A showdown between Western leaders and Russian President Vladimir Putin is likely at the G20 summit in Australia starting on Saturday, following fresh reports of Russian troops pouring into eastern Ukraine.
U.S. billionaire George Soros will become a key shareholder in Spanish building and services company FCC (FCC.MC) following a 1 billion euro ($1.25 billion) rights issue aimed at paying down debt, a source with knowledge of the matter said on Friday.
Brazil's federal police were serving 27 additional arrest warrants on Friday in a broad money-laundering investigation that has ensnared a former senior executive at oil firm Petrobras, causing it to delay releasing its results.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is to send a personal envoy to Russia, state media said on Friday, the latest in a series of diplomatic moves by the isolated country as it fends off accusations of crimes against humanity.
