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  • Wednesday, November 5th 2025 - 20:52 UTC

    Lula enacts law designating Belém as capital of Brazil during COP30

    Lula will travel to the Celac-EU summit in Colombia before returning to Belém

    Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva signed into law a bill making Belém, in the state of Pará, the capital of the South American country for the duration of the 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) between Nov. 11 and 21. The measure has been published in the Diário Oficial da União (Official Gazette).

  • Wednesday, November 5th 2025 - 10:55 UTC

    New York City to have its first Muslim Mayor ever

    Born in Uganda and of Indian origin, Mamdani ran on a platform promising to reduce the cost of living for ordinary New Yorkers

    The Democrat Zohran Mamdani has been elected as the new Mayor of New York City, defeating independent Andrew Cuomo and Republican Curtis Sliwa. Mamdani, 34, a socialist and open opponent of President Donald Trump, will be New York's youngest mayor since 1892 and its first Muslim mayor.

  • Wednesday, November 5th 2025 - 10:54 UTC

    High-profile event featuring Trump, Milei, and Messi, among others, kicks off in Miami

    Machado is due to appear remotely from Venezuela

    A high-profile summit featuring Presidents Donald Trump of the United States and Javier Milei of Argentina, alongside Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado, is set to start on Wednesday at the America Business Forum in Miami. The unprecedented event, held at the Kaseya Center, brings together influential figures from global politics, finance, and elite sports to discuss the pivotal role of personal leadership in an era of complex global change.

  • Tuesday, November 4th 2025 - 20:44 UTC

    Former US VP Dick Cheney dies aged 84

    Despite his decades-long commitment to the Republican Party, he stood up against Trump and voted for Kamala Harris last year

    Richard “Dick” Bruce Cheney, a towering figure in Republican politics for over three decades and the 46th Vice President of the United States, died Monday night at the age of 84.

  • Tuesday, November 4th 2025 - 10:16 UTC

    FT says Trump teams evaluating dollarization of Argentina's economy

    Trump remains committed to “maintaining the strength and power of the dollar,” as Beijing pushes for the use of other currencies

    Sources close to US President Donald Trump said the Republican administration was actively discussing a strategy to encourage several countries to adopt the greenback as their official currency, the Financial Times (FT) reported on Sunday. The move would seek to curb China’s growing influence and maintain the dollar's global dominance.

  • Monday, November 3rd 2025 - 10:55 UTC

    Maduro's days in power “are numbered,” says Trump

    “We have very secret plans” about Venezuela, Trump argued

    US President Donald Trump suggested in a TV interview on Sunday that Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro's time in power is limited. However, he downplayed the likelihood of the United States' engaging in a war with the South American country. Asked whether the United States would go to war with Venezuela, Trump replied, “I doubt it. I don't think so.”

  • Monday, November 3rd 2025 - 10:16 UTC

    School attack in Buenos Aires foiled by FBI tip

    The suspect was active on social media about his intentions against his former high school

    A Neo-Nazi teenager has been arrested in the middle-class Caballito neighborhood in Buenos Aires, where he was planning a school massacre, as the evidence garnered at the scene would corroborate. The suspect was making arrangements to strike his former high school, which were foiled following a tip from the FBI.

  • Sunday, November 2nd 2025 - 00:13 UTC

    Trump calls meeting with Xi a “G2” summit, reviving idea of a two-power world order

    “Trump’s mention of the ‘G2’ concept indicates that he acknowledges the equal position of China and the US,” said Jianlu Bi, a Beijing-based political analyst

    US President Donald Trump described his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Busan as “historic,” calling it a “G2” summit — a term that suggests shared global leadership between Washington and Beijing.

  • Sunday, November 2nd 2025 - 00:10 UTC

    Trump and Xi reach limited trade truce, easing restrictions on rare earths and chip firms

    The agreement also halves US tariffs on fentanyl-related products from 20 to 10 percent and commits China to purchase 12 million tonnes of American soybeans this year

    The White House announced Saturday that the United States and China had reached a new trade agreement aimed at easing tensions between the two economic powers.

  • Saturday, November 1st 2025 - 09:58 UTC

    Trump denies imminent attack on Venezuela

    Both Trump and Rubio said Washington had no such plans

    US President Donald Trump on Friday denied that his administration was planning military attacks against Venezuela, contradicting reports from major US media outlets in this regard citing anonymous sources.