Brazil's conservative-led Congress on Thursday reinstated much of a bill that makes it easier for companies to secure environmental permits, infuriating the leftist government and green groups.President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva had vetoed dozens of provisions of what has been dubbed the "Devastation Bill", but Congress has the power to override those actions.

An Israel Democracy Institute expert warns that MK Boaz Bismuth’s haredi draft offers no real enforcement and will not improve enlistment rates. Nothing will change from MK Boaz Bismuth’s (Likud) bill to enforce haredi (ultra-Orthodox) conscription to the IDF, which is currently being advanced merely for the government, “to stall for time,” Shlomit Ravitsky Tur-Paz of the Israel Democracy Institute told The Jerusalem Post on Sunday.

With this deal, Collins Foods intends to focus on its KFC business and key markets specifically Germany.