Asian Games 2026: Golfer Tom Kim wins gold to secure military service exemption
Asian Games – final round -18 T Kim (Kor); -15 K Higa (Jpn), W Ding (Chn), S Kaewkanjana (Tha); -11 W-H Wang (Tpe) Tom Kim won gold at the Asian Games to secure an exemption from mandatory service in South Korea’s military. The 24-year-old…
Fresh protests over housing flare in Spain after lawmakers reject relief measures
Fresh protests over housing flared in Madrid and other Spanish cities on Saturday, a day after parliament narrowly rejected the government’s proposed relief measures for tenants. The rallies by tens of thousands of protesters extended a crisis that…
Why has Brazil accused the US of election interference?
In Brazil’s upcoming presidential election, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is facing right-wing challenger and ally of Donald Trump, Flavio Bolsonaro, son of former President Jair Bolsonaro. Washington has backed closer ties with Brazil’s right…
Nations League: France held by Italy in Zidane’s homecoming after Olise stunner
Michael Olise scored another superb goal but France were held to a 1-1 draw by Italy on Friday in Zinédine Zidane‘s first home game since being appointed coach of Les Bleus. Four days after coming off the bench to score a stunning solo effort to…
Will Spain’s housing crisis lead to a snap election?
Thousands of people are continuing protests across Spain, after Congress rejected a series of measures aimed at tackling the country’s housing crisis. Lawmakers voted on two decree-laws presented by government in response to nationwide protests…
Ethiopia’s Tigray rebels abandon regional capital Mekelle as pro-government forces advance
Tigray rebels were abandoning their regional capital in northern Ethiopia on Saturday, a local journalist and residents told AFP, as pro-government forces advanced on the city. Fighting erupted on September 23 in northern Ethiopia as the rebel Tigray…
Protesters across Spain demand action over housing crisis
The legislation put forward in Congress on Friday was divided into two separate decrees. The first decree included the suspension of evictions of vulnerable tenants until 2030, a two-year extension to rental leases due to expire before 2028, tax…
Barricades & the blame game: the French school protests – The World This Week
In a week that’s seen the heroism of the captain, crew and passengers on board FlyDubai flight 1073 heralded, eye witnesses report seeing the co-pilot trying to kill the pilot and destroying the cockpit controls in order to crash the plane. Despite being…
UK-Iranian dual national arrested over RAF Fairford investigation bailed
A UK-Iranian dual national arrested on suspicion of preparation of terrorist acts in connection with events at RAF Fairford has been released on bail. The 25-year-old man was arrested in the London borough of Westminster on Thursday. Searches of two…
Flavio Bolsonaro: In the name of the father, sons, and holy ideology
Will “Son No. 1” become the second president from the Bolsonaro family? Flavio, the eldest of former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro’s five children, is neck-and-neck in the polls with incumbent President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva as the country heads…