PRESS REVIEW – Friday, February 6: As Japan heads for snap general elections this weekend, the press looks at “Sana-mania”. Incumbent Sanae Takaichi, the country’s first female prime minister, looks set to win that vote. Also: Libération reports on Be…

PRESS REVIEW – Thursday, February 5: Are Keir Starmer’s days as British prime minister numbered? That’s what the British papers are asking after the latest scandal involving ex-ambassador Peter Mandelson and his ties to Jeffrey Epstein. Also, “bloodba…

PRESS REVIEW – Wednesday, February 4, 2026: Team USA’s Olympics base camp is making headlines since it had to change its name from Ice House to Winter House. But first, Spain’s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has announced the country is planning a socia…

PRESS REVIEW – Tuesday, February 3: The British and Norwegian papers examine the fallout from the latest release of the Epstein files, which are incriminating Labour peer Peter Mandelson and the crown princess of Norway. In Italy, anarchist protesters…

PRESS REVIEW – Monday, February 2: We take a look at the oddest stories following the release of the latest batch of Epstein files. Moving to Serbia, the Chinese workforce is accused of harming nature and the local collective memory. Next: Japan’s lac…

PRESS REVIEW – Friday, January 30: We look at reactions to the EU’s designation of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards as a terrorist organisation. What consequences will follow? Also, French energy giant TotalEnergies announces it will reopen a controversial…

PRESS REVIEW – Thursday, January 29: International papers are reacting to the “ultraviolence of ICE agents” and commenting on Trump’s latest White House decoration choice. Elsewhere, Serbia and Georgia are weaponising surveillance technologies against…

PRESS REVIEW – Wednesday, January 28, 2026: First, French papers debate the 2025 immigration statistics released by the interior ministry. Also, the Spanish government has said it will give legal status to half a million undocumented migrants. Elsewhe…

PRESS REVIEW – Tuesday, January 27: Chinese President Xi Jinping’s purging of his top military leader is described as a “seismic” event for Xi and his iron-clad grip on power in China. Also, diplomatic tensions erupt between Italy and Switzerland over…

PRESS REVIEW – Monday, January 26, 2026: Around the US, editorial boards are writing opinion pieces to express their concern on the situation in Minneapolis. Next, in Iran, details of the state’s brutal repression of recent protests trickle into the p…