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Around the World in Brief

  • Greece: A GPO poll found that 7 in 10 Greeks want a change of government. The ruling New Democracy party leads at 28.6% in vote estimates, but Alexis Tsipras’s party holds second place at 15.1%, with several newer parties fragmenting the opposition.
  • Peru: Presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori refused to commit to accepting the results of the upcoming runoff election, answering “We’ll see” — a response that has alarmed democratic observers.
  • Brazil: The government expanded financial relief for companies hit by new Trump-era tariffs, with the export promotion agency noting the Mercosur-EU agreement could boost Brazilian exports by $7 billion.
  • UEFA: Azerbaijani club Turan Tovuz was banned from the 2026-27 Conference League over a match-fixing case. The club announced it would appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
  • Film: Director Wim Wenders withdrew his 1975 film Wrong Move from circulation due to a scene involving child nudity. Actress Nastassja Kinski said she had been urging Wenders to remove the scene for years.

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