European Union interior ministers agreed on Thursday to toughen the bloc’s migration policies, particularly on returns of undocumented migrants. They also want to step up social media monitoring to prevent further mass movements of people after the crisis in the…
French high school students lit fires outside schools and faced off with police on Friday as a protest movement that has forced the closure or disrupted education at more than 560 establishments showed no sign of abating. France 24’s Rochelle…
Spanish lawmakers are due to vote on Friday on two government housing decrees drawn up after an outcry over the eviction of an 87-year-old woman, with their passage in doubt. Several hundred people held raucous protests in Madrid and other…
Over the past five years, applications for residence permits submitted by Brazilians in Paraguay have more than doubled. Many of them are Bolsonaro supporters who are afraid October’s presidential election will be won by incumbent leader Lula – whom they accuse…
With just two days to go before the first round of Brazil’s presidential election, artificial intelligence is taking centre stage, whether it’s a deepfake avatar of former president Jair Bolsonaro to support his son’s candidacy, or an AI-generated working-class female voter…
Members of the Group of Seven bloc of highly industrialised economies on Friday agreed to release 100 million barrels of diesel and crude oil from their reserves over four months, averting a potential US ban on diesel exports. The European Union…
PRESS REVIEW – Friday, October 2: We look at reactions in the French papers after high school blockades turned violent across France. We also look ahead to Brazil’s two-round presidential election, which begins this weekend. The electoral campaign culminated with the…
Nigeria’s Postal Service has launched a National Digital Alphanumeric Postcode System. The system is designed to help Nigerians find the postcodes of locations across the country. Before now, house identification in Nigeria was based on an unreliable house numbering system.…
Delano D’Souza is pleased to welcome Carlos Mascarell Vilar, political scientist based in Spain. From his own perspective, Emmanuel Macron’s visit to Spain needs to be understood by European power, political legacy, and geoeconomics. France and Spain are seeking to…
From the October 3 visitors to Amsterdam’s H’ART museum will be able to see an extensive collection of works by artist Henri Matisse alongside pieces inspired by his legacy, including Mark Rothko, Barnett Newman, and Pablo Picasso. The new exhibition…