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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 ...
Attal Wants Referendum on Under-15 Social Media Ban After Court Censure
Gabriel Attal is urging Macron to put the censured under-15 social media ban to a referendum, arguing it is the fastest ...
Record drone barrage hits Wildberries near Moscow and ArcelorMittal plant in Ukraine
A major Wildberries distribution centre caught fire after a Ukrainian drone attack, while Russia's missile strikes repor...
Ecuador's First Lady Lavinia Valbonesi Loses Third Child After Pregnancy Complication
Government announces the death of Stefano Noboa Valbonesi and orders the presidential flag at half-staff for three days;...
Democrats Lock South Carolina in as First 2028 Primary State
The DNC has ratified an opening order of South Carolina, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, Michigan and Virginia, with ...
Trump's 2024 Grocery Photo Op Becomes a 2026 Midterm Inflation Problem
Two years after Trump used supermarket staples as a campaign prop, food prices are still rising. Republican voters in sw...
Brazil Says CPLP Presidency Still Deadlocked Ahead of Dili Meeting
Brazil says the 2027-2029 CPLP presidency remains unresolved and questions Equatorial Guinea's democratic credentials as...
Brazil's Chamber Approves Bill to Punish Vehicle-Based Animal Abandonment
Drivers and boat operators could face serious traffic penalties, licence suspension and possible CNH cancellation after ...
French Prosecutors Open Probe Into Tax Authority Hack Exposing 700,000 Records
Paris's cybercrime unit is investigating a late-June intrusion that extracted sensitive tax and household data from the ...
Slovenia's DARS Names Acting CEO After Ribič Exit; SDS Candidate in Frame
DARS has appointed former RTV Slovenija chief Anton Guzej as acting CEO after Andrej Ribič's departure, amid political p...
Macau Lawmaker Calls for Annual Financial Forum Linking China, Lusophone and Hispanic Markets
Legislator Ip Sio Kai has asked Macau's government to create an annual finance forum spanning mainland China, Portuguese...
Australia's Largest Gun Buyback Since 1996 to Start in NSW on November 2
New South Wales will begin compensating firearm owners up to A$1,000 per weapon from November 2, part of the response to...
Daron Acemoglu Argues the College Divide Now Defines U.S. Politics
The MIT economist's new book excerpt contends that educational segregation has insulated college-educated elites from no...
U.S. Courts to Start Publishing How Often Judges Authorize Spyware Wiretaps
Starting with the 2028 Wiretap Report, to be published in 2029, U.S. courts will disclose how many times judges authoriz...
Georgia Governor Race Sharpens Over Medicaid Expansion and Rising Premiums
A University of Georgia survey shows premium worries cross party lines as Keisha Lance Bottoms and Rick Jackson split ov...
Texas Court Fight Over Surrogate, Newborn Heart Defect and Abortion Draws National Attention
A California couple, their Alaska surrogate and Texas officials are locked in a custody and medical-care dispute over a ...