Politics

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.
Saturday, July 5th 2025 - 10:05 UTC
Paraguay: High-ranking official sacked amid bribery scandal

Pastor Soria Melo has been dismissed as the head of Paraguay's National Plant and Seed Quality and Health Service (Senave) through a presidential decree, following his indictment on charges of passive bribery, aggravated passive bribery, criminal association, and money laundering.
Saturday, July 5th 2025 - 09:44 UTC
Brazil: mitigating factors for sexual crimes against women suppressed

An amendment to Brazil's Penal Code suppressing mitigating factors for crimes involving sexual violence against women came into force Friday after it was published in the Diário Oficial da União (Official Gazette - DOU), following its enactment by acting President Geraldo Alckmin. The measure also reduced the statute of limitations for these cases.