Walter MurrowCanada Launches Sovereign Wealth Fund
In a significant economic policy move, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced the creation of a sovereign wealth fund at the Canada Museum of Science and Technology in Ottawa on Monday. While…
Press Freedom Under Siege From Guatemala to India
While Washington debated the politics of a shooting at a journalists’ gala, reporters in other parts of the world faced far starker dangers.
In Guatemala, indigenous journalist Carlos Cal, 45, was…
Oil Prices Surge Past $109 as US-Iran Talks Collapse Again
Global energy markets lurched higher on Monday after the second round of US-Iran peace negotiations was suspended yet again. Brent crude jumped nearly 4%, crossing the $109-per-barrel threshold — a…
White House Points Finger at Democrats After Correspondents’ Dinner Shooting
The fallout from Saturday night’s shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner consumed Washington on Monday. White House spokesperson Karoline Leavitt used her press briefing to…
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Pakistan: A court granted post-arrest bail to senior journalist Fakharur Rehman, arrested by the cyber crime agency for allegedly spreading “false information against state institutions” on social…
Netanyahu Delays Fraud Trial Again
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s long-running trial on fraud and corruption charges hit yet another delay, with the court pushing the next hearing back two months due to “security…
Greece: Wiretapping Scandal and Tempi Trial Tensions
Two ongoing crises dominated Greek political life. Legal experts and lawyers representing wiretapping victims sharply criticized the chief prosecutor of the Supreme Court for keeping the surveillance…
India’s Political Earthquake: AAP MPs Defect to BJP
Indian politics was shaken last week when seven of the Aam Aadmi Party’s 10 Rajya Sabha members — including prominent figure Raghav Chadha — quit to join the ruling BJP. The mass defection raises…
India and New Zealand Sign Landmark Free Trade Deal
In a bid to shore up economic resilience amid global uncertainty worsened by the Middle East conflict, India and New Zealand signed a free trade agreement on Monday. Negotiations concluded in…
Rural Assassinations Double in Brazil
A devastating new report from Brazil’s Pastoral Land Commission (CPT) reveals that assassinations linked to rural land conflicts doubled in 2025, jumping from 13 to 26 deaths in a single year.
The…