When Racism Is a Crime: Brazil Puts a Tourist on Trial for Word and Gesture
An Argentine woman, who is white, could face years in prison after being accused of racism. The case has set off intense debate in Argentina and Brazil.
Month: April 2026
US to ‘blast Iran back to Stone Ages’ until strait open, despite truce call
Donald Trump has said Iran’s new head is ‘much less radicalised and far more intelligent than his predecessors’.
Dubai explosion: UAE city rocked as ‘three blasts’ heard in Deira amid Iran attacks
Iran has launched multiple missile attacks on Dubai in recent weeks.
EU cohesion in Corsica by numbers
Renaud Lefort analyses the impact of European funding on economic growth, and highlights the challenges of using it effectively in Corsica.
‘Not just straits, also focus on gays of Hormuz’: No Kings protesters’ bizarre comments go viral
Street interviewer Lionel, known online as No Cap On God, went to the “No Kings” protests with a microphone and a straight face. What he came back with was something else entirely.
Russia says will continue helping Cuba after first oil shipment arrives
Foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova also called on the US to lift its energy blockade on the island nation.
Mojtaba Khamenei’s rumoured injury or death won’t change Iran’s trajectory
His father, Ali Khamenei, built the supreme leader’s office into an institution that does not depend on a single leader.
India delays cabotage rewind plan amid carrier pressure, Middle East reroutings
The decision to push back the late-April implementation is in response to industry appeals and the Middle East crisis, which has left Indian ports handling significant rerouted volumes of stranded Persian Gulf-bound containers.
Kristi Noem’s neighbors refuse to believe bombshell cross-dressing pictures of husband are real: ‘Must be AI’
Residents of Castlewood said Bryon Noem was a supportive spouse who shied away from being in the limelight
We are so close to eradicating polio – the UK cannot afford to let progress slip
The UK’s decision to withdraw funding from the Global Polio Eradication Initiative sends precisely the wrong signal to the world about the value we place on this crucial effort for the health of others and health security for all, writes Timothy Hallet…