Nick Corbishley

Europe is hardly the safest place for financial assets these days, as Russia and Venezuela can attest. It may now be Argentina's turn to have its assets frozen or even stripped.

The title of this post may, at first sight, seem a little baffling. After all, what does the smallish one-party Central American state of Nicaragua have to do with Europe's largest economy, Germany? Well, as it turns out, quite a lot.

"The scale of the expansion being considered would surpass moves made by the Blair government, which first introduced use of the private sector by the NHS."

Mexico is the leading consumer of soft drinks in the world with an average consumption of 163 litres per person per year -- 40% more than the US in second place. Child and adult obesity are off the charts.

“The time has come to show the United States that it is under threat from a country of 130 million inhabitants that is finally waking up.” Russia is trying to poison bilateral relations between the Mexico and the US by taking advantage of Mexico’s ruling party Morena’s innate anti-Americanism. That is the conclusion of an […]

This year, like last year, only two countries voted against lifting the blockade: the US and Israel. But Argentina was meant to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with them.

While Starmer's government is trying to expand the powers of the British State, it is using powers it already has — namely anti-terrorism laws — to arrest and intimidate pro-Palestinian journalists, activists and protesters.

Claudia Sheinbaum, her political party, Morena, and arguably Mexico as a whole just dodged a very large bullet.

After his election victory in July, which by the UK’s first-past-the-post system gave his party a disproportionate majority in parliament (h/t Vesa), Keir

“You have to take into account that you may not be able to pay by debit card for a longer period of time,” notes the Dutch National Bank. “Then you have to have cash under the mattress, or be able to pay with QR codes.”