Analysis of recent global elections suggests that while transactional support from the Trump administration helps allies like Javier Milei and Nasry Asfura win narrow victories, punitive measures such as those applied to Brazil resulted in the defeat of pro-Washington candidates.

Analysis of recent global elections suggests that while transactional support from the Trump administration helps allies like Javier Milei and Nasry Asfura win narrow victories, punitive measures such as those applied to Brazil resulted in the defeat of pro-Washington candidates.

“Were Starlink to be turned off,” Elon Musk wrote, “the Ukrainian front line would collapse immediately.” The line appeared in a thread in which he admitted throttling Ukraine’s service and accused its military of using Starlink “for offensive drone strikes to kill people.” The loophole, he said, had been closed the week before. Taken at […]

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Emmanuel Macron came home from the Gulf last week with diesel cargoes and a single word for Donald Trump. Standing in Doha on Wednesday, the French president called the foreign commentary on his country’s riots “stupid.” Asked whether he meant … Read more

Brazil’s electoral prosecutor has told the country’s top election court that Meta, the American owner of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, has not fully obeyed orders to treat Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and Flávio Bolsonaro equally, and wants the company … Read more

Emmanuel Macron needed one sentence on Sunday night to move the cause of France’s riots some 5,000 kilometres east. Protesters were angry about living costs and fuel, he told the nation, and both flowed from a war in the Persian … Read more