An Argentine lawmaker has filed a criminal complaint seeking an investigation into how Brazilian senator Flávio Bolsonaro entered Argentina and flew to the United States despite a judicial order prohibiting him from
US President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping have stressed cooperation and closer relations during a meeting at the White House, with both leaders describing their relationship in notably warm terms
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Numerous country representatives walked out of the United Nations General Assembly hall in New York in protest as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu prepared to address the assembly. Other delegates remained and
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Friedrich Merz is facing renewed pressure within Germany’s governing Christian Democratic Union (CDU) after a series of poor regional election results, with senior figures in the party calling for changes to its
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The British government has abandoned a planned agreement to transfer sovereignty over the Chagos Archipelago to Mauritius, citing a lack of support from the United States after criticism from US President Donald
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Thousands of supporters of Sri Lanka’s Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) gathered at Polduwa Junction in Battaramulla on Thursday to protest against the government’s proposed 22nd constitutional amendment, with opposition leader Sajith Premadasa
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Sri Lankan social activist Arun Siddharth has criticised Canadian actress Maitreyi Ramakrishnan over her public expression of pride in being a “Tamil Eelam woman”, arguing that celebrating the idea of Tamil Eelam
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Jane Street is set to double its London office space after outgrowing its existing premises near Liverpool Street during a period of rapid growth for the specialist trading firm. The company has
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The UK and Germany are among the countries most exposed to Chinese economic and political influence, according to a new international index that challenges assumptions about where Beijing has accumulated the greatest
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HSBC has moved a board meeting scheduled for Dubai this month to London amid continuing security concerns linked to the conflict involving Iran, according to people familiar with the decision. Board members
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Millions of people were unable to follow basic COVID-19 protections because they lacked adequate housing, social protection or access to public services, according to a new international study published by The Lancet.
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Rwanda’s government has intensified its repression of political opposition under President Paul Kagame, who has led the country for more than three decades. The latest case involves opposition leader Victoire Ingabire, for
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Venezuela’s interim president, Delcy Rodríguez, thanked US President Donald Trump for pursuing diplomatic relations and announced that Venezuela will hold elections, but stopped short of setting a date for the vote. Speaking
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Alternative for Germany (AfD) has doubled its representation in three German state parliaments following September elections, bringing a number of new lawmakers whose pasts and public activities have attracted scrutiny. In Saxony-Anhalt,
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French minister Éléonore Caroit has warned that a victory by Marine Le Pen in France’s 2027 presidential election could have consequences extending well beyond French politics, potentially altering the country’s long-standing internationalist
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The capitalism that governs much of modern economic life is not a natural expression of human behaviour but a historical system that emerged in particular places and gradually expanded across societies, according
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