María Corina Machado holds a commanding lead in presidential voting intentions in Venezuela even as she remains sidelined from US-backed negotiations between the government and opposition aimed at restoring democratic institutions.
President Keiko Fujimori’s popularity plunged in October as Peruvians expressed deeper concerns about the economy and crime, while also looking askance at closer ties to Donald Trump and the US.
The European Union is in talks with China to secure relief from sanctions that threatened the survival of Sindlhauser Materials GmbH, a small German company in the ASML Holding NV supply chain, according to people familiar with the discussions.
Swiss Secretary of State Helene Budliger Artieda says gifts presented to President Donald Trump by Swiss executives were actually for the American people. In an interview at the Bloomberg New Economy Forum in New Delhi, Budliger Artieda told Bloomberg's Francine Lacqua that handing over a Rolex table clock and engraved gold bar at the White House wasn’t illegal. “It’s a gift to the American people — it’s duly registered at the White House, and if all things go well it will end up in a presidential library,” she added. (Source: Bloomberg)
A Ukrainian army officer suspected of being a protagonist in the sabotage of Nord Stream gas pipelines in 2022 stood trial in Hamburg accused of committing a war crime.
British Museum Chairman George Osborne said Greece and the UK can reach a deal over the contested Parthenon sculptures if both sides are willing to compromise.
For more than 20 years, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has reigned as Brazil’s most dominant political figure. The leftist leader has been elected to three terms as president and, at the age of 80, is vying for a fourth. But Lula, as he is widely known, and his supporters were dealt a shocking setback in national elections held Oct. 4, when Lula’s leading opponent, Senator Flávio Bolsonaro, won the most votes. Conservative candidates also notched victories in Brazil’s congress, heralding a potentiall
From Nepal to Czechoslovakia and Georgia, history offers plenty of examples of student protests forcing a government from office. Serbia’s students are taking a different approach: They’re trying to end leader Aleksandar Vucic’s decade-long rule through the ballot box.
Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni said her government was nearing an accord with the European Union over a mechanism to cut the price of gas used to generate electricity, a move that would allow her to ease energy bills ahead of a national election next year.
Kenya is readying reforms to combat money laundering and terrorism financing, part of an effort to exit a global watchdog’s dirty-money list by April 2027, according to a senior government official.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy accused US President Donald Trump and Elon Musk of restraining Kyiv’s military access to SpaceX’s satellite technology, deepening the rift between Washington and Kyiv.
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Germany will press the European Union to quickly place quotas on additional sectors of goods being imported from China, replicating a cap the bloc is planning to impose on hybrid vehicles.
Malaysia’s former Prime Minister Najib Razak lost a bid to suspend his 15-year sentence over the 1Malaysia Development Bhd. scandal, potentially setting the stage for his return to prison in 2028 even if he is allowed to move to house arrest in the meantime.
The growing calls for “middle powers” to play a more active role in the world requires them to find partners who can cooperate in the areas that matter, India’s foreign minister said.
Algeria officially adopted the death penalty for people convicted of arson, after fatal forest fires tore through parts of the country’s east this summer.
HalkTV, one of Turkey’s most-watched opposition television channels, was taken over by a government appointee after police raided its offices early Wednesday and ended its live broadcast.
