Category: World
Tanzania opposition leaders and supporters arrested in crackdown
Police in Tanzania have arrested leaders of the country’s main opposition party and hundreds of its supporters in a crackdown that started at the weekend. [more…]
Conviction of Hong Kong activist Jimmy Lai ‘unjust’, says Chris Patten
Chris Patten, the former governor of Hong Kong, has decried as “unjust” a decision by the Chinese city’s top court to uphold the conviction of [more…]
Pantanal waterway project would destroy a ‘paradise on Earth’, scientists warn
Dozens of scientists are sounding the alarm that carving a commercial waterway through the world’s largest wetlands could spell the “end of an entire biome”, [more…]
World must confront Maduro’s ‘campaign of terror’, Venezuelan opposition leader says
Venezuela’s main opposition leader, María Corina Machado, has accused the country’s strongman president, Nicolás Maduro, of unleashing a horrific “campaign of terror” in an attempt [more…]
Lammy plans China visit for September to kick-start high-level engagement
David Lammy is planning a visit to China in September that would fall within the first 100 days of him taking office. The foreign secretary [more…]
Marina Hyde on the ‘brave’ inciters of Britain’s race riots; lightning struck my plane and I plunged 3,000m; the delights of the dead hang – podcast
Where are you Tommy and Elon? Marina Hyde finds that those provoking the race riots are far, far away; the dead hang delight – how [more…]
No survivors from plane that crashed in Brazil with 61 people on board, officials say
A passenger plane with 61 people on board has crashed in a fiery wreck in Brazil’s São Paulo state, killing all passengers and crew. The [more…]
Brazil cuts ties with Nicaragua as it rethinks links with leftist authoritarians
Brazil and Nicaragua have expelled each other’s ambassadors in a tit-for-tat diplomatic row, as Brazil’s president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, appears to recalibrate his [more…]
US, Qatar and Egypt call on Israel and Hamas to resume urgent ceasefire talks
The leaders of the US, Egypt and Qatar have called on Israel and Hamas to resume urgent negotiations to finalise a ceasefire and hostage release [more…]
Philippines court voids order to shut down independent news site Rappler
A court in the Philippines has voided a shutdown order that was issued against Rappler, an independent news outlet known for its scrutiny of the [more…]
