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Western leaders should have negotiated with Russia, former Brazilian president says Brazilian presidential frontrunner Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva told Time magazine on Wednesday that he believes the Western narrative on the Ukraine crisis is simplistic and fails to reflect the reality behind the situation. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is “as responsible as [Russian President Vladimir] Putin…

Antonio Costa has stepped down after his chief-of-staff was detained for alleged corruption and influence-peddling Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa resigned on Tuesday after national law enforcement named him as a person of interest in a graft probe and arrested his chief-of-staff. Police are investigating alleged corruption related to lithium mining and other national projects.