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Researcher: Cap Brazil's 'Supersalários' to Save R$500bn and Fight Inequality
A proposal to enforce the constitutional salary cap for all Brazilian public servants could unlock nearly R$500 billion ...
US Consent to WTO Talks Over Tariffs Marks a Diplomatic Victory for Brazil
The Trump administration agreed to discuss two surtaxes on Brazilian goods, a move Brasília hails as a win. China also p...
VB-G RAM-G Generates 55% Fewer Persondays in Debut Month, Centre Blames Sowing Pause
The new VB-G RAM-G rural jobs scheme recorded 7.96 million persondays in July 2026, a 55% drop from MGNREGA a year earli...
China Sets Ambitious Ecological Targets for 2026–2030 in New Development Plan
The five-year plan aims to lock in at least 18% protected land area and raise forest coverage to 25.8%, backed by a land...
China Touts Track Record of Delivering on Trade, Climate Pledges
President Xi Jinping's decade-long emphasis on honoring promises is reflected in concrete policy moves, from expanding i...
How France's Prefectures Orchestrate the Response to Extreme Heat
Behind the heatwave warnings lies a structured chain of communication. From Météo-France's forecasts to mayors' crisis p...
Hungary Elects Former Top Judge Baka András President, Breaking with Orbán Era
Parliament voted decisively for Baka András, a legal scholar removed from the Supreme Court in 2011, cementing the Tisza...
Navy Veteran's Third-Party Congressional Bid Targets VA Reform and Mental Health
Retired Navy airframer Brian Lambert is running as a Libertarian in Florida's 14th District, pledging to protect veteran...
Canada Intensifies Talks with US to Avert Sweeping 50% Tariffs as August 19 Deadline Looms
Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc met with U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer for the third time in three weeks as bo...
Trump Warns Iran: US Will Demand Compensation for 50 Years of Losses
President Trump signals that future U.S.-Iran talks will include reciprocal claims over historical deaths, raising the s...
Russia Grants Rosstandart Broad Authority to Enforce Industrial Product Standards
A government decree, effective September 1, empowers the standards agency to combat counterfeits and enforce mandatory r...
Japan PM Takaichi Orders Accelerated Recovery for 2026 Kumamoto Earthquake
In the 9th emergency task force meeting, Prime Minister Takaichi detailed housing, SME support, and infrastructure resto...
Low-Cost Destabilization: How Belarus Is Weaponizing Migration Against Latvia
Latvia is facing a record surge of illegal crossings orchestrated by Belarus as part of a Russian hybrid-warfare strateg...
Trump Wins Court Approval to Amend BBC Lawsuit, Sidesteps Financial Disclosure
A US judge allowed President Trump to drop business damage claims from his $10 billion defamation suit against the BBC, ...
Guinea-Bissau Bar Association Awards Justice Prize to Portuguese Embassy, EU, UNDP and Human Rights League
The Ordem dos Advogados da Guiné-Bissau recognized four entities for their contributions to access to justice and human ...
Angola Puts $294m Into Cabinda Water, Launching First Water-Sector PPP
The Angolan government plans a $294 million water-system overhaul in Cabinda by 2040, delegating management to a private...
EU Packaging Rules Tighten: PFAS Limits and Harmonized Producer Responsibility Begin
New EU Packaging and Packaging Waste Regulation (PPWR) takes effect on August 12, 2026, banning PFAS in food-contact pac...
DGB Estimates €64bn Lost to Minimum Wage Fraud in Germany Since 2015
German union federation DGB calculates that underpayment of the statutory minimum wage has deprived workers, social secu...
Moscow Aims to Boost Transport Links for 2,160 ‘Anchor’ Settlements
Prime Minister Mishustin orders stronger transport connections for the 2,160 towns and cities where nearly three-quarter...
Turkey's Parliament Takes Up Amnesty Bill to End Kurdish Conflict
A bill backed by Erdoğan's alliance and pro-Kurdish opposition aims to disarm the PKK and reintegrate its members, but t...
Russian Supreme Court Disqualifies Yabloko Party from State Duma Elections
The Supreme Court removed the Yabloko party list from the upcoming parliamentary vote over campaign violations, includin...
Egypt’s PM Inspects Health, Water and Sanitation Projects in Gharbia as ‘Decent Life’ Expansion Accelerates
Prime Minister Madbouly visited Gharbia governorate to review the second phase of the presidential ‘Haya Karima’ initiat...
Former Nanjing People’s Congress Chief Long Xiang Sentenced to Death with Reprieve for Graft, Insider Trading
Long Xiang, former chairman of the Standing Committee of Nanjing Municipal People’s Congress, has been sentenced to deat...
Infantino Apology Fails to End FIFA Crisis; UEFA, CONMEBOL, and FA Deepen Boycott
FIFA admitted errors in a controversial plan to sell a minority stake in the World Cup to private investors, but UEFA, E...
ASEAN Rights Body Takes Steps on Complaints Channel and Human Rights Index
ASEAN's human rights commission has opened a channel for external complaints, adopted a declaration on environmental rig...
China Requests Participation in Brazil’s WTO Case Over U.S. Tariff Hike
Beijing cites ‘substantial commercial interest’ in joining consultations, arguing the 37.5% U.S. surcharge hits all Chin...
Left-Wing Housing Politics Takes Shape as LA Candidate Pairs Rent Control with YIMBY Zoning
Democratic socialist Nithya Raman is challenging LA’s incumbent mayor by linking tenant protections to aggressive supply...
Why Ending Aid Won’t Change Israeli Policy—and What Would
A growing Democratic push to cut financial aid and restrict arms sales to Israel would have little effect on its treatme...
ATA Chair: Secret Lawsuit Finance Hikes Trucking Costs, Demands Transparency
American Trucking Associations Chair Greg Hodgen urges Congress to mandate disclosure of third-party litigation funding,...
Business Figures Make Early Pix Donations to Brazil's Political Candidates
Executives from construction, energy, finance and pulp sectors have already sent Pix donations to PSD and Novo candidate...