‘Has the world gone mad? It has’: foreign reporters share a view of Trump from abroad
Journalists from countries that have seen challenges to democracy give their view on the second Trump presidency What is the view of US democracy from...
Category : Americas
González is Venezuela’s ‘best hope for democracy’, says Blinken, as leader vows to fight on
Edmundo González pledges to push for freedom and democracy for Venezuela after going into exile in Spain amid fears for his safety The US secretary...
‘No democratic legitimacy’: EU rejects Maduro’s Venezuela election win claim
EU foreign policy head says members have given up hope of seeing voting tallies in disputed presidential election The EU’s foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell,...
Large-scale and intense wildfires carrying smoke across northern hemisphere
Late spring and early summer blazes in Canada, Alaska and eastern Russia add to carbon emissions The northern hemisphere has had a large number of...
Air Europa plane diverts to Brazil after severe turbulence injures dozens
About 40 passengers taken to hospitals after flight from Madrid to Montevideo forced to make emergency landing An Air Europa flight from Madrid to Montevideo...
Global defence budget jumps to record high of $2440bn
For the first time, government military spending increased in all five geographical regions, Sipri thinktank finds Global military expenditure has reached a record high of...
Macron rekindles France-Brazil relationship in widely memed Lula visit
Photos of French president’s three-day trip to Brazil to reaffirm countries’ partnership delight internet observers If the official photos are anything to go by, Emmanuel...
Boris Johnson ‘held unofficial talks with president of Venezuela in February’
Former PM apparently met autocratic leader Nicolás Maduro over concerns he may supply weapons to Russia Boris Johnson flew to Venezuela in February for unofficial...
Italy refuses to extradite priest accused of murder and torture to Argentina
Rev Franco Reverberi is accused of crimes against humanity during country’s military dictatorship in the 1970s and 1980s Italy’s justice minister has refused Argentina’s request...
‘Many thought they’d get away with it’: Argentine colonel to stand trial in Italy
Lt Col Carlos Luis Malatto fled Argentina in 2011 and will be tried in Rome for premeditated killing of eight people in last military dictatorship...
