Politics

• Wednesday, July 8th 2026 - 07:05 UTC

  Denmark says Greenland 'not for sale' after Trump renews call for US control

  

  Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen reaffirmed on Wednesday that Greenland is “not for sale” and that her country is ready to defend “every inch” of its territory, after US President Donald Trump insisted that the Arctic territory should be under the control of the United States rather than Denmark.

• Tuesday, July 7th 2026 - 23:00 UTC

  Colombia's president-elect suspends transition, accuses Petro of attempting a coup

  

  Colombia's president-elect, Abelardo de la Espriella, froze the transition process with the outgoing government of Gustavo Petro on Tuesday and accused the president of attempting a coup, in a sharp escalation exactly one month before the handover of power, set for August 7.

• Tuesday, July 7th 2026 - 21:10 UTC

  Flávio Bolsonaro urges Washington to delay Brazil tariffs until after October vote

  

  Brazilian Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, the leading right-wing presidential hopeful, asked Donald Trump's administration on Tuesday to postpone until after the October elections a 25% tariff that the United States is considering imposing on Brazilian goods. He made the request during a public hearing before the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR) in Washington.

• Tuesday, July 7th 2026 - 08:05 UTC

  Royal Navy patrol ship HMS Medway makes first port call at Chile's Punta Arenas

  

  The British Royal Navy's patrol vessel HMS Medway (P223) docked on Sunday morning at Punta Arenas, in Chile's Magallanes and Chilean Antarctic Region, on its first visit to the port. The stop, for resupply, is due to last until Wednesday, July 8.

• Monday, July 6th 2026 - 23:43 UTC

  Trump admits calling FIFA over a red card; the reversal for the US striker sparks an outcry

  

  US President Donald Trump admitted he had called FIFA President Gianni Infantino to ask that the red card shown to US striker Folarin Balogun be reviewed, after the body reversed the suspension that would have kept him out of the round-of-16 match against Belgium. The decision, unprecedented in more than six decades of World Cups, triggered a wave of criticism and formal protests from the Belgian federation and UEFA.

• Monday, July 6th 2026 - 20:35 UTC

  French football federation to file complaint over Paraguayan senator's racist attack on Mbappé

  

  The French Football Federation (FFF) announced on Monday that it will file a complaint with prosecutors over racist posts by Paraguayan senator Celeste Amarilla directed at France captain Kylian Mbappé, and called for judicial proceedings to be opened.

• Monday, July 6th 2026 - 20:30 UTC

  Venezuela earthquake death toll rises to 3,535 as international teams withdraw

  

  The twin earthquakes that struck northern Venezuela on June 24 have left at least 3,535 people dead and 16,740 injured, according to the latest report released on Monday by the president of the National Assembly, Jorge Rodríguez. The death toll rose by 193 from Sunday's figure, while the number of injured remained unchanged. Authorities present the data as provisional and subject to revision.

• Monday, July 6th 2026 - 20:14 UTC

  Petro rejects Colombia election result, backs legal bid to annul De la Espriella win

  

  Colombia's outgoing president, Gustavo Petro, reiterated on Sunday that he does not recognize the legitimacy of the incoming government of Abelardo de la Espriella, insisting that the June 21 presidential runoff was marked by fraud — an accusation he has not backed with public evidence and which is contradicted by international observers and the official vote count itself.

• Monday, July 6th 2026 - 20:12 UTC

  Argentine lawmaker files criminal complaint against Milei over US military exercises

  

  An opposition lawmaker has filed a criminal complaint against President Javier Milei and four current and former government officials for authorizing, by decree, the entry of US troops that took part in military exercises on Argentine soil without congressional approval.

• Monday, July 6th 2026 - 02:08 UTC

  Orsi praises Fujimori's 'exemplary perseverance' in a cross-ideological call

  

  Uruguay's left-wing President Yamandú Orsi congratulated Peru's right-wing president-elect, Keiko Fujimori, by phone on her runoff victory, in a contact that bridged the ideological divide in a region where most governments have shifted to the right. The conversation, released by the Office of Peru's President-Elect, came amid the government transition in the Andean country, with the handover set for July 28.