France's Parliament is expected to resume this week the discussion on whether to legalize euthanasia or any other form of dignified dying, with two main bills on the table, one focusing on palliative care and the other seeking to move forward with assisted suicide. The debate had been halted in June when President Emmanuel Macron dissolved the National Assembly.
The longest 301-day world voyage across five continents and over 100 countries will be launched in November 2027 points out the Residential cruise line Villa Vie Residences.
Former Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli (2009-2014), sentenced to over 10 years in prison for money laundering and bribery in the Odebrecht case, was granted political asylum by Colombian President Gustavo Petro on Saturday.
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is to meet Monday with executives from two major Chinese companies. Later in the day, he is to hold an encounter with representatives from the health sector and sign a series of agreements before closing the Brazil-China seminar. He is currently in Beijing on an official visit to strengthen business ties.
Sweden’s newly appointed national security adviser and former ambassador to Ukraine, Tobias Thyberg, resigned minutes after taking office following the leak of “sensitive” photos from an old Grindr same-sex dating app profile. “I should have informed [the government], but I didn’t,” Thyberg admitted.
Paraguay trade experts warned this weekend, citing official data from the Central Bank of Paraguay (BCP) that 37.6% of the country's imports in the first quarter of 2025 stemmed from China, where very little is placed: 0.3% of sales abroad, as a result of Asunción's stance towards Taiwan, which prevents any direct trade with Beijing.
Venezuela is turning to its geopolitical allies, Russia and China, to counter a deepening economic crisis, as the South American nation faces dwindling oil revenues, runaway inflation, and a severe currency devaluation.
US President Donald Trump congratulated Robert Francis Prevost Martinez on being the first American-born pope, who chose to be known as Leo XIV. Prevost, a 69-year-old Chicago native, was praised by Trump on Truth Social as a great honor for the country.
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva had a special seat in Moscow's civil-military parade celebrating the 80th anniversary of the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany in World War II. The event, known as Victory Day, marks the unconditional surrender of the Germans in 1945.
Sir David Attenborough is launching what he says is one of the most important films of his career as he enters his hundredth year. He believes his new, cinema-length film Ocean could play a decisive role in saving biodiversity and protecting the planet from climate change, according to a report in BBC. Sir David, who will be 99 this Thursday, says: ”After almost 100 years on the planet, I now understand the most important place on Earth is not on land, but at sea.