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Japan Details 61.6 Billion Yen Disaster Aid for Kumamoto and Chiba
Prime Minister Takaichi outlines special subsidies, SME debt relief and front-loaded local funding after requests from K...
Cape Verde Hosts Mozambique Audit Team for Public Finance Systems Exchange
Mozambique's General Inspectorate of State is spending ten days in Cape Verde studying the information systems behind fi...
Chile Launches 120-Day Commission to Overhaul Public Employment Rules
President José Antonio Kast and Finance Minister Jorge Quiroz have given a 12-member expert panel 120 days to propose ch...
Nevada Presses for Shared Colorado River Cuts Before Federal Decision
Lower-basin negotiators are seeking a short-term consensus as Lake Mead hits a record low and the Bureau of Reclamation ...
Xi Jinping Uses Jiang Zemin Centenary to Reaffirm Party-Led Economic Path
China's leadership commemorated Jiang Zemin's birth centenary with a pointed restatement of Party control, high-quality ...
Iran-US Framework Expires: No Ceasefire, No Hormuz Reopening, No Final Deal
The 60-day Iran-US framework has lapsed with no extension: ceasefire broken, Strait of Hormuz traffic near-halted, oil s...
US Senate Advances Russia Sanctions Bill as Ukraine Marks Independence Day
A rare 86-12 Senate vote moves the Lindsey O. Graham Russia sanctions bill toward a floor vote, while Ukraine reports a ...
Moscow Economist Fired After Warning Russia Cannot Win Ukraine War
Andrei Klepach, chief economist of state development bank VEB.RF, lost his post after public comments contradicted Kreml...
Lula Opens Brazil Re-Election Bid as Traditional Union Base Shrinks
Brazil's president kicks off his October re-election campaign in São Bernardo do Campo, but data shows the PT's old trad...
Sergey Brin Spent $102 Million to Block California's Billionaire Wealth Tax
The Google co-founder's latest $20 million donation funds competing ballot measures that could nullify Proposition 40, a...
Trump Envoys Press Cairo Mediators to Advance Gaza Plan as Israel Resumes Strikes
US envoys Jared Kushner and Nickolay Mladenov met Egyptian, Qatari and Turkish mediators in Cairo on Sunday to push Trum...
After Corruption Sentence Suspended, Romero Jucá Files Candidacy for Federal Deputy
Brazil's top courts cleared the way for former senator Romero Jucá to register as a congressional candidate, suspending ...
JHC Keeps Alagoas Race Frozen as Senate or Governor Choice Remains Open
With candidate registration hours from closing, ex-Maceió mayor JHC has not declared Senate or governor — a choice that ...
Brazil's Pablo Marçal Files Presidential Bid Despite Ineligibility and Declares R$7.4bn in Assets
PRTB has formally registered Pablo Marçal for Brazil's presidency after a provisional court ruling on party affiliation,...
Zema Opens 2026 Presidential Bid Attacking Lula, Brazil's Supreme Court and Crime Policy
Novo candidate Romeu Zema launched his campaign in Montes Claros with a hardline crime platform, attacks on Lula's US ti...
Iranian Parliament Advances Bill Criminalizing Interviews With US and Israeli Media
Draft law proposes prison terms of six months to two years for unauthorized contact with 'hostile' foreign outlets and t...
Hasan Piker: Progressive Primary Wins and Losses Don’t Break the Movement
The Twitch streamer frames Wisconsin and Michigan primary results as proof the progressive movement is strong—but still ...
Brazil Uses Reciprocity Law as Leverage, Not Immediate Tariff Retaliation
Brasília opened a reciprocity process against Washington to keep the law credible and force trade talks, while managing ...
Brazil Plans B3 Auction for 547 Critical Federal Bridges as 48% Exceed 50-Year Design Life
DNIT says 2,461 of 5,127 federal bridges have passed 50 years; 547 need urgent work. The government will auction them in...
China Marks Ecology Day With Desertification Gains, Species Recovery and New Environmental Code
Officials reported progress on the Three-North Shelterbelt, national parks and Inner Mongolia's clean-energy build-out, ...
China Sets Tuesday Cremation for Former Premier Zhu Rongji
State protocol includes flags at half-mast across China and at diplomatic missions after Zhu Rongji, premier from 1998 t...
Xi Jinping's Qiushi Article Sets Out China's Disaster-Resilience Priorities
A forthcoming Qiushi article by Xi Jinping calls for higher infrastructure resilience, stronger early warnings and a shi...
Iran Says It Has Struck a Temporary Hormuz Shipping Deal With Oman as US Claims Sovereignty
Tehran says new temporary corridors will run partly through Iranian waters for two to four months, while Washington keep...
Maryland Digital Ad Tax Struck Down; Google, Peacock, Apple Win Refunds
Maryland's first-in-nation digital advertising tax has been invalidated, with refunds ordered to Google, Peacock and App...
France's Poverty Spike Renews Call to Shift Social Policy From Repair to Prevention
France's poverty rate hit 16.3% in 2025, argues precarity specialist Florian Guyot, exposing a welfare system that repai...
Trump's America This Week: Iran Ultimatum, NATO Loyalty Test and Drone Tariffs
Washington escalates economic isolation of Iran, probes NATO allies' loyalty and imposes drone tariffs of up to 100 perc...
Stephen Harper Couldn’t Win Today’s Conservative Leadership, Former Adviser Warns
Dan Robertson argues pandemic anger, distrust of institutions and algorithm-driven conservative media have shifted the C...
Colombia Quake Becomes First Test of De la Espriella's Decentralization Pledge
The 7.4-magnitude earthquake that killed 287 people has exposed the gap between President Abelardo de la Espriella's pro...
Tinubu Congratulates Adeleke on Osun Re-election, Calls Result a Democratic Signal
President Bola Tinubu phoned Governor Ademola Adeleke after his re-election in Osun State, urging unity and describing t...
AmCham Tells Bangladesh: Reforms on Paper Won't Build Investor Confidence
Business leaders and HSBC pressed Dhaka to move from reform announcements to predictable implementation, as the finance ...