Politics

What does outgoing PM Ishiba leave to his successor?

Politics TA | AP Insight - September 8, 2025.

The jockeying for a new prime minister began on Monday as outgoing Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s beleaguered long-governing Liberal Democratic Party struggles to stay in...

A bribery scandal engulfs Javier Milei ahead of the important election

Politics TA | AP Insight - September 7, 2025.

Argentines are so used to the corruption in their political system that even Peronists — supporters of the populist movement that dominated Argentina’s politics for...

LGBTQ+ Catholics celebrate a new sense of acceptance

Politics TA | AP Insight - September 6, 2025.

Hundreds of LGBTQ+ Catholics and their families participated in a Holy Year pilgrimage to Rome on Saturday, celebrating a new level of acceptance in the...

Competitive authoritarians, not military coups, are the biggest threat to democracy

Politics Pedro Abramovay - September 6, 2025.

Media coverage of the trial of Brazil’s former president, Jair Bolsonaro, tends to focus on the striking similarities between his case and the career of...

Kim after visiting China - from shunned pariah to confident diplomat

Politics TA | AP Insight - September 5, 2025.

Kim Jong Un put on a command performance this week at a gathering of some two dozen world leaders in China, striding with confidence and...

Final death toll of USAID sounds

Politics Sharmila Devi - September 5, 2025.

USAID was officially wound down at the start of this month, but even this was not enough for Donald Trump, who ordered the cancellation of...

Effectiveness of migration crackdowns becomes political football

Politics Ferry Biedermann - September 4, 2025.

A series of recent statistics in both the US and Europe are suggesting that harsh anti-migration measures are having an effect on arrivals. The US might...

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