Trump tariffs on Brazil will raise orange juice prices, importer says

Orange juice prices could rise by 20% to 25%, according to Johanna Foods, a small U.S. business suing the White House over tariffs threatened against Brazil. President Donald Trump said in a... Read more »

Mass arrests escalate in UK following proscription of Palestine Action

The Starmer government’s repression of opposition to Israel’s genocide in Gaza was stepped up this weekend, with police arresting more than 100 people at protests around the UK for expressing support for... Read more »

Stories that caught our eye: July 12 to 19

  INFLATION ALMOST STATIC Last month’s inflation was 1.6 percent, the INDEC national statistics bureau announced last Monday, barely up from May’s 1.5 percent and below the estimates of almost every private... Read more »

Court orders him to wear ankle tag and imposes curfew

A court has ordered Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro to wear an ankle tag and put him under curfew over fears he might abscond while standing trial. Bolsonaro – in power in... Read more »

In Gaza, death seems easier than amputation | Israel-Palestine conflict

“Ten children a day losing a limb in Gaza, warns UN-backed body”, this is the latest horrific headline to come out of Gaza. The article reports: “134,105 people including over 40,500 children... Read more »

Politics becomes a strictly personal matter

These are bad days for political movements that are based on ideas rather than on charismatic personalities able to persuade large numbers of people that they can make their lives better or,... Read more »

Pakistan arrests over a dozen suspects as ‘honour killing’ video goes viral | Gender Equity News

Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistani authorities have arrested at least 13 individuals, including a tribal leader, in connection with the killing of a couple in the southwestern province of Balochistan. The arrests followed... Read more »

My family and I were sound asleep – then a tsunami swept our house out to sea | Tsunamis

Jolted awake at 4.30am, Pedro “Peter” Niada was certain a meteorite had fallen near his seaside home, lifting it from its foundations and sending it flying through the air. He took two... Read more »

Boom or broke: Milei’s shake up splits nation along financial lines

Javier Milei’s Argentina is undergoing a boom in car sales, real estate and flights are fully reserved. But among low-income sectors, consumption has fallen, employment is precarious and supermarket bills are being... Read more »

Rubio moves to strip US visas from eight Brazilian judges in Bolsonaro battle | Marco Rubio

The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, has reportedly stripped eight of Brazil’s 11 supreme court judges of their US visas as the White House escalates its campaign to help the country’s... Read more »