It’s been two weeks since a Congolese man died in Dublin after being restrained by security guards and protesters are still taking to the street. They want to see an independent and transparent probe into the death of Yves Sakila – with many viewing the incident as racially charged. Details by Eliza Herbert. Source link
Players of Paris Saint Germain are due to receive a heroes welcome this Sunday in Paris after winning their second consecutive Champions League trophy. Post-match celebrations brought some 20,000 fans to the Champs Elysees, with police making over 400 arrests after festive unrest nationwide. Some commentators say it confirms PSG as one of the greatest … Read more
In Peru, hundreds of demonstrators marched through Lima on Saturday to protest against Keiko Fujimori’s candidacy and her family’s political dynasty. They fear that, if elected, she will continue her father’s authoritarian regime. Keiko Fujimori came out on top in the first round of the presidential election and will face left-wing candidate Roberto Sánchez in … Read more
Israel launched strikes across southern Lebanon this Saturday after ordering evacuations from more than a dozen locations, and a day after Lebanese and Israeli military officials held their first direct talks in decades at the Pentagon. The Lebanese army said a “targeted” Israeli strike wounded two soldiers in the south. Story by Jennie Shin. Source … Read more
Three months after a missile strike destroyed an elementary school in the Iranian city of Minab, killing over a hundred children, a nightly ritual of grievance continues for the families. Washington says an investigation into the attack is underway, but for the victim’s family, there is no doubt. Our Iran correspondent Reza Sayah went to … Read more
The centre-left Labor Party (MLP) has won Malta’s general elections for an unprecedented fourth time, according to preliminary results on Sunday. “This is a victory for all the people based on the program that we presented to all the people,” Prime Minister Robert Abela told reporters. The results showed that his party “has won a … Read more
A new race for resources is taking shape in Brazil. But this time, it is not about gold, coffee or rubber. Instead, the focus is on the gold of the artificial intelligence and renewable energy era: rare earths. “The next big, rare earth projects in the world will be in Brazil,” Andrew Tunks, geologist and … Read more
Paris Saint-Germain have etched their name into football history. The French giants secured a second consecutive Champions League title on Saturday in Budapest, edging Arsenal in a dramatic final decided by penalties (1-1 after extra time, 4-3 on penalties). Source link
Ballots for the first round of Colombia’s presidential election open Sunday, as candidates with radically diverging visions for the future face off against each other. The vote, seen as a referendum on outgoing President Gustavo Petro’s policies, comes 10 years after Colombia signed a historic peace pact with guerrillas of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of … Read more
Bitcoin resolves by architecture what the encyclical asks to resolve by decree. If work vindicates human dignity, money must too. A bricklayer builds a wall. Each brick is an hour of your life that will not return: the sun on your back, the strength of your arms, the time you did not spend with your … Read more