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Brazilians go to the polls on October 4. The front-runners are multilateralist incumbent Lula da Silva and former President Jair Bolsonaro's son, Flavio, who wants to bring Brazil closer to the US and away from China.
The 14th Pope Lyon arrived in Paris Friday on the first official visit to France 18 years ago, lasting four days. The Pope ' s plane landed before 10:00 a.m. (08,00 TG) at Orleigh Airport near the capital, where it was received by President Emmanuel McCron and his wife. During the first two days of the Pope ' s visit, one million people are expected to assemble in various events in Paris.
First, fighting continues between the Ethiopian forces and the Tigray People's Liberation Front as fears of a regional spillover continue to mount. Then, both the opposition and the ruling UDPS party continue to blame each other for the violence in the latest mass protest. And, the Authenticity and Modernity party looks now to form a coalition to address the top voter issues including the cost of living crisis in Morocco.
Yemen’s Riyadh-based President Rashid al-Alimi on Friday called on his people to mobilise and join the armed forces while offering a general amnesty to the Iran-backed Houthi rebels who have seized swaths of Yemen's Red Sea coast and imposed a naval blockade on Saudi Arabia.
The media reported on a plan that does not mention the island, but that evaluates mobilizing resources to support the Southern Command, responsible for the Caribbean
For our guest, Father Carlos Justino Novoa, Leo XIV continues with the legacy of the late Pope Francis, who was driving a message of listening to people and cohabiting with other religions. A proof of his position is the defense of migrants and his position in the face of the policies of American President Donald Trump.
Pakistan's prime minister blamed India for last year's clashes, and credited the US president with preventing "all-out war" between two nuclear powers. Albania's PM told the UN delegates an anecdote about AI misuse.
The presidents of China and the United States will meet again in their respective countries in November and December, as confirmed by the White House tenant
Poverty rates in Argentina increased to 32.3 per cent in the first half of 2026, four more points than the previous measurement, according to data from the National Institute of Statistics and Census (INDEC). This upturn comes after the 21.4% increase in the basic food basket, while household income grew by 11.5%. The figures represent a setback for the Javier Milei government to a little over a year for the general elections.
In a statement adopted by its 15 members, the most powerful UN body condemned on Friday, September 25, the Hutii attacks on Saudi Arabia and its potential threat to maritime trade in the Red Sea and the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. At the same time, he claimed "the inherent right" of the kingdom to "self-defence" against the Yemeni rebels supported by Iran, and ratified "its support" to the internationally recognized and supported Government of Yemen.
US President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping capped a state visit to Washington on Friday with pomp and pageantry but no real breakthroughs. Trump said he discussed the Iran war with Xi during his two-day visit, with both men confirming they will meet twice more before the end of the year.
India’s youth-led Cockroach Janta Party has joined opposition calls for election chief Gyanesh Kumar to resign.
Alleged incursions put NATO nations on alert as Ukraine launches strikes on Russia during parliamentary voting.
Pope Leo XIV arrived in France for the first official visit of a Pontiff to this country in 18 years. He was received by President Emmanuel Macron, with whom he had a meeting at the Elysée Palace, where he expressed his concern about the advancement of artificial intelligence and called for the protection of life, days after the National Assembly approved the legalization of assisted death. Our journalist Natalia Ruiz Giraldo extended the information.
In her first message from the hospital she was moved to after being thrown out of the home she lived in for 71 years, the 87-year-old woman thanked the citizen's mobilizations for her support and promised to "continue fighting" for the right to housing in Spain. Under the slogan "Not one more Maricarren," the Inquilinas Union is preparing a major demonstration in Madrid on Saturday, September 26, as pressure grows for the government and the opposition to take new measures against the real estate speculators.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Friday, September 25, that Donald Trump's administration can use a new and controversial federal database designed, in theory, to verify voter citizenship for next November's elections. Critics argue that the Government overcomes the threat of non-citizens - an extremely rare phenomenon in the U.S. elections - to implement policies that would deprive people who are likely to vote for the Democratic Party of the right to vote.
Pope Leo XIV highlighted his concern for the development of IA tools in his UNESCO speech and his statement after meeting with President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysée Palace. The Pontiff had already expressed his vision of this technology and the need to improve it by thinking about the humanity of people in his encyclical 'Magnify Humans'. Our guest Santiago Andrés Sierra González explained what these documents are and their importance to the Catholic Church.
U.S. President Donald Trump said that his talks with his Chinese counterpart Shi Jinping during his recent visit to Washington had made a " tremendous progress " in the interest of the two countries, stressing that they had discussed the war on Iran and that progress could be made on reopening the Harms Strait.
Viktor Orban's defeat in the Hungarian elections changed the situation. The Member States of the European Union have reached agreement on an EU reimbursement of funds advanced to Ukraine by each country. A mechanism that paves the way for new aid to support Kiev.
The Manston centre in Kent became overwhelmed in November 2022 at the height of the small boats crisis.
