Doctors say leftist leader has been cleared to work while recovering at home after being rushed to hospital last week. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has been released from hospital following an emergency surgery to treat bleeding in his brain. The 79-year-old Brazilian leader delivered brief remarks uponContinue Reading
“Wir schaffen das!” or “We can do it!” said former German Chancellor Angela Merkel nine years ago, when she proclaimed that Germany and Europe had the capacity to grant asylum to people seeking refuge. Back then, her words offered hope to hundreds of thousands of Syrian people who were fleeingContinue Reading
United States President Joe Biden has pardoned his son Hunter of firearms and tax convictions despite previously pledging not to use his presidential authority to grant him clemency. Biden said on Sunday that his son had been “single out” and “selectively, and unfairly” prosecuted due to his family name. “ThereContinue Reading
The legislative election takes place after the collapse of a fragile coalition, with the economy being a top concern. Icelanders are electing a new parliament after disagreements over the economy, immigration, and the fallout from volcanic eruptions forced Prime Minister Bjarni Benediktsson to pull the plug on his coalition governmentContinue Reading
Many politicians are still undecided on whether the terminally ill should be allowed to end their lives. Lawmakers in Britain are debating divisive legislation on assisted dying for terminally ill patients ahead of what is expected to be a knife-edge vote of conscience. Parliament started a second reading of theContinue Reading
Thousands of supporters of former PM march to the capital, demanding his release from jail and government’s resignation. Thousands of supporters of Imran Khan have been detained by police as Pakistan’s capital remains under lockdown in advance of a rally demanding the release of the jailed former prime minister andContinue Reading
Jude Chery have you heard talk of armed gangs for most of his life. The 30-year-old Haitian activist remembers that he started to learn the names of powerful gang leaders even as a child in primary school. In the decades since, new gangs have formed, and new gang leaders —Continue Reading
Leaders from the world’s largest economies are gathering in Brazil for the G20 summit that kicked off on Monday. Chinese President Xi Jinping and United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer are some of the prominent world leaders expected to attend. Russian President Vladimir Putin will not be attending the gatheringContinue Reading
Melbourne, Australia – Israel’s devastating bombing of Lebanon has reverberated around the world, reaching as far as the suburbs of Sydney and Melbourne. In Sydney’s Bankstown neighborhood and Coburg in Melbourne, where Australia’s vibrant Lebanese community is visible in the local shops, restaurants and places of worship, Israel’s latest warContinue Reading
Government initially closed a shaft to deprive undocumented miners it called ‘criminal’ of food, water and medicine. Dozens of local volunteers have stepped up to help rescue what could be thousands of feared miners trapped underground in an abandoned gold mine in the town of Stilfontein in South Africa. LocalContinue Reading
