Politics

Thursday, October 8th 2026 - 07:53 UTC
On the war's third anniversary, 5,600 children are waiting to be evacuated from Gaza

Some 5,600 children are waiting to be evacuated from Gaza for medical treatment, according to the territory's Hamas-run Health Ministry, as three years pass since the group's October 7, 2023 attack on Israel, which killed around 1,200 people, saw 251 taken hostage and triggered the war.
Wednesday, October 7th 2026 - 08:07 UTC
Trump promises payments to voters ahead of midterms dominated by the cost of living

US President Donald Trump has announced a series of direct payments to various groups of citizens in recent weeks and has promised US$5,000 to every adult if Republicans keep control of Congress in the November 3 midterm elections, in which the cost of living is shaping up as the central issue.
Wednesday, October 7th 2026 - 07:11 UTC
Former Venezuelan Supreme Court justice says she was coerced into barring Machado

Former Venezuelan Supreme Court justice Bárbara César Siero has alleged that the detention of two of her brothers and her sister-in-law in late 2023 was used to force her to sign the rulings that kept opposition leader María Corina Machado barred from office. She made the claims in a 43-minute video posted on YouTube on Tuesday.
Tuesday, October 6th 2026 - 22:15 UTC
Lula targets non-voters and over-70s to overturn the first-round result

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will focus his campaign for the October 25 runoff on mobilising those who did not vote on Sunday, particularly people over 70, and on winning over centrist voters, after finishing almost two points behind Senator Flávio Bolsonaro in the first round.
Monday, October 5th 2026 - 22:09 UTC
Paraguay's opposition takes Asunción from the Colorado Party and holds Ciudad del Este

Paraguay's opposition won the mayoralty of Asunción and held that of Ciudad del Este, the country's two most populous cities, in Sunday's municipal elections, according to preliminary results from the electoral authority. The ruling Colorado Party, however, won the vast majority of districts.
Monday, October 5th 2026 - 17:30 UTC
São Paulo stocks jump 8% and the real firms after Bolsonaro's first-round win

Brazilian markets rallied sharply on Monday in response to the first round of the presidential election, in which Senator Flávio Bolsonaro finished ahead of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, contrary to what polls had predicted. The São Paulo Stock Exchange's Bovespa index rose as much as 8% in early trading, above 208,000 points.
Monday, October 5th 2026 - 17:18 UTC
“The end of the PT era is decreed,” says Flávio Bolsonaro after winning the first round

Senator Flávio Bolsonaro celebrated his first-round victory in Brazil's presidential election in Brasília with a message focused on change. “Change, the word is change. Brazil can't take any more. The end of the PT era is decreed,” he told reporters outside his campaign headquarters.
Monday, October 5th 2026 - 17:08 UTC
Lula bets on education and non-voters to overturn the result in the runoff

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has set education, research and industrial policy as the pillars of his campaign for the October 25 runoff, and urged the more than 30 million Brazilians who abstained on Sunday to vote, after finishing behind Senator Flávio Bolsonaro in the first round.
Monday, October 5th 2026 - 10:30 UTC
Flávio Bolsonaro edges Lula in the first round; both head to an October 25 runoff

Senator Flávio Bolsonaro won around 47% of valid votes in the first round of Brazil's presidential election on Sunday, ahead of President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, who took about 45%, according to the Superior Electoral Court's count. As neither passed half of the valid votes, the two will face each other in a runoff on October 25.
Monday, October 5th 2026 - 10:20 UTC
Falklands weighs curbs on Argentine visitors after flag-waving incidents

Amid a sharp rise in international attention on the South Atlantic and its energy resources, Falkland Islands residents have been angered by Argentine visitors seen waving Argentine flags and banners denying British sovereignty, prompting calls from members of the community to restrict such visits.