Right-wing senator Flavio Bolsonaro pulled off a surprise first-place finish ahead of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in Sunday’s election, which heads to a run-off in three weeks as neither clinched a majority. However, with Bolsonaro gaining 47 percent…
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez called an early election for November 29 on Monday, in a bid to strengthen his mandate after a fragmented parliament rejected the government’s key housing decrees last week amid widespread protests. France 24’s correspondent in…
Britain’s disgraced former prince, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, filed a legal action on Monday to quash warrants that led to searches of his residences. The police arrested the 66-year-old on February 19 on suspicion of misconduct over his links to the late convicted…
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Monday called a snap election for 29 November, after parliament rejected housing relief measures proposed by his minority government. This comes after tens of thousands of protesters marched in Madrid and other cities on…
The Yemeni military announced on Monday that it will launch a broad set of strikes against Iran-backed Houthi targets in an attempt to retake lost territory. The Houthis launched an offensive in September, which killed hundreds of combatants on both sides,…
PRESS REVIEW: Monday, 5 October – more than 400 schools closed on Monday across France, as government fails to assuage the anger of protesting students. In other news, Boulder, Colorado takes on ExxonMobil and Suncor Energy, demanding billions for damage caused by…
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez on Monday called an early election for November 29. Facing the electorate now could be risky, as Sanchez’s Socialist Party is trailing in opinion polls.
Family members of former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro won big in Sunday’s general election, including the right-wing lawmaker’s eldest son Flavio Bolsonaro, who surpassed President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva in the first-round presidential vote. During the campaign, Flavio Bolsonaro promised…
France face Belgium this Monday in the fourth and last Nations League game this international break. Les Bleus already beat Belgium on September 28 in Matchday 2 (1-0).
With this year’s Nobel Prize winner announcements beginning on Monday, among those experts believe could be in line for the $1.2 million prizes are GLP-1 researchers, a Ukrainian children’s rights activist and several female authors. And after last year’s Donald Trump-driven…