MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for July 26th 2019
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Friday, July 26th 2019 - 09:34 UTC
Bolsonaro and Economy minister cell phones hacked: four suspects arrested
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's cell phones were allegedly targeted by a group of hackers who are also accused of breaching the devices of the investigators in a massive corruption probe, the justice ministry said on Thursday.
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Friday, July 26th 2019 - 09:29 UTC
Armed men steal US$ 40 million in precious metals from Brazil's busiest airport
Armed men stole US$40 million of gold and other precious metals on Thursday from a Sao Paulo cargo terminal at South America's busiest airport, taking two hostages, police said. Several of the suspects arrived at the Guarulhos airport in a black pickup truck with livery resembling Brazil's federal police, according to security footage.
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Friday, July 26th 2019 - 09:25 UTC
Spain's socialist president Sánchez has two months to avoid a new election
Spain's caretaker socialist prime minister Pedro Sanchez lost a crunch post-election vote of confidence on Thursday after coalition talks with the far-left failed, pushing the country closer to repeat polls.
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Friday, July 26th 2019 - 09:19 UTC
Uruguay/US lesbian couple's teenage attackers will face youth court in London
British police on Thursday charged four teenage boys over an alleged homophobic attack on a lesbian couple who refused to kiss in front of them on a London night bus.
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Friday, July 26th 2019 - 09:08 UTC
US reinstates capital penalty: five inmates in death row waiting for pentobarbital injections
The US Justice Department on Thursday reinstated a two-decades long-dormant policy allowing the federal government's use of capital punishment and immediately scheduled the executions for five death row federal inmates.
