All good things come to an end

After decades in which they assured themselves that they had left all that nasty historical stuff behind them and from now on everyone could afford to take things easy, Western politicians and... Read more »

Bolsonaro’s Legal and Political Turmoil and Its Impact on Brazil’s 2026 Election Outlook

Brazil’s political landscape in 2025 is defined by a high-stakes legal drama involving former President Jair Bolsonaro, whose prosecution for alleged coup plotting and election interference has become a flashpoint for national... Read more »

Tottenham stun Man City with 2-0 win in Premier League | Football News

Spurs maintain their winning start to the season but leave Manchester City with yet more questions to answer. Manchester City’s troubles from last season have been exposed once more in a humbling... Read more »

Milei adds a corruption scandal to his mounting list of woes

Reeling from a week of political, economic and financial setbacks in Argentina, President Javier Milei now faces a fresh corruption scandal linked to a top government official. Milei fired Diego Spagnuolo, director... Read more »

COP bureau meeting ends in stalemate as Brazil insists Belém logistics can work

Countries remain at loggerheads with the Brazilian government team organising COP30 logistics in the Amazon city of Belém, after concerns that some delegations, especially from poorer countries, will not be able to... Read more »

Australia: Disability services cuts spearhead Labor’s productivity “roundtable”

Just three months after being re-elected, the Albanese Labor government used a three-day “Economic Reform Roundtable” this week to outline far-reaching measures to boost corporate profits and cut social spending, none of... Read more »

Stories that caught our eye: August 15 to 22

  VETOES: A MIXED BAG Ups and downs for the presidential vetoes to defend the fiscal surplus in the midweek Congress session – the 83 deputies voting to uphold the veto of... Read more »

Copa Sudamericana: Independiente and Universidad de Chile game abandoned after fan violence

A Copa Sudamericana match in Buenos Aires was abandoned after violent clashes between fans, with some being stripped and beaten and one in a life-threatening condition after falling from the top tier... Read more »

Dutch foreign minister resigns over Israel sanctions deadlock | European Union News

Caspar Veldkamp and other ministers step down after cabinet rejects sanctions against Israel, prompting broader political upheaval. Dutch Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp has resigned after failing to secure cabinet support for additional... Read more »

Disabled agency chief sacked after audio corruption claims

President Javier Milei’s government has been plunged into crisis mode after leaked audio messages from a government official led to allegations of a corruption scheme involving figures at the top of the... Read more »