China Sets Beef Quotas in Hit to Brazil, Other Big Exporters

(Bloomberg) — China placed quotas on beef imports as it seeks to protect domestic farmers and producers, dealing a blow to Brazil and other major shippers including Australia and Argentina. Most Read... Read more »

Film, television and trends and events in art and culture in 2025

As contradictory and even convoluted as the process may be, the development of the world does determine the development of art. Given the generally explosive state of things, with imperialist aggression and... Read more »

Milei carves path for savers to stop stashing cash under couches

After decades of financial crises, Argentines tend to keep their money just about anywhere except a bank – under the couch, dug in the backyard or in bulletproof bunkers. One ex-politician famously... Read more »

Trump says US hit ‘big facility’ linked to alleged Venezuelan drug boats

Watch: Trump announces US hit target inside Venezuela Donald Trump has said that the US carried out a strike on a “dock area” linked to alleged Venezuelan drug boats. The US president... Read more »

German thieves steal up to $105m in ‘Ocean’s Eleven’ heist: What we know | Banks News

Robbers stole items worth up to $105bn from safe-deposit boxes held at a German retail bank in Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia state, during the Christmas holiday, German police said on Tuesday. The German... Read more »

A look back – Ten events that defined 2025

Trump returns A protectionist offensive. Mass deportations of undocumented immigrants. Dismantling entire sections of the US federal government. Since his return to the White House for a second term in January, Republican... Read more »

An A-Z list of 2025’s biggest stories | Interactive News

Scroll back through the last year, and the same words come up again and again. The top-trending terms of 2025, from artificial intelligence to Zohran Mamdani, shaped headlines across politics, conflict, technology... Read more »

PT-controlled union federation betrays oil workers strike in Brazil

Striking Brazilian oil workers outside Petrobras headquarters [Photo: sindipetronf.org.br] On December 22, the Unified Federation of Oil Workers (FUP), affiliated with the CUT, the union federation controlled by Brazil’s ruling Workers Party... Read more »

From World Cup football to the Moon: Five things to keep an eye on in 2026

Here are five big events to watch out for in 2026.   Climate: Will the world act? The world is already experiencing record heat – and things are likely to get hotter... Read more »

Five tech trends we’ll be watching in 2026 | Technology

Hello, and welcome to TechScape. I’m your host, Blake Montgomery, wishing you a happy New Year’s Eve filled with cheer, champagne and Mariah Carey’s comically awful rendition of Auld Lang Syne. Today,... Read more »