Monday | 2nd February 2026. San José, Costa Rica — Conservative populist Laura Fernández claimed victory in Costa Rica’s presidential election on Sunday, as early results showed her not only clearing the threshold needed to avoid a runoff but also leading her party toward a commanding majority in Congress. The vote unfolded against a backdrop […]
Thursday | 29 January 2026 What happens now in Minnesota hinges on a familiar Trump-era question: Is the president confronting a genuine policy failure, or merely a messaging problem? At issue is whether Donald Trump views the crisis sparked by federal immigration enforcement in Minneapolis as a moment requiring substantive change, or whether he believes
Why the Minnesota deportation impasse will be so hard to solve. Read More »
Saturday | 24th January 2026 North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has dismissed a vice premier over problems linked to a factory modernization project, an apparent bid to tighten discipline within the ruling elite and force officials to show tangible results ahead of a major political gathering. The firing comes as North Korea prepares for
North Korea’s Kim fires vice premier, calls him ‘a goat yoked to pull an ox cart’ Read More »
Thursday | 15th January 2026 The American president’s extraordinary — and utterly exhausting — grip on the global psyche tightened further on Wednesday, as the world once again found itself suspended in a familiar state of anxious anticipation. A heavy tension settled over Washington, stretched taut across the Atlantic and drifted ominously across the Middle
Inside Trump’s ‘crazy world’ of milk bottles, sled dogs and threats to bomb Iran. Read More »
Thursday | 8th January 2026 The United States seized a Russian-flagged oil tanker that had been under close surveillance for more than two weeks and was being shadowed by a Russian submarine, U.S. officials said on Wednesday, marking a rare and highly sensitive maritime enforcement action amid escalating tensions over Venezuelan oil exports. The tanker,
US seizes Venezuela-linked, Russian-flagged oil tanker after weeks-long pursuit. Read More »
Friday | 2nd January 2026 New Year celebrations descended into catastrophe in Switzerland in the early hours of Thursday when a devastating fire ripped through a crowded bar at one of the country’s most exclusive Alpine ski resorts, killing around 40 people and injuring more than 100 others. Swiss President Guy Parmelin described the incident
A New Year’s party in an upscale Swiss ski resort turned deadly. Here’s what we know. Read More »
Wednesday | 24th December 2025 Two police officers were killed early Wednesday morning in Moscow after a bomb exploded near a police vehicle, in an attack that heightened security concerns in the Russian capital just days after a senior military officer was assassinated nearby. The blast occurred close to the site of a car bombing
Friday | 12nd December 2025 Brisbane, Australia — Fourteen-year-old cheerleader Lucy Brooks briefly lost contact with several of her friends on Snapchat when Australia’s new under-16 social media ban came into force on Wednesday. For a moment, she feared the ban had permanently cut off a core part of teenage communication. But within 24 hours,
Australian teens were kicked off social media this week. Some are back already. Read More »
Tuesday | 2nd December 2025 Hong Kong — The leader of Hong Kong has vowed to ensure that “justice is served” following a catastrophic inferno that killed more than 150 people last week, as mounting evidence points to alleged negligence by construction firms that used substandard materials on scaffolding surrounding the stricken buildings. The blaze
Sunday | 23rd November 2025 This year, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz pledged to build Europe’s strongest army – a bold and politically risky promise for a country whose armed forces have endured decades of chronic underinvestment, equipment shortages, and reputation problems. The coalition government now hopes that a sweeping new military service bill, agreed upon