Ukraine 'Peace Club': Brazil Intended to Make Proposal to China... Now Lula has pneumonia?

Brazilian President Lula da Silva was due to visit China this week to meet President Xi and suggest forming a so-called 'Peace Club' to end the conflict in Ukraine.

Brasilia has resisted aligning with Western countries in backing Kiev and going against BRICS ally Russia.

“We are very interested in promoting or helping generate some kind of meeting that would lead to a peace process,” Mauro Vieira, Brazil’s foreign minister, told the FT.

However, on Friday reports emerged that Lula has delayed any trip due to the 77-year-old having pneumonia.

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Baby: Is that the idiot from the metaverse?

*Squints, right take me back to the VR womb.

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🔥 Netanyahu Residence: Wild Demonstration Breaks Down Barriers Near Israeli PM's Home - as reports emerge his family have been taken to security HQ for their own safety

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Global NATO Crawls Out from Shadows

Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused Australia, New Zealand and South Korea of joining a new global axis.

The Russian leader compared it to WWII, when Nazi Germany aligned with Japan. Earlier this year the UK signed a defence agreement with Tokyo.

Putin called it the rise of 'Global NATO'.

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Oil Indicates Banking Crisis Averted?

Early trading this week has seen prices continue to climb back up, as the finance sector appears to have taken its fat cat paws off the panic button.

Both Brent and West Texas continued to claw back losses on Monday, with the former rebounding almost 4% in a week - with the SVB and Credit Suisse crises halted (for now).

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Ransomware Hacks Crown Resorts Files

Australia's biggest casino operator has confirmed a hacker group may have illegally accessed files - while also saying its customer data is secure.

Totally unaware of the system breach, but everything is safe and sound. Convincing.

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BRICS countries have officially overtaken G7 in share of world purchasing power parity GDP; Mexico officialy applies to join BRICS alliance.

Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa (BRICS) now contribute 31.5% of global GDP, with further projected growth.

Meanwhile Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom, and United States (G7) falls