White House proposes renewed postwar business ties in an effort to bring President Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table

Defeated rightwing presidential candidate is under investigation by Brazilian police over alleged corruption and money laundering

Civil society groups decry move against Mada Masr and editor-in-chief Lina Atallah

Chinese maker of hit doll posts sinking quarterly revenues as demand wanes

Humanitarian truce aims to evacuate residents stuck in Oleshky, who have been cut off from food and medicine

Russia’s leader goes on extended tangent in call with western European leaders as they seek to revive Ukraine peace talks

Real Madrid footballer apologises for comment that sparked online backlash in world’s second-biggest economy

Plus, Lula’s victory

IT services groups now make 10% of revenue from helping companies integrate the new technology

Concerns about management of economy trigger worst day for currency in more than 25 years

Trump deal with Putin to ease fuel prices exposes companies to legal threats from Congress

Remote August rendezvous highlights remarkable ties between the US president’s son and a Russian close to Vladimir Putin

Also, multinationals face more pressure from food safety regulator

Hard-right Brazilian candidate is under criminal investigation related to an alleged money laundering scheme

Cap imposed by Deutsche Bank’s asset manager aims to preserve liquidity and avoid gating fund altogether

Brazil’s president must now rein in spending and build a broad coalition

São Paulo stocks tumble after leftwing politician’s win against Flávio Bolsonaro

A new ‘great game’ is afoot in the Arctic and the continent needs to build its own military capability in the region

Electricity and water tariffs will rise from January as part of long-planned economic reforms, adding to economic uncertainty in wartime

Senior security officials from Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Turkey met Iranian counterparts in Tehran on Monday