JD Vance says economic pressure is best way to meet objectives in Iran
U.S. Vice President JD Vance speaks to members of the media before boarding Air Force Two, after the U.S. and Iran held high-level talks at the Lake Lucerne Summit, at Emmen Military Air Base June 22, 2026 in Emmen, Switzerland. Nathan Howard | Getty…
Cuba: Cubalex registra un “aumento sin precedentes” de las protestas
La Habana/La organización Cubalex aseguró este miércoles que «la crisis energética, hídrica y sanitaria» provocó un «aumento sin precedentes» de las protestas en Cuba durante el primer semestre de 2026, que llegaron a 766 manifestaciones en 141…
Landmark case against Meta: Focus shifts from online content to ‘design and infrastructure’
Nadia Massih is pleased to welcome Leïla Mörch, CEO / Founder of Geminy. She specializes in technology, public policy, with a focus on social media regulation. She sees the landmark trial against Meta as potentially significant not simply because the…
Hong Kong’s Tiananmen Square activists guilty in national security trial
Lee and Chow were also leaders of the now-defunct Hong Kong Alliance (HKA). The HKA was founded in May 1989 to support students holding pro-democracy rallies. Weeks later, the Communist Party crushed pro-democracy protests in Beijing’s Tiananmen…
U.S. bond intervention shifting problem into future: JPM’s Sullivan
The JPMorgan Chase & Co. global headquarters building in New York, Jan. 20, 2026. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images The U.S. government’s efforts to manage pressure in the Treasury market may merely shift the problem down the road as a…
Cafecito informativo del jueves 20 de agosto de 2026
Cafecito informativo del jueves 20 de agosto de 2026 / Yoani Sánchez La Habana/Los temas del «cafecito informativo» de este jueves 20 de agosto de 2026: ¿Por qué las mujeres cubanas protagonizan las protestas? Surinam, nuevo destino migratorio para los…
US warns allies and China to join Iran economic pressure campaign
The United States on Thursday warned allies and China to join President Donald Trump’s new campaign to isolate the Iranian economy, vowing that Washington would «collapse this regime» in Tehran. Iran branded the US threats as «economic terrorism»…
Bali jails Swiss tourist for insulting sacred Day of Silence
A Swiss tourist has been sentenced to one year in prison for insulting a sacred religious event on Indonesia’s holiday island of Bali. In a now-removed video, Luzian Andrin Zgraggen, 26, had filmed himself walking to an empty beach during the Hindu…
U.S.-Japan yen intervention, Bank of Japan: carry trade
Japanese 10,000-yen banknotes arranged in Kyoto, Japan, on Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026. Kentaro Takahashi | Bloomberg | Getty Images Japan’s historic effort to prop up the yen may have had an unintended consequence: giving some investors a better…
Venezuela: La Guaira se debate entre la precariedad y la resistencia
Catia La Mar (Venezuela)/Entre las ruinas de edificaciones y el paso de la maquinaria que remueve los escombros, casi dos meses después de los potentes terremotos del 24 de junio, en el estado venezolano de La Guaira la rutina se ha abierto paso entre…