Politics

Monday, July 7th 2025 - 19:58 UTC
Suriname Assembly chooses first-ever female president

Jennifer Geerlings-Simons, a 71-year-old physician and congresswoman, has been elected as Suriname's first female president by the country's National Assembly on Sunday. She ran unopposed and will be inaugurated on July 16.
Monday, July 7th 2025 - 19:47 UTC
Caricom Summit underway in Montego Bay

The 49th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (Caricom) is underway in Montego Bay, Jamaica, from July 6-8. The summit focuses on critical issues for the region, including security, trade, climate change, and economic integration.
Monday, July 7th 2025 - 09:36 UTC
BRICS Summit insists on two-state solution for Middle East crisis; Iran objects

The 17th BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro issued Sunday a new declaration advocating for a two-state solution, one Palestinian and one Israeli, like on previous occasions.
Monday, July 7th 2025 - 09:30 UTC
IMF and WB “a reversed Marshall Plan” says Lula

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Sunday criticized the role of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (WB) because they represent “a reverse Marshall Plan, in which emerging and developing economies finance the more developed world.”
Monday, July 7th 2025 - 09:03 UTC
Buenos Aires Peronists join forces to fight Milei's chainsaw policies

The Justicialist (Peronist) Party (PJ) in the Argentine Province of Buenos Aires agreed on a unified strategy vis-à-vis the Sept. 7 mid-term provincial elections in a convention attended by 691 representatives and chaired by Fernando Espinoza. The conclave agreed on appointing a commission to form this new front.
Monday, July 7th 2025 - 08:50 UTC
Boric and Arce advocate for multilateralism and Global South empowerment

Presidents Gabriel Boric Font of Chile and Bolivia's Luis Arce Catacora advocated for multilateralism, international law, and the strengthening of the Global South during their interventions at the BRICS 2025 summit in Rio de Janeiro.
Sunday, July 6th 2025 - 11:58 UTC
Today Tuvalu’s Climate change visas; tomorrow extensive to the World’s?

By Gwynne Dyer - Some big changes arrive with a bang, but usually they sort of sneak in and you barely notice them at first. Last week’s big change saw the creation of the world’s first climate-change visas. It’s a way of giving potential climate refugees some hope and some dignity, and it would certainly be an improvement on the current migration mess.
Sunday, July 6th 2025 - 04:50 UTC
Falklands intends to implement the Beneficial Ownership Register by July 2026

Stephen Doughty, Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, which includes Overseas Territories has stated that illicit finance, corruption, and kleptocracy pose a direct threat to the UK’s national security, economic resilience, and the integrity of the global financial system.
Saturday, July 5th 2025 - 19:21 UTC
Milei welcomes Modi at Casa Rosada

Argentine President Javier Milei welcomed India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss trade, investment, energy, critical minerals, defense, aerospace, healthcare, pharmaceuticals, agriculture, and other issues.
Saturday, July 5th 2025 - 10:11 UTC
Operations at Fernando de Noronha airport limited out of security concerns

Brazil's National Civil Aviation Agency (Anac) Friday imposed new restrictions on Fernando de Noronha Airport following two incidents in a week where planes got stuck on the tarmac due to pavement issues.