At least 17 people died on Monday in Peru as protesters clashed with security forces in city of Juliaca, Puno region.
French football boss Le Graet under fire for ‘clumsy’ Zidane remarks
French Football Federation president Noel Le Graet came under fire on Monday as he was forced to apologise for what he dubbed “clumsy remarks” about Zinedine Zidane’s potential interest in coaching the France national team.
Taliban hard-liners consolidate control with crackdown on women
Recent edicts by ultraconservatives based in Kandahar overrode the wishes of some Taliban officials in the capital and in the provinces.
Ex-secretary of state George Shultz was besotted by Theranos fraudster Holmes, book says
He was either ‘corrupt’, ‘in love’ or had ‘completely lost’ his mental edge, says grandson who blew whistle on Holmes’s schemeFormer US secretary of state George Shultz’s support for Elizabeth Holmes and her fraudulent blood testing company, Theranos, …
Republican George Santos faces campaign finance complaint
Controversial newly elected congressman who appears to have made up most of his résumé is subject of FEC complaintThe newly sworn-in Republican congressman George Santos, whose campaign résumé has been shown to be largely made-up, is the subject of a c…
“Rage and a lack of hope:” Iran’s economic woes add fuel to protests
As antigovernment protests rock Iran, the deteriorating economic situation is causing further anger and despair.
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Supporters of Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro demonstrate against President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, in Brasilia, Brazil, January 8. REUTERS/Antonio Cascio WNU Editor: The above picture came from this photo-gallery …. In pictures: …
Tuesday briefing: Why the former Brazil president is responsible for the riots
In today’s newsletter: For years Jair Bolsonaro set the anti-democratic tone that fomented Sunday’s attacks. Our Latin America correspondent explains howSign up here for our daily newsletter, First EditionGood morning. Almost exactly two years after th…
Ukraine live briefing: Brutal fighting for salt mining town; Canada to buy air defense system for Kyiv
Fighting around the eastern towns of Bakhmut and Soledar, where Russia just launched a major assault, has been “really savage,” a U.S. defense official said.
Former US fighter pilot arrested in Australia over China training allegations ‘singled out,’ lawyer says
The lawyer for former US Marine Corps pilot Daniel Duggan said he was “singled out” for extradition to the United States to face charges of training Chinese military fliers, even though other Australians provided military services to foreign states.