COP17 puts Armenia’s environmental record in the spotlight | Environment
Last weekend, the 17th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP17) opened in Yerevan with a lavish ceremony. It is the first time the summit has been hosted by a former Soviet republic, an occasion the…
Weekly Review: IG Seeks UK Gambling Licence; Plus500 to Acquire Brazilian Broker
The retail trading industry saw developments across regulation, market access, acquisitions and customer acquisition this week. IG Group moved closer to offering prediction markets in the UK, while Plus500 agreed to buy a Brazilian broker as it continued…
Minneapolis withdrawal was ‘surrender’, Trump’s ex-border patrol chief says
The former US border patrol chief who became the public face of the highly controversial deportation drive in Minneapolis earlier this year has defended the operation, describing the withdrawal of agents from the city as a “surrender” by the…
US midterms: The rise of AI election ads in US midterms campaign
Researchers say AI ads are being used more than ever in the US midterms campaign ahead of the elections in November. Some of the ads are being funded by outside political groups but they have also come directly from candidates in some key races. BBC…
How Benjamin Netanyahu reshaped Israel’s institutions | Israel Election 2026 News
To his supporters, he is known as “King Bibi”; but to his opponents, he is the king of security failures and corruption. Disputes over names aside, what is not in question is that Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel’s longest-serving prime minister, has left his…
Brazil election: How a changing working class is reshaping the presidential race
In the sprawling former industrial city of Osasco, shuttered factories have given way to a shopping malls and delivery app tech companies in what is now dubbed São Paulo’s “Silicon Valley.” The municipality voted for Brazil’s…
Massive oil slick seen weeks after tanker struck off UAE’s coast | Environment News
An oil spill off the UAE coast has prompted beach closures after a crude oil tanker reportedly struck an Iranian-laid naval mine in early October. The UAE says containment efforts and environmental assessments are underway. Published On 24 Oct 202624 Oct…
France prepares for day of protest a week after nationwide riots
Disillusionment is high among the French public, who have seen cost-of-living pressures increase, and who are faced with increasingly dire warnings that any future government will likely have to make deep spending cuts in order to finance spiralling…
Argentina identifies dozens of victims killed in its ‘Dirty War’ | Prison
Forensic anthropologists have identified the remains of at least 38 people who were disappeared during Argentina’s last military dictatorship. Al Jazeera’s Teresa Bo filed this report near the once clandestine detention centre known as La Perla.…
Arrest made after fire at Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest retreat
Police in the south German state of Bavaria have detained a suspect during a fire at Adolf Hitler’s Alpine mountain retreat, the Kehlsteinhaus, also known as the Eagle’s Nest. Dispatchers in Traunstein received a fire alarm from the building…
