Brazil’s left has mounted a political fightback ahead of the October 25 presidential runoff, rallying supporters in the streets, overhauling its social media campaign and pushing through a landmark labor reform. President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, 80, was jolted when he finished behind right-wing Senator Flavio Bolsonaro — son of former president Jair Bolsonaro […]
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Food crisis ‘looming’ after global energy shock, UN agriculture fund says
Rising energy and fertiliser costs are hitting smallholder farmers and driving up prices of agricultural commodities, fueling fears of a global food crisis, the head of the UN agriculture development fund told AFP. Global agricultural prices jumped 13 percent in the third quarter of the year, according to the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), […]
India detains top ‘cockroach’ leader as hundreds protest in capital
Indian police detained Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) leader Abhijeet Dipke on Friday ahead of fresh protests demanding the removal of the country’s election chief, the youth-led movement said in a social media post. Dipke, 31, was detained shortly before a rally called by the online movement in the heart of New Delhi where hundreds of protesters […]
Italy braces for ‘autumn of discontent’ as students protest
Italy is preparing for a turbulent autumn following a spike in inflation because of energy prices, with students, truck drivers and farmers taking to the streets ahead of elections next year. Several disparate protest initiatives, some inspired by movements in France and Spain, are united in their opposition to Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s hard-right government. […]
Singapore puts seven Indonesian firms on notice over toxic haze
Singapore said on Friday it would issue warnings to seven companies in Indonesia it identified as responsible for fires that have sent toxic smoke across Southeast Asia, warning the worst may be yet to come. The city-state has beefed up measures to combat the months-long fires and had vowed legal action against companies responsible for […]
Pope celebrates mass in hospital after cancer operation
Pope Leo XIV celebrated mass on Friday at the hospital where he is recovering from a lung cancer operation, as seen in the first images of him released by the Vatican since the procedure. The images showed the 71-year-old Chicago-born pope in front of a makeshift altar in a room on the 10th floor of […]
France’s high-school student woes in numbers
France’s student protests are fuelled by a range of grievances, from unreplaced teachers and crumbling buildings to broader inequalities in accessing a good education. Students have blocked entrances to hundreds of lycees — high schools for pupils aged 15 to 18 — in recent weeks, with squads of riot police deployed, occasionally resulting in violent […]
‘Real inequality’: France’s education divide laid bare by protests
Students cheered as they stacked rubbish bins against the entrance to a school outside Paris, while a speaker thumped out French rap to young people, teachers and parents mingling in the early morning drizzle. Perched on a low wall alongside friends, 18-year-old Abdel rattled off the problems that drove him to protest in his final […]
Trump’s new press secretary admits failing bar exam
New White House Press Secretary Katie Zacharia acknowledged on Thursday that she had failed the bar exam, a prerequisite for practicing law in the United States, as her credentials face scrutiny. Zacharia has described herself as a lawyer during television appearances and on social media, and listed herself as general counsel of a California-based conservative nonprofit. […]