Category: World
Ecuador goes to the polls amid rise in drug-related gang violence
Ecuadorians are voting in a presidential election that has shaped up to be a repeat of the 2023 race, when they chose a young, conservative [more…]
Why Trump blinked before imposing his ‘beautiful’ tariffs on Canada and Mexico
Donald Trump was in his element in the Oval Office this week. Surrounded by cameras, flanked by billionaire allies and confronted by a barrage of [more…]
Trump’s claim that Mexican cartels and government are allied is not reality
Mexico breathed a sigh of relief this week when Donald Trump delayed his threatened tariffs by a month, apparently swerving away from an economic crisis [more…]
Sam Nujoma, Namibia’s first president, dies aged 95
Sam Nujoma, the fiery freedom fighter who led Namibia to independence from apartheid South Africa in 1990 and served as its first president for 15 [more…]
Rwandan and Congolese leaders join summit on eastern DRC conflict
A summit of regional leaders has called for an immediate unconditional ceasefire within five days in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Rwandan president, [more…]
Trudeau says Trump is serious about wanting to annex Canada
Donald Trump’s recent fixation on absorbing Canada is “a real thing”, Justin Trudeau has told business leaders, warning that the US president wants access to [more…]
US-Panama relationship was ‘very strong’. Then Trump upended the diplomatic playing board
When Panama’s then president Juan Carlos Varela was invited to the White House in June 2017, Donald Trump said the Panama canal was doing “pretty [more…]
Sudanese military reports sweeping gains in battle for capital
Sudan’s brutal civil war appears to be approaching a decisive phase as the country’s military reported sweeping gains in the symbolic battle for the capital. [more…]
River near Buenos Aires turns bright red after suspected industrial dye leak
A small river in greater Buenos Aires was dyed a deep and worrying shade of red on Thursday after what is thought to have been [more…]
Canada intercepts people trying to cross border in ‘incredibly cold’ conditions
More than a dozen people have been caught making the hazardous crossing into Canada, renewing focus on the closely watched – and seasonally perilous – [more…]
