Mass shootings in California
A spate of gun violence left the most populous state in the United States (USA) searching for answers on Tuesday (24), as the death toll from consecutive shootings in California rose to at least 18 people in less than three days. (The New York Times*)
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As California police struggled to understand why a man shot dead 11 people celebrating Lunar New Year, two new shootings shook the state, leaving 7 people dead.
The attacks occurred on farms near Half Moon Bay, a Pacific Coast community near San Francisco. Police arrested a 67-year-old suspect.
Brumadinho case
The Federal Court accepted the complaint filed by the Federal Public Ministry (MPF) against 16 people and the companies Vale and Tüv Süd for the collapse of the Córrego do Feijão dam, in Brumadinho, Metropolitan Region of Belo Horizonte. The disaster that occurred on January 25, 2019 left 270 people dead. Three are still missing. (G1)
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Russians out of the 2024 Olympic Games?
Russian athletes “should not” participate in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the President of Ukraine, Volodimir Zelenski, asked his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, in a telephone conversation this Tuesday (24), the day on which the Russian invasion completes 11 months.
“I particularly insisted that athletes from Russia should not participate in the Paris Olympic Games,” Zelensky wrote on his Telegram account after his conversation with Macron.
The Ukrainian president also expressed opposition to the United States Olympic Committee's proposal that allowed athletes to participate in the Paris Games as long as they did not represent their flags. (AFP)
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Google in the dock
The United States Department of Justice prosecuted the Google, this Tuesday (24), for “monopoly” in the online advertising market, according to a court document, while the technology giant faces other legal complaints related to free competition law. (Forbes*)
The authority accuses the Californian group of having abused its dominant position to exclude its competitors, particularly by “systematically taking control of a wide variety of high-tech tools used by publishers, advertisers and other market actors”, he highlighted.
Lewandowski succession
His work in the cases of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and in business disputes gives Cristiano Zanin legal precedents that can be used as assets by the lawyer in a possible nomination to the Federal Supreme Court (STF). (Estadão) 🚥
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The first minister to leave a vacancy open, Ricardo Lewandowski will be heard by President Lula regarding his succession.
In addition to Zanin, the following are considered for a vacancy on the STF: Pedro Serrano, Lenio Streck and Manoel Carlos de Almeida Neto.
President of Peru calls for 'national truce'
The president of Peru, Dina Boluarte, called for “a national truce” and the creation of “dialogue tables”, in an attempt to appease the serious social crisis that has shaken the country since December.
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“I call on my beloved homeland for a national truce to be able to establish dialogue tables, to be able to set the agenda for each region and develop our peoples. I will not tire of calling for dialogue, peace and unity”, said Boluarte in a press conference for the foreign press at the Government Palace, in Lima.
Furthermore, Boluarte once again ruled out his resignation. (AFP)
Scammers' assets blocked
The Attorney General's Office (AGU) filed a new action this Tuesday (24) to block the assets of those being investigated for the coup acts on January 8 in Brasília. In the action, the AGU requests the unavailability of the assets of 40 individuals who were arrested in the act on the day of the acts.
The AGU maintains that the measure is necessary to repair the damage caused by the defendants who actively participated in the depredation of the facilities of Congress, the Planalto Palace and the Federal Supreme Court (STF). If the measure is accepted by the Federal Court, the blocking will occur on properties, vehicles and bank accounts. (Agency Brazil)
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