How will Latin America’s super El Niño affect the top food-exporting region?
BUENOS AIRES/SAO PAULO, Aug 13 – Latin America is bracing for what experts say could be the strongest El Niño on record, raising questions about how the climate phenomenon will…
Heatwave expected to limit 15% of France’s nuclear fleet on Friday
PARIS, Aug 13 – Europe’s fifth heatwave this summer is expected to limit French nuclear power production by about 15% of the nuclear fleet’s total capacity on Friday, with six…
Brazil presidential race ramps up with catchy campaign earworms
BRASILIA, Aug 13 – As presidential campaigns ramp up in Brazil, the frontrunners are making their pitches to voters in a medium the nation is famous for: irresistible grooves. Read…
Reform UK’s Farage faces off against Count Binface in election
LONDON, Aug 13 – Voters cast their ballots on Thursday in a local English election pitting Nigel Farage against his main challenger, a comedian dressed as a trash can, in…
Reform UK’s Farage faces off against Count Binface in election
LONDON, Aug 13 – Voters cast their ballots on Thursday in a local English election pitting Nigel Farage against his main challenger, a comedian dressed as a trash can, in…
Italy’s Meloni has a youth problem as election approaches
ROME, Aug 13 – Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s government is increasingly unpopular among young voters, opinion polls show, a trend that could prove costly ahead of a national election…
Senators demand inquiry into conditions aboard USS Abraham Lincoln
It comes amid reports of food shortages, broken plumbing and mental health crises during the aircraft carrier’s record-setting deployment. Read More
Ukraine needs 5% of US Patriot stocks to get through winter: Zelensky
Zelensky said Ukraine in 2026 had two-and-a-half times less interceptors than it had in 2025. Read More
Venezuela looks to UK-held gold reserves for reconstruction as inflation surges
Aug 12 – Venezuelan authorities plan to focus on reconstruction efforts and recovering gold reserves worth an estimated $4 billion held in the Bank of England’s underground vaults, National Assembly…
US immigration agency plans to buy electric shock gloves, raising alarm among rights advocates
WASHINGTON, Aug 12 – The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency plans to buy electric shock gloves for officers in the field, alarming rights advocates who have condemned the action…