The United States has moved to deny visas to a former European Union commissioner and four civil society figures, escalating tensions with Europe over how social media platforms should be regulated. In a statement released yesterday, the US State Department said the individuals were being barred for attempting to pressure American technology companies into censoring […]
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The United Nations envoy tasked with helping resolve Cyprus’s decades-long division has expressed cautious optimism, while stressing that the process is still not ready for a large, multi-party summit. Speaking to Cyprus’s Phileleftheros newspaper, UN envoy Maria Angela Holguin said she felt encouraged after meeting separately with Greek Cypriot leader Nikos Christodoulides and Turkish Cypriot […]
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Authorities in the Philippines have confirmed that the father and son accused of carrying out one of Australia’s deadliest mass shootings spent most of November in the country before returning to Sydney. According to immigration officials in Manila, Sajid Akram, 50, and his son Naveed Akram, 24, arrived in the Philippines together on November 1, […]
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Tens of thousands of Brazilians took to the streets on Sunday in a powerful show of resistance against a proposed bill that could significantly reduce the prison sentence of former president Jair Bolsonaro, who was convicted for plotting a coup to overturn the 2022 election results. Demonstrations erupted in major cities including Rio de Janeiro, […]
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Hong Kong is standing at a historic crossroads as its last major opposition party prepares to decide its own fate. On Sunday, the Democratic Party will hold a final vote on whether to disband, marking what could be the end of organised mainstream opposition politics in the city after years of intensified national security enforcement […]
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