Stories for May 12th 2026

Tuesday, May 12th 2026 - 23:32 UTC
Lula seeks his own security recipe to counter Brazilian right wing's tough-on-crime narrative

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Tuesday unveiled in Brasília a public security plan worth around USD 2.25 billion aimed at weakening the finances of organized crime, regaining control of prisons, curbing arms trafficking, and improving homicide investigations, five months ahead of October's presidential election. The package is designed to give the government a distinct identity on one of the issues where public opinion sees the ruling party at its weakest against the right wing's punitive narrative.
Tuesday, May 12th 2026 - 14:14 UTC
Strait of Hormuz closure, FAO warns of fertilizer scarcity and calendar for new planting season

The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, warned that the global fertilizer scarcity caused by disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz will lead to lower yields and tightening food supplies in the latter half of 2026 and into 2027.
Tuesday, May 12th 2026 - 13:31 UTC
Brazil's inflation accelerates to 4.39% in April driven by food and pharmaceuticals

Year-on-year inflation in Brazil accelerated to 4.39% in April, up from 4.14% in March, pressured mainly by rising prices for food and pharmaceuticals, the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) reported on Tuesday. The national consumer price index advanced 0.67% from the previous month, 0.21 percentage points below March, reflecting a slower monthly pace even as the annual comparison continues to climb.
Tuesday, May 12th 2026 - 13:28 UTC
UK Defense minister “sick and tired of journalists and armchair generals” talking our military are ‘unprepared’

In a contradictory remark he would later retract, UK Defense Readiness & Industry Minister Luke Pollard said he was sick and tired of “journalists and armchair generals” talking down the military, as he was pressed in response to a BFBS Forces News audience poll.
Tuesday, May 12th 2026 - 13:21 UTC
How a British prime minister is replaced: the keys to a possible Starmer succession

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer faces the most serious political crisis since his arrival at Downing Street in July 2024, but a potential change at the head of the government runs up against a web of internal Labour Party rules, the absence of a consensus candidate, and the personal obstacles weighing on the figure best positioned in internal polling. Starmer, who won the 2024 general election with an overwhelming majority, has flatly ruled out resigning despite mounting pressure from his own parliamentary group following Labour's collapse in the local and regional elections of 1 May.
Tuesday, May 12th 2026 - 13:14 UTC
Argentina sees new university protest as government pledges post-march dialogue

Argentina's public universities are staging the fourth Federal University March on Tuesday against the budget adjustment imposed by Javier Milei's government, with the main rally in Plaza de Mayo and simultaneous mobilizations in the country's major cities, while the national administration announced it will meet with rectors after the protest to discuss the allocation of funds for university hospitals. The day combines a strike with suspended classes, a broad opposition turnout, and an official discursive shift aimed at opening a dialogue channel without yielding on the substance of the dispute.
Tuesday, May 12th 2026 - 03:14 UTC
Peru's runoff to pit Fujimori's daughter against Castillo's political heir

Peru will hold a presidential runoff on 7 June pitting Keiko Fujimori, daughter of former President Alberto Fujimori (1990-2000), against Roberto Sánchez, a congressman and self-proclaimed political heir of Pedro Castillo, the rural schoolteacher who reached the presidency in 2021 and is now serving an eleven-year, five-month sentence for the failed self-coup he attempted on 7 December 2022.
Tuesday, May 12th 2026 - 02:27 UTC
Labs across three continents confirm passenger-to-passenger spread on hantavirus cruise

A comparative genomic analysis of five people infected aboard the polar cruise ship MV Hondius has confirmed that the hantavirus spread from passenger to passenger during the voyage, according to a study published on the open scientific platform Viriological and produced jointly by laboratories in South Africa, Switzerland, and the Netherlands. The scientific finding supports the hypothesis handled since the outbreak began, which has left ten people infected and three dead, and completes the epidemiological picture after weeks of investigation.
Tuesday, May 12th 2026 - 00:54 UTC
The Rise of the 'Yen-style' Advantage: Why US Digital Nomads are Flocking to the Southern Cone

Make it make sense. The math of the average American career is getting increasingly difficult to reconcile with the reality of the American housing market. Those traditional milestones of, say, a $3,000-a-month studio in a high-growth tech hub, have started to feel like a structural trap rather than a success story.
Tuesday, May 12th 2026 - 00:27 UTC
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