Americas
Brazil Is No One’s Backyard: How Trump Handed Lula His Fourth Term
Three weeks ago, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva looked like a spent force. On Sunday night, as chants of his name...
Alberta Referendum: Why Alberta Wants to Leave Canada
The Alberta referendum has delivered a clear verdict: the province stays in Canada, at least for now. On 19 October 2026,...
Why Trump Endorsed Netanyahu – and Why Israel Is Hedging Its Bets
Donald Trump has thrown his weight behind Benjamin Netanyahu. The US president endorsed Israel's prime minister on Sunday, nine days before...
US Navy Birthday: 251 Years of Sea Power Under Strain
On 13 October 1775, the Continental Congress voted to arm two small sailing vessels. Each would carry ten carriage guns and...
The CIA Man Who Invented A Secret Programme — And Paid Himself In Gold
Former CIA officer David Rush spent seventeen years inside America's most secretive agency. This week he admitted he had plundered it....
Brazil Election 2026: Is South America Turning Its Back on the Left?
Brazil's first round has delivered the shock that pollsters missed. Senator Flávio Bolsonaro finished first, with roughly 47 per cent of...
No Troops Needed: Trump Bets on a Cuba Deal as the Island Goes Dark
US President Donald Trump predicted on Saturday that the US and Cuba will strike a deal. He added that he does...
Grounded: White House shuts CNN out of Air Force One days After Court Win
The White House barred CNN from Air Force One for President Donald Trump's Saturday trip to Knoxville, Tennessee. CNN held the...
Blow For Anthropic As US Court Refuses To Lift Pentagon Ban
A US appeals court on Friday refused to overturn the Pentagon's ban on Anthropic, handing the AI firm a significant setback....
Judge Tears Down Trump’s White House Ban, Orders Barred Reporters Back In
A federal judge in Washington has blocked President Donald Trump's ban on three news outlets at the White House, handing the...
Networks Pull The Plug: Trump Loses His Microphone After White House Press Ban
ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox News and CNN suspended the shared press pool that supplies footage of the president to the world....
Trump calls AI fear a ‘sick conspiracy’ while the men building it beg him to slow down
Trump has dismissed AI-safety warnings as a "sick conspiracy" targeting the industry, even as the chief executives of the leading AI...
