Trump’s politically motivated sanctions against Brazil strain relations among old allies

SAO PAULO (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump has made clear who his new Latin America priority is: former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, a personal and political ally. In doing so, he... Read more »

Tourists from Malawi and Zambia are first to face $15,000 visa bonds in US | Donald Trump News

The United States Department of State has announced the first foreign citizens to be subject to bonds of up to $15,000 should they visit the country on tourist visas. On Tuesday, Zambia... Read more »

Elites under pressure in a changing world

All social orders, including those devised by individuals who make much of their egalitarian sentiments, are elitist by nature. People at the top invariably justify their good fortune by alluding to their... Read more »

Brazil eyes China and elsewhere to redress US tariffs – World

  A drone view shows coffee crop fields in Franca, Brazil, Aug 1, 2025. [Photo/Agencies] A 50 percent tariff on Brazilian coffee and meat is causing a rush among farmers, business people... Read more »

As war tensions rise, Australia’s ASIO spy chief ramps up “espionage” scare campaign

Backed by the Albanese Labor government, Australia’s surveillance chief, Australian Security and Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) Director-General Mike Burgess made a speech last Thursday declaring that because of “strategic competition,” the country faced... Read more »

Cúneo Libarona, Tim Ballard and the freak show

Every week that passes, a new scandal emerges. It must be the heat of the campaign. The latest “victim” is the controversial Justice Minister, Mariano Cúneo Libarona, who appeared on a hidden... Read more »

Brazil’s Supreme Court orders house arrest for former President Jair Bolsonaro

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s Supreme Court on Monday ordered the house arrest for former President Jair Bolsonaro, on trial for allegedly masterminding a coup plot to remain in office despite his... Read more »

Australia’s FM warns of ‘risk there will be no Palestine left to recognise’ | Israel-Palestine conflict News

Australia’s Minister for Foreign Affairs Penny Wong has told the country’s media that “there is a risk there will be no Palestine left to recognise”, amid Israel’s devastating war on Gaza and... Read more »

Mission under way to save ‘world’s most beautiful’ snails

Victoria Gill Science correspondent, BBC News Bernardo Reyes-Tur A Polymita snail in its native forest habitat in Eastern Cuba Researchers have embarked on a mission to save what some consider to be... Read more »

Rotherham child sexual abuse scandal: Allegations point to police involvement

Over a decade after a report into the sexual abuse of at least 1,400 children by men in Rotherham between 1997 and 2013, evidence has emerged showing that local police not only... Read more »