Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what Trump’s second term means for Washington, business and the world Todd Blanche has scrapped plans for a $1.8bn so-called slush fund in an effort to secure a permanent promotion as US attorney-general after two Republicans threatened to block his nomination over the matter….
US President Donald Trump says helping to bolster the Japanese currency is a sign of friendship. Published On 3 Aug 20263 Aug 2026 Japan and the United States have confirmed a rare, coordinated yen-buying intervention to halt the Japanese currency’s slide to 40-year lows, with Tokyo signalling it is willing to take further action if…
Davidson said his teams are having to make changes to the way they usually carry out elections. The ballots are “going to be sometimes longer than the table so we’re having to do double tables and we’re going to have to sort them in batches before we can verify them or even count them.” Paul…
Clashes near Sheraro mark one of the most serious threats yet to the fragile 2022 Pretoria peace deal. Published On 1 Aug 20261 Aug 2026 Fighting has broken out in western Tigray, in one of the most serious breaches yet of the three-year-old peace deal between Ethiopia’s federal government and fighters in the northern region….
The screams of hundreds of fans waving glowing pink orbs grew louder as one member of Boy Throb appeared on stage at Irving Plaza in New York City earlier this month. Singer Darshan Magdum wasn’t there in person – he was calling from India while his visa application to enter the United States remained in…
Elon Musk’s long interview with the editor of the Economist is as good a representation as any of the current clash between two worlds. In one corner, the editor of an 182-year-old news organisation which promotes economic liberalism and freedom. In the other, the world’s first trillionaire, who spreads misinformation to his hundreds of millions…
Following Farage’s difficulties, Labour is also now losing fewer of its 2024 voters to Reform. But the same is true of the Conservatives, whose loss of support to Reform in the polls during this Parliament has always been much greater than that suffered by Labour. Far from suffering from a Burnham bounce, Kemi Badenoch’s party…
As the 2026 Moroccan legislative elections approach, rumors of Fouzi Lekjaa being pre-designated for the premiership are swelling. Behind the meteoric rise of the head of Moroccan football, an entire system of power capture stands revealed. By imposing top-down approved technocrats, the Makhzen does not merely hold universal suffrage in contempt; it stifles the aspirations…
The Ali Lmrabet case deserves careful consideration. Not because it definitively closes the debate on freedom of expression in Morocco, but because it could mark a turning point. For many years, cases involving journalists or opponents critical of the government have often fueled the concerns of human rights defenders. Public opinion has become accustomed to…
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is facing a new judicial offensive on the international stage. Lawyers representing alleged victims of kidnappings, enforced disappearances, and massacres, alongside several Congolese civil society organizations, have announced the simultaneous filing of two proceedings targeting Congolese authorities. One has been submitted to the Belgian Federal Prosecutor’s Office, while…
