Here’s what else is happening
Brazil inquiry: Flávio Bolsonaro, President Jair Bolsonaro’s oldest son, has been charged with graft and money laundering as part of an investigation into the theft of public funds.
India anchor’s arrest: Arnab Goswami, one of the country’s most famous television journalists and a strong backer of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling party, was charged with abetting a 2018 suicide in Mumbai, a city controlled by an opposition party. Some saw a parallel to pressure that the Modi administration has put on progressive journalists elsewhere.
North Korean defector: After an extensive manhunt, the South Korean military on Wednesday found and detained a man from the North who crossed the countries’ heavily armed border.
Ethiopia conflict: Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed ordered military action against the regional government in Tigray, in the country’s north, early Wednesday, accusing it of attempting to provoke a war by orchestrating an attack on an army base there. Phone and internet service was reportedly cut, and Mr. Abiy’s government gave itself sweeping emergency powers over the region.
The New York Times
