Under his chosen successor, progress stalled. The economic boom also gave way to recession, and the country’s political scene was rocked by a huge investigation into top-level corruption, known as Operation Car Wash. Lula was among those to get caught up in the scandal. In July 2017,...
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has returned home after more than 10 months in exile. “I am here. With you,” Machado wrote on X on Sunday. Her return came after several prior efforts to re-enter the country came to no avail. Machado attended Mass at a church i...
Ugandans returning from neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo will be quarantined for 21 days, the health ministry has said, as the country tightens restrictions to contain the spread of Ebola virus. More than 4,800 people have died in DR Congo since May – the country’s dea...
Past plenum sessions have been used to declare Xi as “the core” of the Party, abolish term limits which cleared the way for him to remain in power indefinitely, and elevate his personal philosophy – branded as “Xi Jinping Thought” – to the same level as Chairman Mao...
Eric Bauza, the voice artist behind Looney Tunes characters including Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and Porky Pig, has died aged 46. A statement from the Emmy award-winning star’s family posted on Instagram, external said he had died “suddenly”. Bauza had voiced a number of char...
Andre McKechnie, who murdered a property developer, argued it was his right to enjoy Australian culture. Source link...
The prime minister has traditionally relied on a stable base of right-wing voters, but is projected to see a thinning of support in this election. Some voters may be slipping away to opposition parties like Eisenkot’s. Others, including some die-hard Likud voters we spoke to, said th...
He made his announcement at the headquarters of his Serbian Progressive Party (SNS) in the capital Belgrade. There were celebrations on the streets of the city, with people dancing and chanting “victory”, cars honking, and fireworks set off. “Serbia is free,” one Ri...
Israeli voters are preparing to head to the polls in an election some have described as the most consequential in the country’s history. It’s the first general election since the Hamas-led attacks of 7 October 2023. Tuesday’s vote could see Benjamin Netanyahu’s almo...
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has returned home to a fraught political landscape after over 10 months in exile. “I am here. With you,” Machado wrote on X on Sunday. Her ally, former presidential candidate Edmundo González Urrutia, confirmed the news minutes ...