Brazilian presidential candidate Flávio Bolsonaro has pledged to launch a “war on drug trafficking” if elected, promising to designate the country’s two largest criminal organisations as terrorist groups and deepen security cooperation
BP has announced its biggest oil and gas discovery in a quarter of a century, with a potentially multibillion-barrel find off the coast of Brazil. Analysts have described the discovery as a
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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has emerged as the preferred bidder to build a new fleet of Australian frigates, marking a historic breakthrough for Japan’s defence industry and its first-ever warship export deal.
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Investor enthusiasm for Argentine President Javier Milei has yet to translate into affordable dollar financing for the cash-strapped nation, which remains barred from issuing foreign currency debt on global markets despite receiving
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After two years of robust profits demonstrating Russia’s resilient wartime economy, some Russian banks are now facing increased scrutiny over their exposure to bad loans, the Financial Times reports. Russian banking executives
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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva delivered a sharp rebuke of the United States on Sunday, accusing Washington of helping to orchestrate past coups in Brazil and warning against what he
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India’s capital markets regulator, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), has indicated that further structural reforms to the country’s vast derivatives market may be on the horizon, following recent moves
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Plastic pollution is an escalating public health emergency that remains dangerously under-recognized, a global group of scientists and medical experts warned in a landmark report published Sunday in The Lancet. The warning
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Chinese exporters are beginning to reassess years of offshore investment in Southeast Asia as the latest wave of US tariffs and restrictions on “transshipment” force a major rethink of regional supply chain
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A growing number of young Britons are being caught in an international drug trafficking web, lured by promises of glamour, quick cash — and a “free holiday.” Among them is 19-year-old Bella
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A growing storm surrounds evangelical efforts deep in the Amazon after solar-powered audio devices broadcasting biblical messages were found among one of Brazil’s most isolated indigenous groups. The alarming discovery, first reported
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The European Union is advancing a highly contentious proposal known as the “Chat Control” bill, which could require widespread scanning of private communications, including those sent via encrypted platforms such as WhatsApp
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On 16 June 2025, the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in the Palestinian Territories Occupied Since 1967, Francesca Albanese, published a new report titled From Economy of Occupation to Economy
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A Pakistani anti-terrorism court has sentenced 108 members and allies of jailed former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s political party, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), to 10 years in prison each, in what critics are
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President Donald Trump has greenlit the construction of a $200 million, 90,000-square-foot state ballroom on the East Wing of the presidential residence, with construction set to begin in September. The Trump administration
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Despite a very public falling-out with former President Donald Trump, Elon Musk has quietly emerged as the single largest donor to Republican campaign committees gearing up for next year’s U.S. midterm elections,
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