fundamentally reshape how massive corporations communicate during times of upheaval.
“Reading it on a piece of paper would not have conveyed the why in the same way as hearing it—hearing the excitement in my voice, understanding the passion we have for why we’re changing,” Sweet said in a recent interview with Alyson Shontell, Fortune‘s editor-in-chief, for the first-ever episode of the Fortune 500 Titans and Disrupters of Industry vodcast (subscribe here).
Sweet’s communication strategy reflects the scale of challenge she faces as head of Accenture, the world’s largest consulting firm by revenue. The Dublin-based company generated $64.9 billion in fiscal 2024 and serves more than 9,000 clients, providing services spanning strategy consulting, cloud migration, data analytics, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, and more. With hundreds of thousands employees spread across more than 120 countries, Accenture helps organizations reinvent themselves in the digital age, making it both a beneficiary of and participant in the AI-driven transformation sweeping global businesses.
Sweet herself represents an unconventional path to corporate leadership. Since becoming CEO in September 2019, she’s been the first woman to lead Accenture and the first CEO in the company’s history who didn’t start there straight out of college. Her background as a high-powered corporate lawyer—she spent 17 years at the prestigious firm Cravath, Swaine & Moore, making partner within eight years—gave her an outsider’s perspective when she joined Accenture as general counsel in 2010. Under her leadership, the company’s revenue has grown more than 50%, and she’s been recognized as one of Fortune‘s Most Powerful People in Business.
The restructuring Sweet announced represents what she describes as reversing “five decades of how we’re working.” The move brings together previously siloed business units to better serve clients seeking comprehensive digital transformation, aligning Accenture’s organizational structure with its strategy to be “the reinvention partner of choice” for businesses navigating rapid technological change.
At the heart of Sweet’s strategy was recognition that this transformation had to be both decisive and deeply human. The restructure wasn’t a cost-cutting exercise, though Sweet acknowledges it inevitably uncovered efficiencies and duplications. Instead, the move was driven by client needs and Accenture’s ambition to deliver integrated solutions combining industry knowledge, technical expertise, data, AI, and functional capabilities as a single offering.
“In order to capture the opportunity with AI, you really have to be willing to rewire your company,” Sweet said, reflecting broader advice she gives to Fortune 500 CEOs. “Many times, when clients are saying, we’re not getting a lot out of AI, it’s because they’re trying to apply it to how they operate today.”
Sweet’s approach to managing the change went beyond just the medium of communication. She solicited feedback and critiques from her leadership team, refining her message through multiple iterations to ensure it resonated at every level. “I try to have no ego on communication, because it’s so important that we’re really clear,” she said, noting all her direct reports work with speech coaches to hone their communication skills.
The transformation also demanded what Sweet calls a balance of “art and science”—using metrics and benchmarks from Accenture’s transformation GPS database to provide the analytical foundation, while applying empathy and cultural understanding to ensure the human element wasn’t lost. Ultimately, Sweet’s leadership through this restructuring has become a case study in navigating sweeping organizational change in an era when traditional corporate communication methods may no longer suffice.
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Here are the latest share price forecasts for Lloyds and Rolls-Royce
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Lloyds Banking Group (LSE: LLOY) and Rolls-Royce Holdings (LSE:RR.) are probably the two most popular UK stocks right now. It’s easy to see why – both have generated strong gains recently. Can these stocks keep rising? Let’s take a look at City analysts’ share price forecasts for Lloyds and Rolls-Royce to see what the experts think.
Lloyds may keep climbing
Starting with Lloyds, the average price target is 90.7p. That’s approximately 14% above the current share price.
I think that target is probably achievable over the next 12-18 months or so. Looking at the earnings per share (EPS) forecast for 2026 (9.55p), the bank’s price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio is only 8.3.
That’s quite a low earnings multiple. So, there’s probably scope for some multiple expansion there.
It’s worth noting that Lloyds’ recent results, for the first half of 2025, were solid, with profits coming in ahead of expectations. On the back of this performance, the company hiked its dividend by 15% (the yield is about 4.5% today).
Looking ahead, however, UK economic conditions will be important. If we see a deterioration, I’d expect the share price to go into reverse as Lloyds – the largest UK lender – is generally seen as a proxy for the British economy.
There are some other risks too. Last week, the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) suggested that the UK should tax British banks on their reserves held at the Bank of England.
This may not happen. But it does add some uncertainty to the investment case.
Is the bank stock worth considering today? Potentially.
In my view, however, there are better stocks to look at today. Taking a five-year view, I think there are other stocks that will provide higher returns.
Is Rolls-Royce about to run out of power?
Turning to Rolls-Royce, the average price target here is currently 1,091p. That’s less than 1% higher than the current share price, meaning that right now, analysts don’t see a lot of potential for gains.
What’s going on here? I think there are two issues at play.
One is that the stock has had an incredible run over the last few years. Back in 2022 it was under 70p yet today it’s over £10.
Typically, that kind of share price performance can’t be sustained. In other words, there may be a pullback, or a period or consolidation, before it goes higher.
The other issue is that the valuation now looks very high. Today, Rolls-Royce has a market cap of £90bn, making it one of the largest companies in the FTSE 100 index.
Meanwhile, the forward-looking P/E ratio (using next year’s earnings forecast) is 34. That’s a high valuation, and the company probably needs some time to grow into that multiple.
Is this stock worth snapping up today? That’s hard to say.
I do think this company is going places given its exposure to nuclear power. But as I said, the valuation is now high.
Given the exponential rise in the share price over the last three, I think waiting for a pullback is probably a smart move to consider. Buying at a lower price and valuation would most likely lead to more margin of safety if the company’s top-line growth and profit margin expansion suddenly slows down due to some kind of operational setback.
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